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DigiCMB — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:43:49 +0100

Nieuwe CMB Intranet site met searchbox, RSS, Chat en sociale media links: http://cms.umcg.nl/onderzoek/cmb Peer Review and Science2.0 Check out this SlideShare presentation : Peer Review and Science2.0 http://slidesha.re/alif9n Is Citizen Science the future for researchers? - Research Information RT @Dymphie: Is Citizen Science the future for researchers? (Neil Jacobs, JISC ) about Open Science http://tinyurl.com/yglbnl8 FEEDS FOR SCIENCE - MindMeister Mind Map @amcunningham @laikas Here is a start 4 "Feeds For Science", a Google wave: http://bit.ly/9h7c1l AND a MindMeister Map http://bit.ly/9Wj4C9 Phil Bradley's weblog: CILIP - Epic FAIL I like it when @philbradley needs so many words! RT @lorcanD: mmm.. http://bit.ly/aZGaDO = top result for 'cilip twitter' on google! ...

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An Evidence Pyramid that Facilitates the Finding of Evidence

Laika's MedLibLog — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:27:17 +0100

Earlier I described that there are so many search- and EBM-pyramids that it is confusing. I described 3 categories of pyramids: Search Pyramids Pyramids of EBM-sources Pyramids of EBM-levels (levels of evidence) In my courses where I train doctors and medical students how to find evidence quickly, I use a pyramid that is a mixture of 1. and 2. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Unsolicited Answers to Rhetorical Questions

davidrothman.net — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:17:49 +0100

From something I saw in Facebook recently: Q: Will NextBio do away with PubMed? A: Absolutely not. In order to even have a chance at making PubMed irrelevant, a 3rd-party tool would have to be free. I believe I have played with the vast majority of 3rd-party PubMed/MEDLINE tools available (see this post category for details). Q: …will Pubget do away with PubMed? A: In some libraries for some users, PubGet will be a the preferred option. Will it make PubMed irrelevant? Good lord, no. K adds: Suspect they use PubMed to get their lit content, esp since they say they include all the full text from PubMed Central. K is absolutely right. Both PubGet and NextBio get their data through NCBI API tools. Now, if GoPubMed (free) did LinkOut and/or made PDF retrieval as easy as PubGet (free) doe...

Friday Foolery #20 What is in an element’s name?

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:40:43 +0100

You probably know the periodic table of elements. The table contains 118 confirmed elements, from 1 (H, hydrogen) to 118 (Uuo, Ununoctium). In Wikipedia. you have a nice large periodic table with chemical symbols, that link to the Wikipedia pages on the individual elements (left). As a chemist, David Bradley at Sciencebase must have been bored with [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

MEDLINE Trends, MEDSUM, Compare PubMed (3rd-Party PubMed/MEDLINE Tool)

davidrothman.net — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:04 +0100

Alexandru Dan Corlan made this nifty tool, MEDLINE Trend. From the site: Examples of usage To find out just how many papers have been indexed by PubMed every year, enter an empty query (simply press ‘Build Trend’); To find the history of a subject, enter a few keywords describing the subject. For example, clopidogrel will tell you that discussion about this drug first appeared in 1987, was ocasional (under one paper a month) by 1996 and really took off in after 2000; To make statistics of the languages of papers as indexed by PubMed and how they evolved in time enter something like fre[la] and you will see their number is geting reduced in time, despite the increase in the general number of papers, so the prevalence of papers in french in the database falls from about 10%, f...

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DigiCMB — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:10:51 +0100

emtacl10: emerging technologies in academic libraries Want to hear Lorcan Dempsey on "The network has reconfigured whole industries. http://bit.ly/15wX5S #emtacl10 Basisbibliotheek Maasland, centrum voor kennis en cultuur Welcome to the Peace Palace Library Bibliotheek Hoogeveen Bibliotheek MB | Bibliotheek Waterweg Schiedam Digitale Bibliotheek - een uitgave van Essentials Wie krijgt de award "Digitale Bibliotheek van het Jaar " tijdens DB Update 2010? Genomineerden op http://digbib.nl/ QuickMark Mobile Barcode - Download - QuickMark Download - QuickMark Reader - QR Code Reader - Decoder Software Used Quickmark mobile barcode reader with iPhone to read part of a library website : http://bit.ly/4Tpa8J DigiCMB: How to make and maintain a Library Twitter account : get your con...

