Want to know how to use the compact shelving? This humorous video lets you know the basics about our compact shelving system for books of the first floor.
Caryn Scoville
Try an Interactive Case from NEJM
The New England Journal of Medicine is offering a free trial of their new Interactive Cases. Try to solve this week’s case: A Patient found Unresponsive.
What is Open Access?
Have you ever wondered just what Open Access really is? Here’s a video (8 minutes long) http://www.openaccessweek.org/video/open-access-explained-by-phd-comics describing it.
ILL@MU upgrade complete
The ILL@MU upgrade was completed at about 3pm, so you should once again be able to request articles. Please contact us if you have any problems.
ILL@MU , the interlibrary loan system for ordering materials not available at MU, will not be available the morning of Thursday, September 6 due to a server upgrade.
Once the server upgrade is complete, the ILLiad server will be available.
If you need any articles immediately, please contact the Interlibrary Loan office at 573-882-0468 or email loanrequest@health.missouri.edu
AAP Grand Rounds now available
Online access to AAP Grand Rounds from the American Academy of Pediatrics is now available for the years 1999-present. AAP Grand Rounds is similar to JournalWatch in that it presents articles selected from journals which are deemed highly relevant. The articles are then appraised and commented on. The difference is that AAP Grand Rounds focuses specifically on pediatrics, and provides PICO questions for each article analyzed.
F.D.A. Revokes Approval of Avastin as Breast Cancer Drug
Clinical Alert: Three-drug regimen for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis found harmful
A commonly used three-drug regimen for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was found harmful in an NIH clinical trial. In the trial, the triple-drug therapy consisting of prednisone, azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) had poorer outcomes than placebo or inactive substances. NIH stopped the three-drug regimen arm of the trial.
The complete text for the alert is available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/2011_nhlbi_ifp.html
U.S. Panel Says No to Prostate Screening for Healthy Men
The United States Preventive Services Task Force report will be released next week.
NEJM Image Challenge
Test your diagnostic skills with the weekly New England Journal of Medicine Image Challenge. Try to guess the correct answer from 5 possible choices, and see if you are correct.
AMA App Challenge
Enter the AMA App Challenge! Submit a smartphone App Idea—$2,500 in prizes and a trip to New Orleans could be yours!