NLM Milestones: The Hits Just Keep on Coming

This year marks the 175th anniversary of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). While that’s a major milestone, there was a lot to celebrate in 2010 as well. So we decided to take a look back at a banner year. The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) vocabulary marked its 50th anniversary. PubMed Central® and ClinicalTrials.gov each…

NLM Helps Showcase the Continuing Fight against Sickle Cell Disease

In 1910, Chicago physician James B. Herrick made medical history when he published a scientific paper describing the case of an anemic patient who suffered from a blood disorder characterized by oddly elongated, sickle-shaped red-blood cells. The disorder was later termed sickle cell anemia, after the unusual shape of the blood cells. Herrick’s paper was…

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Monthly Archives: February 2011

NLM Milestones: The Hits Just Keep on Coming

NLM Helps Showcase the Continuing Fight against Sickle Cell Disease