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A Programming Note

Women's Health News — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:11:49 +0100

I am having some internet connection difficulties at home, so postings may be sparse over the next 1-2 weeks. In the meantime, browse around the archives, check out some of the sites in the blogroll, and visit Our Bodies Our Blog (I have posts there this week featuring a Medscape interview with Childbirth Connection’s Carol Sakala, and some discussion of the NIH VBAC conference). Filed under: Uncategorized (Source: Women's Health News)

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DigiCMB — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:03:24 +0100

Apple – iTunes U – Learn anything, anywhere, anytime. Getting a call by Apple about iTunes U http://bit.ly/8T14Yg #itunes #itunesU #apple @DerkJan Am using Netvibes for years now. What can I do for you? http://bit.ly/5NGfYW & http:/www.netvibes.com/yourdailymedicine @DerkJan Am using Netvibes for years now. What can I do for you? http://bit.ly/5NGfYW & http:/www.netvibes.com/yourdailymedicine DigiCMB's Universe @DerkJan Am using Netvibes for years now. What can I do for you? http://bit.ly/5NGfYW & http:/www.netvibes.com/yourdailymedicine Widget Google Analytics Netvibes / iGoogle | Blog Loïc Morvan : Web 2.0 Widget Google Analytics Netvibes / iGoogle http://shortin.com/1Co RT @loicmorvan [Blog LoicMorvan.fr] Netvibes iphone, android, smartphone version Have you...

journal lists, now with more journals

Organization Monkey — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:21:56 +0100

annually we send to each academic department a list of journals to which we subscribe with funds for that department. well, we send them a list of *print* journals, and every year that list gets shorter as we move to more online-only subscriptions. this bums me out because it makes it appear that the library is annually less committed to supporting research and teaching in departments. we need a way to show our academic departments that in fact, we are expanding our support of their efforts. we came up with the following plan. we decided to include online subscriptions in the list of journals we send to the departments. if we subscribe specifically to an online journal, it is easy to add to the list because we’ve already attached an order record and assigned a fund code in order to p...

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious = Useful + Simple

Laika's MedLibLog — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:32:50 +0100

To me, Twitter is an essential source for information. It is an easy way to keep updated in my field, it is fast and it is an ideal networking site to build relationships. Without it I wouldn’t have ‘met’ so many excellent and interesting people. In fact those people are my living filter to the [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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DigiCMB — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:38 +0100

DigiCMB: How to make library users start a search : 6+ ways to search outside "native interface" OPenSearch PLugins are to personalize your Browser Search Box @jstaaks @Ecobibl @lukask @Dymphie @gbierens http://bit.ly/ac6wBT You could offer users these search plugins adjusted 2 ur licenced databases @ your library website: http://bit.ly/Zi3Tw #opensearch #plugins 3VOOR12 Speler @BenPrinsen Listen to The Archie Bronson Outfit Coconut album via Luisterpaal. It grows on you ... http://bit.ly/bO9cfs The Health Care Blog: A Web 2.0 Interview with Miguel Cabrer, CEO of Medting The Health Care Blog: A Web 2.0 Interview with Miguel Cabrer, CEO ...: facebook. March 16, 2010. A Web 2.0 Intervi... http://bit.ly/9ixFwY Mr. Tweet: Your Personal Networking Assistant! Using the new MrTweet to d...

