Library closing at 8pm on Wed, May 19th

The Health Sciences will be closing to the public at 8pm on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, due to staffing issues.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Misdiagnosis common in food allergies

Many who think they have food allergies actually do not. A new report, commissioned by the federal government, finds the field is rife with poorly done studies, misdiagnoses and tests that can give misleading results.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/health/research/12allergies.html?ref=health

JAMA. 2010 May 12;303(18):1848-56.

Diagnosing and managing common food allergies: a systematic review.

Chafen JJ, Newberry SJ, Riedl MA, Bravata DM, Maglione M, Suttorp MJ, Sundaram V, Paige NM, Towfigh A, Hulley BJ, Shekelle PG.

For UHM only cut and paste PMID into PubMed search box
PMID: 20460624

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=2095

H1N1 fact sheet in Asian, Pacific Islander languages

H1N1 fact sheet in Asian, Pacific Islander languages

Thanks to the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the Get Ready campaign is pleased to provide its fact sheet on H1N1 preparedness in common Asian and Pacific Islander languages.

The health forum translated the Get Ready campaign's popular H1N1 flu preparedness fact sheet (also available in English and Spanish) into 10 languages: Chinese, Chamorro, Chuukese, Japanese, Korean, Marshallese, Samoan, Thai, Tongan and Vietnamese.

http://www.getreadyforflu.org/H1N1api.htm

New cardiology fellowship at the University of Hawaii and Queen's Medical Center

Cardiology demand leads to fellowship at UH, Queen's

A shortage of heart doctors on Oahu has led to a three-year accredited cardiology fellowship under the University of Hawaii and The Queen's Medical Center.The goal of the UH Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program is to recruit, train and retain cardiologists in Hawaii because 80 percent of doctors end up practicing where they trained, according to a news release from Queen's.

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100502_Cardiology_demand_leads_to_fellowship_at_UH_Queens.html

Crude Oil Spills and Human Health

A new page of links to information on "Crude Oil Spills and Human Health" is now available at http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/oilspills.html .

The page has links to information on how the US responds to oil spills, state agencies in the Gulf region that respond to spills, occupational hazards for professionals and volunteers assisting with clean-up, seafood safety and more. The links under "Featured Sites" focus on the latest updates about the recent spill and subsequent controlled burning of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit oil platform. The page will continue to expand as needed.

If you want to stay informed on disaster health information and resources, please consider joining the DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB listserv. About 400 librarians and other informational professionals use this listserv to share ideas and information about disaster health resources, including publications from grey literature sources, webinars, conferences, and training. List members may also post questions, news, announcements, job openings and other content of interest to those involved in disaster information outreach. You can sign up at http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/dimrclistserv.html . The listserv is provided by the National Library of Medicine's Disaster Information Management Research Center. (http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov) For more information, please send me an email at nortone@nlm.nih.gov .

thanks to Elizabeth Norton for this post

Increased efforts needed to reduce smoking and save lives

New CDC Report Says Increased Efforts, High-Impact Strategies Needed to Reduce Smoking and Save Lives

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages all states to implement coordinated, high-impact strategies to end the stall in the decline of U.S. smoking rates—a move that will prevent millions of smoking-related heart attacks, cancers, strokes, and deaths.

http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2010/r100423.htm


Hawaii Tobacco Quit Line
http://www.quitnowhawaii.org/


American Lung Association of Hawaii:Tobacco
http://www.ala-hawaii.org/tobacco.asp

Films on Demand at Hamilton Library

Films on Demand at Hamilton Library
Films on Demand provides streaming access to educational videos in the humanities, social and natural sciences, business and health.

For example:

Diabetes: Sweet Poison in the Blood

26 Minutes

The global statistics are alarming: diabetes kills one person every 10 seconds, and a limb amputation is carried out as a result of the disease every 30 seconds. What can 21st-century medicine achieve...

From Series: Medical Challenges of the 21st Century |

Bacterialand 52 Minutes One day, microbes will eliminate our dirt and garbage, filter our exhaust systems, and help make self-cleaning clothing possible. This program takes viewers on a global journey-from the U.S. to Icelan... Keyhole Surgery: Laparoscopic and Arthroscopic Techniques 30 Minutes This program takes viewers into the fascinating world of laparoscopic and arthroscopic surgery. Looking over the shoulders of several pioneering doctors, we see how once-major operations are being rep...

