Using the physical description statistics from Marvel’s Web site , researchers Karen Healey (M.A. University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Terry D. Johnson (M.S. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley) created a tongue-in-cheek study comparing the mean and normalized distribution of the Body Mass Index of women and men in the Marvel Universe, and with women and men in the ?óÔé¼?ôreal?óÔé¼?Ø world.
Click to read “Comparative Read Sex-Specific Body Mass Index in the Marvel Universe and the ?óÔé¼?ôReal?óÔé¼?Ø World.”
(Eds Note: I do not think this is indexed in PubMed!)
A new meta-analysis published in PLoS Medicine questions the efficacy of Prozac and similar anti-depressants in treating all but the most serious forms of depression. “Using complete data sets (including unpublished data) and a substantially larger data set of this type than has been previously reported, we find the overall effect of new-generation antidepressant medication is below recommended criteria for clinical significance,” wrote researchers.
The study, entitled “Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration” involved researchers from the UK, US and Canada. “Given these results, there seems little reason to prescribe antidepressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients, unless alternative treatments have failed,” says Prof Irving Kirsch, the study’s Principle Investigator and Professor of psychology at Hull University. “This study raises serious issues that need to be addressed surrounding drug licensing and how drug trial data is reported.”
Read the article from PLoS Medicine
News article from Guardian Online
Presented in time for Children’s Dental Health Month, the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) released a new edition of its knowledge path about oral health and pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents.
This electronic resource guide points to resources that analyze data, describe programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and the quality of oral health care. Separate sections identify resources on specific aspects of oral health including child care and Head Start, dental sealants, early childhood caries, fluoride varnish, K-12 education, pregnancy, and school-based care. A separate section lists oral health resources for consumers. This was produced in collaboration with the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University.
The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_oralhealth.html
Other topics are also available: http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.
The American Cancer Society has announced the release of Cancer Facts & Figures 2008. Annual editions back to 2000 can be found online at their website.
The National Library of Medicine has announced the release of its Drug Information Portal. The portal “gives the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers a gateway to current, accurate and understandable drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies.” (from the official press release) There are over 12,000 records with links to MedlinePlus, PubMed, etc.
The latest issue of the Library’s Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.
There are 13 articles in PubMed with the keyword Mardi Gras. These articles cover eye injuries, disaster care, sexual behavior, and tattoo removal. Maybe someone at LSUHSC will use this year’s experience to add to the list?
According to the January issue of the European Heart Journal, moderate drinkers (1-14 drinks per week) who engage in leisure-time physical activities lower their risks of fatal heart disease. So, get off that streetcar and walk to the parades and don’t forget the key words: moderate drinkers.
If you want to read the whole article we have it available full-text online through our card catalog, INNOPAC.
Researchers who receive funds from the NIH take note: most U.S. biomedical scientists will have to send copies of their accepted, peer-reviewed manuscripts to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for posting in a free archive (or as us librarians like to call it, PubMedCentral). If they don’t, they could have trouble renewing their grants or even lose research funding, reports ScienceNOW Daily News
The New NIH public access mandate was announced January 11th and will take effect in early April 2008. To learn more about how this may affect you, including a list of journals that already submit to the archive (meaning no further action is needed to comply with the submission requirement of NIH Public Access Policy) click here.
NIH Public Access Homepage
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine this month states that honey works better to soothe nighttime coughs than cough syrup (ingredient dextromethorphan). The story was picked up my many major news organizations and can be read on the MedlinePlus news feed.
…may break your bones, but words are just as damaging.
In September 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a panel of experts to discuss issues related to the emerging public health problem of electronic aggression by adolescents. Aggression ranges from embarrassment to threats of real world violence.
A special issue of Journal of Adolescent Health summarizes the data and recommendations of this panel.
New from the publishers of the PDR: PDRhealth.com, a free consumer health website.
Thomson Healthcare publishes the Physicians?óÔé¼Ôäó Desk Reference (PDR), a clinical resource on drug and disease monographs. PDRhealth.com is a free consumer health website based on the same information platform as the PDR.
PDRhealth.com offers drug & dietary supplement information, disease info and online health tools like cholesterol calculators and a drug interaction checker, in order to make critical health information accessible to consumers.
Individuals can also sign up to receive electronic newsletters, alerts on new clinical trials, and any new information about prescription drugs. The only thing lacking are pictures of the drugs and supplements, which are always available in the print edition of the PDR (available at our Circ. Desk & in Reference at QV 22 AA1 P56).
Did you know?
U.S.-based MDs, DOs, Dentists, Optometrists, NPs and PAs and U.S. medical students, residents and other select prescribing allied health professionals have FREE online access to the PDR and Thomson Clinical Xpert (registration required).
Did you know?
Thanksgiving is also the fourth annual National Family History Day.
Over the holiday or at other times when families gather, the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family. Learning about their family’s health history may help ensure a longer, healthier future together.
My Family Health Portrait, a tool from the US Surgeon General, allows you to create a personalized and printable family health history report from any computer with an Internet connection and an up-to-date Web browser.
https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/
The United Health Foundation recently released its 2007 state health rankings.
The good news:
Louisiana has improved from last year!
The bad news:
We’re still number 49.
Today’s Times-Pic takes a look at Louisiana health care quality. You can also read the UHF report, which offers state health snapshots and other statistical information here.
Have an iPod, Zune or other personal media player? Well you should know that you can download & listen to podcasts from a variety of health sciences journals (many of them for free!).
Nature, Lancet, Science and NEJM are but a few of the journals making podcasts. There’s even Scrubcasts for you medical students.
In fact, our cousins at the LSUHSC-Shreveport Library have put together a podcast webpage listing many of these resources. Check it out: http://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu/podcasts.html
Please note: LSUHSC-NO members do NOT qualify for the LSUHSC-Shreveport iPod drawing. If someone was kind enought to donate an iPod to our library, we would happily do this.
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