April 30, 2004
By ANDREW POLLACK
Two groups of scientists say people with a genetic mutation
in their lung cancer tumors improve sharply when given a
drug called Iressa.
To access: go to http://www.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=823 or
New York Times (Access via ProQuest Newsstand)
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- China today reported the first SARS death worldwide since the World Health Organization declared the disease under control globally nine months ago.
The Health Ministry said the death of a woman in the southern province of Anhui on April 19 was caused by SARS, according to a statement. She had cared for her daughter, who spread the disease after catching it while working in a virology laboratory in Beijing. The daughter is recovering.
Article: http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=agt0sw0.Fmwo&refer=top_world_news
Enrollment starts Monday, use of cards starts in June
Thursday, April 29, 2004 Posted: 12:24 PM EDT (1624 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is starting a campaign to promote the value of the Medicare-approved drug discount card to older Americans who are only dimly aware of what it is.
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/29/medicare.drugcard.ap/index.html
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The government recommended Thursday that doctors switch to a different drug to treat gonorrhea among gay and bisexual men.
The drug Cipro and the rest of the class of fluoroquinolone antibiotics -- long the standard treatment for the sexually transmitted disease -- no longer should be used as a first-line drug for men who have sex with men, federal health officials said. That's because of the rise of drug-resistant strains of gonorrhea among homosexuals....
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/29/resistant.gonorrhea.ap/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions more Americans than previously thought have signs of what could later turn into diabetes, the government says.
Doubling previous figures, the government estimates that 41 million Americans have pre-diabetes -- blood sugar high enough to dramatically increase their risk of getting the full-blown disease.
The figures are significantly higher than previous estimates because doctors have changed the criteria for diagnosing the condition after research showed they were missing too many at-risk patients...
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/04/29/diabetes.risk.ap/index.html
NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- New computers made of biological molecules that react to DNA hold the promise to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer by operating like doctors inside the body, Israeli scientists said.
The devices, used in test-tube experiments, already have demonstrated the ability to identify and then destroy prostate and lung cancer cells, but their creators cautioned it could be decades before such biological computers find their way into medicine.
"The hope is that someday this direction will help lead to a new concept of 'smart drugs,'" said researcher Ehud Shapiro, a computer scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovat, Israel.
Article: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040428-125426-1817r
Apr 29, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – Chinese officials today upgraded two cases of suspected SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) to confirmed status, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the current outbreak to four, according to news service reports.
A total of nine cases have been reported in China since Apr 22, the World Health organization (WHO) said yesterday. One of the patients died Apr 19, and the other eight were hospitalized, the agency said.
The Associated Press (AP) reported today that the latest confirmed cases involved the mother and an aunt of a 20-year-old nurse, surnamed Li, who has a confirmed case. One of the two was in critical condition, but it was not clear which, the AP said.
All the cases are thought to be linked to a laboratory at China's National Institute of Virology in Beijing. The first patient, a 26-year-old medical student surnamed Song, became ill after working in the lab in March, and a 31-year-old man who worked in the lab fell ill later. Li, the nurse, got sick after caring for Song in a Beijing hospital....
Article: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/sars/news/apr2904sars.html
BEIJING - Another case of suspected SARS emerged in China on Wednesday as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be under control.
INDEPTH: SARS
There are two confirmed and seven suspected cases, all in Beijing and the southeastern province of Anhui.
ARCHIVE: 4 more suspected SARS cases in China
The first new case of suspected SARS since last year emerged on April 7, when a 20-year-old nurse was quarantined in Beijing after developing fever and tremors...
Article: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/28/world/sars040428
THURSDAY, April 22 (HealthDayNews) -- If you've ever left the doctor's office stunned or confused about the diagnosis you or a family member has been given and worried about the prognosis, help is on the way.
The American College of Physicians, the nation's largest medical specialty society, on Thursday announced a plan in which its 115,000 internists will be encouraged to direct patients to a National Institutes of Health Web site, called MedlinePlus, for more information...
Full Text of Article: http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=518532
Public Health Grand Rounds Goal
This program will seek to increase awareness of the value and the process involved in utilizing evidence based resources to prevent and control the use of tobacco.