For UHM users only
http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=56186

CDC Report Shows Success in Fighting E. coli O157:H7

CDC Report Shows Success in Fighting E. coli O157:H7

The rate of a severe form of Escherichia coli diarrhea significantly decreased in 2009, reaching the lowest level since 2004, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The incidence of the disease, called Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 infection, also met the national 2010 Healthy People target in 2009. Infection with E. coli O157 is of particular concern because in 5 percent to 10 percent of cases the infection causes kidney failure and it can be especially dangerous for children and the elderly.

The data were collected through CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, the most complete and up-to-date source of information about trends in foodborne illnesses in the United States. FoodNet conducts active surveillance for nine pathogens commonly transmitted through food, and leads studies designed to help health officials better understand how foodborne diseases are impacting Americans. Annual data are compared with data from the previous three years and with data from the first years of surveillance (1996-1998) to analyze trends and measure progress.

http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2010/r100415b.htm

Online Drug Information

Health Sciences Library provides you with the following drug information:
Online Databases (For UHM use only):
Access Medicine
eMedicine
MDConsult/FirstConsult
Natural Standard (Alternative Meds)
UpToDate (On Campus Access Only)



From NLM:
DailyMed
DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. This information includes FDA labels (package inserts). This Web site provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides this as a public service and does not accept advertisements.

Track Medicare Hospital Spending

New U.S. Gov Online Database Lets Users Track Medicare Hospital Spending

HHS has launched a new Web site, called CMS Dashboard, that allows consumers to track Medicare hospital spending for the 25 most expensive conditions, Modern Healthcare reports.
The Web site also lets users compares Medicare hospital spending by state. The site's data are based on more than 40 million hospital admissions and will be updated monthly.


http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2010/4/7/new-hhs-web-site-lets-users-track-medicare-hospital-spending.aspx

http://www.cms.gov/Dashboard/10_CMSDashboardBETA.asp#TopOfPage

Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals

Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals

To help public health professionals in their roles as health information providers and health literacy promoters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a free "Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals Online Training" program. The purpose of this training is to educate public health professionals about limited health literacy and how to address this issue in a public health context.

The web-based course may be accessed 24/7 by any computer with Internet access. It takes 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. Continuing education credit is available for a variety of health professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and health education specialists. To access the training program, visit http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2074.

For a link to CDC's and other HHS agencies' health literacy sites, visit the AHRQ's Health Literacy and Cultural Competency Resource Links at: http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitres.htm.

GE & Science Prize for Neurobiology and Life Scientists

The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology acknowledges the increasingly active and important role of neurobiology in advancing our understanding of the functioning of the brain and the nervous system -- a quest that seems destined for dramatic expansion in the coming decades. This international prize, established in 2002, encourages the work of promising young neurobiologists by providing support in the early stages of their careers. It is awarded annually for the most outstanding neurobiological research by a young scientist, as described in a 1,000-word essay based on research performed during the past three years.

The winner of the Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology is awarded US$25,000 and publication of his or her essay in Science. The essay and those of up to three finalists are also published on Science Online. The award is announced and presented at a ceremony at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Eppendorf provides financial support to help enable the grand prize winner to attend the meeting.

How can you help? Download and print this PDF flyer, and help spread the word to young scientists.

http://www.sciencemag.org.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/feature/data/prizes/eppendorf/

The GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists

Dedicated to rewarding brilliance

The GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists exists to recognize and reward outstanding Ph.D. graduate students from around the world in their work within the field of molecular biology.

The brainchild of GE Healthcare and Science/AAAS, the prize seeks to foster visionary thought and research by supporting scientists at the onset of their careers. To this end, we hope that you will use this Web site as a forum for the sharing and gathering of experiences and views. We believe that the dynamic interchange of ideas is essential to breakthrough scientific advancement and by tapping into brilliant ideas, we will build better realities.

http://www.gescienceprize.org/

Library Opens Late on Sat, 4/3 - 12p-5p

Due to a scheduled water outage for the JABSOM Kakaako campus on the morning of April 3, the Health Sciences Library will open at noon.

Health Sciences Library Saturday, April 3 hours will be 12pm - 5pm.

