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Aug
12
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Does your library serve nurses or nursing students? If so, then check out the latest video from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) regarding the freely available resources nurses and nursing students will find invaluable in their research. NLM Resources for Nurses: Research In less than four minutes learn about 15 different resources—all free,… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NLM, Training & Education
Jul
01
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On Tuesday, July 12th, 2016, the MedlinePlus team will update the domain to “medlineplus.gov” for all page URLs on the English and Spanish MedlinePlus sites, including health topic pages, drug monographs and encyclopedia articles. For example, the URL for the English health topic page “Asthma” will change from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthma.html to https://medlineplus.gov/asthma.html The URL for… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NLM
Jun
30
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Summer is often the time of year most people enjoy. It is more relaxing, a chance to enjoy outdoor activities, take vacations, and spend time with friends and family. However, many may also find it a time to take more precautions with sunburn, mosquito bites, and accidents. While not all accidents and health issues can… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy
Jun
08
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While attending the Children’s Author luncheon at the Public Library Association conference in Denver this past April I couldn’t help but take note that Sherman Alexie began his talk by talking about a medical condition. The focus of his talk was not about medicine and medical care but he did focus several minutes humorously recounting his… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Health Observances
Jun
07
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PNR Rendezvous Wednesday June 15 1:00-2:00pm PT, noon- 1:00pm Alaska, 2:00-3:00pm MT Engaging Public Libraries in Community Health Information and Services is the name of the the next PNR Rendezvous presentation. In collaboration with the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest regional medical library (NN/LM PNR), University of Washington Information School MLIS candidate Liz Morris… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR