April is National Donate Life Month

Did you know. . .
?óÔé¼?ó More than 98, 000 people are in need of an organ for transplant.
?óÔé¼?ó In 2007, nationally, 52,869 people were added to the organ waiting list. 905 of these cases were in Louisiana.
?óÔé¼?ó One organ donor has the power to save up to nine lives.

More interesting statistics are available.

Organ donation and procurement can be a confusing and overhwhelming topic so take a minute and learn the facts. The best way to raise awareness about organ donation is to talk about it with others.

Louisiana hospitals are setting a great example by jumping on board to increase Louisiana?óÔé¼Ôäós donor registry by the end of 2009.

Join Louisiana in making an effort to save a life! It’s easy.

Scratch that Itch!

Nature Neuroscience has released an advance online publication of a study that has been getting press in the popular media. The study identifies specialized cells in the spinal cord which seem to be involved in the sensations of itching and scratching.

**Easter Hours in the Libraries**

The Isché Library hours for Easter weekend are:

Dental Library Hours are:

Fire Alarm Testing Tuesday Night

The fire alarm contractor will be testing the speakers and strobes on Tuesday evening, April 7th in the Isché Library. Announcements will be made before testing begins.

Celebrate World Health Day

World Health Day (WHD) has been observed on April 7, since 1948 under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization .
This year?óÔé¼Ôäós theme, ?óÔé¼?ôSave lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies?óÔé¼?Ø, brings attention to the importance of health facilities and readiness of health workers during times of disasters.
Read more about WHD at: http://www.wpro.who.int/sites/whd/

Ische Elevator

The Isché Elevator went down this afternoon. We do not have timetable for its repair.
~Edited~ The Elevator was placed back in service on Monday, April 13th at 1:20 p.m.

PayPaw System Maintenance

Baton Rouge has scheduled today for PayPaw system maintenance. All systems that use PayPaw (photocopiers, printing, vending machines, etc.) will have sporadic outages today.

National Public Health Week

National Public Health Week is April 6 -12, 2009.

?óÔé¼?ó U.S. life expectancy reached a record high of 78.1 years but still ranks 46th (of industrialized nations).
?óÔé¼?ó Baton Rouge ranked 4th for AIDS case rates among the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. in 2006; New Orleans ranked 8th.
?óÔé¼?ó Minorities experience a disproportionate burden of preventable disease, death, and disability compared with non-minorities.

All of us have the potential to greatly improve our population?óÔé¼Ôäós health. Join the National Public Health Week Organization and the American Public Health Association in promoting their campaign ?óÔé¼?ôBuilding the Foundation for a Healthy America?óÔé¼?Ø locally as well.

Commons Progress

Library Commons decorative screens

The decorative dividing screens went up late last week. Here’s a sneak peak. The Library Commons is projected to be open in June.   Thanks, Hanna for taking the pictures!     Library Commons decorative screens

Library Commons decorative screens

No Joke – It’s National Humor Month

Everyone knows the old adage that “laughter is the best medicine.” What better time to test this hypothesis then during National Humor Month? There are over 200 articles in PubMed related to the sense of humor.

Tobacco Tax Makes Smokers Want to Quit?

The new Federal Tobacco Tax goes into effect today. It will cost smokers over $1 more per pack as of today. In response cessation hotlines are hearing from smokers in record numbers. So if you want to quit and can’t get through on the phone, try one of these websites for assistance:

Good luck!

Happy Root Canal Awareness Week!

Sponsored by the American Association of Endodontists, Root Canal Awareness Week provides an opportunity to dispel long-standing myths about root canal treatment and increase understanding of the procedure as one that is virtually painless. The week also seeks to raise awareness of endodontics as a specialty and highlight the importance of endodontists, the dentists who specialize in root canal treatment.

http://www.aae.org/patients/pressroom/RootCanalAwarenessWeek.htm

Happy Anniversary to the Libraries’ Blog

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the LSUHSC New Orleans Libraries’ Blog. (No need for gifts, but the traditional gift is cotton and the modern gift is china.) In the last 2 years, we have published 452 posts which is a new post approximately every 1.6 days. We have had 8 authors and over 50 categories. Is there a subject that we’ver overlooked? Or something exciting/interesting/odd that you want us to focus on? Please don’t hesitate to let us know. We’re looking forward to great year 3. Thanks to all the Library Staff who have contributed.

New Orleans Dental Conference/LDA Annual Session

If you’re attending NODA/LDA on April 3 and 4, be sure to visit the dental library booth, number 711 in the Exhibits. Come with questions about library services, searching the dental/biomedical literature in PubMed, and ordering journal articles via Loansome Doc. Searching via PubMed will be demonstrated.

PsychiatryOnline Goes Mobile

This just in:
PsychiatryOnline (off campus link), an ebook provider of psychiatry textbooks, is now available for Mobile browsers. Access to the mobile site is included as an added benefit of current subscriptions.

You will be automatically redirected to m.psychiatryonline.com when visiting the main PsychiatryOnline.com site from a wireless-enabled mobile device (such as a smartphone or PDA).

OFF CAMPUS ACCESS FOR MOBILES
Before your first mobile visit, be sure to create a free personal ?óÔé¼?ôMy PsychiatryOnline?óÔé¼?Ø account. To create an account, go to www.psychiatryonline.com from a desktop or laptop computer while authenticated by your institutional subscription, click the ?óÔé¼?ôMy PsychiatryOnline?óÔé¼?Ø link from the homepage, and follow the instructions for creating an account. Your ?óÔé¼?ôMy PsychiatryOnline?óÔé¼?Ø username and password will then give you access to the mobile site. (IP-based recognition is not possible from mobile devices, and accounts cannot be created from the mobile site.) The mobile site will prompt users who haven?óÔé¼Ôäót yet created My PsychiatryOnline accounts with these instructions.

Content Available
Most mobile browsers are limited in their ability to transmit large files quickly, so only the most essential information is included in the mobile version of PsychiatryOnline. Search and navigation are simplified as well, to better suit the small mobile screen (e.g., the ?óÔé¼?ôrelated content?óÔé¼?Ø links usually seen at the left of content have been removed to unclutter the screen). Mobile site users do, however, get full advantage of PsychiatryOnline’s powerful semantic indexed search.

The mobile view content set includes: