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Oct
30
0 comments Tags: K-12, National Summit on School Safety, Safe and Sound Schools, school safety, school violence
Rising to the occasion is nothing new for school administrators and teachers. What is new — is that many of us are finally recognizing just how important and dedicated those who teach our children are and always have been. In the extraordinary times of COVID19 our K-12 school administrators, educators and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources, Public Health
Oct
29
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Legacy PubMed site is due to be retired at the end of October with more than 99% of PubMed users using the new PubMed site. To aid in increasing familiarity with the new PubMed NLM has these learning and training resources: The PubMed User Guide (link is external) is continually updated as new features become… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources
Sep
04
0 comments Tags: Addiction, drug addiction, International Overdose Awareness Day, National Recovery Month, opioid addiction, recovery, substance use disorder, SUD
Structure and community connection are two key elements that most individuals challenged with substance use disorder rely on to maintain their recovery. COVID-19 and the physical distancing and quarantine measures required to prevent the virus from spreading, has contributed to a spike in the number of overdoses from opioids during the last… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources, Public Health
Jul
31
0 comments Tags: externship, Girls Inc of Worcester
The following blog post was written by Regina Agyemang, a rising junior from the Abbey Kelly Foster Charter Public School in Worcester, Massachusetts. Regina is also member of the Girls Inc. of Worcester Eureka program. Regina spent the month of July working with the staff of the UMass Medical School Library and the NNLM NER…. Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources
Jul
28
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A term keeps popping up around the NIH and NLM; Geroscience. The meaning may be obvious if you understand the parts of the word; gero- in medicine is a prefix indicating the association with old age or aging, and science – the study of something. But that doesn’t really get to the heart of what… Read More »
Posted in: NIH, NLM Resources