Proclaiming October 28 “Go Local Day,” Gov. Bobby Jindal added Louisiana as the 31st and latest state to participate in the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus Go Local program. Go Local makes it easier and simpler to find health care services close to home. Visitors to the site can search for resources by location, by facility…
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a long-time partner of the NLM, celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 29, 2009. Established in 1959 as the National Health Examination Survey, NHANES has been a primary source of data on the nation’s health including pioneering surveys that helped to identify the dangers of leaded gasoline,…
The NLM launched a new Web site, Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, to better equip public health agencies to observe and compare nationwide trends from newborn screening test results. The NLM site covers more than 100 conditions, listing their terminologies and codes, and identifying the screening tests that may be used for each. Users…
Mount Vesuvius, perhaps the world’s most famous and deadliest volcano, erupted on August 24, AD 79, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing some 25,000 people. Because of its explosiveness and the nearly three million people who live virtually within its looming shadow, Vesuvius remains extremely dangerous. The image below is an undated engraving, Greco-Roman House, depicting…
The need for rapid exchange of scientific information to battle the current H1N1 flu epidemic helped spur arrival of the newest National Library of Medicine online archive, Rapid Research Notes (RRN). Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the RRN speeds access to published scientific research at moderated online sites, facilitating collection and sharing of…
