Claiborne Ave Closure on 5/13

Chancellor Hollier sent out the following email on Thursday, May 12th, announcing street closures on Claiborne Ave. adjacent to the downtown campus.

The movie, 21 Jump Street, is being filmed near our campus and will require street closure and restrictions on our campus beginning at 7:00 a.m. and lasting until 11:00 p.m. on Friday, May 13 as follows:

(1) S. Claiborne Street will be closed at the 500 Block, at the Perdido intersection – traffic will be diverted up or down Poydras Street;

(2) Parking will be restricted at the 500 Block of S. Claiborne Ave (North side), the 400 and 500 Blocks of S. Roman Street (both sides), the 500 Block of Bolivar Street (both sides), and the 1900 Block of Perdido Street (both sides);

(3) Pedestrian traffic in this area will be maintained;

(4) The New Orleans Police Department will be on site to provide intermittent traffic control.

The production company apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the filming.

I wanted you to be aware so you can plan alternate routes to avoid delays and congestion. Thank you for your patience and accommodation of this major economic development enterprise for our City and State.

Bike Your Way to Health

Looking for a way to get in shape and help the environment? . . . If so-look no further.

In addition to May being National Physical Fitness and Sports Month it is also National Bike Month which is supported by the League of American Bicyclists.

In addition to decreasing your carbon footprint there are multiple benefits to riding a bicycle on a regular basis. According to Discovery.com the perks of cycling include

Fitness/Weight loss
Reduced anxiety and Depression
Lung Health
Improved Coordination
Relaxation

If this activity seems like something you might enjoy, donÔÇÖt forget to be safe and follow the rules of the road.

Visit MapMyRide.com for a fun way to plan your next bike route

Happy Biking!

Bob Marley & Melanoma

Thirty years ago today, Bob Marley died from a melanoma that metastasized and spread from his toe to his brain, liver, and lungs. Despite projects like Melanoma Monday and the National Melanoma Awareness Project, mortality from Melanoma is on the increase. And judging by the number of BAD sunburns I saw out at Jazz Fest, people are still not being careful about sun exposure.

Embryo app has NOLA connection

Embryo is new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad from the NLM. This app provides a collection of digital serial sections of early stage human embryos for mobile devices. Features include human fertilization videos, photo micrographs of early-stage embryo development, 2D and 3D digital images using visual stack dissections, and a pregnancy calculator.

Embryo is especially cool because LSUHSC-NO scientists were involved in it’s creation. The app is a collaborative project between the NLM, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), the Virtual Human Embryo Project at LSUHSC-NO and the National Museum of Health & MedicineÔÇÖs Human Developmental Anatomy Center.

The Virtual Human Embryo Project was developed in the early 2000’s as a collaboration between embryologist Dr. Raymond Gasser at LSUHSC and the Human Developmental Anatomy Center in Washington DC. Dr. John Cork at LSUHSC joined the project at its inception as the software developer with a special interest in 3D-reconstruction. The images generated from the earlier project provide the basis for Embryo.

More information and screenshots from iTunes.

May’s Faculty Publications Display

The Isch?® Library features a display that highlights recent articles by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty. This display, rotated out monthly, is being regularly updated with materials that have been gathered into the Faculty Publications Database. The Database is maintained by the Isch?® Library as a prominent resource.

The articles on display are located in the Isch?® Library’s Reference area (near the elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

About the Isch?® Library’s Faculty Publications Database:

The Faculty Publications Database includes citations to papers, editorials, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, books, and book chapters authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Information in this database is retrieved from several sources, including: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EMBASE.com, CINAHL, PsycInfo and contributions directly from faculty members.

Access to this database is available to the public. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff.

Please come and peruse these publications, which exemplify the ongoing achievements of LSUHSC-New Orleans’ first-class work in the health sciences fields.

Articles Newly Placed on Display:

1. James M Barbeau: “Damage control resuscitation: From emergency department to the operating room.” The American Surgeon. Volume 77, February 2011, p201-206.

2. Matthew A Bowen, Marcie Tauzin, and Evelyn A Kluka: “Diagnostic and interventional sialendoscopy: A preliminary experience.” Laryngoscope. Vol 121, February 2011, p299-303.

3. Lisa M Harrison-Bernard: “Glomerular filtration rate determinations in conscious type II diabetic mice.” American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology. Volume 300, March 2011, pF618-25.

4. David H Martin, Rebecca A Clark, and Mary Murphy: “The influence of bacterial vaginosis on the response to trichomonas vaginalis treatment among HIV-infected women.” Sexually Transmitted Infections. Volume 87, 2011, p205-8.

5. Rose M Schaubhut and Judith A Gentry: “Nursing preceptor workshops: Partnership and collaboration between academia and practice.” Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Volume 41, No 4, 2010, p155-162.

6. Jean Valliere: “Innovations to Improve Services for Women with Perinatal Depression” Nursing for Women’s Health, Volume 15, no 2, 2011, p126-136.

7. Wayne V Vedeckis: “A new, lineage specific, autoup-regulation mechanism for human glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in 697 pre-b-acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.” Molecular Endocrinology. Volume 25, no 1, January 2011, p44-57.

8. Diane S Wilensky: “Multi-site diagnosis and management of 260 patients with auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony (auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.” International Journal of Audiology. Volume 49, no 1, 2010, p30-43.

