Volume 2 - Issue 6
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Recent MedlinePlus Updates First and foremost, the Find a Library page in MedlinePlus has been redone. Users can find libraries offering consumer health information services by finding their home state on a map. Libraries can be included in this listing easily: See Mark's ILL-advised article, "The Docline To Medlineplus Link" on listing your library on MedlinePlus through your DOCUSER record. The chart below shows the number of libraries throughout the country that are listed in MedlinePlus through DOCUSER as of April 29, 2003. 
The Find a Library (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/libraries.html) page is in the Other Resources section of MedlinePlus. Send and Print Other updates to MedlinePlus have made topic pages and some content easier to print and send. Every page that can be printed or sent via email will have the these images on the left side of the screen. 
Here are the pages where the print and email features function : News pages from the New York Times Syndicate, Reuters Health Information and others 
Note that some news pages linking out of MedlinePlus will not have this function. Topic Pages
Encyclopedia entries 
Images from the Adam.com encyclopedia are not part of the print and email feature. Drug Information pages 
Remember that MedlinePlus links to other websites, these websites may or may not have their own print and send features. Other pages like the Directories pages and Other Resource also do not have the print and send features. The Medical Dictionary section of MedlinePlus also does not have the print and send function. The email option can send the link to the resource page or the contents of the resource page. Written links are also active so that the recipient of the email can see the url as well as use it to link directly to that site. Give it a try! Also new… MedlinePlus's own guide to evaluating websites, or as they've dubbed it: MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing, available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthywebsurfing.html Folks at NLM have promised more updates to MedlinePlus in the future. Including:
New Resource: Genetics Home Reference 
The very latest (April 25, 2003) is NLM's Genetic Home Reference. GHR is a resource for consumers who want to learn more about genetics and its role in medical conditions. Help Me Understand Genetics provides a basic explanation of how genes work and how mutations cause disorders. There is also current information about genetic testing and gene therapy. The seven 'chapters' within this section cover
The Gene Summaries provide descriptions including the official name and symbol of a gene and its location. Explanations cover the genes normal function and how mutations in the gene cause particular genetic conditions. Each gene summary links directly to related genetic conditions and to more detailed information about the gene. Genetic Condition Summaries provides a description of a genetic condition and a brief description of the symptoms, diagnostic process, and treatment options. The genetic cause of the condition, its frequency, and pattern of inheritance are also explained. In addition, each summary links directly to related gene information and to more detailed information about the condition. The Genetic Home Reference provides a bridge between the scientific explanations of genetics found in places like Modern Genetic Analysis (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=mga.TOC)in PubMed's bookshelf. GHR is from the National Center for Biomedical Communications. While there are links to many other genetics resources, the Genetic Home Reference is an example of NLM producing their own content for the public. Javier Crespo |
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