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UK Health News 16-17/03/2010

Fade Library — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:30:23 +0100

NHS trust apologises for German doctor’s botched operation – The Guardian 17th January 2010 “An NHS trust has apologised to the family of a woman who died shortly after a German locum surgeon botched an operation on her hip. Ena Dickinson, 94, died two months after mistakes by Dr Werner Kolb left her unable to walk. During the operation in August 2008 at Grantham hospital in Lincolnshire, he removed bone that should have been left and severed an artery. The only reason Dickinson did not die immediately was because a consultant stepped in, an inquest heard yesterday.” tags: Mortality, Health, News, UHN, Negligence, Surgery, Medical Staff, Professional Discipline, Jurisprudence, The Guardian Additional Story Woman died after ‘worst botched operation’ see...

International Health News 16-17/03/2010

Fade Library — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:29:28 +0100

Genetic discovery promises healing without scars – The Guardian 15th March 2010 “Mice engineered without P21 gene regrew holes punched in their ears with no scars” tags: Genetics, Health, News, IHN, The Guardian Additional Story Humans could regrow body parts like some amphibians – Daily Telegraph 15th March 2010 Asbestos victims demand worldwide ban – The Independent 17th March 2010 “Anti-asbestos activists from around the world called in Italy Tuesday for a worldwide ban on the hazardous building material and for companies that use it to be brought to justice. Asbestos, which can cause fatal illness, was banned in the European Union in 2005 but is still used in developing countries, activists said in Italy’s northern city of Turin.” tags:...

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DigiCMB — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:27:20 +0100

ESCAPE Preparing to visit a presentation on Enhanced Scientific Communication by Aggregated Publication Environments #ESCAPE http://bit.ly/c4lhU1 ScienceGuide - Onderzoekscommunicatie gaat ingrijpend veranderen ScienceGuide, online news magazine on science and related stuff, http://bit.ly/anaDlT (Dutch) #scienceguide Main Articles: 'Enhancing Scientific Communication through Aggregated Publications Environments', Ariadne Issue 61 Enhancing Scientific Communication through Aggregated Publications Environments #ESCAPE / Arjan Hogenaar, ARIADNE http://bit.ly/6EeZhY Http://escape.ubtwente.nl/show/90 "Research maps" containing related linked data #escape Http://escape.ubtwente.nl/show/90 "Research maps" containing related linked data #escape 10 Search Engines to Explore the ...

The End of Publishing As We Know It

davidrothman.net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:31:52 +0100

Excellent. [via LISNews] _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information. (Source: davidrothman.net)

User Education Resources for Librarians — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:00 +0100

Dr. Paul Silvia of the University of North Carolina http://silvia.socialpsychology.org/ is the keynote speaker at today's Write Right Now! conference at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. If you write, or serve academic writers, this RefShare folder of his suggested readings might be useful references: http://www.refworks.com/refshare/?site=037501144987200000/RWWS2AA638028/031610WriteRightNowBookReferences . (Note: I added Dr. Silvia's book to the list.) (Source: User Education Resources for Librarians)

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Journal of the American Medical Association 2010 ( Vol. 303 No. 9)

Fade Library — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:02:16 +0100

This article aims to determine the effectiveness of aspirin in preventing events in people with a low ABI identified on screening the general population. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online or contact the library for a print copy. Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Ankle Brachial Index, Aspirin, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke (Source: Fade Library)

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DigiCMB — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:13:07 +0100

foursquare :: dijkmansport gym :: Groningen I'm at dijkmansport gym (Melisseweg 83, Groningen). http://4sq.com/9Bf0uq Blip.fm | digicmb | Listen to Vladimir Vysotski – Utreneya Gimnastika From my Russian period, Vladimir Vysotski , gets digitized today.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/slml/4260140157... ♫ http://blip.fm/~mue8d How To Love Government 2.0 and Be A Contrarian at the Same Time This post on Gov 2.0 scepticism from Andrea DiMaio is truly excellent: http://bit.ly/9MuLW2 (h/t @davebriggs) RT @lesteph (Source: DigiCMB)

Journal of The American Medical Association 2010 (Vol. 303 No. 10)

