New Find

LSUHSC-NO Authors on Display for December

The Library is displaying eight new faculty publications by LSUHSC-NO researchers in the Reference area (near the?áLibrary elevator), on the third?áfloor 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?áOrleans 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.?áFarrell TM, Bergman S, Selim N, Paige JT, Harzman AE, Schwarz E, Hori Y, Levine J, Scott DJ. ÔÇ£Practice gaps in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery (2011): a report from the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Continuing Education Committee.ÔÇØ Surgical Endoscopy. 2012; 26:3367-3381.

2.?áDuell EJ, Lucenteforte E, Olson SH, Bracci PM, Li D, Risch HA, Silverman DT, Ji BT, Gallinger S, Holly EA, Fontham EH, Maisonneuve P, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Ghadirian P, Kurtz RC, Ludwig E, Yu H, Lowenfels AB, Seminara D, Petersen GM, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. ÔÇ£Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer risk: A pooled analysis in the international pancreatic cancer case-control consortium (PanC4).ÔÇØ Annals of Oncology. 2012; 23(11):2964-2970.

3.?áKelly MN, Zheng M, Ruan S, Kolls J, D’Souza A, Shellito JE. ÔÇ£Memory CD4+ T cells are required for optimal NK cell effector functions against the opportunistic fungal pathogen pneumocystis murina.ÔÇØ Journal of Immunology. 2012; 1-15.

4.?áMitchell H, Cohn RD, Wildfire J, Thornton E, Kennedy S, El-Dahr JM, Chulada PC, Mvula MM, Faye Grimsley L, Lichtveld MY, White LE, Sterling YM, Stephens Sr. KU, Martin III WJ. ÔÇ£Implementation of evidence-based asthma interventions in post-Katrina New Orleans: The head-off environmental asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) study.ÔÇØ Environmental Health Perspectives. 2012; 120(11):1607-1612.

5.?áStender SR, Hoxsey RJ. ÔÇ£A hairy situation.ÔÇØ Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. 2012; 23(2):359-370.

6.?áSulzer JK, Whitaker AM, Molina PE. ÔÇ£Hypertonic saline resuscitation enhances blood pressure recovery and decreases organ injury following hemorrhage in acute alcohol intoxicated rodents.ÔÇØ Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery. 2012; 1-7 epub.

7.?áTate DJ,Jr, Patterson JR, Velasco-Gonzalez C, Carroll EN, Trinh J, Edwards D, Aiyar A, Finkel-Jimenez B, Zea AH. ÔÇ£Interferon-gamma-induced nitric oxide inhibits the proliferation of murine renal cell carcinoma cells.ÔÇØ International Journal of Biological Sciences. 2012; 8(8):1109-1120.

8.?áWard KE, Happel KI. ÔÇ£An eating disorder leading to wet beriberi heart failure: A case report of a 30-year-old woman.ÔÇØ American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012; 1-2 epub ahead of print.

NOPL Hosts U.S. Poet Laureate

This Thursday, December 6^th, U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will grace us with a reading and book signing at the Main Branch of the New Orleans Public Library.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and native of Mississippi, Trethewey is known for her portrayal of the Gulf South through powerful, natural imagery and historical narrative.?áThe?áLibrarian of Congress James Billington ?álauds, “Her poems dig beneath the surface of historyÔÇöpersonal or communal, from childhood or from a century agoÔÇöto explore the human struggles that we all face.” ?áYou can read examples of?áTrethewey’s work at poets.org.

The?áreading?á will begin at 7pm and is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

In the News: Runny Nose or CSF Leak

Making the internet rounds is this story, of a Tucson Mom who had been leaking cerebral spinal fluid for four months before it was caught. Endoscopic surgery at the University of Arizona repaired the cracks in her sphenoid sinus and stopped the gushing.

LSUHSC HOP Clinic Featured

Ahead of the Curve
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Progress Report

The LSUHSC HOP Clinic was featured as a case study in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Progress Report 2012(pgs 32-40). The Report is issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services – Health Resources and Services Administration – HIV/AIDS Programs.?á The many services offered by the Clinic and several faculty members are highlighted.

November’s Faculty Publications Collection

The Library is displaying eight new faculty publications by LSUHSC-NO researchers in the 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?áOrleans 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.?áHu G, Horswell R, Wang Y, Li W, Besse J, Xiao K, Chen H, Keller JN, Heymsfield SB, Ryan DH, Katzmarzyk PT. “Body mass index and the risk of dementia among Louisiana low income diabetic patients.” PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44537.

