In response to President Obama’s directive to all federal agencies for greater transparency, public participation, and collaboration, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking input for its Consumer Health Information research project. Information gathered will provide greater insight into the health information needs and information-seeking behaviors of NIH health consumer audiences. It will also…
Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine, the popular National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit that explores the link between Harry Potter and the history of science, has been welcomed at the Central Connecticut State University’s Burritt Library, and the Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University. It runs through November 14 at both libraries.…
Ruth Kirschstein, MD, 82, former deputy director of the National Institutes of Health, died October 6 at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She was known as an outstanding scientist, mentor and health administrator, and, in 1974, became the first woman to direct an NIH Institute, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a post…
October is American Archives Month and, to celebrate, the National Library of Medicine issued a blanket invitation to visitors to explore its collections relating to health care accessibility and reform, including a close-up look at the institutions and individuals central to the story. With health reform under serious scrutiny on Capitol Hill, these lessons from the past seem especially important. Through…
The National Library of Medicine’s Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) has added its first set of nanomaterial records to TOXNET, the toxicology data network. Nanotechnology is the study of matter on an atomic and molecular scale, structures 100 nanometers or smaller. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter. Like other HSDB records, the…
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