News, Holidays: Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Best Wishes for a Wonderful Thanksgiving Day ~ 2009 Image credit: http://tinyurl.com/yf5skl2 – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 ____________________________________ To read more about Ellen Clapsaddle, the American artist who created this postcard, click here.

News, Public Health, Public Service: H1N1 Fact Page from Ebsco

This year, Ebsco Publishing has created an evidence-based medicine source for current factual diagnostic or treatment information for H1N1 influenza virus, written for clinicians, nurses and the general public. This site is open to anyone in the world to access, at no cost.  Following is a brief description found on the front page of Ebsco [...]

The Friday Post #42: Fact Generator, Opt Out Village and She’s a Gunner

Here’s The Friday Post #44 for Nov 20 2009. Found on Mental Floss.com, take a look at The Amazing Fact Generator: Image Credit: http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/ – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 ________________________________ Have you heard about Google’s Opt-Out Privacy Feature? Image Credit: Courtesy of The Onion at http://bit.ly/39R9Nn – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 [...]

News, Public Health, Epidemiology, Tobacco: Great American Smokeout 2009, and another Reason to Quit

Today, Nov 19 2009 is designated by the American Cancer Society as… The Great American Smokeout Image credit: Courtesy of American Cancer Society – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 _______________________________________________ There are many excellent reasons for quitting smoking.  A new international study announced this week presents a novel (and compelling) reason to stop using [...]

News, Public Health, Epidemiology: Nutrition versus Food: Too Much or Not Enough?

This world is divided in many ways:  people who grew up around snow, people who have never even seen snow… left-handed knitters with curly hair versus balding right-handed crocheters, those who love the NY Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox, blue- or brown- or green-eyed people, cat-lovers versus dog-lovers, strict vegans versus fans of potatoes [...]

News, Medical Humanities: Terrence Holt, PhD and MD

I like to read medical fiction, and believe that medical students probably do as well (although they have little time to do so).  So today a new category has been added to the EBM & Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC category list: Medical Humanities. The first post with that tag is about the literary works of writer-physician [...]

The Friday Post #41: Three Videos… Sesame Street, Flutes and Pancakes

Happy Birthday to Sesame Street which this week celebrates its 40th season on PBS!   Here’s a video by beatboxing flutist Greg Pattillo playing the theme song: Video Credit: Courtesy of YouTube.com and Greg Patillo – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 ____________________________________ Sesame Street is full of interesting characters. The Yip Yips (Martian visitors) are [...]

News, Public Service Announcements, Public Health: Hands Symphony and CPR Reminder

Here’s a wonderful public service announcement from American Heart Association Hands Symphony Image Source: http://handsonlycpr.org/symphony/ – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 __________________________________ This is an interactive visualization… choose the style of music, and click any pair of hands to create (or lessen) a full sound.  Each set of hands adds its’ own unique contribution [...]