Welcome Freshmen

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Comic from a 1938 Tiger

The library extends a warm welcome to the School of Medicine, Class of 2016, which began a week of orientation today. ?áThe library has plenty of study space (and coffee!) as you begin your journey through undergraduate medicine.

Frequently asked questions about the library.?á

About the comic

This drawing appeared on the front page of The Tiger (student newspaper of LSU School of Medicine) on?áSeptember 16th, 1938. According to the paper, the freshman class numbered 121 students, the majority of which graduates of LSU. The required textbook ?áwas Osler’s ?áPrinciples and Practice of Medicine, 13th ed, a 1,472 page opus?áwhich you can still check out from the LSUHSC library today.

Other interesting facts:

“The class of ’42 boasts of three girls, namely, Nell Reiley, Alma Sullivan?áand Nell Campbell and all are unmarried….Oldest?áin the class is Scotch-born?áColin Campbell, while the youngest is George Zibilich, who registered for School at 17…. Dionesus Caccioppo ?áis the shortest man to register,?áwhile Teddy Dees and Jack Anderson divide honors for being the tallest, each being 6 ft. 2 3-4. in. tall. . . . Man Mountain of the?áclass is George (Pee-Wee) Degenurgent?áwho boasts of a 46 1/2 inch chest and tips the scales at 250 pounds. . . . Two Freshmen used red pencil to register…. Twenty men?áin the class are sons of M.D.’s.”

The Tiger was a student newspaper of LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans from?á1932-1940. You can read the full text online for free through the Louisiana Digital Library.

Do it soon though, because in about a week all you’ll be reading is Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy?áand lecture notes.

Will PMC smell as sweet?

PubMed Central has officially changed it’s name to PMC.?á The name shortening?áis to?á”to avoid confusion with PubMed.” For more information?áon the changes?áfor PMC, consult the current issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin.

“PMC is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).”

Alone no longer: the story of a man who refused to be one of the living dead

A book new to our library adds to our collection of Hansen’s disease materials.

Alone no longer;?áthe story of a man who refused to be one of the living dead! By Stanley Stein with Lawrence G. Blochman. (1963)?á

From a 1963 JAMA book review:

Written for popular readership, this engrossing autobiography of a Carville patient chronicles medical and social progress in treating Hansen’s disease. The author, editor of the hospital newspaper, stresses the crusade to dissociate Hansen’s disease from the “leprosy” stigmatized in the Bible, and to eradicate the term “leper” with its odious social and moral connotations.

Stanley Stein was a Hansen’s disease patient at Carville from 1931 until his death in 1967. He established The Star in 1941, four years after he became completely blind. Alone no longer is his autobiography.

This book was generously donated by Dr. James Riopelle, and is available for check out in the library.

14 Android Apps for Scientists

BiteSizeBio blog has a new post on Android apps for scientists. From timers to tables to Twitter, if you use and Android device and spend time in the lab, you might find these useful.

http://bitesizebio.com/articles/14-android-apps-for-scientists/

MDConsult Access Change

Access to MDConsult now matches most of the Libraries’ other online resources. Instead of logging in, users on campus are validated by IP address. Off campus users will use the Libraries’ standard remote access method, WAM.

LSU Medical Center New Orleans in top right corner

Patrons can then opt to create a personal account within MDConsult; a personal account allows for customization and other benefits.

Faculty Publications for August!

AugustÔÇÖs featured faculty publications are now on display. This month, we are highlighting nine new articles, rather than our regular eight … Bonus! These articles, authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers, have been added to the display in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building. These items are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a?áPDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Brown A, Hirsch R, Laor T, Hannon MJ, Levesque MC, Starz T, Francis K, Kent Kwoh C. ÔÇ£Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in clinical remission have evidence of persistent inflammation as revealed by 3T MRI.ÔÇØ?áArthritis Care & Research (Hoboken).?á2012; epub ahead of print.

2.?áDesai SD, Reed RE, Burks J, Wood LM, Pullikuth AK, Haas AL, Liu LF, Breslin JW, Meiners S, Sankar S. ÔÇ£ISG15 disrupts cytoskeletal architecture and promotes motility in human breast cancer cells.ÔÇØ?áExperimental Biology & Medicine.?á2012; 237(1):38-49.

