Just in Time for DNA Day! Genetic Information: Faster and Easier
It’s April 25: DNA Day! NLM is celebrating by making our Genetics Home Reference easier to use. We have a new look with better navigation, educational images, and mobile responsive design. To learn more about the site, NLM in Focus talked with the coordinator of the site, Stephanie M. Morrison, MPH. Why was Genetics Home… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 25, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Products Source Type: blogs
Spring Issue of NIH Medline Plus Now Online
This quarterly publication of NIH and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine brings accurate and timely information on health topics to patients and consumers. The current issue covers— Star of TV’s “Empire” Ta’Rhonda Jones and Heart Disease TV Crime Reporter’s Missed Clues to Heart Disease Health Disparities: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, of the… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
NLM Blast from the Past
Smoking in the boardroom. Card catalogs. Keypunch equipment. Get a blast from the past in this 1963 film about the National Library of Medicine. You can hear Senator Lister Hill and catch a glimpse of famed heart surgeon Michael DeBakey and former NLM director Frank Bradway Rogers. Back in the day, questions came in each… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Collections Source Type: blogs
What the Hack?
NCBI Hackathons Produce Multiple Software Products Start with a group of data scientists. Divide them into teams of about five. Give each team specific research questions and goals. Tell them to collaborate and be prepared to make their results publicly available. Then lock the doors for three days. That’s basically a hackathon NCBI-style—except the part… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 14, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Research & Development Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
What Is Health Literacy?
The National Library of Medicine’s health literacy resources span a spectrum for health literacy practitioners, researchers, and consumers. A relatively new concept, health literacy’s relevance to better health care was deepened by a 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy report, which found 88 percent of Americans either had below basic, basic, or an intermediate understanding… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Research & Development Source Type: blogs
On Track with Dr. Ackerman: NLM Engineer Still Chugging Along
For almost 30 years, Michael Ackerman, PhD, helped make what was once thought to be inconceivable real and revolutionary. Dr. Ackerman managed the Visible Human Project, which changed medical education and led to technological advancements. The project’s detailed digital representation of complete male and female bodies gave us surgical simulators, recyclable cadavers, virtual crash test… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
Today’s the Day! NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge Submission Period Opens
The NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge submission period opens today, April 4, 2016. A Federal Register notice and submission instructions provide further information. Individuals and teams interested in participating must first register. At least one team member must be a US citizen or permanent resident or an entity that is incorporated in and maintains a… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 4, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Research & Development Source Type: blogs
