The Isché Library will be closed on Saturday, August 7th. The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will be working in the area and the Resource Center Building will have no running water. The Library Commons will be closed as well until the late afternoon or early evening, whenever work is complete.
The Library will re-open at 1:30 pm on Sunday, August 8th.
The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) is commemorating the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with the New Orleans Index at Five. The index “provides a comprehensive examination of the region through 20 key indicators, as well as seven topical essays informed by on the ground experience and research.” Of particular interest to the health science community is the essay on Community Health Clinics (pdf).
Looking for a mobile app to diagnose musculoskeletal injuries and disorders? Clinically Relevant Technologies has developed an application for both iPhone and Android which includes descriptions, demonstrative video clips, and references from the medical literature for over 200 musculoskeletal diagnostic tests.
What I like about it is that every test is referenced back to a clinical citation. Tests must meet three main criterion for inclusion:
1) The test must be described/referenced in a peer-reviewed medical journal
2) The test must be used in the evaluation and diagnosis of musculoskeletal pathology
3) The test would be performed by the clinician or as part of clinical evaluation (not include laboratory or diagnostic imaging tests for example).
At $39.99, this app isn’t the cheapest, but as iPhone App review points out, “an equivalent text would cost several-fold more and cannot offer the same portability and ease of use”.
For screen shots and more info, check out i Medical Apps.
Available for iPhone and Android platforms
http://www.clinicallyrelevant.com/
A recent USMMWR article ranked commercial fishing as one of the most dangerous occupation in the United States, even without oil spills and dispersants. This won’t come as a surprise to fans of the Deadliest Catch.
For the ninth consecutive year, Louisiana is ranked 49th among the 50 states in the Kids Count Databook – an annual publication from the Annie E. Casey Foundation on child well-being assessment, reports the Times-Picayune today.
Congratulations to the School of Public Health (only 7 years old!) on getting it’s second doctoral program-in epidemiology-approved. We look forward to new graduates who are just as talented as House, but have much better manners. Check out the Gambit post on the program.
SPH’s first doctoral program is in Biostatistics which was approved in 2007.
Today is the release of the new MedlinePlus!
In addition to the new logo, new features include:
For a closer look visit: http://medlineplus.gov
The Exhibition Program of the National Library of Medicine produced a new online exhibit, An Odyssey of Knowledge, Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the National Library of Medicine. Featuring twenty one medieval manuscripts and five early printed texts scanned at high resolution, the exhibit displays some of the most prized items held by the National Library of Medicine. It gives viewers a rare look at texts that are normally kept under lock and key, containing medical knowledge which spans over two millennia.
Physiology Department Head, Patricia Molina has been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health for the study of how cannabinoids produce subtle changes in gene activity that affect how a person responds to HIV infection. The award was announced via EurekaAlert and LSUHSC twitter feed.
As the Times-Picayune reported the grant “will study how marijuana components called cannabinoids produce changes in gene activity that affects the body’s response to the AIDS virus.” The award will be dispersed over five years.
The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library was chosen as a recipient for the Historical Preservation and Digitization Award. This $25,000 grant is awarded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region.
The title of the project is ÔÇ£Digitization of the Aristides Agramonte Collection on Yellow FeverÔÇØ and will be led by the Principle Investigators, Deborah Sibley and Molly Knapp.
The goal of the project is to digitize 149 rare books and journals identified as the first materials acquired for the LSU medical school library. The books belonged to Dr. Aristides Agramonte, a prominent pathologist and a proposed department chair at LSU before the School of Medicine opened; he passed away before he could begin his position. His collection includes a large number of early publications on yellow fever. Dr. Agromonte is a central figure in the historical Enrique Alferez frieze entitled ÔÇ£The Conquest of Yellow Fever.ÔÇØ This sculpture now hangs in the Library Commons.
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Mental Health
69. Traumatic Incident Stress: Information for Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers ÔÇô CDC
70. Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health ÔÇô oil spill resources
71. Alabama Dept. of Mental Health – Gulf Coast Oil Crisis Assistance
72. Louisiana Dept. of Mental Health
73. The Gulf Oil Disaster: Developing a Positive Outlook in the Face of Tragedy (American Psychological Association)
74. Shore Up Your Resilience to Manage Distress Caused by the Oil Disaster in the Gulf (American Psychological Association)
Mobile apps
75. Oil spill tracker & reporting tool for Android phones
76. MoGo: Mobile Gulf Observatory: Oiled wildlife tracker & reporting tool for iPhone
77. Deepwater Horizon Response Text Message Alerts
And for a little lagniappe, the best related t-shirt money can buy**:
** Solely the opinion of the author. LSUHSC-NO in no way supports, condones or authorizes the purchase of above product.
unhappy anniversary ya’ll. See you in 154 days.