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:51:29 +0100

This article examines the characteristics of recently published CE studies evaluating medications. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Comparative Effectiveness, Medication, Research (Source: Fade Library)

UK Health News 15/03/2010

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:44:14 +0100

For richer, for poorer – The Guardian 15th March 2010 “Britons overall are getting steadily healthier, but being poor still carries a vast penalty” tags: Equity, Poverty, Deprivation, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian Scandal of cancer drugs kept from dying victims – The Independent 15th March 2010 “Thousands of cancer patients are being denied access to costly drugs by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice), the NHS medicines watchdog, a year after ministers ordered the institute to relax its spending criteria for patients close to the end of their lives, campaigners claim.” tags: Cost Effectiveness, Cancer, Health, News, Evidence Based Practice, Ethics, Rationing, UHN, NHS, The Independent Additional Stories NHS watchdog NICE acting agai...

International Health News 15/03/2010

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:35:32 +0100

Short bursts of exercise will make you fitter quicker – The Independent 15th March 2010 “Like the diet that guarantees weight loss, the fitness regime which delivers maximum benefit for minimum effort is the Holy Grail of exercise coaches. Now they believe they have found it. Alternating short bursts of intense activity with brief rest periods delivers more benefit for less exercise, research shows. As a way of building fitness and muscle power it beats traditional types of long-term exercise such as cycling or walking, scientists say.” tags: Physical Activity, IHN, Health, The Independent Vitamin D better than vaccines at preventing flu, report claims – The Times 15th March 2010 “The risk of children suffering from flu can be halved if they take vitamin D, d...

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Archives of Internal Medicine 2010 (Vol. 170 No. 4)

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:47:48 +0100

contents page Fade Fave: Hospital Cost of Care, Quality of Care, and Readmission Rates: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish? Fade Skinny: Hospitals face increasing pressure to lower cost of care while improving quality of care. It is unclear if efforts to reduce hospital cost of care will adversely affect quality of care or increase downstream inpatient cost of care. Finds the associations are inconsistent between hospitals’ cost of care and quality of care and between hospitals’ cost of care and mortality rates. Most evidence did not support the “penny wise and pound foolish” hypothesis that low-cost hospitals discharge patients earlier but have higher readmission rates and greater downstream inpatient cost of care. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) ...

Archives of Internal Medicine 2010 (Vol. 170 No. 3)

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:36:05 +0100

This article finds that Global CHD risk information seems to improve the accuracy of risk perception and may increase intent to initiate CHD prevention among individuals at moderate to high risk. The effect of global risk presentation on more distal outcomes is less clear and seems to be related to the intensity of accompanying interventions. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Heart Diseases, Patient Information (Source: Fade Library)

Archives of Internal Medicine 2010 (Vol. 170 No. 2)

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:35:29 +0100

contents page Fade Fave: Tackling Obesity: Is Primary Care Up to the Challenge? Fade Skinny: Obesity is underrecognized and undertreated in the primary care (PC) setting. Survey studies conducted among patients and physicians uniformly demonstrate that physicians are failing to adequately identify the overweight and mildly obese patient, although there is greater recognition for the moderately to severely obese patient, particularly when accompanied by comorbid conditions. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, E-Journals, Obesity, Primary Care (Source: Fade Library)

Exporting medicines for profit

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:00:15 +0100

Title: Exporting medicines for profit Skinny: Dear Collegue letter highlighting that exporting medicines for profit jeopardises both patient care, and the terms of NHS contracts for medicines. Trusts holding a wholesale dealer’s licence are also bound by Regulations relating to the supply of medicinal products. The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Keith Ridge, is writing in parallel to hospital chief pharmacists. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 3p. Published: 25/02/2010 Filed under: Ethics, Grey Literature, NHS, Pharmaceutical Industry Tagged: Ethics, Financial Management, Grey Literature, NHS, Pharmacy (Source: Fade Library)

