Clinical Reader

FYI, There’s been some drama about Clinical Reader and it’s unauthorized use of images in recent days. MK

A blog post from EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC alerted me to Clinical Reader, a new site developed that brings you research articles, news and multimedia in one place.

Developed by a junior doctor and a small group programmers spread across London and Toronto, the site uses ISI journal impact factors and Google analytics to choose material for the site.

Readers can browse TOCs from popular clinical journals like NEJM, Gut, Clinical Radiology, BMJ, Pediatrics, and more in a highly visual format, and there are sections for medical students, and medical education, among many others.

LINK:
Clinical Reader: http://clinicalreader.com/

New Books are Hot this Summer!

A collection of brand new Library acquisitions are displayed on the New Books Shelf on the third floor (near the Reference Stacks). These titles can be checked out!

World Health Organization. Promoting safety of medicines for children (2007).

Robertson, Jason. The Harriet Lane Handbook: a manual for pediatric house officers (2009).

Tiidus, Peter M. Skeletal muscle damage and repair (2008).

Metcalfe, Dean D. Food Allergy: adverse reactions to foods and food additives (2008).

Alfaro-LeFevre, Rosalinda. Applying Nursing Process: a tool for critical thinking (2010).

Hersh, William R. Information Retrieval: a health and biomedical perspective (2009).

Runge, Marschall Stevens. Netter’s Internal Medicine (2009).

Perloff, Joseph K. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults (2009).

Klugman, Craig M. Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care (2008).

Ferrell, Betty Rolling. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing (2008).

Davis, Carol M. Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation (2009).

McLaughlin, M. Maureen Kirkpatrick. Real Stories of Nursing Research: the quest for Magnet recognition (2010).

Moser, Debra. Cardiac Nursing: a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease (2008).

Ball, Jane. Child Health Nursing: partnering with children & families (2010).

Charney, Dennis S. Neurobiology of Mental Illness (2009).

Vandiver, Vikki. Integrating Health Promotion and Mental health (2009).

Gatrell, Anthony C. Geographies of Health: an introduction (2009).

Gunn, William A. Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine (2008).

Closed for Holiday Weekend

The Isché Library will be closing at 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday, July 2nd) and will remain closed until Monday, July 6th at 8 a.m. The closing is for the Independence Day University Holidays, but also to accomodate a University Facilities project (the resurfacing of the walkways).

Love from Access Medicine (McGraw Hill)

We currently do not have access to AccessMedicine, AccessEmergencyMedicine and AccessSurgery. We are trying to solve the problem with McGraw Hill (the publisher of these tools). We hope to have this matter resolved today.

~Edit~ Access was restored within 30 minutes!

NCBI ROFL

For a lighter side of research, check out NCBI ROFL, “the brainchild of two Molecular and Cell Biology graduate students at UC Berkeley.” From the microbiological laboratory hazard of bearded men to the best birth control for hippos, this site offers a humorous break for anyone involved in biomedical research.

LINK: http://www.ncbirofl.com/

Independence Day Weekend

The Isché Library will be closed on Friday, July 3rd & Saturday, July 4th for the Independence Day Holiday. In addition because of a facilities project (resurfacing the elevated walkways) the Library will also be closed on Thursday, July 2nd at 12 noon and all day on Sunday, July 5th. There will be no access to the building during this time.

The Dental Library’s Hours are as follows:

Pay for Print

Pharos Pay for Print is down campus-wide (downtown & Dental). We do not have a timeframe for this outage.
~Edit~ The system came back up by 3 p.m. today.

Nursing Certification Guide

Wondering what it takes get certified in a specific area of nursing? From Flight Nursing to Foot Care, the American Journal of Nursing’s Guide to Certification is an annually updated document in the Career Guide Supplement to the January issue.

LINK:
http://www.nursingcenter.com/upload/static/60627/Certify_online.pdf (pdf)

National HIV Testing Day

According the CDC “Ever 9 1/2 minutes someone in the United States is infected with HIV,” and according to AVERT “In 2007, the highest rates of new AIDS diagnoses were in Miami (33.1 per 100,000 people), New Orleans (31.5), Baton Rouge (31.4) and Washington (30.5)”

So what can you do?

June 27th is National HIV Testing Day so take advantage of the testing opportunities taking place around you and learn the facts about HIV.

The list of local testing sites can be found below, or you can find information for other cities by visiting this site.

