Dental Library summer hours

The Dental Library will be operating on a summer schedule from June 4 – July 15, 2017.

Our summer hours will be:

8:00-6:00 Monday – Thursday

8:00-5:00 Friday

Closed Saturday & Sunday.

We will resume normal hours on Sunday, July 16th: 11:30-8:00.

Summer Hours – Ische Library

The Isché Library will close at 10pm Sunday through Thursday and at 6pm on Fridays for June and July.

It will continue to be open 7 days a week and open at its normal times of 8am Monday through Friday, 9:30am on Saturday and 12noon on Sundays.

• Monday – Thursday  8am-10pm
• Friday  8am-6pm
• Saturday 9:30am-6pm
• Sunday 12noon-10pm

A Lesson in How NOT to Practice Dentistry or Social Media

Woman accused of unlicensed dentistry, advertised on Instagram:

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/05/woman_arrested_accused_of_unli.html

LA DHH is seeking public comment on Hepatitis C Drug Pricing

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking public input for 30 days (starting May 8th) regarding their Hepatitis C Initiative. They are looking for ” innovative mechanisms that will allow us to treat those affected in an economical fashion, drastically reducing the long-term costs associated with untreated Hepatitis C.” Public Comment is via a webform.

New Research on Salt

A study reported in the New York Times suggests that the traditional understanding of salt’s effect on water intake may be inaccurate. As always, further study is needed.

Access to this article is publicly available.

CDC Challenge

The CDC has created a challenge that will optimize the usage of The Tracking Network. The CDC explains, “[t]he goal of this Challenge is to receive innovative uses for the Tracking Network data from CDC’s application programming interface to explore the connections between the environment and health”.

The submission period is open now and closes June 23, 2017.

The time line for the rest of the challenge is:

• Evaluation Period: June 27- July 29
• Notify Screening Participants: July 20
• Final Evaluation Period: August 15-29
• Winners Announcement: By September  1, 2017

The Judges for the contest are

• Jeff Markwell, Senior Firmware Engineer of Fitbit
• Kishore Hari, Director of Bay Area Science Festival
• Grant Pezeshki, Director of Public Portals
• CK Kochukoshy Cheruvettolil, Senior Financial Manager of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Pat Breysse, PhD, Director of NCEH/ATSDR

Award Prizes:

•  1st place – $20,000
• 2nd place – $7,000
• 3rd place – $3,000

For more information on this challenge and how to enter, please visit the CDC website. http://www.envirohealthchallenge.com

Faculty Publications for May

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

1. Bourgeois A, Grisoli SB, Soine EJ, Rosen LB. Tamoxifen-induced radiation recall dermatitis. Dermatol Online J. 2017;23(2):13030/qt1d38c9c7.
2. Carney MJ, Matatov T, Freeman M, Miller J, Vemula R, Schuster J, Dancisak M, Lindsey J, Rae G. Clinical, biomechanical, and anatomic investigation of Colles fascia and pubic ramus periosteum for use during medial thighplasty. Ann Plast Surg. 2017;[epub].
3. DeLarge AF, Erwin LL, Winsauer PJ. Atypical binding at dopamine and serotonin transporters contribute to the discriminative stimulus effects of mephedrone. Neuropharmacology. 2017;119:62-75.
4. Foley AS, Davis AH. A guide to concept analysis. Clin Nurse Spec. 2017;31(2):70-73.
5. Maggi EC, Trillo-Tinoco J, Struckhoff AP, Vijayaraghavan J, Del Valle L, Crabtree JS. Retinoblastoma-binding protein 2 (RBP2) is frequently expressed in neuroendocrine tumors and promotes the neoplastic phenotype. Oncogenesis. 2016;5(8):e257.
6. Millet CP, Porche DJ. Overburdened systems and dealing with disaster: Nursing administrators’ experiences and nursing leadership recommendations from a state-level perspective. Nurs Adm Q. 2017;41(2):134-143.
7. Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC, Al-Khami AA. Arginine metabolism in myeloid cells shapes innate and adaptive immunity. Front Immunol. 2017;8:article93.
8. Steele TN, Pribaz JJ, Lau FH. The sternum-nipple distance is double the nipple-inframammary fold distance in macromastia. Ann Plast Surg. 2017;[epub].

