Publication Alert

Friday Fun: the first MRI of a baby being born

A recent video making the Internet rounds is the first MRI of a baby being born.

The images were shot during a normal birth at Charit?® University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, in November, 2010, researchers say in a report published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Still MRI pictures of the birth were previously published, but this is the first look at the video, made with time-lapsed images over the last 45 minutes of labor.

The MRI is of a baby boy in the final moments in utero and his mother, a 24-year-old woman with two younger children. The last moments of birth (the “money shot” if you will) are not included. Physicians shut down the MRI machine slightly before delivery because they did not want to expose the baby’s ears to the common thumping sound associated with MRIs.

Reports USA Today, “The doctors don’t say how they convinced a woman to go through the final stages of labor in an MRI machine — but do say she weathered the experience just fine.”

Citation

Bamberg C, Rademacher G, G??ttler F, Teichgr?ñber U, Cremer M, B??hrer C, Spies C, Hinkson L, Henrich W, Kalache KD, Dudenhausen JW.?áHuman birth observed in real-time open magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jun;206(6):505.e1-6. Epub 2012 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 22425409.
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Top 10 free iPad Medical Apps

Just in time for medical internships to begin July 1st, iMedicalApps.com ?áhas released a curated list of top 10 free iPad medical apps. Resources include AHRQ’S EPSS, MicroMedex, and MedScape. Notoriously missing is Epocrates.com. Why? Turns out they don’t even have a native app for iPad.

Check out the link for the entire list, short reviews and videos after the cut. (Users must ?álog in or create a free iMedicalApps account to view the videos, which this librarian finds highly annoying.)

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New Issue of the Library Bulletin

The latest issue of the LibraryÔÇÖs Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

Kick off Summer with LSUHSC-NO Research

This monthÔÇÖs featured faculty publications are now on display! Eight new articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers have been added to the display in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building. These items are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a?áPDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Atencio DC, Gachiani JM, Richter EO. ÔÇ£Air embolus to arachnoid cyst as a rare delayed complication of intrathecal medication delivery.ÔÇØ?á Neuromodulation.?á2012; 15(1): 35-38.

2.?áColeman MT, Pasternak RH. ÔÇ£Effective strategies for behavior change.ÔÇØ?á Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice.?á2012; 39(2): 281-305.

3.?áHonore PA, Stefanak M, Dessens S. ÔÇ£Anatomy of a public health agency turnaround: The case of the General Health District in Mahoning County.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Public Health Management & Practice.?á2012; 18(4): 364-371.

4.?áLedet EM, Sartor O, Rayford W, Bailey-Wilson JE, Mandal DM. ÔÇ£Suggestive evidence of linkage identified at chromosomes 12q24 and 2p16 in African American prostate cancer families from Louisiana.”?áProstate.?á2012; 72(9): 938-947.

5.?áLisch W, Bron AJ, Munier FL, Schorderet DF, Tiab L, Lange C, Saikia P, Reinhard T, Weiss JS, Gundlach E, Pleyer U, Lisch C, Auw-Haedrich C. ÔÇ£Franceschetti hereditary recurrent corneal erosion.ÔÇØ?áAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology.?á2012; 153(6): 1073-1081.

6.?áOpelka FG, Rosinia FA. ÔÇ£The surgical quality alliance.ÔÇØ?á Anesthesiology.?á2012; 117(6): 1-2.

7.?áPan B, Waguespack J, Schnee ME, LeBlanc C, Ricci AJ, Amer Physiological Soc. ÔÇ£Permeation properties of the hair cell mechanotransducer channel provide insight into its molecular structure.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Neurophysiology.?á2012; 107(9): 2408-2420.

8.?áTokg?Âz Z, Siepmann TJ, Streich Jr. F, Kumar B, Klein JM, Haas AL. ÔÇ£E1-E2 interactions in ubiquitin and Nedd8 ligation pathways.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Biological Chemistry.?á2012; 287(1): 311-321.

Faculty Articles for May

This month’s featured faculty publications are now on display! Eight new articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers have been added to the display in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building. These items are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a?áPDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1.?áBamgbola OF. ÔÇ£Pattern of resistance to erythropoietin-stimulating agents in chronic kidney disease.ÔÇØ?áKidney International.?á2011; 80(5):464-474.

2.?áHe J, Bazan HE. ÔÇ£Mapping the nerve architecture of diabetic human corneas.ÔÇØ?áOphthalmology.?á2012; 119(5):956-964.

3.?áKoski ME, Chermansky CJ. ÔÇ£Does estrogen have any real effect on voiding dysfunction in women?ÔÇØ?áCurrent Urology Reports.?á2011; 12(5):345-350.

