Oil Slick in Gulf
Nasa’s satellite imaging photographed the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the drilling platform accident last week. It was featured in their Image of the Day Gallery on Monday.
Nasa’s satellite imaging photographed the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the drilling platform accident last week. It was featured in their Image of the Day Gallery on Monday.
May’s issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases features a column on infectious diseases resources for the iPhone. You can read the entire article here. Two apps that may interest students are Microbiology Wiz with Immunology ($0.99) and Lange Microbiology and Infectious Disease Flash Cards ($34.99). Both are flashcard style review applications, allowing you to study microbiology on your iPhone.
Citation:
Surfing The Web: Infectious Diseases Resources for the iPhone
Richard L. Oehler, Kevin Smith, and John F. Toney
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010 50:9, 1268-1274
Since the water will be shut down in the Resource Center Building from 7 p.m. on Friday, April 23rd until 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 24th, the Library Commons will be closed during that time period as bathrooms will not be working.
On Saturday, April 24th, Louisiana State University will celebrate its 150th birthday. The Baton Rouge Advocate has produced a special section in anticipation of the anniversary on Sunday, April 18th.
The LSU School of Medicine was part of the main campus in Baton Rouge (even though it was in New Orleans) from its inception in 1931 until the Medical Center became its own campus in 1965.
Ever notice that sometimes it’s difficult to tell exactly which tooth is hurting when you have a toothache?
Researchers in Germany have studied just that issue and will soon publish an article in the journal Pain with thier conclusions. It would seem that when it comes to pain in the mouth, the brain doesn’t descriminate location nearly as well as it does in other regions of the body.
A summary of the research was recently posted to the Wired Science Blog. The article, currently only available as an electronic proof, will be published soon.
I sure hope the volunteer test subjects were well compensated for their participation!
Link to the pdf of the article is available to LSUHSC faculty staff & students. It can be accessed off-campus with a valid LSUHSC library barcode & PIN. You can find more information at our remote access webpage.
Before you go out and purchase that 3-D TV to enhance your theatrical home experience, you might want to know that they pose a potential health hazard.?á Although itÔÇÖs a bit too early to determine a full list of hazards, some makers are releasing warnings about watching 3-D television which may cause:
Other reports include:
Dr. Nicolas Bazan, head of the LSUHSCÔÇÖs Neuroscience Center, is concerned about the effects it will have on children. Since the connection between the brain and the eye are still in developing stage, the extent is not known about how harmful it can be. Like most other things, moderation is recommended.
To find out more information, visit:
http://www.abc26.com/news/local/wgno-news-3d-tv-health-hazards,0,3938270.story
The official LSUHSC New Orleans twitter account posted a message this morning that read: Slobbery kisses from ‘man’s best friend’ aid #cancer research. #lifescience #research http://cli.gs/sveR7b. As a dog person, I’m all for research that benefits humans and their best friends.
And what do the pound signs mean before certain words in that message? The pound sign is called a hashtag and it allows those terms to be searched in twitter.
Elevators #3 & #4 will be out of service from Thursday, April 15th through mid-June, according to Facility Services. The elevators are to be modified for future flood issues. Plan on leaving the Isché Library a few minutes earlier to get to your next class or meeting.
Here’s a nice 4 minute demo of 10 different iPhone medical applications from Nature Video. Two coolest:
April is Donate Life Month!
Did you know that as of the beginning of April, 2010, there were 106,759 people on the waiting list to receive donated organs or tissues?
Each day, about 77 people receive organ transplants. However, 19 people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t take place because of the shortage of donated organs.
Signing up to become an organ and/or tissue donor is easy and very important.
You can save a life!
Pubmed has expanded its coverage to include articles back to 1947, according to the National Library of Medicine:
Harry Truman was President, gas cost 15 cents a gallon, the transistor was invented, and internationally renowned surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey was publishing articles on the US Army’s World War II experience with battle injuries, military surgery, and the use of streptomycin therapy. Citations to these and more than 60,000 other articles indexed in the 1947 Current List of Medical Literature (CLML) are now available in the National Library of Medicine?« (NLM?«) MEDLINE?«/PubMed database.
That brings the number of citations available in PubMed to a whopping 20 million! That is a lot of biomedical research for only 63 years.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The CDC states that “in 2007, approximately 794,000 children were confirmed by Child Protective Services as being abused or neglected.” Of that number, over 21,000 are in Louisiana. Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana is a state-wide, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing the abuse and neglect of our state’s children.
Nature.com has a special news section celebrating the Human Genome Project’s 10th anniversary. The contents are mostly included in the April 1st issue. They are asking scientists to participate in a survey to calculate the impact of the sequence.
Link to the pdf of the article is available to LSUHSC faculty staff & students. It can be accessed off-campus with a valid LSUHSC library barcode & PIN. You can find more information at our remote access webpage.
It seems like only yesterday we were writing about pathophys resources for nursing, but another semester brings another round of students scurrying to gather and regurgitate the pathology, physiology and pharmacology of a motley crew of diseases.
Whether its Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm to Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, these resources should have you covered:
CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2010
A single-source reference for practitioners in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Annually updated, this book emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management in all fields of internal medicine and in specialties of interest to primary care practitioners.
EbschoHOST ÔÇô CINAHLplus with Full text
Database of journal articles in nursing. try a key word search of your topic (i.e.: Necrotizing fasciitis and pathophysiology) Limit to full text under ÔÇ£search optionsÔÇØ on the right side of the screen.
StatRef
Online textbooks in nursing. Search many textbooks at once for your topic.
Nursing Consult
Search 30 nursing books and journal articles from MEDLINE/PubMed.
MEDLINEplus
Simple overviews on health topics from authoritative sources on the web.
Genetics Home Reference
Free access to consumer-friendly information on medical genetics and disorders, with references to scientific journal articles
Off campus access instructions
Just in case you were wondering- the Isch?® & Dental Libraries will have special hours for the Easter Holiday. They are as follows:
ÔÇó Wednesday, March 31st 8 a.m. to 12 midnight (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Thursday, April 1st 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
ÔÇó Friday, April 2nd CLOSED University Holiday
ÔÇó Saturday, April 3rd CLOSED
ÔÇó Sunday, April 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, April 5th 8 a.m. to 12 midnight (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Thursday, April 1st 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Friday, April 2nd CLOSED University Holiday
ÔÇó Saturday, April 3rd CLOSED
ÔÇó Sunday, April 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, April 5th 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Regular Hours)
Be safe and try not to eat too much candy!