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

May Health Observances Display

The Isché Library is featuring books about subjects related to upcoming health observances in the Month of May! Information about these health observances as well as the featured books are in the New Books display. The display is located near the 3rd floor elevator. Subjects include Sports Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Dermatology, Environmental Public Health, and Immunology.

These books and many more are available for checkout and/or online access. If you have questions about checking out a book, do not hesitate to ask a library staff member.

May 26 is Heat Safety Awareness Day.

• PHTLS : Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 6th ed., by Norman E. Mcswain, Scott Frame, Jeffrey P. Salomone, Naemt Staff.
• Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 5th ed., edited by James R. Roberts,  Jerris R. Hedges.

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

• Clinical Sports Medicine, 3rd ed., by Peter Brukner, Karim Khan.
• Motivating People to be Physically Active, by Bess H.Marcus, LeighAnn H. Forsyth.
• Physique, Fitness, and Performance, 2nd ed., by Thomas Battinelli.
• A Lifelong Guide to Wellness and Prevention, by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Professions.  Also available in E-book format!
• ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 8th ed., by American College of Sports Medicine; senior editor, Walter R. Thompson; associate editors, Neil F. Gordon, Linda S. Pescatello.

May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month ®.

• Melanoma: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment, by Catherine M.Poole with DuPont Guerry IV; drawings by David Low.
• Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 6th ed., by Thomas Bernard Fitzpatrick. Newer edition available in E-book format!
• Cancers of the Skin: Proceedings of the 8th World Congress, edited by R.Dummer, F.O. Nestle and G. Burg.

May 22 – 28 is Healthy and Safe Swimming Week.

• Water Recreation and Disease : Plausibility of Associated Infections : Acute Effects, Sequelae, and Mortality, by Kathy Pond.
• Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments, Volumes 1 & 2. by the World Health Organization.

May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.

• Global Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Chronic Respiratory Diseases : A Comprehensive Approach, edited by Jean Bousquet and Nikolai Khaltaev; core contributors were Alvaro A. Cruz … et al. Also available in E-book format!
• Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 6th ed., by Terry Des Jardins, George G. Burton ; medical illustrations by Timothy H. Phelps.
• Bronchial Asthma : A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment, 5th ed., edited by M. Eric Gershwin, Timothy E. Albertson.
• Allergy, 3rd ed., edited by Stephen T. Holgate, Martin K. Church, Lawrence M. Lichtenstein.
• Atlas of Allergic Diseases, edited by Phillip L. Lieberman, Michael S. Blaiss; with 39 contributors.

Geaux, Baby, Geaux! Workshop at LSUHealth New Orleans

On April 21, 2017, from 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Human Development Center (411 South Prieur Street), the School of Allied Health Professions will host the Geaux, Baby, Geaux! Workshop.

The workshop, sponsored by Numotion, will provide training for allied health professionals and early childhood educators who work with low-mobility children. Teams of participants will discuss their own ideas about powered mobility and prepare a ride-on car for a child with mobility needs. Ten of these modified ride-on cars will be given to children with disabilities.

The Go, Baby, Go! Program was developed by Drs. Cole Galloway and Sam Logan at the University of Delaware. Go, Baby, Go! is a research-based community program intended to provide motorized cars for children with limited mobility.

A presentation on advances helping to close the gaps in providing power mobility to young children will be given by Go, Baby, Go! developer Sam Logan, PhD, of Oregon State University’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

“Mobility is a basic human right, and occupational therapists recognize the importance of it because mobility contributes to social, cognitive, and communication development of children,” notes Kerrie Ramsdell, MS, LOTR, LSU Health New Orleans Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy. “Children who have limited mobility are at increased risk for more delays in these three areas. By offering power mobility, we have the ability to aid the overall development of children with motor impairments.”