The Medical Education Building itself will open at its regular time.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

PubMed on Tap

Searching PubMed on an iPhone or iPod Touch
Michelle Price

An increasing number of students and faculty come to campus with an iPhone or iPod touch. Aside from recreational use, these devices can be used to search for medical literature, but picking the right applications for searching can be difficult. A comparison was created to find the best application for searching PubMed from an iPhone or iPod touch. The products tested were PubSearch, PubMed on Tap and PubMed for Handhelds. Although equally accurate, PubMed on Tap was the superior product due to its simple method for limiting by date and its readily accessible e-mail feature.


Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 7: 42-51, 2010

Check out other apps on the HSL iPhone apps page:
http://www.hawaii.edu/hslib/subjguides/iPhoneapps.html

Change in Library Hours 3/30 - 4/4

The Library has had to change its hours again for the week of 3/30 - 4/4 because of staff family emergencies and state holidays. The hours will be:

Mon, 3/29 - 8am-10pm (normal hours)
Tue, 3/30 - 8am-8pm
Wed, 3/31 – 8am-10pm (normal hours)
Thu, 4/1 – 8am-8pm
Fri, 4/2 - Closed for Good Friday holiday
Sat, 4/3 - 12pm - 5pm (The MEB will be open as usual)
Sun, 4/4 - Closed for Easter holiday (The MEB will be open)

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Change in Library Hours 3/22-3/28

The Library has had to change its hours this week and weekend due to some staff on mandated administrative leave and other staff having a family emergency. The hours for this week and weekend will be:

Mon, 3/22 - 8am-10pm (normal hours)
Tue, 3/23 - 8am-10pm (normal hours)
Wed, 3/24 – 8am-5pm
Thu, 3/25 – 8am-5pm
Fri, 3/26 - Closed for Prince Kuhio Day
Sat, 3/27 – 9am-5pm
Sun, 3/28 - Closed

We apologize for the inconvenience.

CDC Health Alert GlaxoSmithKline Rotarix (Rotavirus) Vaccine

Distributed via Health Alert Network
Monday, March 22, 2010, 15:54 EDT (03:54 PM EDT)
CDCHAN-00311-2010-03-22-ALT-N

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has learned that DNA from porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1), a virus not known to cause disease in humans, is present in the Rotarix vaccine. All available evidence indicates that there has been no increased risk to patients who have received this vaccine. PCV1 is not known to cause any disease in animals or humans; therefore, it has not been routinely tested for in vaccine development. Rotarix has been extensively studied, before and after approval, and found to have an excellent safety record (i.e., no unusual adverse events). However, FDA is recommending that healthcare practitioners temporarily suspend usage of the Rotarix vaccine for rotavirus immunization in the United States while the agency learns more about the detection of components of the virus found in the vaccine.

http://www2a.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNum=00311

Library Closed Friday, 3/26

The Health Sciences Library will be closed on Friday, March 26, 2010 in observance of Prince Kuhio Day.

Limited Library Services 3/22-3/26/10

Because most UH Libraries, including Hamilton Library, will be closed for Spring Break due to budget constraints and mandated staff administrative leave, the following services will not be available:

• Scanning and emailing of articles
• Book transfers (from one library to another)

The Health Sciences Library will be open for regular hours, so you can come in and photocopy articles yourself.

If you have any questions, call the Library at 692-0810.

Please note that the Library will be closed on Friday, March 26th in observance of Prince Kuhio Day.

Continuing Medical Education

AHC Media: freeCME.com
http://www.freecme.com/gindex.php

CE Medicus: Your Center for Professional Continuing Education and Learning
http://www.cemedicus.com

Cleveland Clinic
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/

MedPage Today: CME Spotlights
http://www.medpagetoday.com/CME-Spotlights/

MedscapeCME Today
http://cme.medscape.com/

Online Continuing Medical Education(CME): Annotated List of Online Continuing Medical Education
http://www.cmelist.com/list.htm

Physicians' Travel and Meeting Network: CME Planner
http://www.cmeplanner.com/

PRIME
http://primeinc.org/

University Library, University of Illinois-Chicago: Online CME
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhs/resources/cme.shtml

Submitted by Gayle Hutchins Tudisco, Health Sciences Library, Eliot Hospital, Manchester, NH;
edited by Lynne M. Fox