School of Dentistry in La. Life

“‘Chew’sing An Education: LSU’s Dental School Makes Its Mark” appears in the May-June 2011 issue of Louisiana Life. The article, which includes remarks from two fourth-year students, a faculty member, and Dean Gremillion, emphasizes the family-like atmosphere, state-of-the-art technology, and expertise of the faculty. Read the article at http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/May-June-2011/-ldquoChew-rdquosing-An-Education/.

Natural Standard on Dr. Oz Show

On Tuesday, April 26th, Dr. Catherine Ulbricht, co-founder of Natural Standard, will appear as an authoritative guest on the nationally syndicated television program, The Dr. Oz Show. Dr. Mehmet Oz will discuss Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and the stigmas that have long been associated with this specialty. Dr. Ulbricht is Chief Editor of both the Natural Standard Research Collaboration and Journal of Dietary Supplements, and she is the Senior Attending Pharmacist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She founded Natural Standard Research Collaboration with Dr. Ethan Basch in 2000 to provide authoritative, evidence-based information on natural products used in healthcare. The show will be aired in New Orleans on WDSU Channel 6 at 2:00 p.m.

The Library has subscribed to Natural Standard since 2007. The database provides high quality, evidence-based CAM information organized by topics such as Foods, Herbs & Supplements, Health & Wellness, and Medical Conditions. Therapies are reviewed and graded using a systematic aggregation, analysis, and review of the literature. Access is available on and off campus: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/data/natstan.html. A mobile download is available also.

RefWorks 2.0

RefWorks your web-based reference manager is getting a new look. If you have already created Refworks personal databases, please convert to the RefWorks 2.0 as soon as possible and take advantage of the cleaner, more intuitive interface. Not familiar with Refworks? Create a new log-in (free) and begin managing your references with RefWorks 2.0.

RefWorks 2.0 allows you to manage your references anywhere you have access to the Internet!
You can:
ÔÇó Search PubMed (within RefWorks)
ÔÇó Directly import your selected PubMed citations
ÔÇó Store your references in folders (including attaching the full-text of the article)
ÔÇó Share your references with your collaborators
ÔÇó Add your references as you type a paper (write-n-cite)
ÔÇó Create and format bibliographies in the citation style you need

Try the RefWorks 2.0 tutorial to get a glimpse of what you can do to get organized.
For more information about RefWorks 2.0 and other super cool ways to gather your references including searching SCOPUS and directly exporting citations to your RefWorks account contact Kathy Kerdolff.

To switch between old and new versions, simply use the links at the top right of the screen. RefWorks 1.0 will be available through December 2011.

Old RefWorks Design

New RefWorks Design

Old Dissection Room Photos

The American Medical Association‘s news section (amednews.com) has released a slide show of historic (and contemporary) photos which illustrate the changing attitude to cadaver study in anatomy labs.

I must admit, I would have been creeped out to receive the Christmas card (slide 4) from the cadaver lab.

Easter Hours

The Isch?® Library will have special hours in observence of the Easter Holiday. They are as follows:

Thursday, April 21st 8 am to 8 pm
Friday, April 22nd CLOSED (University Holiday)
Saturday, April 23rd CLOSED
Sunday, April 24th CLOSED
Monday, April 25th 8 am to 10 pm Regular Hours

The LSUHSC Dental Library will also close Friday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 23rd. Click here to view their regular and holiday hours.

Happy Easter!

3rd Floor Printer

*Update*4p.m. The printer has been restored. Thanks for your patience.

We are experiencing technical difficulties with the printer on the main floor of the Isch?® Library. The problem has been reported and will hopefully be resolved in the near future.

Until then, please send all print jobs to the 4th Floor printer. You can designate color or black and white copies within the printer preferences before sending your print job.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Finding Full-Text Articles

Front of Brochure

Ever found a citation you could really use for a research paper but couldnÔÇÖt quite figure out how to find the full-text version?

In order to help you through this somewhat tricky process we have created a short and simple brochure available in print and online.

Pick up a copy at the Isch?® Library or find it here on the Library Homepage.

Enjoy!

Space Medicine

From the Civil War to the first manned space flight, April 12th is a busy day.

LSUHSC Libraries owns a few books on the medical implications of space flight. All are cataloged under the subjects Space Flight or Aerospace Medicine. All the books in our collection are between 50 and 20 years old, as this isn’t a popular area for monographs.

My personal favorite:
America’s astronauts and their indestructible spirit by Fred Kelly with a foreward by Buzz Aldrin. Published 1986, the author was a former NASA physician and a 1951 alum of the LSU Medical School.

Civil War Medicine

Today is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. The war is significant to the history of medicine because of the advances made in medicine during the conflict.

Also of significance are the institutions which were founded in the Civil War’s aftermath: the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, and the Index Catalogue of the Surgeon-General’s Office, the pre-cursor to the modern MEDLINE.

The National Library of Medicine offers a couple of Civil War exhibits:
Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War (2011)
Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine (2010)

Rehabilitation Reference Center

Rehabilitation Reference Center is a wide-ranging collection of evidence-based rehabilitation resources for rehabilitation clinicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists to personalize and print at the point-of-care.

Users can locate information by doing a simply keyword search or by browsing through pre-determined topics such as ÔÇ£Diseases & Conditions,ÔÇØ ÔÇ£Drug Information,ÔÇØ ÔÇ£Patient Education,ÔÇØ ÔÇ£Exercise ImagesÔÇØ and ÔÇ£Practice Resources.ÔÇØ Users will also find Key Features and up-to-date Health News from on the homepage.

LSUHSC faculty, staff and students can access RCC off campus with use of a valid LSUHSC library barcode & PIN. You can find a link to this resource from the LibraryÔÇÖs Online Resource page.