Chinese Anti-Malaria Poster Online Exhibit Mounted

NLM History of Medicine Division (HMD) has mounted an online exhibit of modern Chinese Anti-Malaria Posters at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chineseantimalaria/index.html. It is available as well through a banner link on the HMD home page.

This exhibit represents the work of Chinese public health historian Dr. Liping Bu, who has been in residence at the History of Medicine Division for the summer. Roxanne Beatty did the work of preparing the on-line exhibit.

Malaria control in modern China was is a resounding success. According to the exhibition introduction, “In 1998, there were 31 thousand malaria cases in China, with a morbidity of 0.25 per ten thousand, a drop of 99% compared to 1954.” The great reduction in disease was due to concentrated and coordinated programs in public health control and prevention. The exhibit’s gallery of images presents classic posters, from the early 1950s through the early 1970s, at the peak of the campaign.

Enjoy the lively exhibit, and many thanks to Liping and Roxanne.

Paul Theerman

Head, Images and Archives

History of Medicine Division

PubMed Redesign Presentation

Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 2:00 pm

NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region, New England Region, and Southeastern/Atlantic Region present a live webinar on the upcoming National Library of Medicine PubMed page redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services, will review the draft design for the new search results page and abstract view in PubMed. This webinar is a repeat of the presentation at the NLM Online Users’ Meeting at the Medical Library Association’s annual conference in May.

IMPORTANT: This webinar is free and open to NN/LM members in MAR, NER, and SE/A.

***No pre-registration is required. Participation will be open on a first come, first served basis. Because the webinar system limits the number of call-ins, we ask that you do NOT forward or re-post this message to individuals outside the MAR, NER, and SE/A areas. This webinar will be offered separately in other regions.***

For log-in information, send a message to Arpita Bose, MAR Outreach and Communications Coordinator, before August 25: arpita.bose(at)med.nyu.edu

The National Library of Medicine would like to publicize your upcoming noteworthy projects for National Medical Librarians Month in October.

Submissions are due Thursday, September 10, 2009. Please submit by email to rml(at)library.med.nyu.edu:

Name of the institution (you may include your library logo)

Title of project

Brief summary of the project

Name of project director

Key staff

Notable projects from 2008 are here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/lo/profiles08/

Check out the August issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research.  In this edition:

Concerned About Coffee?
It May Actually Be Good for You
Because it tastes so good, you may assume coffee is bad for you. But researchers are finding that coffee poses little to no health risk for most people. It may even have some health benefits.
full story

You’ve Got Rhythm
Your Internal Clock Affects Your Health
While you struggle to stay on time for your daily activities, your body has its own internal clock. Every day, this clock helps you feel alert at work, hungry at mealtime and drowsy at night. When you fight against your biological clock, your health can suffer.
full story

Health Capsules:

• Questions Raised About “Depression Gene”
• Tasty Recipes for People with Diabetes
• Featured Web Site: NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns

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The inaugural class of Fellows in the Association of Health Care Journalists-National Library of Medicine (AHCJ-NLM) Fellowships was recently announced by AHCJ.

The Fellows, health journalists selected by AHCJ from dozens of qualified applicants, will receive training about NLM’s services and meet with physicians and researchers at NLM and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during a weeklong visit to the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, September 13-17, 2009.
The journalists chosen to take part this year are:

• John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Lynya Floyd, Essence Magazine
• Jeff Hansel, Rochester, Minn. Post-Bulletin
• Douglas Podolsky, Consumer Reports
• Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star
• Heidi Splete, Global Medical News Network

The Fellows will receive hands-on training on how to use and get the most from NLM’s databases, such as Pub Med, MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov, ToxNet and the Household Products Database. They will also meet with senior NLM and NIH researchers and officials for exclusive informational sessions on such topics as diabetes, infectious disease, health disparities, and personalized medicine.
“The Fellowship is designed to help health journalists obtain new stories, improve their reporting and be more resourceful,” said Robert A. Logan, PhD, NLM senior staff, who helped coordinate the program with AHCJ. “The bonus for the Fellows is better stories,” added Len Bruzzese, Executive Director of AHCJ.