Access to health services for military veterans priority treatment

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:30:00 +0100

Title: Access to health services for military veterans priority treatment Skinny: Dear Collegue letter advising of the guidance in place to ensure that military veterans receive priority access to NHS secondary care, for any conditions which are likely to be related to their service subject to the clinical needs of all patients. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 2p. Published: 09/02/2010 Filed under: Acute Services, Grey Literature, Hospitals, NHS Tagged: Armed Forces, Dear Colleague Letters, Grey Literature, Priorities (Source: Fade Library)

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Delivering same-sex accommodation: self declaration

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:00:48 +0100

Title: Delivering same-sex accommodation: self declaration Skinny: Dear Colleague letter introducing the declaration process for all providers of NHS funded care. Monitor will be introducing similar reporting requirements for NHS Foundation Trusts. The accompanying information has been developed to help provider organisations to determine their position. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 3p. Published: 08/02/2010 Filed under: Acute Services, Grey Literature, Hospitals, NHS Tagged: Dear Colleague Letters, Digity, Grey Literature, Hospitals, Organisational Design, Privacy (Source: Fade Library)

National Quality Board annual report

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:11 +0100

Title: National Quality Board annual report Skinny: Sets out the many ways in which the Board has worked over the last year to support frontline staff to improve quality and to ensure the health system is aligned around quality. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 54p. Published: 08/02/2010 Filed under: Grey Literature, NHS, Quality Tagged: Annual Reports, Grey Literature, NHS, Quality (Source: Fade Library)

Further guidance on the assurance and approach process for PCT proposals on community services

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:27 +0100

Title: Further guidance on the assurance and approach process for PCT proposals on community services Skinny: The NHS Operating Framework 2010/11 set a requirement for proposals for future forms of PCT-provided community services to be agreed with SHAs by 31 March 2010. Further guidance has been published that aims to support: PCTs as they develop proposals for the future shape of their community services; SHAs in their role to assure PCT proposals for community provider organisational form. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 12p. Published: 05/02/2010 Filed under: Grey Literature, NHS, Primary Care Tagged: Community Services, Corporate Governance, Grey Literature, NHS, Organisational Design, Primary Care (Source: Fade Library)

The NHS Constitution for England

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:30:13 +0100

Title: The NHS Constitution for England Skinny: Provides details of the rights and responsibilities of patients to receive care from the NHS and towards the NHS. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 12p. Published: 08/03/2010 Filed under: Grey Literature, NHS, Quality Tagged: Grey Literature, NHS Constitution, Quality, Responsibilities, Rights (Source: Fade Library)

Review of access to the NHS by foreign nationals

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:03 +0100

Title: Review of access to the NHS by foreign nationals Skinny: Provides the public and others with the opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the charging Regulations for overseas visitors requiring hospital treatment and the recovery of any charges, and also initial thinking around possible future introduction of health insurance for some visitors. This may also be of interest to UK nationals/residents. Closing date for conusltation is the 30th June 2010. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 56p. Published: 26/02/2010 Filed under: Financial Management, Grey Literature, NHS Tagged: Consultations, Financial Management, Grey Literature, NHS (Source: Fade Library)

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Education in Primary Care 2010 (Vol. 21 No. 1)

Fade Library — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:26:09 +0100

Contents Page Fade Fave: A survey of general practitioners’ opinions and perceived competencies in teaching undergraduate psychiatry Fade Skinny: The teaching of undergraduate psychiatry is intended to focus on more common mental health problems which are more applicable to general medical practice. There have been increasing suggestions that GPs should be more involved in undergraduate teaching and this article examines their opinions regarding the best place to deliver undergraduate psychiatry teaching and what areas of the curriculum GPs feel competent to teach. Contact the library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals, Ooops Missed Category!, Primary Care Tagged: Primary Care, Psychiatry, Teaching, Undergraduate (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2010 (Vol. 106 No. 8)

