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It’s the next Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources session. The Wednesday, October 28 one-hour webinar class will cover Genetics Home Reference, My Family Health History and Information RX as presented by Wyoming Liaison, Jim Honour.
Tune in on Wednesday, October 28 at 1:00MT/2:00CT. Taking the class and completing the exercises makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News)

More young physicians are entering the workforce than previously thought while fewer older physicians are remaining active, making the physician workforce younger on average, both now and in the future, a recent study of census data showed.

The pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus may reach its shedding peak within the first 3 days after symptoms appear, but individuals could still spread the disease after a week, based on confirmed and suspected cases at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Patients who receive thiopurines for inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk for lymphoproliferative disorders, but the overall incidence is low and the benefits of treatment for IBD still outweigh the risks, according to data from more than 19,000 adults published in the online Lancet Oct. 18.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug Gardasil for boys and men aged 9-26 years, to prevent genital warts associated with the human papillomavirus, according to an Oct. 16 statement from the drugs manufacturer, Merck & Co. An FDA press officer confirmed the approval.

Chest radiographs are most often normal in patients presenting with pandemic A(H1N1) influenza, but can rapidly progress to extensive, bilateral air-space disease in severely ill patients, a retrospective study has concluded.

The MDMLG directory for 2009-2010 is now available on the members only portion of the website. Please contact me at abondar1@hfhs.org if you have any questions. Thank you. –AudreyAudrey BondarMembership Services (Source: MDMLG / Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group)

ADELPHI, Md. (EGMN) The majority of a federal advisory panel agreed that data on a sustained-release formulation of fampridine show that it can improve the walking ability of people with multiple sclerosis and that it is safe to use under certain conditions.