4.?áLarochelle J, King A, Tanas M, Day K, Marshall H, Patel S, Tyler A. ÔÇ£The pharmacy practitioner’s g uide to publishing.ÔÇØ?áHospital Pharmacy.?á2012; 47(4):279-284.

5.?áLopez C, Ilie CC, Glancy DL, Quintal RE. ÔÇ£Goldberger’s electrocardiographic triad in patients with echocardiographic severe left ventricular dysfunction.ÔÇØ?áAmerican Journal of Cardiology.?á2012; 109(6):914-918.

6.?áPerrin, KM, Begue, RE. ÔÇ£Use of palivizumab in primary practice.ÔÇØ Pediatrics. 2012; 129(1): 55-61.

7.?áStuke LE, Pons PT, Guy JS, Chapleau WP, Butler FK, McSwain NE. ÔÇ£Prehospital spine immobilization for penetrating trauma–review and recommendations from the prehospital trauma life support executive committee.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Trauma.?á2011; 71(3):763-9; discussion 769-70.

8.?áYoshida T, Semprun-Prieto L, Wainford RD, Sukhanov S, Kapusta DR, Delafontaine P. ÔÇ£Angiotensin II reduces food intake by altering orexigenic neuropeptide expression in the mouse hypothalamus.ÔÇØ Endocrinology.?á2012; 153(3):1411-1420.

Recent Faculty Publishings

Eight new articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers have been added to the display in the Library’s Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building. These items are also part of the Library’s Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 – present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a PDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Ballif B, Rosenfeld J, Traylor R, Theisen A, Bader P, Ladda R, Sell S, Steinraths M, Surti U, McGuire M, Williams S, Farrell S, Filiano J, Schnur R, Coffey L, Tervo R, Stroud T, Marble M, Netzloff M, Hanson K. ÔÇ£High-resolution array CGH defines critical regions and candidate genes for microcephaly, abnormalities of the corpus callosum, and seizure phenotypes in patients with microdeletions of 1q43q44.ÔÇØ Human Genetics. 2012; 131(1): 145-156.
2. Cole L, Polfus L, Peters ES. ÔÇ£Examining the incidence of human papillomavirus-associated head and neck cancers by race and ethnicity in the U.S., 1995-2005.ÔÇØ PLoS One. 2012; 7(3): e32657.
3. Fitzgerald-DeJean D, Rubin SS, Carson RL. ÔÇ£An application of the experience sampling method to the study of aphasia: A case report.ÔÇØ Aphasiology. 2012; 26(2): 234-251.
4. Geisz-Everson MA, Bennett MJ, Dodd-McCue D, Biddle C. ÔÇ£Disrupted by disaster: Shared experiences of student registered nurse anesthetists affected by Hurricane Katrina.ÔÇØ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing. 2012; 50(1): 32-38.
5. Hsieh M-C, Velasco C, Wu X-C, Pareti LA, Andrews PA, Chen VW. ÔÇ£Influence of socioeconomic status and hospital type on disparities of lymph node evaluation in colon cancer patients.ÔÇØ Cancer. 2012; 118(6): 1675- 1683.
6. Martin DH. ÔÇ£The microbiota of the vagina and its influence on women’s health and disease.ÔÇØ American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2012; 343 (1): 2-9.
7. Zolochevska O, Xia X, Williams BJ, Ramsay A, Li S, Figueiredo ML. ÔÇ£Sonoporation delivery of interleukin-27 gene therapy efficiently reduces prostate tumor cell growth in vivo.ÔÇØ Human Gene Therapy. 2011; 22(12): 1537-1550.

Also Featured: Conference abstracts of the February 2012 Southern Regional Meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research, which was held in New Orleans. Various LSUHSC authors.

