NLM Classification Grows…Again

In April, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Classification released 15 new class numbers were added to the schedule and 98 MeSH terms to the index, including 57 new to the MeSH vocabulary in 2006. What’s more, 75 schedule records and over 450 index entries were updated from the 2005 revised edition. The publication is used…

Database for Nursing Mothers Available

Nursing mothers can learn more about potential effects of drugs in their breast milk using the National Library of Medicine’s LACTMed database. Released in April, LACTMed contains over 450 drug records, detailing their levels in maternal breast milk, potential effects on breast feeding infants and alternate drugs to consider. LACTMed can be searched together with other TOXNET…