Objectives
Describe two current trends in building sustainable local efforts to prevent and control tobacco use. Identify three evidence based interventions recommended by the Community Guide for tobacco prevention and control Identify three reasons to use the Community Guide as a primary source for evidence based public health practice. Identify two strategies for integrating evidence based resources into existing tobacco control and prevention efforts.
Target Audience
Public health leaders and professionals from local and state government agencies, policy makers, purchasers of health care, physicians, community-based health organizations, academic institutions, federal agencies and others who seek to learn more about the value of using evidence based strategies to improve tobacco prevention and control.
A National Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
May 21, 2004 3:00 - 4:00pm CST
Website: http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/index.htm
We are pleased to announce another update to images.MD. You now have access to a new collection, Pediatric Urology. You will find 384 brand new images within this collection, covering topics such as: Prenatal Urology; Hypospadias; Neurogenic Vesical Dysfunction; Renal Tumors in Childhood; Cystic Diseases of the Kidney; and much more!
We've also added several hundred new entries across the entire library of images. As always, full-collection subscribers have access to all previous and new material for use in research, presentations, and lectures.
Access images.MD at:
http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/imd.cgi { Access for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities & Duluth, only } (Registration is required)
Last class of the semester:
OVID vs. PubMed
Monday, Apr 26 9:00 - 10:00 am AHC Learning Commons (535/545 Diehl Hall)
Want to know the differences between searching MEDLINE using Ovid versus PubMed? Are there any similarities? Learn how to effectively use each search interface to retrieve the citations you are looking for.
Free for U of MN students, faculty, and staff!
Friday, April 23, 2004 Posted: 10:34 AM EDT (1434 GMT)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- If black men stopped smoking, their cancer rates would drop by nearly two-thirds, a U.S. researcher said...
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/04/23/cancer.blacks.reut/index.html
The goal of the network's website is to provide access to health information for Hmong people and those who provide health, education and social services to the Hmong community. The project is funded by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and managed by the Northern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (NAHEC). Many of our partners are contributing resources and services beyond the NLM funding, and we are seeking additional funding.
In April 2004, "the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named new areas that will be required to reduce emissions of ozone-causing pollution." This site features background information about ozone and the EPA's efforts to reduce ozone emissions, a map of areas designated by the EPA as violating air quality standards, designations for all states and tribal areas, and related information.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) invites participation in an advanced training course designed specifically for information specialists who provide support to users of NCBI's molecular biology services. This five-day course is scheduled for August 2-6, 2004, at the National Library of Medicine, and is approved for 40 MLA continuing education contact hours. The course is restricted to those who have knowledge of molecular biology or genetics and basic experience with NCBI resources such as Entrez, LocusLink, BLAST, Cn3D, and Map Viewer.
"The Internet is profoundly changing how scientists work and publish. New business models are being tested by publishers, including open access, in which the author pays and content is free to the user. This ongoing web focus will explore current trends and future possibilities. Each week, the website will publish specially commissioned insights and analysis from leading scientists, librarians, publishers and other stakeholders, as well as key links, and articles from our archive. All content is available free."
PubMed on Tap is an application for PDAs that retrieves MEDLINE® citations directly from the PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet. PubMed on Tap features include several PubMed search limits, a history of previous queries, the ability to email citations or save them to the Memo Pad, a clustered results option, and link-out to full-text Web sites.
Please note: Your Palm device must have wireless access for this software
to work.
New Senior Health Web Site -- NIH has launched a new talking web site with
formats and topics tailored to the needs of older people.
The web site's senior-friendly features include large print, short, easy-to-read segments of information and simple navigation. A "talking" function reads the text aloud and special buttons to enlarge the text or turn on high contrast make text more readable. NIHSeniorHealth makes every effort to comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which aims to make federal electronic technology accessible for persons with disabilities.
The Bio-Medical Library and the Medical School have partnered to license UpToDate for the Twin Cites and Duluth campuses. UpToDate is a subscription-based electronic clinical database with searchable, up-to-date topic reviews. The topic reviews include links to related subjects, references, tables, charts, graphics, X-rays, video, and drug information.
Click on or type http://www.uptodate.com and follow the link that says "Click here to log on to UpToDate online" (ID and Password not required). Due to the terms of the license agreement with UpToDate, access will be limited to campus IP addresses and will not be accessible off-site or from home. Contact the Bio-Medical Library reference desk at 612-626-3260 or email (medref@umn.edu) with questions.
