Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Author Archives: cshannon
Palliative care, health policy, and health reform
From the Health Affairs Blog: In the United States, value is the new health care imperative – improving quality while controlling costs. We spend nearly twice the rate of comparable nations, yet have poorer health outcomes. In 2010, President Obama … Continue reading
New from the National Academies Press: Including Health in Global Frameworks for Development, Wealth, and Climate Change
From the NAP: Including Health in Global Frameworks for Development, Wealth, and Climate Change is the summary of a three-part public webinar convened by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and its collaborative on … Continue reading
Rural health
From the Health Resources and Services Administration: New publications focussing on rural health are now available from the HRSA Information Center. Causes and Consequences of Rural Pharmacy Closures: A Multi-Case Study identifies factors that contributed to the closing of six … Continue reading
Chemical information and the Jan 2014 West Virginia Elk River chemical release
From TOXNET: You may be aware from multiple news sources that little information was available about 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol at the time of the spill in West Virginia’s Elk River earlier this month. Since the spill, government and private sector scientists have … Continue reading
Posted in community health
Tagged CDC, emergency preparedness, environmental health, NLM, pollution, risk science
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New from the National Academies Press: Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements: Examining Safety
From the NAP: Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine in August 2013 to review the available science on safe levels of caffeine consumption in foods, beverages, and dietary … Continue reading
New edition of Health Communication Science Digest
From the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): This month in the Digest there are several papers reporting the effectiveness of public health communication messaging (Auchincloss et al; Beales & Kulick; Chang [2 papers]; Dillard & Main; Glanz et … Continue reading
Change to the Public Health blog
Beginning in February, this blog will merge with the THL News blog. Look for news of the library & beyond here.
Library on the Road – Today, 1:00-2:30!
Need help using library resources for projects or classes? Don’t know what a citation management program is, but need to find out? Have questions about using library resources during the building renovation? Come to Library on the Road, when informationists … Continue reading
E-cigarette poisonings & more in the new edition of Public Health Law News
From the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support: The new edition of Public Health Law News reprints an article from USA Today on the rise in reports of poisonings in children by e-cigarettes. Other stories include reports … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, environmental health, health disparities, health policy, tobacco
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CSCAR: Statistical consulting @ UM
The Center for Statistical Consultation & Research (CSCAR) provides free consulting in data analysis & statistical methods to all UM researchers. We are able to assist with the design, analysis, interpretation, & communication of research studies involving data. CSCAR also … Continue reading
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