Cardiac Physiology, History of Medicine, Digital Collections: Timelines and History for ECG

The first year medical and dental students are studying cardiac electrophysiology this month.  The Dubin book* (6th edition) is currently a hot item in the library reserve section. Answering a reference question for a cardiologist this week on the topic of Medicine, Arts and Humanities, I came across a unique site, a timeline called “A [...]

News, Educational Sites: A Guide to Celebrating Black History Month

February is Black History Month Image Credit: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ – All rights reserved – Copyright 2010 __________________________________ My excellent colleagues, University of Connecticut librarians Valerie Love and Phara Bayonne, have created a detailed subject guide for 2010 Black History Month including – but not limited to – resources and exhibits specific to UConn and Connecticut. As [...]

The Friday Post #47: Holidays Galore! St. Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, 2010 Olympics-Vancouver

This is the Friday Post #47 for Feb 12 2010.  Back to blogging, after  a few challenging instructional weeks. Happy St. Valentine’s Day – Sunday, Feb 14 2010 Image Credit:   http://www.cynthiahoweminiatures.com/sendcard/ – All Rights Reserved – Copyright 2010 ___________________________________________________ Gung Hay Fat Choi ! Spring Festival 4708:  Year of the Tiger Image Credit: http://www.indianholiday.com/ – All [...]

The Friday Post #46: That old Cardiac Rythmn, Medical Fiction and Jude Law

This is the Friday Post #46 for Feb 5 2010.  Let’s consider matters of the human heart because St. Valentine’s Day will be here soon, and because this is National Wear Red Day, a public service campaign aimed toward women which promotes awareness of cardiovascular health and fitness, sponsored by the American Heart Association. Systole/Diastole [...]

News, Public Health, Disease Prevention: World Cancer Day – Feb 4 2010 and a Very Special Cat

Today is World Cancer Day 2010 – Feb 4 2010 International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is the principal sponsor for World Cancer Day and is responsible for organizing the annual World Cancer Campaign and World Cancer Summit (held every two years). The theme for the 2010 campaign is “Cancer can be prevented too”.  The public [...]

News, Blogs I Like, Eye Candy: Collecting Library Blogs

Dave Pattern, Library Systems Manager at University of Huddersfield (UK) and technologist, created an automatic blog called Hot Stuff 2.0, which he describes as an: “… automated WordPress blog that tracks around 800 library related blogs, looking for the latest trends and hot topics.   The purpose of the site is to track content in the [...]

News, Medical & Technology Blogs: A Great Crop of “Best Medical Blogs”

MedGadget.com annually stages a “Best Medical Blog” award.  Their selections are always interesting to review for new – and well-established – writers.  This is the sixth year which the competition has been held. This years’ nominees for the 2009 “Best Medical Blog” -  in seven different categories – represent many new bloggers, as well as [...]