“NLM welcomes the inaugural class and is pleased that the Fellows represent a wide spectrum of news organizations,” said Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, Director of NLM.

For more information about the AHCJ-NLM fellows program, please contact Dr. Robert A. Logan at rlogan(at)nlm.nih.gov and 301.496.1936.

Posted on behalf of NLM History of Medicine. Questions may be directed to Jill Newmark, Exhibition Registrar in the NLM History of Medicine Division: newmarj(at)mail.nlm.nih.gov

The NLM History of Medicine Exhibition Program is accepting requests to host a new banner exhibition scheduled to be available October 4 2009.

The title is Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wallpaper

In the late nineteenth century, at a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Artist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story titled “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women’s professional and creative opportunities.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibitions/literature.html

As with NLM’s other banner exhibitions, we are asking host libraries to cover incoming FedEx expenses, which usually run a couple of hundred dollars. The booking period is 6 weeks. The online exhibition will feature K-12 lesson plans and a higher education module and will be available after Labor Day.

An additional note, historian Helen Horowitz advised on the project and developed the higher education module, and is currently writing a book about the topic. She’ll be speaking about her research at the History of Medicine Division Seminar this September 9 for those who are interested. http://www.smith.edu/history/fac_hhorowitz.htm

HHS” Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking comments on the preliminary definition of “Meaningful Use” of electronic health records as presented to the HIT Policy Committee on June 16. Comments on the draft description of “Meaningful Use” are due by Friday, June 26, 5 p.m., EDT, and should be no more than 2,000 words in length. Select to access instructions for submitting comments.

If you are traveling to Honolulu, HI for the Medical Library Association annual conference, add these two events to your schedule:

1. NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Network Member Session

Sunday, May 17, 7-8 am, Hawaii Convention Center Room 319B

Hear an RML update, meet Kate Oliver, MAR’s new Associate Director, and connect with other MAR members.

2. National Library of Medicine Sunrise Seminar: NLM Online Users’ Meeting

Monday, May 18, 6:30-7:30am, Hawaii Convention Center Room 318AB

NLM staff will highlight recent accomplishments and indicate new developments in a variety of online systems, including MEDLINE/PubMed, MedlinePlus, and DOCLINE. PubMed will be undergoing a major redesign, and the sunrise session will feature mock ups and more details.

Aloha!

Check out the May issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. And consider becoming a fan on Facebook, where you can write on our wall to suggest topics you’d like us to cover, or start a discussion about how you use the newsletter. In this month’s edition:

No More Butts
Snuff Out That Cigarette for Good
If you’re a smoker, chances are you’ve already tried to quit. So you know from experience that it’s not easy. But many do succeed in the end. The health benefits you’d gain make quitting worth the effort.
full story

A Window to Your Health
Your Eyes Reveal a Bigger Picture
Your vision seems great. Your eyes feel completely fine. But if you haven’t seen your eye care professional in a while, you might have an eye problem that you don’t know about.
full story

Health Capsules:

• Exercise Helps After Heart Failure
• Catch Oral Cancer Early
• Featured Web Site: Go Local

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Check out the April issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. And consider joining us on Facebook, where you can write on our wall to suggest topics you’d like us to cover, or start a discussion about how you use the newsletter.  Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIH-News-in-Health/45385547967 and become a fan.

In this edition:

Get Moving and Stay Healthy Make Physical Activity Part of Your Life
People from all walks of life find it difficult to get enough exercise. But research shows that all Americans need physical activity for good health. New government guidelines can help you get started and stay active.

Remember To Take Your Pills? Jog Your Memory of What To Take and When
We forget things every day-people’s names, our keys or whether we locked the front door. But when it comes to taking your medicines, don’t let your memory fail you.

Health Capsules:

• Study Questions Prostate Cancer Test
• Vitamin C May Ward Off Gout
• Featured Web Site: Rethinking Drinking

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