If you are caring for an older family member or friend, there’s an easy way to learn about Medicare benefits that may help them. The Web site NIHSeniorHealth has a new topic entitled Medicare Basics for Caregivers. Medicare is the federal health insurance program for adults 65 and older and younger people with disabilities. The new guide…
In May, NLM’s Specialized Information Services Division hosted a special symposium to commemorate the 75th meeting of the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Scientific Review Panel (SRP). The symposium, “The Hazardous Substances Data Bank: Historical Aspects and Future Role as a Toxicology and Environmental Science Resource” covered the history and current use of HSDB, and featured a panel discussion…
There is a new and quick way to see the most searched health terms on MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español. A search cloud or nube de búsqueda has been added to the sites. Popularity is denoted by the size of the individual terms — the bigger the display, the more often it is searched on…
New search and display capabilities at the National Library of Medicine’s Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) site enhance researchers’ capacity to inspect and compare images. Researchers can browse the IHM’s 70,000 images in multi-image display, download high resolution copies, zoom in on details, move images into a defined workspace for further manipulation, and…
A new National Library of Medicine resource provides a glimpse into the legal history of some of America’s best known consumer products, such as Coca Cola, as well as the evolution of clinical trial science and the social impact of medicine on health. The Library’s new resource is a digital archive of US Food and…
