Life Images Online

I stumbled across the Life Photo Archives this morning. The photos date from the 1750s through today and most were never published. Of course, I had to see if there were any photos relating to medicine and New Orleans. Here’s what I found:
smoking baboon
This photo dates from June 1966 and features “Medical Technician Robert Mitchell working with the baboon that he taught to smoke for research on cancer & heart disease at the LA state Univ. medical school.” Photos are available for “personal non-commercial use.”

Peanut Product Recall

The FDA has a website that lists all the peanut containing products that have been recalled by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Some PCA peanut products have been linked to the Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

ILLiad Emails Down

We’ve just learned that the ILLiad (interlibrary loan service) emails have not been going through for th last week or so. We are working to correct this problem. And apologize for the inconvenience.

~Update~ It should be repaired by tomorrow.

From PubMed Search to Research Bibliography

Did you know:
1. You can save your PubMed search.
2. Run the same search each week (or month) for updated articles (My NCBI).
3. Store your PubMed citations (and the full-text) in RefWorks.
4. Use Write-N-Cite to insert your citations into your Word document.
5. Create a bibliography for your paper.

Contact the library?óÔé¼Ôäós reference department reference@lsuhsc.edu where one of the librarians can assist you in setting up these available services. You can take it one step at a time.

Phelps Might Be in More Trouble than He Thought

A early release article from Cancer (off campus users will have to login using WAM) has found a link between frequent use of cannabis and testicular cancer. Research discovered that being a marijuana smoker at the time of diagnosis was associated with a 70% increased risk. Risk was especially elevated (about twice that of those who never smoked marijuana) for those who used the drug at least once a week and/or who had long-term exposure to the substance beginning in adolescence.

Multicultural Medicine

*Edit* This database is no longer available as of February 2011.
Do you serve multicultural populations in your health practice?

CultureVision is an online resource that provides overviews of religious & ethnic populations. From Baha’i to Taoism, Ghanaian to Russian, you can access information about beliefs, family structure, concepts of health, gender roles, illness related issues and more.

As part of ProQuest’s Nursing & Allied Health Source, CultureVision is limited to LSUHSC users.

NLM Pubmed Tutorials Updated

The National Library of Medicine has updated their Pubmed tutorial. Their website also offers Quick Tours on specific topics; these videos are usually less than 3 minutes long. For local Pubmed assistance, please contact a Reference Librarian at the Isch?â?® Library (504) 568-6102 / (504) 568-8339, or at the Dental Library (504) 941-8158.

This Friday, go red

Friday, February 6th is National Wear Red Day, when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness.

Around town, local ladies will attend American Heart Association’s annual Go Red for Women luncheon and fashion show. Additionally, Macy’s will give all-day in-store savings & online discounts to customers wearing red February 5-8th.

In Louisiana, 35 percent of all deaths are a result of cardiovascular disease, and more women than men die from heart problems. You can find more information on heart disease in the Louisiana Health Report Card (pdf).

What is your risk for heart disease? Find out with the American Heart Association’s online heart checkup.

Science and Psychiatry

For February only, download a free PDF copy of Solomon Snyder’s Science and Psychiatry: Groundbreaking Discoveries in Molecular Neuroscience. A free, monthly book download is part of the subscription from Psychiatry Online, your one-stop online shop for (free) psychiatric textbooks.

Solomon Snyder has been instrumental in the establishment of modern psychopharmacology?óÔé¼ÔÇØas a pioneer in the identification of receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs and in the explanation of the actions of psychotropic agents. Science and Psychiatry is a collection of some of his best scientific papers, publications ranging over forty years that represent important advances in psychopharmacology and molecular biology. Audacious and unanticipated when they first appeared, these papers opened up new areas of understanding and revolutionized the modern study of the brain. Republished here, they show why fundamental research into the ?óÔé¼?ômessengers of the mind?óÔé¼?Ø is as essential for clinicians as for researchers.

You can access the book from PsychiatryOnline’s home page:
http://0-www.psychiatryonline.com.innopac.lsuhsc.edu/
(requires log-in off campus)

Feeling Glassy

The permanent glass panels which will divide the Isché Library from the Library Commons are being installed today. The new front doors to the Library are scheduled for installation tomorrow.

DynaMed, MD Consult, UpToDate Smackdown

A new study from Australian Family Physician found “no clear ‘winner'” between DynaMed, MD Consult and UpToDate when it came to answering clinical questions.

You can read the full report free online here:
http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200810/28814

Honestly, I’m happy if you just use an evidence-based clinical resource instead of Google.

DynaMed: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/data/dyna.html
MD Consult: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/data/mdconsult.html

Elevator Down

We spoke too soon about our elevator working yesterday. It is once again out of order. We’ll post again when it’s working.

Ische Library Elevator Working!

The renovations to the Isché Library elevator are complete. Come take a ride!

Ische Library Entrance

The construction workers have been working on the new lobby to the Commons & the Library since Friday. This morning they started working on the doorway into the Isché Library. Don’t worry you still have access. Work on the doorway should be completed in a few days.