Faculty Research Highlighted

Eight recent articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers are on display in the Library. The publications on are on view in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building, and are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a?áPDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Chen K, McAleer JP, Lin Y, Paterson DL, Zheng M, Alcorn JF, Weaver CT, Kolls JK. “Th17 cells mediate clade-specific, serotype-independent mucosal immunity.” Immunity. 2011; 35(6): 997-1009.
2. Li YY, Alexandrov PN, Pogue AI, Zhao Y, Bhattacharjee S, Lukiw WJ. “miRNA-155 upregulation and complement factor H deficits in down’s syndrome.” NeuroReport. 2012; 23(3):168-173.
3. Liu SJ, Savtchouk I. “Ca 2+ permeable AMPA receptors switch allegiances: Mechanisms and consequences.” Journal of Physiology. 2012; 590(1): 13-20.
4. Melvan JN, Siggins RW, Stanford WL, Porretta C, Nelson S, Bagby GJ, Zhang P. “Alcohol impairs the myeloid proliferative response to bacteremia in mice by inhibiting the stem cell antigen-1/ERK pathway.” Journal of Immunology. 2012; 188(4): 1961-1969.
5. Russo VM, Graziano F, Peris-Celda M, Russo A, Ulm AJ. “The V2 segment of the vertebral artery: Anatomical considerations and surgical implications – laboratory investigation.” Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2011; 15(6): 610-619.
6. Taylor T, Zitzmann MB. “Dipylidium caninum in a 4-month old male.” Clinical Laboratory Science. 2011; 24(4): 212-214.
7. Xiao L, Gao L, Lazartigues E, Zucker IH. “Brain-selective overexpression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 attenuates sympathetic nerve activity and enhances baroreflex function in chronic heart failure.” Hypertension. 2011; 58(6): 1057-1065.
8. Yano J, Noverr MC, Fidel PL, Jr. “Cytokines in the host response to candida vaginitis: Identifying a role for non-classical immune mediators, S100 alarmins.” Cytokine. 2012; 58(1): 118-128.

Articles by LSUHSC-NO Scholars Kick Off Spring

There are eight new articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers now displayed in the Library. The publications on are on view in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building, and are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page here. This page includes a handy link to a PDF of the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

Desai SD, Reed RE, Burks J, Wood LM, Pullikuth AK, Haas AL, Liu LF, Breslin JW, Meiners S, Sankar S. ÔÇ£ISG15 disrupts cytoskeletal architecture and promotes motility in human breast cancer cells.ÔÇØ Experimental Biology & Medicine. Jan 2012; 237:38-49.

Harch PG, Andrews SR, Fogarty EF, Amen D, Pezzullo JC, Lucarini J, Aubrey C, Taylor DV, Staab PK, Van Meter KW. ÔÇ£A phase I study of low-pressure hyperbaric oxygen therapy for blast-induced post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder.ÔÇØ Journal of Neurotrauma. Jan 2012; 29(1):168-185.

Pedersen KB, Sriramula S, Chhabra KH, Xia H, Lazartigues E. ÔÇ£Species-specific inhibitor sensitivity of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and its implication for ACE2 activity assays.ÔÇØ American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology. Nov 2011; 301(5):R1293-1299.

Starr, SP. ÔÇ£Genetic Blood Disorders: questions you need to ask.ÔÇØ Journal of Family Practice. Jan 2012; 61(1):37-37.

Theall KP, Scribner R, Broyles S, Yu Q, Chotalia J, Simonsen N, Schonlau M, Carlin BP. ÔÇ£Impact of small group size on neighbourhood influences in multilevel models.ÔÇØ Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Aug 2011; 65(8):688-695.

Wang P, Thevenot P, Saravia J, Ahlert T, Cormier SA. ÔÇ£Radical-containing particles activate dendritic cells and enhance Th17 inflammation in a mouse model of asthma.ÔÇØ American Journal of Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology. Nov 2011; 45(5):977-983.

Wang Y, Shenouda S, Baranwal S, Rathinam R, Jain P, Bao L, Hazari S, Dash S, Alahari SK. ÔÇ£Integrin subunits alpha5 and alpha6 regulate cell cycle by modulating the chk1 and Rb/E2F pathways to affect breast cancer metastasis.ÔÇØ Molecular Cancer. Jul 2011; 10:84.

Wu XC, Lund MJ, Kimmick GG, Richardson LC, Sabatino SA, Chen VW, Fleming ST, Morris CR, Huang B, Trentham-Dietz A, Lipscomb J. ÔÇ£Influence of race, insurance, socioeconomic status, and hospital type on receipt of guideline-concordant adjuvant systemic therapy for locoregional breast cancers.ÔÇØ Journal of Clinical Oncology. Jan 2012; 30(2):142-150.

New Issue of the Library Bulletin

The latest issue of the LibraryÔÇÖs Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

CDC’s Carnival Advisory

Library Shoebox Float - 2010

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a Carnival Advisory linked from their main webpage at the moment.

A couple of quick points about the page:

Nursing Jobs???

The November/December 2011 issue of the publication Dean’s Notes has an interesting article reporting the number of recent RN graduates who have been unable to find jobs in nursing. Don’t like what you are reading? Critique the author’s research methodology.

