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Nov
10
Nov
04
0 comments Tags: All of Us, consumer health, genetics, genomics, health literacy, NNLM reading Club, public library
Your health is the product of three factors: lifestyle, environment and genetics. In November, NNLM Reading Club is taking a closer look at human genetics. Featured are three books that translate the complexities of genetics into understandable terms. Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee traces the history of genetics from its beginnings in the 19th-century experiments of… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Health Literacy/Consumer Health, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries
Sep
30
0 comments Tags: All of Us, consumer health, diversity, Equity & Inclusion, health literacy, NNLM reading Club, public library
“For I know that diversity is important, not based just on gender, or your race or ethnicity, but your unique experiences, your perspectives and solutions that you bring to the table. … Don’t shy away from your experiences, your challenges, your joys. Yes, they are wonderfully complicated, but they shape who you are.” ~Valerie Montgomery… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Health Literacy/Consumer Health, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries
Sep
01
0 comments Tags: All of Us, citizen science, consumer health, health literacy, NNLM reading Club, public health, public library
Your health is a product of your genetics, lifestyle and environment. This month the NNLM Reading Club examines the third component of that critical trio. Environmental health plays a role in a host of social issues facing our society, from how to ensure drinking water is safe, to what kinds of risks we should take… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Citizen Science, Health Literacy/Consumer Health, News From NNLM PNR, PNR Weekly Digest, Public Libraries
Aug
17
0 comments Tags: nlm, NLM Strategic Plan
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) invites the public to provide input and help shape the continuing implementation of its strategic plan through 2027 by responding to this Request for Information (RFI). The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and leads,… Read More »
Posted in: News from NLM