The Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER), designed by NLM to assist first responders in incidents involving hazardous materials, has been praised in an article on the online site FireRescue1 as the “one application that can provide absolutely crucial information to the EMT market and hazmat units.” WISER is available for Microsoft Windows platforms…
The National Institutes of Health was cited as a model for public access policies with its requirement that all investigators funded by the NIH submit an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscript upon acceptance for publication no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. The White House Office of Science and…
Never heard of “endocrine disruptors” or how you might be exposed to them? Then new information on the SIS online site, ToxTown, will help you understand how these everyday chemicals may interfere with your hormones and the human endocrine system. Known disruptors include dioxins, PCBs, DDT and some other pesticides. Suspected ones include phytoestrogens and…
With almost 700 of the 800 English MedlinePlus topic pages now featuring links to related encyclopedia articles, MedlinePlus users now have more ways to access the A.D.A.M. medical encyclopedia. To access this feature online, look for the “Encyclopedia” box on the right side of a topic page. Links to Spanish encyclopedia content are certain to increase,…
NLM has awarded a $1 million grant to researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas, Dallas, to help ensure the privacy of individual genomic profiles when they are included in a database. The researchers are analyzing how such enormous stores of date, which often originate from multiple organizations and research studies, can ultimately…
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