Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), an English zoologist and paleontologist, became known as “Darwin’s bulldog” for his forceful exposition of evolutionary theory and vociferous attacks on Darwin’s critics. His lectures took on the mission of bringing Darwin’s ideas to the British public, explaining evolutionary theory to the working classes and discussing its religious implications. He coined…
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) has launched Public Libraries and Community Partners: Working Together to Provide Health Information. The web site is a guide to encourage health information partnerships between public libraries, the NN/LM, and local health or community-based organizations
The fall 2008 issue of NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine featuring ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff and his family drew praise from Audiology Online, which cited the magazine’s special section “Focus on Communication,” for highlighting research by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The special section commemorated NIDCD’s 20th anniversary in October…
Governor Kathleen Sebelius proclaimed January 29, Go Local Kansas Day as that state joined Montana, which connected earlier in the month, to become the latest Go Local participant on NLM’s MedlinePlus. Go Local makes it easier and simpler to find health care services close to home. Visitors to the site can search for resources by…
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) is adding workbench tools to help develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world and offering the system free to low-income countries. The IHTSDO Workbench tools will form a foundation for a multilingual modular workbench that will host terminology browsing,…
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