3.?áHanna EB, Chen AY, Roe MT, Saucedo JF. ÔÇ£Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction found to have significant coronary artery disease on coronary angiography and managed medically: Stratification according to renal function.ÔÇØ?áAmerican Heart Journal.?á2012; 164(1):52; 57.e1.

4.?áParsons HM, Harlan LC, Lynch CF, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Kato I, Schwartz SM, Smith AW, Keel G, Keegan TH. ÔÇ£Impact of cancer on work and education among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Clinical Oncology.?á2012; 30(19):2393-2400.

5.?áPincus SH, Moran E, Maresh G, Jennings HJ, Pritchard DG, Egan ML, Blixt O. ÔÇ£Fine specificity and cross-reactions of monoclonal antibodies to group B streptococcal capsular polysaccharide type III.ÔÇØ?áVaccine.?á2012; 30:4849-4858.

6.?áSasapu A, Casperson JB, Arcement CM, Gedalia A. ÔÇ£Prolonged and persistent hip pain: Report on two children.ÔÇØ?áClinical Pediatrics.?á2012; 51(7):694-696.

7.?áGiarratano GP, Savage J, Rick S, Harville E, de Mendoza VB. ÔÇ£Disaster and Diaspora: Mental Health Status of Childbearing Women Living Through Disaster Recovery.ÔÇØ Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, Special Issue: 2012 Convention Proceedings. 2012; 41(s1): S128.

8.?áde Mendoza VB, Savage J, Harville E, Giarratano GP. ÔÇ£Prenatal care, social support, and health-promoting behaviors of immigrant Latina women in a disaster recovery environment.ÔÇØ Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, Special Issue: 2012 Convention Proceedings. 2012; 41(s1): S133.

9.?áXu J, Zhang J, Chen C. ÔÇ£Long-lasting potentiation of hippocampal synaptic transmission by direct cortical input is mediated via endocannabinoids.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Physiology.?á2012; 590(10):2305-2315.

Crazy for the Olympics?

New England Journal of Medicine has an article in this week’s issue about the history of Olympic Medicine.?á?á The LSUHSC Libraries own many of the historic articles listed in the article’s bibliography; check our online catalog for more information.

The article should be freely available to anyone, and not just LSUHSC patrons.

New WWII digital archive now available

The Library is proud to announce the publication of our newest digital collection, the U.S. Army 64th General Hospital, organized by LSU Medical School, aka the WWII collection.

http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/p15140coll50

This free collection provides artifacts and photos?árelated to the 64th General Hospital, a World War II medical unit organized by LSU Medical School which served predominantly in Africa and Italy. Materials include: declassified US Army reports, interviews with medical officers from 1971, two hospital staff publications- the?á64th General Observer was produced while the 64th General Hospital underwent WWII military training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina in 1943, and The Roar, a camp newsletter published while the 64th General Hospital was stationed in Italy during 1945. Also included are scrapbooks, loose photos from Italy, Tunisia and training, and official photographs of LSU military officers. We are still loading items into the collection, including the Army reports, interview transcripts, and scrapbooks. If you have a question about the collection, or can provide more information about any of the photos you see, email digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu

Friday Fun: I Heart Guts

Plush, stuffed versions of all things science have been around for awhile. (Remember Giant Microbes?)

I Heart Guts is a new find that replicates human organs in soft, cuddly forms.

Because who doesn’t want to snuggle up with a gall bladder once in awhile?

http://iheartguts.com/

Nat’l Medical Association hosts free health fair & raffle Saturday 7-28

Walk a Mile with a Child at Xavier university this Saturday from 7:30am – noon as part of a free health fair hosted by the National Medical?áAssociation.

Reports the Times-Picayune:

ÔÇ£The walk is free and open to all,ÔÇØ said NMA spokesperson Yolanda Fleming. ÔÇ£We plan to raffle off several items as an incentive to get people to attend. The raffles will occur after each talk and some of the items include Wii Fit, a flat-screen TV, MP3 players, tickets to ÔÇÿLaughter is Good MedicineÔÇÖ (conference event), and a gym bag.

