World AIDS Day

December 1st is World AIDS Day. Designated in 1988, this annual observation exists to bring attention to the continuing AIDS epidemic. For additional information, resources, and statistics, check out the following websites:

Additionally, 2008 also marks the 25th anniversary of the NO/AIDS Task Force which dedicated an AIDS Memorial in Washington Square Park over the weekend.

Exam Hours @ the Ische Library

Fall Exam Hours start this weekend. The Isché Library will be open until 12 midnight 7 days a week. Additionally, the Library will open at 12 noon on Sundays. These hours will continue until December 18th.

We’re CLOSED Thurs, Fri, Sat

The Isch?â?® & Dental libraries will be closed Thursday, Friday & Saturday (Nov 27-29th) for Thanksgiving holiday. We will REOPEN Sunday at 1:30pm.

Coming soon!
EXAM HOURS

Isch?â?® Library
Thursday, November 27th — CLOSED — University Holiday
Friday, November 28th — CLOSED — University Holiday
Saturday, November 29th — CLOSED
Sunday, November 30th — OPEN — 1:30 p.m. – 12 midnight

Dental Library
Thursday, November 27th — CLOSED — University Holiday
Friday, November 28th — CLOSED — University Holiday
Saturday, November 29th — CLOSED
Sunday, November 30th — OPEN — 1:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Family Health History & Thanksgiving

Thursday isn’t just Thanksgiving. It’s also the 5th annual National Family History Day, as declared by Acting Surgeon General Steven K Galson, M.D., M.P.H. National Family History Day is part of the Family History Initiative which provides access to a web-based tool called, “My Family Health Portrait.” This tool helps users to organize family history information and then save their history information to their own computer and even share family history information with other family members.

Thanksgiving Hours @ Ische & Dental

Isché Library

Dental Library

Why Does Everything Taste Bad After You Brush Your Teeth?

If you have no idea why we?óÔé¼Ôäóre pondering that question today, go brush your teeth real quick and grab a drink (orange juice, iced tea, beer?óÔé¼ÔÇØanything except water). Awful, isn?óÔé¼Ôäót it?

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19516

Scientific congresses, old and new

The American Heart Association just wrapped their Scientific Sessions 2008 at the Morial Convention Center, which drew over 30,000 health professionals to the area this week. Meeting abstracts are available online for free in Circulation.

Back in the 1930’s, 3,500 people was big news. A Times-Picayune newspaper clipping from November 11, 1937 announces: “3500 will attend Southern Medics Convention here,” reporting on the 31st meeting of the Southern Medical Association, which met in New Orleans in 1909, 1923 and 1931 as well. In 1949, surgeons from around the world flew into Moisant Airport to attend the 13th Congress of the International Society of Surgery, where for the first time television was used to broadcast over 20 operations to surgeons watching in the nearby Roosevelt Hotel. (Britain’s representative was cautious of the use of video in training, however.) LSU’s own Dr. James D. Rives performed intricate lung surgery in Charity hospital, using WDSU’s facilities. You can view and read more LSU history in our Historic Newspaper Clippings Collection on the Louisiana Digital Library.

Google & the Flu

Google announced on Tuesday that it was launching Google Flu Trends which will combine flu-related searches that it receives along with information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to estimate flu cases in all 50 states. The CDC offers information on Flu Season for consumers as well as Seasonal Flu information for health professionals, parents, and teachers.

According to Google Flu Trends, incidence of the flu in Louisiana is still low. And they even offer a flu shot locator by zip code, courtesy of the American Lung Association.

Auscultation Alley

Auscultation is the technical term for listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope. The links below offer a number of websites that contain heart, lung, and breathing sounds.

Auscultation Assistant
http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/inex.htm

Cardiac Examination / Heart Sounds
http://www.blaufuss.org/tutonline.html#

CardiologySite.com
http://www.cardiologysite.com/index.html

Heart Sounds and Murmurs
http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/Education/CME/explore/events/eventdetail_5469.cfm

Heart Sounds and Murmurs
http://depts.washington.edu/physdx/heart/index.html

We’ve also indexed these on our links page.

November is American Diabetes Month

November is American Diabetes Month according to the Centers for Disease Control. MedlinePlus offers a great deal of patient information on Diabetes that supplements the CDC page.

Fall Fest Today

The university-wide Fall Fest is today and all LSUHSC faculty, staff, students and their families are invited. It will be from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. According to Chancellor Larry Hollier, “There will be something for everyone ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ delicious food and drink, live music from Bag of Donuts, an airbrush tattoo artist and clowns with balloons for the little ones. For those of you coming from off campus, free parking will be available in Student Lot 2 (on the corner of Perdido and Bolivar streets). We?óÔé¼Ôäóre grateful to Campus Federal for their sponsorship of the event.”

Shots 2008

Did you know? The CDC postponed publishing updates to the adult immunization schedule until January 2009, but the folks at Group on Immunization Education (GIE) of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine has updated their PDA-friendly immunization schedules. You can also find other resources such as clinical scenarios for teaching, online educational videos, and curricular materials.

http://www.immunizationed.org/

Tips for Staying Healthy from the CDC

The CDC has created The Ounce of Prevention campaign to give health educators and consumers practical and useful tips. The website offers a variety of resources, including information on food preparation, wild animals, and antibiotics.

Progress in Mud

The Library Commons project is moving forward. Drywall has been up for over a week, but the workers started the mudding process today.

Vote!

In case you haven’t heard, today is election day. Remember that to find your precinct or a sample ballot, the Louisiana Secretary of State offers GeauxVote website with that information.