MedlinePlus.gov Reaches 1,000th Topic Milestone!
With the addition of “eye health” and “tonsillitis,” NIH’s website for patients, families, and consumers now covers 1,000 topics. Created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus.gov provides reliable, up-to-date health information on conditions, symptoms, diseases, and medications. Each health topic page provides a description of a condition or issue and directs users… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - February 28, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Products Source Type: blogs
Focus on NLM ’ s Journal Publisher Liaison Rebecca Stanger
“I love NLM!” said an unabashed Rebecca Stanger. The NLM journal publisher liaison, who began her career as a MEDLINE indexer in 1991, said she was hired because she has a science background and speaks several languages. “If you have a basic understanding of science and how to read it, you can learn to master… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - February 21, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
NLM Board of Regents Welcomes Three New Members
The National Library of Medicine Board of Regents welcomed three new members at its recent meeting. The new members are: Jane Blumenthal, MSLS, the associate university librarian for health sciences and director of the Taubman Health Sciences Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A past-president of the Medical Library Association, she has more… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - February 15, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Advisory Bodies Source Type: blogs
Focus on NLM Scientists: Dr. Teresa Przytycka Goes the Distance
Where are you from? “The question is always ambiguous for me,” says Teresa Przytycka, PhD. “Do you mean geographically or scientifically?” Both answers cover long distances for this NIH senior investigator. Dr. Przytycka leads the Algorithmic Methods in Computational and Systems Biology section at Computational Biology Branch at NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - February 6, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
Swimmer Michael Phelps Shares Struggles with Depression
Posted today in NIH MedlinePlus magazine, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps opens up about his bout with depression and what happened when he got help. In addition to hearing from Michael Phelps, the Winter 2017 issue features— Dealing with Depression—Symptoms, signs, and treatments Treating a Common Prostate Problem—How to manage Searching for Answers about Breast… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 30, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
NLM Remembers Mary Tyler Moore, a Champion in the Fight Against Diabetes
While millions of television viewers knew Mary Tyler Moore as the iconic lead on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and as Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” NLM knew her as an advocate for diabetes research and for gracing the cover of the first issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine in 2006. The legendary… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 25, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
Civil Rights Photos on Display at NLM
NIH’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion partnered with NLM to share photos of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. Nine poster-size photographs will be on display outside of the auditorium in the Library’s Lister Hill Center until the end of Black History Month, February 28. As part of the exhibition called “A… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 19, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Exhibitions Source Type: blogs
NLM Seeks Partners to Evaluate Malaria Screener ’ s Efficacy
How well will a new malaria screener work? We want to know. NLM and our collaborators developed an automated system for detecting the malaria parasite that runs on smart phones. Working with the universities of Oxford, Mahidol, and Missouri, we developed a way to use the phone’s camera and an adapter to connect the phone… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 13, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Research & Development Source Type: blogs
NIH Medline Plus Salud Magazine Now Available
The annual issue of NIH Medline Plus Salud magazine is now available online and in print. Salud, which means health in Spanish, is a free magazine of NIH and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine. Salud brings accurate and timely information in Spanish on health topics to patients and helps explain how NIH… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 11, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
This could be you! NLM resources help librarians prepare for and respond to disaster
The people in these photos are not responding to a real disaster—but they could. They are real emergency planners, real firefighters … and real librarians, who know how to support the disaster workforce with critical health information. Put yourself in the picture! Take one of the updated and enhanced NLM disaster health information courses. These… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 9, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Programs & Services Source Type: blogs
Happy New Year! Seasons of Stories in 2016, Looking Ahead to 2017
As we look back at 2016, we are proud to have shared stories about the people and products making a difference in scientific discovery and public health here at NLM. Here are a few highlights: Winter 2016 We posted stories about an NLM scientist coediting a book on providing health information to consumers, how NLM responded… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - January 5, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
Seasons Greetings from NLM
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Source: NLM In Focus - December 28, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Events Source Type: blogs
100 Day Q & A with NLM Director Reveals Some Surprises
In anticipation of her 100th day in office since her swearing in September 12th, Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan answered questions from NLM in Focus. Here she shares her passion for the Library and its future and provides a little insight into her personal interests. As the first nurse to lead the National Library of Medicine,… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - December 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: infocuseditor Tags: People Source Type: blogs
NLM Supports Space Chat 2016
NIH went a bit intergalactic on October 18 when, from aboard the International Space Station (ISS), flight engineer and biologist Dr. Kate Rubins of NASA discussed research aboard the orbital laboratory—particularly the DNA sequencing experiments—during an in-flight conversation with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins. The National Library of Medicine was glad to help contribute to its success.… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - December 14, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Events Source Type: blogs
NLM Exhibit Provides Backstory, Complexity to What We Know About Slavery
By about 4:30 a.m. every day, two colonial- era cooks—Nathan and Lucy, both slaves—were well into their typical work day on Mount Vernon plantation near Alexandria, Va. We know from historical record that a cook’s duties would have included lighting fires in the kitchen hearth for breakfast prep, and perhaps in the dining room for… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - December 2, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Exhibitions Source Type: blogs
