Musings on MeSH
Around here, January is MeSH Month.
It’s when NLM and NNLM staff highlight the new and updated MeSH terminology, offer training on how your PubMed searches may be affected by the MeSH updates, and answer your MeSH and indexing questions. Mark your calendar for our 2024 sessions – if you use PubMed, you won’t want to miss them!
NLM Webinar: 2024 MeSH Highlights
January 10, 12-1pm CT
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NNLM Class: MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching
January 25, 12-1:30pm CT
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In preparation for these sessions, I found myself reflecting on the MeSH conversations I’ve had this year. Several librarians express...
Source: The Cornflower - December 22, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Erica Lake Tags: Blog Source Type: news
The Year ’ s Most Spectacular Photos from the James Webb Telescope
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It’s been both a punishing and triumphant two years for the James Webb Space Telescope. Launched on Christmas Day 2021, the $10 billion observatory spent its first 30 days traveling through the deep freeze of deep space until it reached its destination 1.6 million km (1 million mi.) from Earth. This region marks a spot where the gravity of the Earth and the sun neutralize each other, allowing the Webb telescope to hang stationary in space. Once in position, the telescope spent several more months bringing its hardware online and deploying a tennis-court-sized sunshiel...
Source: TIME: Science - December 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Robert Solow, Nobel-winning economist who studied tech, dies at 99
Dr. Solow, who spent most of his career teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served on government panels and was a senior staff economist on President Kennedy’s Council of Economic Advisers in the early 1960s. He was a believer in the Keynesian theory of government intervention…#keynesian #miltonfriedman #nobel #russian #brooklyncollege #newyorkcity #harvarduniversity #bronzestarmedal #pacific #hiroshima (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I live off the grid in a tiny house and freed myself from capitalism. I don't have a cell phone or ID, and I don't pay taxes
Robin Greenfield stood outside the tiny house he built in Orlando, Florida. Sierra Ford Robin Greenfield, 37, is an author and activist teaching people how to live more sustainably. He doesn't have a cell phone, credit cards or any government IDs. Greenfield lived in several tiny houses – some…#robingreenfield #orlando #florida #sierraford #asheville #northcarolina #sarahtewphotography #sandiego #craigslist #greenfield (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure
Despite significant strides in research and treatments–from liquid biopsy to vaccines, from precision medicine to CAR T-cell therapy–cancer remains the leading cause of death across the globe, taking some 10 million lives annually.
And beyond just the devastating human toll, cancer’s economic burden on patients and their families exceeds $21 billion each year, a number estimated to reach $25 trillion between now and 2050.
Recognizing that there is still much to do if we hope to ever beat this insidious disease, the White House announced recently a $240 million investment in the reinvigorated C...
Source: TIME: Health - December 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julia Kostova Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The Language of Hospice Can Help Us Get Better at Discussing Death
Just because death is inevitable doesn’t make it easy or natural to talk about. In a new study, researchers wondered if hospice workers—experts in end-of-life care—had lessons to teach the rest of us when it came to speaking with patients and families about death.
Daniel Menchik, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Arizona who studies the use of language in different fields of medicine, spent eight months sitting in on team meetings at a hospice care facility that were also open to patients’ families. His goal was to study how both groups talked to each other about the impend...
Source: TIME: Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Brief video training for suicide prevention in veterans: a randomized controlled trial of VA S.A.V.E - Teo AR, Hooker ER, Call AA, Dobscha SK, Gamble S, Cross WF, Rodgers C.
INTRODUCTION: VA S.A.V.E. (Signs; Ask; Validate; Encourage/Expedite) is a gatekeeper training developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that teaches individuals to identify and assist veterans at risk for suicide. Although VA S.A.V.E. has been w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
There Is Something Wrong with the Economic Views of Theologians
Review of Kathryn Tanner: Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism An old professor told our class decades ago to believe nothing from the popular press about economics and only half of what the financial press writes. I would add that if a theologian tries to teach you economics, hide your…#christianity #kathryntanners #capitalism #yaledivinityschool #rosemarypcarbine #hildapkoster #kathryntanner #socialists #jep #fanniemae (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physicist Bob Coecke: ‘It’s easier to convince kids than adults about quantum mechanics’
The Belgian physicist and industrial musician on replacing maths with pictures, why he ’s now working in industry – and why we all need to understand subatomic physicsBelgian physicist and musician ProfBob Coecke, 55, wants to teach quantum physics to a mass audience. The paradox-filled theory that describes the microscopic realm has become a staple of science fiction, from Marvel ’sAnt-Man to the multiple Oscar-winningEverything Everywhere Allat Once. It ’s famously bizarre and, in the UK, the subject is mostly reserved for undergraduates specialising in physics because it requires grappling with complicated maths...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Zeeya Merali Tags: Physics University of Oxford Artificial intelligence (AI) Computing Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Source Type: news
These are the 2 main takeaways for investors from a year where stocks popped and the economy dodged a recession, according to UBS
None Equities' surprise rally should teach investors two key lessons heading into 2024, according to UBS. • None Growth, inflation, and headline-grabbing datapoints will carry on driving returns next year, the Swiss bank said. That's UBS's main takeaway from 2023, where stocks defied Wall Street's…#ubs #nonegrowth #nasdaqcomposite #federalreserve (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Executives to Watch: Alvin Cheung, president and CEO, California Northstate University
California Northstate University's local real estate projects extend beyond the teaching hospital and campus it's planning in Natomas. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ben van der Meer Source Type: news
WeightWatchers Is Now Prescribing Weight Loss Drugs
WeightWatchers has been through a lot of changes recently. In 2018 the popular weight loss program changed its name to WW with an updated mission: “Wellness That Works.” For the first time, that mission includes medications.
Last spring, the company acquired Sequence, a digital health company, which allowed members to get prescriptions for weight loss drugs. Now the 60-year old company is launching WeightWatchers Clinic, which will give them access to telehealth weight loss management and doctors who can prescribe weight loss medications like semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound).
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Source: TIME: Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Sucheta Kamath, Founder and CEO of ExQ ® for School, an Executive Function curriculum, announces new team member, Dr. Pam Smith as Partnership Development Director
Sucheta Kamath, Founder and CEO of ExQ® for School, a patented, individualized curriculum designed to teach Executive Function, announces the addition of a new team member, Dr. Pam Smith as Partnership Development Director. Pam joins ExQ with a focus on expanding and growing the ExQ... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PER Source Type: news
Accidental iron poisoning in children - experience from a teaching institution - Chandran J, Sanketh R, Vyasam S, Chrysolyte A, Ebenezer K.
We report a case series of five children presenting afte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
University-public partnerships for disaster recovery: promoting community resilience through research, teaching, and engagement - Smith G, Nguyen MT.
This article describes a state-supported, multiuniversity, interdisciplinary effort to address unmet disaster recovery needs identified by six hard-hit, low-capacity North Carolina communities following Hurricane Matthew. At the request of the director of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
