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TOXNET is a group of databases covering chemicals and drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, occupational safety and health, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, and toxicology. The TOXNET platform will be retired on Monday, December 16, 2019. The majority of the content will remain available through PubMed, Bookshelf, and PubChem, and external websites. For… Read More »
Posted in: News from NLM, News from NNLM
Dec
13
0 comments Tags: All of Us, Alzheimer's Disease, consumer health, Dementia, health literacy, Memory Cafe, public library
Guest Post by Amanda Allpress, Senior Outreach Librarian, Missoula Public Library, Missoula, MT Last year Missoula Public Library received an All of Us Community Health Outreach Award to continue the Memory Café program which was started with a previous grant from the Montana Geriatric Education Center. A Memory Café is a program designed as a… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Health Literacy, News from Network Members, Public Libraries
Dec
11
0 comments Tags: alcohol abuse and misuse, health literacy, holiday drinking
Family, friends, and co-workers schedule time to gather to celebrate the winter holidays. Often, alcohol is on the menu and it can be easy to drink more than usual. Unfortunately, this can put ourselves and others at risk whether a fight or traffic accident. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) provides some… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy
Dec
09
0 comments Tags: consumer health, MedlinePlus
As many of you know, MedlinePlus is the comprehensive consumer health information resource from the National Library of Medicine. It made its debut in 1998 with 22 health topics and had 116,000 hits by the end of its first month. Take a look at more recent statistics: In 2018, 277 million users viewed MedlinePlus more… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NLM, News from NNLM
Dec
05
0 comments Tags: NN/LM, RDM 102
Applications Open for RDM 102: Beyond Research Data Management for Biomedical and Health Sciences Librarians (Spring 2020) Biomedical and health sciences librarians are invited to participate in a rigorous online training course going beyond the basics of research data management, sponsored by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Training Office (NTO). This course will… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Training & Education