Moodle Scheduled Downtime

Moodle will be down on campus from 11 p.m. this evening (Friday, Feb. 26th) until approximately mid-morning tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 27th) for server maintenance. Please plan your use accordingly.

Library Commons Closure

The Library Commons will be closed from midnight to 8 a.m. on Saturday, February 27th to accomodate electrical work in the building. Please plan your studying accordingly.

TVs in the Library Commons

The television sets in the Library Commons are available for use with a laptop. Just stop by the Circulation Desk to checkout the cables that are needed to make it work. Use of the TVs & the cables is on a “first come – first served” basis. Enjoy!

Historical Images

In need of an historical image to jazz up a presentation? Check out the Images from the History of Medicine Collection from the National Library of Medicine. NLM does not own the copyright to the images in the database, nor do we charge access or permission fees for their use. We do request, however, that published images include the credit line “Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.”

Dental Clinical at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. 1943

2010 County Health Rankings

The County Health Rankings ÔÇö the first time researchers have examined the multiple factors that affect health in each county in all 50 states ÔÇö a collaborative effort by the University of WisconsinÔÇÖs Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The 50 state reports help public health and community leaders, policy-makers, consumers and others to see how healthy their county is, compare it with others within their state and find ways to improve the health of their community.

Louisiana Summary report is available at
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/sites/default/files/CHR2010_LA.pdf

Winter Olympics & Exp Physiol

New Orleans was so busy with the Saints in the Superbowl and then Carnival that many missed that the Winter Olympics have started again. Experimental Physiology has issued a special themed issue (v95 n3 March 2010) in commemoration of the athletic event. The issue explores “the biological and environmental challenges elite winter athletes must overcome to win gold.”

Off campus access will require a Library barcode & PIN.

Happy Mardi Gras!

Both the Dental & Isché Libraries are closed today (February 16th) in honor of Mardi Gras. Hope you’re having a great day!

Mardi Gras/Spring Break @ Dental

The Dental Library will be open for reduced hours next week in observance of Mardi Gras and spring break at the Dental School. The schedule is as follows:

Have fun & be safe!

Mardi Gras Hours @ Ische

The Isché Library will have reduced hours for the final weekend of carnival and will be closed on Mardi Gras. The schedule will be as follows:

Have fun & be safe!

DSM-5 solicits comments

The fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be published in May 2013 and will reflect substantial changes for diagnosis of mental disorders. One of the biggest may concern children who are currently diagnosed as bipolar. In a move that could potentially change mental health practice all over America, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) includes a new diagnosis: “temper dysregulation disorder”, which would diagnose children with explosive moods as having a brain or biological dysfunction, and not necessarily lifelong condition such as bipolar.

The APA has published Proposed Draft Revisions to DSM Disorders and Criteria, and welcomes public comment.

The library offers full text online access to the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) through Psychiatry Online and Stat!Ref.

MacGyver Dentistry

This might not be the conventional treatment, but it seems to work this time:

Alaska dentist fixes injured eagle’s broken beak
An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak ÔÇö using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter.

I wonder what he could do with a paper clip, gum,and a tube sock…

Water @ Ische

Facilities Services has scheduled a water outage in the Resource Center Building from 4:30-8:30 this evening(Monday, Feb. 8th). All restrooms and sinks will be unavailable during this time. The nearest available restrooms will be in the Nursing/Allied Health Building.

*EDIT* Water is already back on at 5:40 p.m.

Reminder: Superbowl Hours

In honor of the 1st Black & Gold Superbowl both the Dental & Isché Libraries will have special hours on Sunday, February 7th.

The Dental Library will be open from 1:30 to 5 pm.

The Isché Library will be open from 10 am to 5 pm.

National Children’s Dental Health Month

Each February, the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. NCDHM messages and materials have reached millions of people in communities across the country.

In addition to National Children’s Dental Health Month, the ADA sponsors Give Kids a Smile day the first Friday of February. Give Kids A Smile was designed to provide education, preventative and restorative care to low-income children who do not have access to care.

The LSUHSC-NO School of Dentistry clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will be celebrating Give Kids a Smile day with special guests and events.

So have a little fun and don’t forget to brush and floss!

Who Dat Nation & Bonding

LSUHSC Assistant Professor Adrianne Brennan (Psychiatry) was interviewed in a Times-Picayue article that came out today; she stated “Because we were so bonded as a city through Katrina, we also bonded through the Saints. Our sense of community is so strong.”

I found out about the article from the official LSUHSC twitter feed!