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.
*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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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
We spoke too soon about our elevator working yesterday. It is once again out of order. We’ll post again when it’s working.
The renovations to the Isché Library elevator are complete. Come take a ride!
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.
Top Dental Journals
The 2007 statistics have come out and according to Journal Citation Reports these are the top journals in the category of Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine.
Impact Factor:
The average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year.
1. Periodontology 2000
2. Journal of Dental Research
3. Journal of Endodontics
4. Dental Materials
5. Journal of Clinical Periodontology
Current Articles:
The number of articles published in the JCR year.
1. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
3. Journal of Periodontology
4. Journal of Endodontology
5. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Total Cites:
The number of citations to the journal in descending order.
1. Journal of Dental Research
2. Journal of Periodontology
3. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
4. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
5. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Immediacy Index:
The average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. This indicates how quickly articles in a journal are cited.
1. Periodontology 2000
2. British Dental Journal
3. Journal of Orofacial Pain
4. Journal of Adhesive Dentistry
5. Dental Materials
If you would like to see the rest of the list, check out Journal Citation Reports in the Web of Knowledge database.
Did you know that you can get an LSUHSC discount on your Cox High Speed Internet just for being a student or working at LSUHSC? Or that all faculty, staff, and students receive a 10% discount at the LSUHSC Dental Faculty Practice? Check that discount out and others on the LSUHSC Discounts Page.
Need a refresher or want to learn more about REFWORKS (our premier bibliographic management tool), but don’t have the time? REFWORKS IN 15 MINUTES is an online class designed just for you! Dates and times are below.
RefWorks in 15 Minutes
While the ideal way to teach users the basic features of RefWorks is to conduct a full training session, we realize that in some situations you may have only a few minutes to demonstrate the power of RefWorks. During this session, you’ll rapidly learn: how to create an account; direct export citations from two databases; create a folder; create a bibliography from a list of citations; and create a bibliography using Write N’ Cite.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:00 am
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=719278374
Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:00 pm
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=715252868
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:00 pm
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=718377981
More Classes are available – from Write n Cite to RefShare to the basics –
Check out the full schedule on Refworks.com
Just a quick reminder that most LSUHSC-New Orleans resources are available off campus (any where not on the LSUHSC network). This includes full-text materials, books & journals. Check out our handy tutorial.
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