Linda Farley, MD, recognized as a “local legend” in a National Library of Medicine exhibition, died on June 9 at the age of 80. Inspired as a teenager by novels about doctors who cared for the rural poor in Appalachia, Farley decided to become a physician. She put herself through college and medical school working…
The 20th anniversary of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) was cited in the Congressional Record by Rep. David R. Obey, Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Wisconsin and Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations. Rep. Obey has long been a friend of biomedical research and health care, and was an early…
The first class of Journalism Health Care Fellows in a partnership sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has been selected and will meet with physicians and researchers at NLM and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during a weeklong visit to the NIH campus, September 13-17, 2009.…
Regina Benjamin, MD, who is featured in a National Library of Medicine exhibition, is President Obama’s nominee to serve as US Surgeon General. Benjamin is the first African American woman to become president of the state medical society of Alabama, and has held leadership positions statewide and nationally. The founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural…
TOXMAP, the popular National Library of Medicine interactive Web site pinpointing by city, state and zip code the amount and location of certain toxic chemicals released into the environment now offers the TOXMAP Widget. The widget allows users to enter a ZIP code and launch a TOXMAP search from a blog, wiki, or Web page, and…
NLM in Focus 