Two of the renowned Current Protocols series are now available online to U of M patrons through a University Libraries license:
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology
Current Protocols in Cell Biology
These manuals contain detailed descriptions of standard laboratory methods used by researchers in molecular and cellular biology. Examples of these protocols include:
Molecular Biology:
In situ hybridization
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Protein expression
YAC libraries
Cell Biology:
Cell cycle analysis
Digital electrophoresis analysis
Immunoblotting and immunodetection
Protein phosphorylation
To access either Current Protocols in Molecular Biology or Current Protocols in Cell Biology, search by their title in MNCAT, the Libraries online catalog (http://mncat.lib.umn.edu), or go to:
http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wil.cgi?res=cp
If you have questions or comments about Current Protocols, or any other electronic resource, please contact our Reference desk staff either in person (Level 2 Diehl Hall), by phone (612-626-3260), or email (medref@umn.edu).
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
12:00-1:30 P.M.
101 Walter Library, Twin Cities
*Moderator*
Linda Jorn
Digital Media Center, Twin Cities campus
*Panelists*
María Emilce López
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Twin Cities campus
Susan Henly
School of Nursing, Twin Cities campus
William Riley
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, Twin Cities campus
Micky Trent
Department of Clinical and Population Sciences, Twin Cities campus
In 1990 Ernest L. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, published his groundbreaking work, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, in which he redefined the work of faculty members in a way that reflected more realistically the range of scholarly activities required by academic and civic mandates. He went beyond the common "scholarship of teaching vs. research" argument and broadened the term "scholarship" to include the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. Since then there has been much debate about defining and assessing the scholarship of teaching. Three common questions that have been asked include the following:
- What do teachers need to do to take the scholarship of teaching seriously?
- How can we assess the scholarship of teaching?
- How is the scholarship of teaching viewed similarly and differently by faculty members in various disciplines?
More recently, scholars are asking how the integration of multimedia and Internet technologies have influenced the way we think about the scholarship of teaching.
At the seminar, the current Digital Media Center faculty fellows will address questions such as:
- How do disciplinary research norms influence the methods used to evaluate and assess teaching and learning and the acceptance of research in pedagogy? In other words, what would be valued as 'scholarly activity' when researching teaching and learning?
- What trends, (e.g., student demographics) have changed the conversations about the scholarship of teaching and learning in your disciplines?
- What instructional practices used in your disciplines can give us special insight into teaching, improve teaching practices, or be adapted by teachers outside of your disciplines?
- Researchers, such as Light (2001), indicate that senior undergraduates value interdisciplinary courses, or at least understanding how courses in their disciplines fit in a broader context. Is this happening in your disciplines?
- What does it mean to be a "good teacher" in your disciplines? Is a teacher who excels in the scholarship of teaching necessarily a "good teacher"? What rubrics exist in your department for assessing the scholarship of teaching?
*Related Information*
In preparation, check out http://dmc.umn.edu/spotlight/teaching-communities.shtml . It includes a bibliography of related research materials and information about campus resources that can help you explore issues related to disciplinary TEL teaching communities. A few weeks after the seminar, we will add a summary of the seminar and any additional citations to resources highlighted during the session.
The TEL Seminar Series is sponsored by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and organized by Academic and Distributed Computing Services (ADCS) and the Digital Media Center (DMC). Sessions are cosponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (EVPP) and collegiate units. All University faculty members, staff members, students, and members of the general public are invited to attend at no charge.
NIH plays a major role in finding better ways to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent diseases. The practical health information in The NIH Word on Health is based on research conducted either by NIH's own scientists or by our grantees at universities and medical schools around the country.
Material published in The NIH Word on Health is not copyrighted. You may use it without permission of the National Institutes of Health.
Bring your lunch over to the Bio-Medical Library conference room located at 555 Diehl Hall and eat together with resident experts, guests, and peers while discussing topics such as Open Access journals, images.MD, PowerPoint: Posters and PDAs, alternative medicine, a PDA user group and more. Our informal monthly events will be your opportunity to discuss and raise questions concerning topics that concern both you and the library. Held from 11:30 - 1:00 on the third Thursday of every month.