2.?áKim SH, Sierra RA, McGee DJ, Zabaleta J. “Transcriptional profiling of gastric epithelial cells infected with wild type or arginase-deficient Helicobacter pylori.” BMC Microbiology. 2012; (12)175.

3.?áLovera JF, Kim E, Heriza E, Fitzpatrick M, Hunziker J, Turner AP, Adams J, Stover T, Sangeorzan A, Sloan A, Howieson D, Wild K, Haselkorn J, Bourdette D. “Ginkgo biloba does not improve cognitive function in MS: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.” Neurology. 2012; 79(12):1278-84.

4.?áLukiw WJ, Alexandrov PN. “Regulation of Complement Factor H (CFH) by Multiple miRNAs in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Brain.” Molecular Neurobiology. 2012; 46:11-19.

5.?áMcGowin CL, Annan RS, Quayle AJ, Greene SJ, Ma L, Mancuso MM, Adegboye D, Martin DH. “Persistent Mycoplasma genitalium Infection of Human Endocervical Epithelial Cells Elicits Chronic Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion.” Infection & Immunity. 2012; 80(11):3842-9.

6.?áPe??a S, Jeyakumar A. “Radiology quiz case 2.” Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 2012; 138(10):975.

7.?áSerrano LF, Morrell B, Mai A. “Contrast media in breast imaging.” Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America. 2012; 20(4):777-89.

8.?áToloza SMA, Vega-Hinojosa O, Chandran V, Onate RV, Espinoza LR. “Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Peruvian Aborigines: A Report from the GRAPPA 2011 Annual Meeting.” The Journal of Rheumatology.?á 2012; 39(11):2216-9.

Happy Halloween from the CDC

Just what everyone wants today,?átips and?áHealth-e-Cards from the CDC. I am particular fond of the flossing vampire. Cards are available in English & Spanish.

Screen capture from Health-e-Card

2012 Science Debates

Speaking of politics…

The National Academies Press has just released its guide to the 2012 Science Debates.

U.S. science and engineering organizations came up with what they believed to be the most important science policy questions facing the United States in 2012. In the end, 14 questions were posed to the Presidential candidates, and their answers were posted side-by-side at ScienceDebate.org.

NAP has provided links to the Science Debate questions, a link to the candidatesÔÇÖ answers, and set of National Academies reports on the topics.?á The 14 topics covered in the debate are Climate Change, Research & the Future, Pandemics and Bio-security, Education, Energy, Food, Fresh Water, The Internet, Ocean Health, Science & Public Policy, Space, Critical Natural Resources, and Vaccination & Public Health.

And remember, all NAP resources are available to download for free or purchase in print from NAP.edu.

Monster problem

The FDA is?áinvestigating?áthe death of a Maryland teenager from a heart arrhythmia after drinking large cans of Monster Energy on two consecutive days, reports the New York Times.

Current FDA rules do not require companies to disclose caffeine levels in their beverages. The type of 24-ounce can of Monster Energy that the Maryland teenager drank contains 240 milligrams of caffeine.

Look, Mummy, lots of cavities!

A recent article published in the International Journal of Paleopathology discusses the dental problems of a 2,100 year old mummy.?á

The mummy, named the Redpath Ptolemaic Theban Male, underwent CT scans and it was discovered he had a large amount of cavities.?á At least one of these cavities caused a sinus infection which probably led to his untimely demise.

The CT also revealed that the man received treatment for his dental woes which would have caused him extreme pain.?á There were pieces of linen, most likely soaked with cedar oil, inside one of his cavities.

You can read about this story on LiveScience or take a look at the abstract for the paper from ScienceDirect.?á Unfortunately, LSUHSC-NO doesn’t have full text access to this journal, but you can request it from a library using ILLiad, our interlibrary loan service.

This Month in History: Pay No Attention to the Doctor Behind the Iron Curtain

A young, bespectacled version of the Wizard of Oz, Dr. Frank N. Low, lived up to the great and powerful legacy as a member of LSUMCÔÇÖs anatomy faculty, venturing behind the Iron Curtain in 1958. His travels came at a time of international tension, but in the name of science, Dr. LowÔÇÖs survey of electron microscope usage in laboratories across Europe proved invaluable in transcending the iron divide and promoting cross-cultural cooperation.