Health Resource Guides from City Health Dept

The New Orleans Health Department has issued a new Health Resource Guide entitled a Guide to Behavioral Health Resources in the Greater New Orleans Area which “provides information on accessing mental health and substance abuse resources in the Greater New Orleans area.” This new guide is in addition to A Guide to No or Low Pay Community Healthcare in Orleans Parish which was released in August 2011. Both brochures are available from the Health Department webpage as PDF downloads.

For every American who quit smoking in 2011, another became obese

One final 2011 list, this from our friends at the AAMC:

American Medical News, published by the AMA, has posted “Our most intriguing medical facts of 2011,” drawn from the pages of American Medical News and linked back to the original story.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/site/facts11.htm

Lab-bred bird flu research: bioterror threat?

An interesting article in the Times Picayune today discussed how the US government is requesting two major scientific publishers (Science and Nature) restrict details about the development of lab-bred bird flu in upcoming publications. The NIH funded research was conducted in the Netherlands and at the University of Wisconsin, in order to study the epidemiology of H5N1 avian influenza.

“…In a statement, Science editor-in-chief Dr. Bruce Alberts said his journal “has concerns about withholding potentially important public health information from responsible influenza researchers” and was evaluating how best to proceed.

Nature’s editor-in-chief, Dr. Philip Campbell, called the recommendations unprecedented.

“It is essential for public health that the full details of any scientific analysis of flu viruses be available to researchers,” he said in a statement. The journal is discussing how “appropriate access to the scientific methods and data could be enabled.”

After review by the US government’s biosecurity advisers, the Department of Health and Human Services requested the two journals not publish the full genetic information of lab bred bird flu, fearing it could fall into the wrong hands.

You would think that due to the First Amendment of the US Constitution, governmental agencies can only request the journals restrict details, and not openly censor the published work. However, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (which publishes Science), there are several methods to restrict publication and dissemination of research: classification, export controls, and pre-publication review. “Pre-publication review is sometimes used as a condition for accepting research grants or contracts. These restrictions are usually narrowly-targeted, and do not apply to whole fields of research.”

The AAAS has a useful if dated Issue Brief explaining these methods of publication control in their document “Science and Security in the Post-9/11 Environment-Scientific Publication Policies” (2004), as well as a link to resources and primary documents related to the regulation of scientific information (which is not unprecedented…hello, atomic bomb!).

More Info
20 December 2011 Science press release
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2011/1220herfst.shtml
20 December 2011 Nature News: “Fears grow over lab-bred flu”
http://www.nature.com/news/fears-grow-over-lab-bred-flu-1.9692

Faculty Publications for Autumn’s End

Another round of eight articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers is being displayed in the Library. The publications on are on view in the Library’s Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building, and are also part of the Library’s Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 – present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page here. This page includes a handy link to a PDF of the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Anthony L, Vinik AI. “Evaluating the characteristics and the management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors receiving octreotide LAR during a 6-year period.” Pancreas. 2011; 40(7): 987-994.
2. Lecapitaine NJ, Wang ZQ, Dufour JP, Potter BJ, Bagby GJ, Nelson S, Cefalu WT, Molina PE. “Disrupted anabolic and catabolic processes may contribute to alcohol-accentuated SAIDS-associated wasting.” Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2011; 204(8): 1246-1255.
3. Osofsky HJ, Osofsky JD, Arey J, Kronenberg ME, Hansel T, Many M. “Hurricane Katrina’s first responders: The struggle to protect and serve in the aftermath of the disaster.” Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness. 2011; 5 Suppl 2 S214-9.
4. Richmond N, Tran T, Berry S. “Receipt of transition services within a medical home: Do racial and geographic disparities exist?” Maternal & Child Health Journal. 2011; 15(6): 742-752.
5. Rom S, Pacifici M, Passiatore G, Aprea S, Waligorska A, Del Valle L, Peruzzi F. “HIV-1 tat binds to SH3 domains: Cellular and viral outcome of Tat/Grb2 interaction.” Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Cell Research. 2011; 1813(10): 1836-1844.
6. Rung AL, Mowen AJ, Broyles ST, Gustat J. “The role of park conditions and features on park visitation and physical activity.” Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 2011; 8 Suppl 2 S178-87.
7. Stark DT, Bazan NG. “Synaptic and extrasynaptic NMDA receptors differentially modulate neuronal cyclooxygenase-2 function, lipid peroxidation, and neuroprotection.” Journal of Neurosciences. 2011; 31(39): 13710-13721.
8. Thayalakulasingham T, Mohammed R, Varughese S, Zieske A, Smith D, Engel LS, Boulmay B, Lopez FA. Clinical case of the month: “A rare case of Budd Chiari syndrome.” Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 2011; 163(September-October): 291-294.