April 15 PowerPoint: Posters and PDAs
May 20 Alternative Medicine Information Resources
June 17 PDA User Group: Questions and Updates
"The POWER of WATER a vision for water in the 21st century."
The Kolshorn Lecture, part of the President's 21st Century Interdisciplinary Conference Series Dr. Peter H. Gleick, President Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security in Oakland, California
Water is vital for human health, our economy, and the environment. Water also cuts across traditional lines of inquiry connecting science and economics with political and social concerns. As part of the University of Minnesota's Earth Week celebrations, world water expert Dr. Peter H. Gleick, a 2003 MacArthur Fellow, will give a wide-ranging talk on water issues in the new century and how we can prepare for the future with intelligent planning and a forward-looking vision. Free and open to the public.
Bell Museum Auditorium
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
4:30 PM Reception and book signing
5:15 PM Seminar
For more information, visit the Water Resources Center web site:
http://wrc.coafes.umn.edu/.
Users of many of the University Libraries’ bibliographic citation indexes, including the OVID databases, PubMed, VetCD, and Web of Science, are now able to use a new article access service implemented by the Libraries. Find It, the University Libraries Linking Service, allows library users to quickly link from a bibliographic citation in an index to a pop-up menu of options for accessing that article or document. Depending on the article, access options may include:
- a direct link to the electronic full text document (or in some cases to a journal's homepage)
- a link to the Libraries' print and electronic holdings in MNCAT, our catalog
in the absence of Libraries' holdings, the option to request the article through Interlibrary Loan. When you log in, the ILL form will be pre-populated with your personal information and with the citation information, meaning you won’t have to type in that info yourself!
Library users will be able to use this new service whenever they see the 
button, or a similar text link, in a bibliographic index citation. The appearance of the button will vary somewhat, according to the space allowed by different database providers. For example, the Find It button in PubMed appears as: 
Continue reading "Find It -- the University Libraries Linking Service"
The University Libraries, in support of the Open Access publishing model, has paid for a trial institutional membership to BioMed Central (BMC) for 2004. We hope that this membership will encourage researchers at the University of Minnesota to consider BMC journals for submission of articles. This membership enables U of M authors to waive BioMed Central's article processing fee (typically $500). For more information, and a list of articles published in BMC by U of M authors, please see http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/20200.
Continue reading "University Libraries Purchase BioMed Central Membership"
Applications are being solicited for the Masonic/Dietz Family Award for Educational Travel. Recognizing that educational travel and sharing of knowledge is essential to successful cancer research the Charlton Dietz Family through the Masonic Cancer Center Fund has established this award for educational travel.
Award: Awards may be up to $1000 for educational travel. Up to four awards will be made. Educational opportunities may include but are not limited to conferences, courses and site visits.
Applicants: Graduate students, fellows, research-related staff and faculty within a cancer/cancer-related educational program or research area.
Application: No more than a one-page request will be accepted. The following information must be included:
· Applicant’s name
· Applicant’s research interest or educational focus
· Name, date and location of educational opportunity
· Budget for travel, may include transportation, accommodations, food and registration.
· Rationale for how attendance will contribute to applicant’s cancer/cancer-related education or research.
Applications should be received no later than April 12, 2004. The awards will cover travel from July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
Applications should be forwarded to:
Mary Sumpmann RN, MS
Associate Director for Administration
Cancer Center
MMC 806 or
sumpm001@umn.edu
Review Process: The Executive Committee of the Center will identify a subcommittee to review requests. Awardees will be identified and notified by May 15, 2004.
Follow Up: Awardees will be asked to submit 1/3-1/2 page summary of the value of the educational opportunity.
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Jean A. Jacoby
Executive Assistant
University of Minnesota Cancer Center
(612) 626-5475 - Phone
(612) 626-3069 - Fax
www.cancer.umn.edu
Hello!
I would like to welcome you to the new Bio-Medical weblog for Public Health students, faculty and staff. You are invited to make comments, create discussion, ask questions, and make request for library services and resources.
As the liaison for Public Health I would like to extend a hand of assistance for your library information needs. Please feel free to contact me directly at: x63995 or gruwell@umn.edu
Cindy Gruwell
Associate Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction
Bio-Medical Library
University of Mnnesota