Cover Art for “Klop” the Bedbug; http://tinyurl.com/8h3hycr

Remarking on the ÔÇ£exoticÔÇØ subway of Moscow, the ÔÇ£finely developedÔÇØ Russian sense of humor, and the popularity of the play, ÔÇ£Klop” the Bedbug, in his interview with the Times-Picayune, Dr. Low appears to have enjoyed his surroundings overseas. He even brought home an object known as the ÔÇ£Tartar MenaceÔÇØ that would turn out not only to be lucky for Low, but also for his research assistant, a previous ÔÇ£Glimpse of the PastÔÇØ honoree, Dr. Marilyn Zimny, who upon receipt of the figurine received news that she had been awarded a research grant for $28,000. The ÔÇ£Tartar MenaceÔÇØ appears to refer either to a group of indigenous Mongol peoples called the Tatars or Tartars, or the Greek myth of Tartarus, a section of the underworld. Despite its violent etymology, the figurine kept Dr. Low safe from even a stubbed toe on his journey.

And lucky we are that it did, for Dr. Frank N. LowÔÇÖs contributions to the scientific world were momentous. As of a 1953 article, ÔÇ£Dr. LowÔÇÖs study provide[d] proof of the existence of a complete covering of the tiny blood vessels in the lung. The presence of this covering, medically known as a pulmonary epithelium has long been in doubt. The significance of [his] discovery is that it is an explanation of how air is excluded from the lung tissue, a destructive process. This is why lung surgery is so cautiously practiced.ÔÇØ

His triumphs also include authoring a renowned text, Electron Microscope: Atlas of Normal and Leukemic Human Blood, acquiring an electron microscope for LSUMC, and pioneering scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and freeze-etch/freeze-fracture technology. His impressive career culminated in his later life with the establishment of the Annual Dr. Frank N. Low Research Day at the University of North Dakota. He returned to LSU at the end of his career to work under Dr. Zimny in the anatomy department until his death in 1998. This memorial article shows how truly respected and loved he was. Now, if only we could find his ÔÇ£Tartar Menace!ÔÇØ

Glimpse of the Past is an ongoing project to promote the Louisiana Digital Library effort. This Month in History will present for your reading pleasure a closer look into a newspaper clipping of note from our Digital Collections and articles relating to the LSU Medical School.

Spotlight on the New Books Display

1. Using occupational therapy theory in practice?á(2012) by Gail Boniface & Alison Seymour
2. Cellular and molecular immunology?á(2012) by Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, & Shiv Pillai ; illustrations by David L. Baker, Alexandra Baker
3. Arthritis in black and white (2012) by Anne C. Brower & Donald J. Flemming, Stephanie A. Bernard, associate editor
4. Clinical gynecologic oncology (2012) by Philip J. Di Saia & William T. Creasman, editors
5. Smith’s patient-centered interviewing : an evidence-based method (2012) by Auguste H. Fortin VI, et al
6. Visual attention in children : theories and activities (2012) by Kenneth A. Lane
7. Medically important fungi : a guide to identification (2011) by Davise H.Larone
8. Public health for an aging society (2012) by Thomas R. Prohaska, Lynda A. Anderson, & Robert H. Binstock, editors
9. A nuts-and-bolts approach to teaching nursing (2012) by Mary T. Quinn Griffin & Jeanne M. Novotny
10. Nurses in war : voices from Iraq and Afghanistan (2012) by Elizabeth Scannell-Desch & Mary Ellen Doherty
11. APA addiction syndrome handbook (2012, 2 volumes) by Howard J. Shaffer, editor-in-chief ; Debi A. LaPlante & Sarah E. Nelson, associate editors
12. Handbook of stress, coping, and health : implications for nursing research, theory, and practice (2012) by Virginia Hill Rice
13. Ocular differential diagnosis (2012) by Frederick Hampton Roy
14. Wounds and lacerations : emergency care and closure (2012) by Alexander Trott
15. Research for the public good : applying the methods of translational research to improve human health and well-being (2012) by Elaine Wethington & Rachel E. Dunifon, editors

Faculty Publications Greet the Cooler Weather

October’s compilation of faculty publications by LSUHSC-NO researchers has 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.?áDuke MD, Guidry C, Guice J, Stuke L, Marr AB, Hunt JP, Meade P, McSwain NE,Jr, Duchesne JC. “Restrictive fluid resuscitation in combination with damage control resuscitation: time for adaptation.” Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery. 2012; 73(3):674-678.

2.?áHalabi A, Ditch S, Wang J, Grabczyk E. “DNA mismatch repair complex MutS? promotes GAA?ÀTTC repeat expansion in human cells.” Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2012; 287(35):29958-29967.

3.?áKoski ME, Chow D, Bedestani A, Togami JM, Chesson RR, Winters JC. “Colpocleisis for advanced pelvic organ prolapse.” Urology. 2012; 80(3):542-546.

4.?áPatterson CM, Morrison RL, D’Souza A, Teng XS, Happel KI. “Inhaled fluticasone propionate impairs pulmonary clearance of klebsiella pneumoniae in mice.” Respiratory Research. 2012; 13(40), epub.