Fade Library — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:03:14 +0100

This article looks at Leicester Partnership Trust’s training programme to support staff in raising this issue and providing appropriate care. Contact the library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Child Abuse, Education, Mental Health, Service Provision, Sexual Abuse, Training (Source: Fade Library)

Sunday News Round-Up, NIH VBAC+ Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:10:14 +0100

First up, some posts on the NIH VBAC Consensus Conference: ACNM at Midwife Connection: A Midwife’s Take on the NIH VBAC Consensus Conference Science & Sensibility: Do women need to know the uterine rupture rate to make informed choices about VBAC? – asking whether the oft-mentioned uterine rupture risk is the main issue. Momotics: a round-up of coverage there and links to coverage by others The Unnecesarean: NIH VBAC Consensus Development Conference: Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?, By Courtroom Mama on the refusal question. PinkyRN is not sure she wants anything to change: Vbacs, sea glass and peacefullness – “I do not think Vbacs are going to become assessable to women. I don’t agree with it but I understand the mechanisms…Not sure I personally want to go...

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DigiCMB — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:42:09 +0100

Blip.fm | digicmb | Listen to Fad Gadget – Ideal World Let's start the day ... like in an Ideal World... Fad Gadget. GAG. My first vinyl album of the day getting digi... ♫ http://blip.fm/~mrzds Papers for iPhone : mekentosj.com : Software for Research iPhone App 'Papers', integrates Google Scholar +access articles +download 2 read on phone. Its good! @swirledpeacat http://bit.ly/K9Oql Cool Toys pics of the day: Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) #vwbpe - Cool Toy of the Day RT @pfanderson: BLOGGED: Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education #vwbpe http://ping.fm/VyfsL iGoogle Extensions for Google Wave | THE CHRIS VOSS SHOW Google #Wave #iGoogle #Extensions List You can add these iGoogle Gadgets to Google Wave conversations http://bit.ly/8R5Oyf RT @TH...

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Diet Coke & Health. Part I.

Laika's MedLibLog — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:59:54 +0100

At Medical and Technology of Joseph Kim, the upcoming Grand Rounds host, I saw the blog post “Need your help on Facebook to get Diet Coke to Donate $50,000 to the Foundation for NIH”. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has started a national campaign in the US, The Heart Truth®. They issued a challenge in [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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DigiCMB — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:43:50 +0100

RT @YourDailyMed: Education: Moodle for iPhone Demo: interesting (+ unusually high production value) video iPhone... http://bit.ly/bLHaNV Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript : Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa http://bit.ly/76inX #iphone #apps ICT Gronings ziekenhuis synchroniseerde niet | Nieuws | Infrastructuur | Computable.nl Meer informatie over de oorzaak van de ICT problemen bij het UMCG http://bit.ly/ahlQiG RT @AnilJadoe Jing | Add visuals to your online conversations 2 must-haves 4 effective digital collaboration: #Evernote http://bit.ly/19gilr & #Jing http://bit.ly/yKxw4. Both free. RT @colonelb: Welcome to your notable world | Evernote Corporation 2 must-haves 4 effective digital collaboratio...

yes, this

Organization Monkey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:44:46 +0100

do you ever read an article and it just resonates with you? everything the author has written sits perfectly within your world view, so that you exhale when completing it and say to yourself, “yes, this.” enter: deborah lee’s 2003 article, “marketing research: laying the marketing foundation,” library administration & management 17(4): 186-188. it’s a brief article; it gets in and gets out and leaves you with the understanding that libraries think about marketing all wrong but also outlines the steps to correct that. i’ve just completed a research project that analyzes the text of 24 published case studies on marketing electronic resources in libraries. after reading the case studies it became clear that libraries generally do not do a good...

