Hospital Library Services Program Newsletter
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The holidays and New Year are almost upon us! We wish you the best for the season! We hope the information in this month's newsletter will be interesting to all of you. Let us know of any events you are involved in, that we may share with other members!
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We are happy to offer a direct link to Stat!Ref from our Hospital Library Service Program LibGuide. Just click on the "Electronic Resources" tab and the link to the database is the last one listed. You can access it
here
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If you have questions regarding this resource, please contact
mbrown@scrlc.org
for more information. There are also numerous demos on the Stat!Ref site to assist you in getting the most out of the features it offers.
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Stat!Ref
is
a premier healthcare e-resource, enabling users to intuitively cross-search full-text titles, journals and evidence-based point-of-care authoritative resources. With 600+ and growing resources within over 50 healthcare disciplines, STAT!Ref provides the latest healthcare information in a customizable and convenient format. STAT!Ref goes where you go, accessible by desktop, laptop and wireless or web-enabled mobile devices.
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Two Upcoming Webinars in January from the NNLM
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Webinar 1
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NLM Webinar: 2019 MeSH Highlights
Join NLM staff for a highlight tour of the 2019 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). A 20-minute presentation will feature:
- Addition of systematic reviews publication type
- Additional clinical trial publication types
- Subheading changes for manpower, secretion, and utilization
- Additional terminology for data, neoplasms, and other topics.
Following the presentation, Indexing and MeSH experts will be available to answer your questions.
Date and time: Friday, January 4, 2019, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST
Webinar #2: NNLM Webinar: MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching
Every year, the Medical Subject Headings are updated. Join us for "MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching" to learn:
- How does this affect your PubMed searches?
- What happens when a term gets changed, or added, or removed; or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy?
- How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches?
- How do you check your saved searches and alerts?
Date and time: Friday, January 11, 2019, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
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In other news of interest...
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Preventative
Health Technology: An Apple Watch To Monitor Falls, Track Heart Rhythms
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What are the hot ticket items on your holiday shopping list this year? For many people, it is the Apple Watch, that many of our friends, family members, and colleagues already have or desire.
When it was released, the early adopters tended to be those who wanted to get in shape, wear the newest tech, or have access to numerous features these watches offer.
But wait! Apple unveiled a new model - the Series 4, which starts at $399 - in September 2018, one aimed to 'expand their target audience. This Apple Watch includes new features designed to detect falls and heart problems.
With descriptions like “part guardian, part guru” and “designed to improve your health … and powerful enough to protect it,”
the tech giant signaled its move toward preventive health and a much wider demographic
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Fall deaths in the U.S.
increased 30 percent
for older adults in the past decade, and 3 million older people go to the emergency room for fall injuries each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The other app, the ECG monitoring app, also uses sensors in the wristband to monitor a patient’s heartbeat and send alerts if it gets too fast or too slow. Specifically, the app is meant to detect atrial fibrillation, which is a type of arrhythmia, also described as a problem with the speed or rhythm of the heartbeat.
Granted, the FDA hasn't approved these apps yet, so there is more testing to be done. But the watch does signal a trend in a wave of new health apps and wearable health trackers.
To read the full article, please click
here
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Can Llamas Help Fight the Flu?
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It's that lovely time of year when the flu is upon us. Many of us get the flu shot, but we often hear of cases in which the shot does not help ward off a different strain.
"Researchers are making tremendous strides toward developing better ways to reduce our risk of getting the flu. And one of the latest ideas for foiling the flu—a “gene mist” that could be sprayed into the nose—comes from a most surprising source: llamas.
The researchers are hopeful that a similar “gene mist” approach might provide humans with broad protection against multiple influenza strains. However, they acknowledge that such protection would gradually wear off as the cells lining the nasal passages turn over. So, depending on how long that takes, it’s possible that people would still need to get an annual flu shot.
Many questions remain to be answered before this “gene mist” approach to fending off the flu might be ready for human studies to evaluate its safety and effectiveness. Nevertheless, the strategy holds considerable promise, especially for people with fragile or compromised immune systems who may have difficulty producing their own antibodies in response to traditional flu vaccines."
To read the article in full, please click
here
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