From Sea to Stress: USA.gov Adds Six Federal Government Mobile Apps to Their...
1. National Ocean Service (Mobile Web) From NOAA Cost: Free A new mobile version of the National Ocean Service’s [part of NOAA] website delivers news, audio, video, Ocean Facts, and more straight to...
View ArticleDraft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff – Mobile...
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff – Mobile Medical Applications The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this draft guidance document to inform manufacturers,...
View ArticleComparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory
Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory In every community across America, both good and bad care is being delivered in doctors’ offices and hospitals. Bad care causes medical errors and...
View Article"Historic Arabic Medical Manuscripts Go Online"
From the Wellcome Library Blog: Arabic medicine was once the most advanced in the world, and now digital facsimiles of some of its most important texts have been made freely available online. The...
View ArticleNew App for iPad: Gray's Anatomy For Students from Elsevier
From Elsevier: The Gray’s Anatomy for Students App provides access to a clinically-oriented, student-friendly textbook for human anatomy. Beginning with a general chapter on the body, students are...
View ArticleAccess to Information: "EPA Publishes Rule to Improve Reporting of Chemical...
From Enviro-News: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is increasing the type and amount of information it collects on commercial chemicals from chemical manufacturers, allowing the agency to...
View ArticleHow Industry Uses the ICMJE Guidelines to Manipulate Authorship—And How They...
How Industry Uses the ICMJE Guidelines to Manipulate Authorship—And How They Should Be Revised Summary Points Academic authorship boosts the credibility of industry publications and masks their...
View ArticleUpdate: MedlinePlus Twitter Feed Has a New Name/Handle
The SEA Currents Blog (via National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region) Reports: …the National Library of Medicine changed the name of the MedlinePlus Twitter feed from...
View ArticleNew Science Reference Guide From the Library of Congress: “African Americans...
Title: African Americans in Medicine: Selected Titles (Books) Compiled by Daniel Gray, Intern, June 2011 Science Reference Section, Science, Technology and Business Division at the Library of Congress...
View ArticleYour Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA
Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA Consumers play an important public health role by reporting to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) any adverse events (unexpected side effects) after using a...
View ArticleJeopardy Champion "Watson" (from IBM) Gets Hired To Assist Medical Professionals
Watson Gets A Job! From the IBM Web Site: WellPoint, Inc. and IBM announced an agreement today to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology. Under the agreement, WellPoint...
View ArticleReference: New NLM Enviro-Health Links Page: Developing and Using Medicines...
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: The National Library of Medicine Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) has released an Enviro-Health Links page on Developing and...
View ArticleHHS Announces Text4Health Task Force Recommendations and Global Partnership
HHS announces Text4Health task force recommendations and global partnership Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new recommendations to support health text messaging...
View ArticleFreebie Alert: 22 Emerald Health and Social Care journals in Free Access for...
From Emerald: In support of World Mental Health Day, held annually on 10 October to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide, Emerald Group Publishing is providing free access to its...
View ArticleAIRNow: A New Real-Time Air Quality App From the EPA (iOS Only)
From the iTunes App Store: The AIRNow iPhone application will provide an increasingly mobile public with real-time air quality information that people can use to protect their health when planning...
View Article"European Medicines Agency Launches Database Of Clinical Studies in Children...
From the European Medicines Agency: The European Medicines Agency has published a new database containing information on studies of medicines authorised in the European Union that were carried out in...
View ArticleTwitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes
Twitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes A unique and innovative analysis of how social media can affect the spread of a disease has been designed and implemented by a scientist at...
View ArticleLocal Databases: U.S.: "New Illinois Doctor Database Launches Online"...
From the Chicago Tribune: Illinois patients can now research their doctors using an online database the state launched Wednesday. The idea is to take the guesswork out of choosing a doctor by allowing...
View ArticleNew Resource: NLM and Department of Veterans Affairs Launch Online Registry...
From the National Library of Medicine: The widespread adoption of electronic medical records makes it possible to more effectively learn from and improve clinical care. A significant challenge is the...
View ArticleUniversity of Rochester Launches Online Exhibit of Largest Collection of AIDS...
From a U. of Rochester Announcement: When Edward Atwater, M.D.,’50 boarded a subway car on Boston’s Red Line in the early 90s he found himself staring at a poster unlike any he had seen before. It...
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