It’s time to pay off those late fees and, at the same time, help provide food for people in need in our community. Since 2005, Lane Library has accepted over 1085 cans of food and waived over $2170 in fines to help feed the needy.
A aimed at improving the reliability of external defibrillators has been launched by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Nov. 15.
This week many librarians and information professionals tuned in for the Medical Library Association’s educational webcast “The ABCs of e-Books: Strategies for the Medical Library“. The webcast featured good tips for dealing with the acquisition and cataloging of e-books. Additional emphasis was given to better promoting e-books in library collections. Cataloging and acquisition processes aside, [...] (Source: Network News)
Log in to your account to renew your membership for 2011–or create a new account and join MLA for the first time. During the renewal process, you can change your membership type, switch between print and electronic versions of JMLA and MLA News, and add or cancel section memberships. (Source: Medical Library Association News)
A large, retrospective cohort study published Nov. 12 in BMJ is the latest to look at the association between isotretinoin and attempted suicide. Concerns about a link between isotretinoin and suicidal behavior have abounded for years, although previous studies have failed to show a conclusive link.
Children at risk for type 1 diabetes showed fewer signs of beta-cell autoimmunity for up to 10 years if they were fed a highly hydrolyzed casein formula rather than conventional cows-milkbased formula during infancy, according to a report in the Nov. 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Hospitals surveillance techniques for central-lineassociated bloodstream infections may vary so much that attempts to compare the results among medical centers are likely to be inaccurate, according to a Nov. 10 .
Although the use of early hemodialysis in relatively young and healthy end-stage renal disease patients has more than doubled since 1996, that practice may have increased their 1-year mortality risk, new research suggests.
Patients with atrial fibrillation who were taking the anticoagulant dabigatran for secondary stroke prevention suffered an ischemic stroke or systemic embolism at a rate similar to patients taking warfarin in a prespecified subgroup analysis of patients from the 2-year RE-LY trial.
Newest posting (November 3, 2010): Librarian (half-time position), Shriners Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. The MLANET job page is updated weekly on Wednesdays. Jobs appear chronologically, with the most recent postings at the top of the page, and then alphabetically by state. (Source: Medical Library Association News)