ÔÇ£And I will be giving away tickets to the Paula Deen cooking demonstration on Tuesday,ÔÇØ Yolanda added.

The talks and walks are all free and open to the public.?áThe health fest includes interactive sessions about heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer and other conditions; health screenings, including cholesterol, dental, vision, high blood pressure and diabetes; and live demonstrations, music and giveaways. ?áXavier University is located at 1 Drexel Drive in Midcity. Map

The National Medical Association is an 109 year old ?áinstitution and the preeminent African American-centered health and medical science organization. Its members include physicians, scientists, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical students and a host of other health care professionals.

Walk a Mile with a Child Flier

Welcome back L2s!

We’d be remiss if we didn’t welcome back our hard working second year medical students, who started class this week.

Remember, your textbooks for MIP, Path, SPM and Pharm are all online – links & more info here: http://libguides.lsuhsc.edu/spm200

Image courtesy of The Tiger Rag Digital Collection.

New Additions to the Books Collection

The Library is highlighting 16 recent publications that have been added to the fourth floor stacks! For now, they can be perused on the New Books Shelf, which is on the third floor next to the internal elevator. And yes, they CAN be checked out!

1. Bray, George A. Contemporary diagnosis and management of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. (2011)
2. Meinert, Curtis L. An insider’s guide to clinical trials. (2011)
3. Urman, Richard D. Moderate and deep sedation in clinical practice. (2012)
4. Kandel, Eric R. In search of memory : the emergence of a new science of mind. (2007)
5. Klyklo, William M. Clinical child psychiatry. (2012)
6. Walls, Ron M. Manual of emergency airway management. (2012)
7. Jensen, Gail M. Handbook of teaching and learning for physical therapists. (2013)
8. Day, Robert A. How to write and publish a scientific paper. (2011)
9. Perloff, Joseph K. Perloff’s clinical recognition of congenital heart disease. (2012)
10. West, John B. Pulmonary pathophysiology : the essentials. (2013)
11. West, John B. Respiratory physiology : the essentials. (2012)
12. Gettings, Robert M. Forging a federal-state partnership : a history of federal developmental disabilities policy. (2011)
13. Cui, Dongmei. Atlas of histology : with functional and clinical correlations. (2011)
14. Sewell, Jeanne P. Informatics and nursing : opportunities and challenges. (2013)
15. de Chesnay, Mary. Caring for the vulnerable : perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research. (2012)
16. Benner, Patricia E. Clinical wisdom and interventions in acute and critical care : a thinking-in-action approach. (2011)

Hidden Treasures: NLM

Book Cover

It was always exciting to go digging around in your grandparent’s attic as a kid. You never know what you might find; old photos, love letters and toys, maybe a treasure map to lost pirate gold.

Imagine if you got to dig around in all the old stuff the National Library of Medicine has laying around. Now you can catch a glimpse of their weird, wacky and wonderful collection.

Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine is a beautiful and fascinating new book. Check out a New York Times review or have a look yourself. The book is available in the Isch?® Library stacks and as an EBook online from NLM.

Friday fun: Pimp my Pubmed

An article from Bite Size Bio delves into some techniques for monitoring PubMed using Google Reader. PubMed has offered the ability to create RSS feeds from searches since 2005, which is highly useful in customizing your online consumption of journal literature.

Here, I will describe the way IÔÇÖm combining RSS feeds for PubMed search results with Google Reader and a GreaseMonkey add-on to obtain a nicely readable list of articles pertinent to my own interests

http://bitesizebio.com/articles/how-not-to-miss-almost-any-article-on-pubmed/
The article is written by a third year PhD student from Montpellier, France.

Android medical app reviewers sought

iMedicalApps is seeking reviewers for Android apps- must be a medical student, resident, or practicing Physician:

iMedicalApps is hiring Android staff writers
We are looking for two Android staff writers to join the iMedicalApps team! You need to be a medical professional with strong writing skills and be able to contribute on a weekly basis. We offer monthly payment plans.
Find out more on iMedicalApps