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MedlinePlus, Popular Consumer Website, Reaches 1,000th Health Topic
A major milestone was recently reached as MedlinePlus.gov launched its 1,000th health topic page. The topic that lifted the site to that number was; " Eye Care. " (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - February 10, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Classification Updated, January 26, 2017
The NLM Classification, available online at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has moved from an annual spring update to twice-yearly updates. The 2017 winter edition has been issued as of January 26, 2017. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - January 26, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Announces Two New Digital Collections: Incunabula & World War II U.S. Government Documents
NLM is pleased to announce the addition of two new collections to NLM Digital Collections, Incunabula and World War II U.S. Government Documents. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - January 12, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Announces 2017 Michael E. DeBakey Fellows in the History of Medicine
Earlier this year, the National Library of Medicine received a generous gift from The DeBakey Medical Foundation to support enhanced access to the Michael E. DeBakey Archives at the NLM and to establish the Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - December 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Request for Information (RFI): Strategic Plan for the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
The National Library of Medicine is undertaking a Strategic Planning Process and is soliciting input from its broad stakeholder community. We recognize that many of our stakeholders generously replied to the 2015 RFI regarding future directions of NLM. Input provided in 2015 is already under consideration and need not be re-submitted. The 2015 RFI was issued by NIH on behalf of the NLM Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) to obtain input for their June 2015 report (http://acd.od.nih.gov/reports/Report-NLM-06112015-ACD.pdf) on a vision for the future of NLM in the context of NLM ’s leadership ...
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - November 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

" A Personal Perspective on Race, Opportunity and the US Health System " from Louis W. Sullivan: October 4 < i > (NLM in Focus) < /i >
A Personal Perspective on Race, Opportunity and the US Health System. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - September 26, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

HHS Takes Steps to Provide More Information About Clinical Trials to the Public
In an effort to make information about clinical trials widely available to the public, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule that specifies requirements for registering certain clinical trials and submitting summary results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - September 16, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

National Library of Medicine Welcomes New Director Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan (NLM in Focus)
Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, today begins her service as director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world ’s largest medical library and a component of NIH. She is the first woman and the first nurse to serve in that role. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - August 15, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Announces Pill Image Recognition Challenge Winners
NLM hosted a Pill Image Recognition Challenge as part of its research and development in Computational Photography Project for Pill Identification (C3PI). Teams participating in the challenge submitted algorithms and software that will contribute to the creation of a system that can match photos taken by a smart phone to the NLM RxIMAGE database of high-resolution prescription pill images. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - August 1, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM Extends “Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives”
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is extending Confronting Violence, Improving Women ’s Lives, a special display in the History of Medicine Division (HMD) Reading Room on the first floor of the National Library of Medicine, Building 38 on the Bethesda, Maryland campus of the National Institutes of Health. The special display will be open to the public until October 14, 2016. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - August 1, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

New Jersey High School Seniors Win Inaugural NLM History of Medicine Award
High School seniors from Freehold, New Jersey have won the 2016 National Library of Medicine (NLM) History of Medicine Award for the production of the website, Henrietta Lacks: Ordinary Woman with Extraordinary Cells. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - July 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM to Host Nainoa Thompson Special Lecture on the H ōkūle'a and Native Hawaiian Health, May 23
On Monday, May 23 at 11:00 AM in the Lister Hill Auditorium (first floor of Building 38A on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland), the National Library of Medicine will host a special presentation by Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and Master Navigator, He Lani Ko Luna, A Sky Above: In Losing the Sight of Land, You Discover the Stars. The public is invited. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - May 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

NLM to Host Nainoa Thompson Special Lecture on the Hōkūle'a and Native Hawaiian Health, May 23
On Monday, May 23 at 11:00 AM in the Lister Hill Auditorium (first floor of Building 38A on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland), the National Library of Medicine will host a special presentation by Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and Master Navigator, He Lani Ko Luna, A Sky Above: In Losing the Sight of Land, You Discover the Stars. The public is invited. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - May 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan Appointed Director of the National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, today announced that Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, will be the next director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library and a component of NIH. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - May 11, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Road-Tested TB Screening in Kenya (NLM in Focus)
Getting screened for TB often involved two days of travel and lost wages for Kenyans. Now, it can often be done in minutes and more people can get tested, saving lives and keeping family members and friends from getting infected from this airborne disease. (Source: News from the National Library of Medicine)
Source: News from the National Library of Medicine - May 2, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news