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DigiCMB — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:22 +0100

Vacatures @UMCGbanen is UMCG recruitment account: All external jobs available @ this large university hospital will pass http://bit.ly/bCoTBT Digitale Bibliotheek - een uitgave van Essentials Nieuwe nummer DB is uit. O.a. met iTunes U verhaal van TU Delft en Open Universiteit http://bit.ly/cdRzuq Congres DB Update 2010 - Essentials Media @moqub En ook nog 25 maart "DB Update 2010" met o.a. Helene Blowers, John Blyberg, Hay Kranen & Irmgard Bomers http://bit.ly/cGN2VM Furloughed on Hakone: 2010 NMC Symposium to be held in new academic virtual environment « Health Sciences Libraries - University Library - UC Davis "2010 NMC Symposium to be held in new academic virtual environment" http://bit.ly/9bs7W4 #nmc #secondlife RT @malburns Handboek Communities nu ook als...

#Friday Foolery 19: #Funnydoctornames

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:53:12 +0100

Last Tuesday I went to my dentist named Joy and I tweeted: laikas Although my dentist’s name is Joy and although she is the best dentist in the world, going to the dentist is still not my favorite thing! 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck Within no time other people (doctors, healthcare workers as [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

#FridayFoolery 19: #Funnydoctornames

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:53:12 +0100

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Health service Journal 2010 (11th March)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:52 +0100

Fade Fade: NHS managers demand power to fire GPs Fade Skinny: Managers are calling for the power to “fire” GPs and to get rid of small practices to make the huge spending cuts needed in coming years. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, GPs, NHS (Source: Fade Library)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7746)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:15:03 +0100

Contents page Fade Fave: Virgin gets slice of England’s primary care services Fade Skinny: Two publicly quoted independent sector healthcare providers became entirely private companies last week, as Richard Branson’s Virgin took over Assura’s medical division, and Care UK negotiated a management buyout with the private equity group Bridgepoint. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Primary Care Trusts, Private Sector (Source: Fade Library)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7745)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:35:37 +0100

Contents page Fade Fave: Parent initiated prednisolone for acute asthma in children of school age: randomised controlled crossover trial Fade Skinny: A short course of oral prednisolone initiated by parents when their child experiences an episode of acute asthma may reduce asthma symptoms, health resource use, and school absenteeism. However, the modest benefits of this strategy must be balanced against potential side effects of repeated short courses of an oral corticosteroid. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Asthma, Athens Password, Children, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Prednisolone (Source: Fade Library)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7744)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:23:13 +0100

Contents page Fade Fave: New figures show big discrepancies in GPs’ funding Fade Skinny: Figures released by a London primary care trust, as a result of a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, show huge differences in funding between general practices. The highest paid practices in Camden, north London, earn more than twice as much per patient as the lowest paid, with the figure for the base contract per patient ranging from as low as £57.72 (65; $90) to as high as £145.34. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, FoI, Funding, GPs (Source: Fade Library)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7743)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:15:17 +0100

Contents page Fade Fave: Presentation, pattern, and natural course of severe symptoms, and role of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among patients presenting with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care: observational study Fade Skinny: To assess the natural course and the important predictors of severe symptoms in urinary tract infection and the effect of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics, Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Primary Care Trusts, Urinary Tract Infection (Source: Fade Library)

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BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7742)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:57:48 +0100

Contents page Fade Fave: Primary care trusts are told to tighten regulation of out of hours services Fade Skinny: The government has introduced a raft of measures to make primary care trusts in England more accountable for the out of hours services they commission, including checking doctors’ clinical and language skills, after a review found “totally unacceptable” differences in the way trusts currently implement regulations. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Currently Watching, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Out of Hours, Primary Care Trusts (Source: Fade Library)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7741)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:59:46 +0100

Contents page Fade Fave: Author calls for UK to set up tribunal for assisted suicide Fade Skinny: One of the United Kingdom’s best selling authors has called for an assisted suicide tribunal to which people could apply for permission to end their lives at a time of their own choosing. The call by Terry Pratchett, who has early onset Alzheimer’s disease, came as the BBC released the findings of a poll showing that nearly three in four people believe that a friend or relative should be able to assist a terminally ill loved one to commit suicide without fear of prosecution. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals, Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Assisted Suicide, Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Jour...

