Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Documents | Posted on 08-05-2011
The National Training Center‘s Educational Clearinghouse has merged with the Medical Library Association’s Educational Clearinghouse. NLM, MLA and the NTC realized the two clearinghouses were duplicating information and decided to merged. The MLA Educational Clearinghouse now includes more than just continuing education classes, such as brochures and handouts. The clearinghouse can be searched by anyone, members and non-members.
For more information, read Zipser J, Cavanaugh D. NTCC Educational Clearinghouse Merges with the MLA Educational Clearinghouse. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 May-Jun;(380):e1. (Source: Network News)
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Documents | Posted on 07-05-2011
Information Connections an informative website for parents of children with developmental disabilities and chronic diseases, was recently launched by the Marianjoy Medical Library. (Source: Disabled World)
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Documents | Posted on 05-05-2011
In October 2010, the Gretchen and James Johnson Medical Library at the Matheny Medical and Educational Center received a Technology Improvement Award from NN/LM MAR. In 2008, the library received a grant under the same program whereby it upgraded two computers out of four. The 2010 award allowed the library to upgrade the remaining two [...] (Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog)
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Documents | Posted on 02-05-2011
This year is the 100th anniversary of the first scientific publication on allergen immunotherapy. Leonard Noon, the father of allergen immunotherapy, called it prophylactic inoculation against hay fever. In his pioneering article, he acknowledged that Dunbar in Hamburg, Germany, through his animal experiments, provided the initial scientific understanding for sensitivity to pollens. Alexandre Besredka in Paris was the first to successfully perform allergen hyposensitization in animals. The foregoing scientific works formed the foundation for prophylactic inoculation against hay fever. However, the concept of prophylactic inoculation, ie, vaccination, was introduced to the Western medicine more than 100 years earlier in 1798 by Edward Jenner. Therefore, it is likely that Leonard…
