Category Archives: Medical

Current Grey Lit Report

Posted on December 11, 2009 by kcoronado

Image via Wikipedia The New York Academy of Medicine: Current Grey Literature Report http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/current_grey_literature_report# The New York Academy of Medicine has been around since 1847, and they have had a distinctly urban mission since their founding. Their online library contains … Continue reading →

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Medline Plus: Diets

Posted on October 29, 2009 by kcoronado

MedlinePlus: Diets [pdf] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diets.html In this section of their website, Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, tackles the subject of diets. The information is divided up into half a … Continue reading →

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Google Health Search

Posted on September 14, 2009 by kcoronado

There are new ways to search for health conditions on Google.com. By typing in a condition (asthma, influenza) into the search box,  you will find a new “health search result snippet” with an image and a summary of the condition … Continue reading →

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MedlinePlus Search Cloud

Posted on May 12, 2009 by kcoronado

MedlinePlus now has a search cloud that displays the top 100 search terms typed into the MedlinePlus search box. The search cloud is usually updated every week day. The terms appear in alphabetical order, and their size represents their relative … Continue reading →

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Biomedical Beat

Posted on February 23, 2009 by kcoronado

Biomedical Beat http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/biobeat/ Keeping tabs on the research endeavors and findings from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is much easier with Biomedical Beat. Started in January 2005, the publication serves as a monthly digest of research news … Continue reading →

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