A triumvirate of H1N1 experts addressed congressional concerns about the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus and vaccine in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Sept. 29.
The presence of lupus anticoagulant, an antiphospholipid antibody, increased the risk of stroke by 40-fold and of heart attack by 5-fold in a Dutch study that compared young women who had survived these conditions with a healthy control group.
The Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 25 announced the approval of the anti-inflammatory biologic ustekinumab for the treatment of plaque psoriasis.
The National Library of Medicine welcomed its 2009-2010 class of Associate Fellows earlier in September. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/index.html
The National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program is a one-year postgraduate training fellowship at the NLM in Bethesda, Maryland, with an optional second year program component. The program is designed to provide a broad foundation in health sciences information services, and to prepare librarians for future leadership roles in health sciences libraries and in health services research. The Associate Fellows are introduced to a wide range of technologies and skills used in managing information at a national library.
In addition to curriculum and projects, the Associate Fellows will also be attending several conferenc…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to start distributing at least 3.4 million doses of vaccine against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) during the first days of October, CDC officials said September 18.
Max Anderson is coming back to teach his much anticipated Screencasting class at WSU in November. He’s going to have a morning session and then repeat the class in the afternoon. The class is limited to 20 students per session, and it is offered for 4 hours of MLA credit. For more information about the class: http://nnlm.gov/training/screencasting/index.htmlThe classes will take place at the Adamany Undergraduate Library at WSU in Lab C on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. The morning class will run 8:00 am-12:15 pm, and the afternoon class will run from 12:45 pm-5:00 pmPlease click on this link for the registration form: http://www.mdmlg.org/Screencasting%20CE%20Class%20November%204,%202009.doc If you have difficulty getting the form page to open, please email me directly, and I will send you …
The Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library is now accepting registrants for the online version of Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends. We are offering this course free of charge to NN/LM Network members and public health educators in our communities. The course will be taught in three segments: Web 2.0 Basics, Social Networking, and Managing Information Overload. Register for one, two, or all three segments depending on your schedule and interests.
New rules derived from a large prospective study of children and adolescents could identify which head trauma patients are at low risk of serious traumatic brain injuries and thus do not need a CT scan.