courtesy NASA
1. Oil Spill Human Health Research Coordinating Group at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans
General public
2. CDC – Information for Coastal Residents – discusses the effect of the spill on food and water, and describes various oil smells and what health effects you may experience from inhaling them
3. CDC – Dispersants Quick Facts for Coastal Residents: Corexit 9500, 1,2-Propanediol, & other chemicals in the Gulf
4. Light crude oil and your health: CDC
5. Gulf Oil Spill Information for Pregnant Women (CDC)
6. Oil spill issues- Public information: what to do and why (FAQ from the Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô English
7. Oil spill issues-Public information: what to do and why (FAQ from the Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô Spanish
8. Oil spill issues-Public information: what to do and why (FAQ from the Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô Vietnamese
9. What you should and should not do in areas affected by the oil spill (Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô English
10. What you should and should not do in areas affected by the oil spill (from Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals)- Spanish
11. What you should and should not do in areas affected by the oil spill (from Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô Vietnamese
12. Questions and Answers about the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf Coast (EPA)
13. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ÔÇô Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
14. Oil spill resources ÔÇô Louisiana Dept. of Public Health
15. Resources for individuals affected by oil spill ÔÇô Louisiana (food banks, support for children, BP claims/workforce assistance, homeowners insurance support and more )
16. Pubmed Search on oil spills and health
17. Odors from the BP Oil Spill (EPA) ÔÇô describes the different aromas & health effects, how to report
18. Table of Chemical Constituents Commonly Found in Crude Oil (CDC)
19. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection ÔÇô Deepwater Horizon Response ÔÇô hotlines, FL response phone numbers, maps & surveillance
20. Disasterassistance.gov: file a BP claim
21. Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards: chemicals and health effects (From Sciencecorps.org)
22. Crude Oil Spills and Health (National Library of Medicine)
23. Children and the oil spill ÔÇô American Academy of Pediatrics:
24. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update (FDA): seafood safety
27. Volunteer ÔÇô Florida
28. Volunteer – Alabama
29. What are tarballs and how do they form? (NOAA):
30. Health and Safety Aspects of In-situ Burning of Oil (NOAA)
31. Oil Well
Fires (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine)
32. Exposure to Oil Fires/Oil Fire Smoke (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine)
33. Shoreline Assessment (NOAA) Photographs demonstrating oil spill terminology: Oil distribution Surface oiling, Surface oiling types, Sediment types, Shoreline types, Cleanup methods
Response workers
34. Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) awareness-level health and safety resource training tools in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese for response workers
35. Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Information for Response Workers (CDC)
36. Deepwater Horizon Guidance for Workers (NIOSH/OSHA)
37. Reducing Occupational Exposures while Working with Dispersants During the Deepwater Horizon Response (NIOSH/OSHA)
Maps
38. Beach advisories/status map ÔÇô Louisiana
39. Beach advisories/status map ÔÇô Florida
40. Beach advisories ÔÇô Alabama
41. Beach advisories-Mississippi
43. Federal Fisheries Closure and Other Information (NOAA)
44. Where the oil is: A daily status of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
45. NOAA interactive map: Environmental response management application (ERMA) ÔÇô (Very, very cool!)
46. Air monitoring on the Gulf Coast (EPA) air quality maps, reports
47. Coastal Water Sampling (EPA): maps, location analysis
48. Coastal Sediment Sampling (EPA): maps, analysis
49. Oil spill trajectory hindcast/forecast (Ocean Circulation Group and the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at College of Marine Science, University of South Florida)
50. OSHA’s Efforts to Protect Workers: interactive maps showing OSHA presence and chemical sampling in the Gulf
51. Oil spill crisis map (Louisiana Bucket Brigade and Tulane University)
Surveillance
52. NIOSH Report of BP Illness and Injury Data (April 23 ÔÇô June 6, 2010)
53. Press Release: REPORTING OF OIL SPILL-RELATED ILLNESSES & INJURIES TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS (call 888-293-7020 or fax 225-342-8117)
54. Number of Patients Reporting Possible, Suspected, or Known Exposure to Oil in Baldwin and Mobile Counties (Alabama) by Week – link removed Jan.7, 2011
55. Monitoring and sampling information (BP)
56. The Oil Spill and Calls to Poison Centers – American Association of Poison control Centers (so far theyÔÇÖve received 621 exposure calls & 459 information calls. Louisiana has the highest number of calls):
57. Gulf oil spill health surveillance (CDC)
Chemicals and Dispersants
58. Oil Spill Dispersant (COREXIT ?«EC9500A and EC9527A) Information for Health Professionals
59. COREXIT?« EC9527A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
60. COREXIT?« EC9500A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
61. COREXIT?« EC9500A Technical Product bulletin (primary distributors, special handling information, physical properties like specific gravity, pH, toxicity, analysis for heavy metals etc )
62. COREXIT?« EC9527A Technical Product bulletin (primary distributors, special handling information, physical properties like specific gravity, pH, toxicity, analysis for heavy metals etc )
63. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
64. NIOSH Topic Page on 2-butoxyethanol (COREXIT EC9527A contains between 30-60% of 2-butoxyethanol, a dispersant chemical):
65. 2-butoxyethanol from the Hazardous Substances Databank: human health effects, emergency medical treatment, animal toxicity studies, environmental exposure, pharmacology, chemical properties, occupational exposure, etc.
66. 2-butoxyethanol from HazMap ÔÇô exposure assessment, adverse effects
67. Pubmed search on 2-butoxyethanol
68. Dispersants: a guided tour (NOAA)
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Maybe it makes me a statistics nerd, but I love the numbers that the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) puts out. Last week they released a map demonstrating the “Resiliency of New Orleanians Shown in Neighborhood Repopulation Numbers.” Check out the number of addresses actively receiving mail in New Orleans.
Vintage Card
Both will re-open on Tuesday, July 5th at 8 a.m. Have fun and remember to practice fireworks safety!
Fireworks
ÔÇó Saturday, July 3rd 9:30 am – 6 pm (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, July 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, July 5th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, July 6th 8 am – 10 pm (Summer Hours )
ÔÇó Saturday, July 3rd CLOSED (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, July 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, July 5th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, July 6th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours )
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