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Feb
22
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This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Why focus the focus on eating disorders? According to the National Association of Anorexia and Related Disorders (ANAD), over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives. ANAD also… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Health
Feb
22
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If you would like to learn from three of the nation’s leaders about the use of EHR-based data to improve patient safety, quality of care, and evidence-based practice, plan to attend the in-person or live broadcast of the Using Data to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes Forum on March 7, 2016, from 8:30-2:30 (PST). Join us on… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Public Health, Training & Education
Feb
17
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Date: March 2, 2016 Time: 5:30 am-2:00 pm Pacific Time , 4:30 am-1:00 pm Alaska, 6:30 am- 3:00 pm Mountain Attend in-person: The meeting will be in Room 100 of the Keck Center of the National Academies located at 500 5th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Attend online: When registering select “Via Webcast” On March 2, 2016… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy
Feb
17
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Several online and in-person training opportunities can help jump-start your learning of data science topics. Some of the short courses and intensive training programs listed below are offered in conjunction with NIH Big Data To Knowledge (BD2K) initiative programs. BD2K is a trans-NIH initiative established to enable biomedical research as a digital research enterprise, to… Read More »
Posted in: News from NIH, Technology, Training & Education
Feb
16
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On Feb. 29, NIH will host a Rare Disease Day event to raise awareness about rare diseases, the people they affect and current research collaborations. An estimated 25 million people in the United States have rare diseases. The event will feature presentations, posters, exhibits, an art show and tours of the NIH Clinical Center –… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NIH