ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

NLM Announces PubReader, a User-Friendly Web Presentation for Reading Articles in PubMed Central (PMC)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/pubreader.html

 

NLM Mourns Loss of Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/sen_daniel_inouye.html

 

National Library of Medicine Partner in Two IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grants

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/IMLS_21st_Century_Grants.html

 

Value Set Authority Center Posts Version Updates to 19 CMS Measures

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/DEC_1_2Update.html

 

NLM DIRECTOR’S PODCASTS

 

Creating a Family Health History

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript123112.html

 

Hospital Readiness for Hurricane Sandy

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript010713.html

 

More Transparent Clinical Trials: A Possible Boost

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript011413.html

 

Positive Attitudes Help Seniors Recover From Disabilities

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript121712.html

 

Sen. Daniel Inouye 1924-2012

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript122412.html

 

NLM IN THE NEWS

 

5 Ways To Find Health Info Online

http://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/internet-research-tips-health-topics-and-problems

 

10 Mobile Health Apps From Uncle Sam

http://www.informationweek..com/healthcare/mobile-wireless/10-mobile-health-apps-from-uncle-sam/

 

Ancient Pills Found in Shipwreck Offer Rare Insight Into Early Medicine

http://www.goodhealth.com/health_a_to_z/health_news/health_news/2013/01/08/ancient_pills_found_in_shipwreck_offer_rare_insight_into_early_medicine

 

Battle cries of freedom: Exhibit shows the horrible human toll that was central to the Civil War

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/12/battle-cries-of-freedom/

 

Call to Action to Preserve Science Discourse on the Open Web

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/12/call-to-action-to-preserve-science-discourse-on-the-open-web/

 

Can common household cleaning supplies make you sick?

http://www.northjersey.com/news/184887321_Can_common_household_cleaning_supplies_make_you_sick_.html

 

Complete Health Reporting: Four Tips for Judging a Treatment’s Novelty

http://www.reportingonhealth.org/2013/01/10/complete-health-reporting-four-tips-judging-treatment%E2%80%99s-novelty

 

Computers ‘Taught’ To ID Regulating Gene Sequences

http://laboratorian.advanceweb.com/News/News-Watch/Computers-Taught-To-ID-Regulating-Gene-Sequences.aspx

 

How The U.S. Stopped Malaria, One Cartoon At A Time

http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/npr1355955318-How-The-U.S.-Stopped-Malaria,-One-Cartoon-At-A-Time.html

 

Librettist to Discuss Creating Opera From Literature

http://www.hendrix.edu/news/news.aspx?id=63720

 

Medical Dictionary: Lynch syndrome

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121218/HEALTH/312180004/Medical-Dictionary?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

 

More Americans have at least 2 chronic health issues: CDC

http://www.wave3.com/story/19158560/more-americans-have-at-least-2-chronic-health-issues-cdc

 

New computers installed at senior center

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2012/12/23/new-computers-installed-senior-center/2W96gI6YVMyz9s5JnIb4yM/story.html

 

New Image Search Engine from the National Library of Medicine

http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/69605

 

New Tools from the National Library of Medicine: PubReader and Open-i

http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/news/index.cfm/2012/12/14/New-Tools-from-the-National-Library-of-Medicine-PubReader-and-Openi

 

Oz-Approved Medical Websites

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/oz-approved-medical-websites

 

Prepara bien los alimentos durante las fiestas

http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-12-20/prepara-bien-los-alimentos-durante

 

Ravalli County [Montana] Museum explores Renaissance science through Harry Potter

http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_0b471ed0-4a4a-11e2-8d90-0019bb2963f4.html

 

Scientists, Including Team at J. Craig Venter Institute, Sequence and Publish More than 10,000 Influenza Genomes as Part of NIAID’s Influenza Virus Genome

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/20552889/scientists-including-team-at-j-craig-venter-institute-sequence-and-publish-more-than-10000-influenza-genomes-as-part-of-niaids-influenza-virus-genome

 

Slices of Life, circa 1872

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33767/title/Slices-of-Life–circa-1872/

 

Tap web, social media for health news

http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/85824/group/Lifestyle/

 

The smartphone is in: Mobile devices make health information more accessible

http://www.newsreview.com/chico/smartphone-is-in/content?oid=8671267

 

NEW IN NLM IN FOCUS

 

Emergency Backup Communications: The Old Meets the New

http://infocus.nlm.nih.gov/2013/01/emergency-backup-communication.html

 

Health and Medicine Blogs Collection: A 21^st Century Twist

http://infocus.nlm.nih.gov/2013/01/what-wondrous-things-my-four.html

 

NEW OR UPDATED MEDLINEPLUS TOPICS AND FEATURES

 

Barotrauma

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/barotrauma.html

 

Brachial Plexus Injuries

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/brachialplexusinjuries.html

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