Who: EXCELth, Inc. HIV Prevention Program
What: Free Rapid HIV Testing
When: June 27, 2009, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Where: Dillard University w/ The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122
Info: Free Rapid HIV testing, incentives. Contact: Barbara A. Peters, 504-524-1210, bpeters@excelth.com.

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Who: NO/AIDS Task Force – Community Awareness Network
What: Free Rapid HIV Testing
When: June 27, 2009, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Where: 7800 Earhart Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70125
Info: Free HIV Testing with free food. Contact: Allison Vertovec, 504-821-2601 ext. 257, allisonv@noaidstf.org.

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Who: NO/AIDS Task Force – Community Awareness Network
What: Free Rapid HIV Testing
When: June 27, 2009, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Where: 507 Frenchmen St., New Orleans, LA 70116
Info: Free, confidential, Rapid, HIV Antibody screening tests. Contact: Allison Vertovec, 504-821-2601, allisonv@noaidstf.org.

Ische Bookdrop on the Move

In preparation for the walkway resurfacing next week, the Isché Library bookdrop has been relocated temporarily. It is normally between the guard’s booth and the vending machines, but is currently located in the 2nd floor lobby. It will be moved back to it’s original location the week of July 6th.

Death by Cell Phone

Were you too distracted talking on your cell to realize it’s Distracted Driving Week?

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, driver inattention is responsible for about 80 percent of all traffic collisions. In recognition, the National Safety Council has deemed June 22-28th Distracted Driving Week, part of National Safety Month 2009. Get fact sheets, traffic safety policies and watch the video Death by Cellphone on their website.

Geaux Tigers!

Congratulations to the LSU Tigers, who defeated the Texas Longhorns 11-4 at the College World Series last night. The title is LSU’s sixth championship and the first since 2000.

Complete coverage at http://www.lsusports.net/

Anatomy of Sarcasm

(Eds note: I stumbled upon this article and didn’t notice it was from 2005 until after I wrote it up! However, I think it deserves a little more limelight. For more recent press releases about psychology and mental health, visit http://www.apa.org/releases/homepage.html)

A 2005 press release from the American Psychological Association announces new research in the field of sarcasm. Israeli researchers at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa and the University of Haifa, studied 25 participants with prefrontal-lobe damage, 16 participants with posterior-lobe damage and 17 healthy controls. All participants listened to brief recorded stories, some sarcastic, some neutral, that had been taped by actors reading in a corresponding manner, then answered questions that gauged the participant’s comprehension of the speaker’s true meaning. Participants with prefrontal damage were impaired in comprehending sarcasm, whereas the people in the other two groups had no such problem.

According to the APA, “The findings fit what we already know about brain anatomy. The prefrontal cortex is involved in pragmatic language processes and complex social cognition, thus it followed that participants with prefrontal damage had faulty ?óÔé¼?ôsarcasm meters.?óÔé¼?Ø At the same time, damage to the ventromedial area, which is involved in personality and social behavior, will disrupt not only understanding sarcasm but also understanding social cues, empathic response and emotion recognition. The authors write, ?óÔé¼?ôUnderstanding sarcasm requires both the ability to understand the speaker?óÔé¼Ôäós belief about the listener?óÔé¼Ôäós belief and the ability to identify emotions.”

CITATION:
?óÔé¼?ôThe Neuroanatomical Basis of Understanding Sarcasm and Its Relationship to Social Cognition,?óÔé¼?Ø S.G. Shamay-Tsoory, PhD, and R. Tomer, PhD, Rambam Medical Center and University of Haifa, and J. Aharon-Peretz, MD, Rambam Medical Center; Neuropsychology, Vol. 19, No. 3.

Free Health Education & Screening

Next week on Wednesday, July 1st the various schools of LSUHSC will be offering screening for high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, lung function, colorectal cancer and oral cancer, as well as vaccinations and education on a variety of health topics. The event will take place from 1 – 6 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 3700 Canal St. It is part of the Congressman Cao AAA Health Care Initiative. For more information, see the official LSUHSC press release.

Ische Library is Kind of Shifty

If you’ve been in the Isché Library in the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed some shifting projects going on. The Library Staff has moved or will be moving materials on all 3 floors of the Library. The 1st phase of shifting on the 4th floor (the section in front of the elevator) should be completed this week. The huge shifting project on the 5th floor will begin on Monday, June 29th. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that the noise of shifting causes.