5.?áPogue AI, Jones BM, Bhattacharjee S, Percy ME, Zhao Y, Lukiw WJ. “Metal-sulfate induced generation of ROS in human brain cells: Detection using an isomeric mixture of 5- and 6-carboxy-2?,7?-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (carboxy-DCFDA) as a cell permeant tracer.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2012; 13(8):9615-9626.

6.?áPrimeaux SD, Braymer HD, Bray GA. “CD36 mRNA in the gastrointestinal tract is differentially regulated by dietary fat intake in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats.” Digestive Diseases & Sciences. 2012; epub.

7.?áSumner J. ÔÇ£Communication as moral caring in nursing: the moral construct of caring in nursing as communicative action.ÔÇØ?áInternational Journal for Human Caring. 2012; 16(2):20-27.

8.?áVarner KJ, Daigle K, Weed PF, Lewis PB, Mahne SE, Sankaranarayanan A, Winsauer PJ. “Comparison of the behavioral and cardiovascular effects of mephedrone with other drugs of abuse in rats.” Psychopharmacology. 2012; epub.

Friday fun: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Foods

Spin echo of StarFruit

Science geek website io9 reports on a very unusual use of an MRI:

Over at the blog Inside Insides, Andy Ellison of Boston University Medical School has been throwing the entire produce aisle inside a Philips 3 Tesla MRI, revealing the otherworldly realms that dwell inside common foods. Here’s but a small sampling of his many see-through delicacies, immortalized as GIFs ÔÇö my favorite is the broccoli explosion.

Head on over to Mr. Ellison’s blog for more interesting imaging, including a 3D rendering of broccoli and some?á?áincredibly cool 3D interactive versions of the scans by The Visual MD.

Friday Fun: Study maybe

Via Dr. Bertalan Mesk??’s ScienceRoll blog comes this inspired “Call me maybe”* parody by the University of Maryland School of Medicine 2015.

At 7:15 it’s fairly long for our limited attention span. To just watch the music, skip ahead to 2:08.

*Over 25? Check out the story behind the song?áCall me maybe via Wikipedia

This Month in History: Trading the Mrs. for an M.D.

In honor of those nursing students plowing through history papers this week, here is a little piece of LSU Health Sciences Center history on the role of women in medicine.

Though the word ÔÇ£invasionÔÇØ might connote a hostile takeover or an alien attack, for those who witnessed a new trend in medical student populations post-World War II, ÔÇ£invasionÔÇØ spoke to the influx of females in the medical fieldÔÇönot a case for either the armed forces or Special Agents Mulder and Scully, but certainly an opportunity for marked advances in modern science. This article from the New Orleans States (a newspaper subsumed by the Picayune in 1980) from September 1946 marks an important milestone in our institutionÔÇÖs history as twenty female students enrolled in their first-year of medical school at LSU, surpassing the thirteen of the previous year.

The reasoning behind this onslaught of female M.D. candidates seems to follow on the wake of the recent war: ÔÇ£There is no telling what would have happened to their dreams of a profession if the right man had been attending classes at college with them instead of fighting a war, most of them agreed.ÔÇØ While the availability of Mr. Right may have been postponed, the drive of these women to pursue a medical career (perhaps a less intuitive path according to the social norms of the late 1940s) cannot be denied. Citing the greater freedom and social mobility of the times in addition to the general indifference of their professors and male peers on the growing female presence in the classroom, these women transcend the ÔÇ£vague motivesÔÇØ of the ÔÇ£feminine vogue for wearing a doctorÔÇÖs insigniaÔÇØ to participate within our history.

Perhaps bolstered by the popular figure of Rosie the Riveter, a new class of professional care-givers is subjected to the rigors of a medical education and the horrors of the cadaver lab. One such empowered and notable woman pictured in this piece is Ms. Jean Persons, who would go on to become one of AlaskaÔÇÖs best known pioneer doctors and who published a memoir in 2007: From Dog Sleds to Float Planes: Alaskan Adventures in Medicine. You can read the glowing Amazon reviews here. In a time of tuberculosis and remote citizenship, Dr. Persons ÔÇ£was a petite single woman tackling a job most men would run from,ÔÇØ and so she stands as a measure for all those who follow, a prime example of not only female physicians, but of all LSU Medical School graduates.

Glimpse of the Past is an ongoing project to promote the Louisiana Digital Library effort. This Month in History will present for your reading pleasure a closer look into a newspaper clipping of note from our Digital Collections and articles relating to the LSU Medical School.