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Nov

14

New England Journal of Medicine’s E-Cigarettes and Vaping-Related Disease special issue

Posted by Kathy Downing on November 14th, 2019 0 comments

The use of e-cigarettes has increased rapidly. Although vaping has been shown to assist with smoking cessation, cases of severe vaping-related pulmonary disease and a number of deaths have recently been reported. The New England Journal of Medicine has published E-Cigarettes and Vaping-Related Disease, a collection of articles and other resources on e-cigarettes and vaping… Read More »

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Oct

11

Changes to Finding PHDL Journals in PubMed

Posted by Javier Crespo on October 11th, 2019 0 comments

PubMed is your primary source for finding PHDL journals with a keyword or research topic. You typically use the special PHDL URL (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?holding=phdlnphco) or a MyNCBI account to set up your filters to call up results for PHDL articles. Major changes are coming to the way you will find PHDL articles in PubMed. Users will… Read More »

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Oct

10

The new PubMed is on the way!

Posted by Cecilia Vernes on October 10th, 2019 0 comments

Some of you may have heard that a new version of PubMed will be online in early 2020. New features include: Responsive website on mobile devices and desktops Improved performance with storage on the cloud Simpler and cleaner user interface Updated tools such a ‘Cite’ with additional features Sidebar navigation Citation sensors Links to the… Read More »

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Sep

25

TOXNET Website to be Retired, Most Content Will Remain Available

Posted by Kathy Downing on September 25th, 2019 0 comments

On December 16, 2019, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork) website will be retired. Most content will remain available through other NLM databases as well as from external websites. TOXNET has served as an integrated system of toxicology and environmental health information. The most frequently used databases are being incorporated into… Read More »

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Aug

28

ICD-9 ICD-10 Trial Full Codes Listed on STAT!Ref

Posted by Cecilia Vernes on August 28th, 2019 0 comments

Recently, some PHDL program members commented, both in conversation and evaluations, that they regularly need to convert ICD-9 to ICD-10 procedure code sets and vice versa. Already included in your subscription, via the homepage of the STAT!Ref platform is access to the conversion tool for diagnosis codes. The mappings are based on the General Equivalence… Read More »

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