Cancellations

Due to lack of funds, the library is not able to continue support of the following resources:

Rehabilitation Reference Center, expires April 30, 2017
Tests in Print Online, expires April 30, 2017
Natural Medicines, expires May 31, 2017

These databases have low usage compared with other library resources.

Please feel free to contact your librarian liaison for help finding information from other sources.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Easter Hours

Both Libraries will have shortened hours Thursday, April 13. Isché library will close at 8pm and the Dental Library will close at 5pm. The Libraries will remain closed through the weekend,  Friday, April 14 – Sunday April 16. Normal hours for both libraries will resume Monday, April 17.

New Blood Test Could Spot Autism in Children

Researchers have been working on an experimental blood test that could point out autism in children. So far, the test is 98 percent accurate in children ages 3 to 10 in diagnosing if they have autism.

“The test was able to predict autism, regardless of where on the spectrum an individual was,” according to study co-author Juergen Hahn in the MedlinePlus article. The test was also able to indicate the severity of the autism-related condition with good accuracy.

This new test is a stark contrast to the current approach of diagnosing autism, which entails a consensus from a group of medical professionals. The blood test, on the other hand, looks for key metabolism markers in the child.

The study was small, with less than 200 participants, so more research is planned to follow-up on the claims.

To read more about the study, please visit “Could a Blood Test Spot Autism in Childhood?”

Reblogged from Blogadillo on March 23, 2017 from the NNLM/SCR. Like them on Facebook and like us on Twitter.

FEMA event, April 8th, in New Orleans East

Our friends with the Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Program would like you to know that FEMA is hosting a Disaster Resource Fair this Saturday, April 8, 2017, at the New Orleans East Hospital (NOEH) located at 5620 Read Blvd from 9am-3pm.  This event is for those residents affected by the 2016 Flood and the 2017 tornado.

The EPHT Program is part of the the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Section of Epidemiology & Toxicology Resources (SEET).  EPHT operates and maintains Louisiana’s Health Data Portal where users can view and analyze environmental health data.  Louisiana is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.

LGBT Symposium – April 10th

Faculty Publications Spotlight for April

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

1. Birke LL, Cespedes AM, Schachner ER, Lailvaux SP. Cystic calculus in a laboratory-housed green anole (Anolis carolinensis). Comparative Med. 2017;67(2):1-4.
2. Crutcher CL,2nd, Kline DG, Tender GC. A modified, less invasive posterior subscapular approach to the brachial plexus: Case report and technical note. Neurosurg Focus. 2017;42(3):E7.
3. Deichmann P, Sura A, Sanders C, Aravindakshan-Patel N, Lopez F. Clinical case of the month: Group G streptococcal bacteremia secondary to a burn wound infection. J La State Med Soc. 2017;169(1):20-23.
4. Ferre CL, Brandao M, Surana B, Dew AP, Moreau NG, Gordon AM. Caregiver-directed home-based intensive bimanual training in young children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: A randomized trial. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2016;[epub].
5. Gunaldo TP, Brisolara KF, Davis AH, Moore R. Aligning interprofessional education collaborative sub-competencies to a progression of learning. J Interprof Care. 2017;1-3[epub].
6. Mader EC,Jr, Cannizzaro LA, Williams FJ, Lalan S, Olejniczak PW. Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges can survive anesthesia and result in asymmetric drug-induced burst suppression. Neurol Int. 2017;9(1):6933.
7. Souyoul S, Saussy K, Stryjewska BM, Grieshaber E. Leprosy mimicking basal cell carcinoma in a patient on fingolimod. JAAD Case Rep. 2017;3(1):58-60.
8. Stalder MW, Sosin M, Urbinelli LJ, Mayo JL, Dorafshar AH, Hilaire HS, Borsuk DE, Rodriguez ED. Avoiding facial incisions with midface free tissue transfer. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2017;5(2):e1218.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.