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2010 (Vol. 16 No. 1)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:28:21 +0100

contents page Fade Fave: Motivational interviewing-based health coaching as a chronic care intervention Fade Skinny: Evaluates the impact of motivational interviewing-based health coaching on a chronically ill group of participants compared with non-participants. Specifically, measures that could be directly attributed to a health coaching intervention on chronic illness were assessed. The results support motivational interviewing-based health coaching as an effective chronic care management intervention in impacting outcome measures that could also serve well as a proxy in the absence of other clinical or cost indices. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Chronic Diseases, Coaching, Cur...

British Journal of Healthcare Management 2010 (Volume 16 Issue 2)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:13:00 +0100

Contents Page Fade Fave: Organisational leadership development for less Fade Skinny: Outlines the argument for the strategic development of internal coaching capacity within NHS trust and social care contexts. This is in anticipation of the likely impact of reduced public sector spending on health and social care budgets, and the consequences of this on organisational leadership development activity in the future. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Coaching, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Education, Financial Management, NHS, Organisational Leadership, Training (Source: Fade Library)

Archives of Neurology 2010 (Vol. 66 No. 3)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:06:51 +0100

Archives of Neurology 2010 (Vol. 67 No. 3) contents page Fade Fave: Increased Melanoma Risk in Parkinson Disease: A Prospective Clinicopathological Study Fade Skinny: Evaluates the possible association of Parkinson disease (PD) and melanoma in North America. It finds melanoma prevalence appears to be higher in patients with PD than in the general population. Despite difficulties in comparing other databases with this study population, the study supports increased melanoma screening in patients with PD. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Mass Screening, Melanoma, Neurology, Parkinsons Disease (Source: Fade Library)

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Archives of Neurology 2010 (Vol. 66 No. 2)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:04 +0100

Archives of Neurology 2009 (Vol. 67 No. 2) contents page Fade Fave: Hypertension, Executive Dysfunction, and Progression to Dementia: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Fade Skinny: Midlife hypertension has long been established as a risk factor for dementia, but the role of late-life hypertension remains unclear. Aims to identify the role of hypertension in cognitive deterioration among older subjects with cognitive impairment, no dementia. It finds hypertension predicts progression to dementia in older subjects with executive dysfunction but not memory dysfunction. Control of hypertension could prevent progression to dementia in one-third of the subjects with cognitive impairment, no dementia. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Curren...

Archives of Surgery 2009 (Vol. 145 No. 2)

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:08 +0100

This article finds that while revisional bariatric surgery is associated with higher risk of perioperative complications compared with the primary procedures, it appears to be safe and effective when performed in experienced centers. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Bariatric Surgery, Complications, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Surgery (Source: Fade Library)

Rising to the challenge: health priorities for government and the NHS

Fade Library — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:46:44 +0100

Title: Rising to the challenge: health priorities for government and the NHS The Skinny: Sets out the NHS Confederations vision of major priorities facing the NHS, what NHS leaders can do now to help develop the system and enhance patient care, and what a new government will need to do post-election to facilitate this and create the necessary conditions for progress. Key priorities for the NHS are: Improving operational efficiency Redesigning services and reducing costs Improving population health locally Key priorities for the Government are: Continuing with policy that works Tackling what’s not working Reforms to enable change Where debate should occur Lessons from the past: Impact of restructuring Use and abuse of targets Design of health policy Focus on what, not how Fewer i...

Yes, This (from the NIH VBAC Conference)

Women's Health News — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:02:40 +0100

From the draft Panel Statement: We are concerned about the barriers that women face in accessing clinicians and facilities that are able and willing to offer TOL [trial of labor]. Given the level of evidence for the requirement for “immediately available” surgical and anesthesia personnel in current guidelines, we recommend that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society of Anesthesiologists reassess this requirement relative to other obstetrical complications of comparable risk, risk stratification, and in light of limited physician and nursing resources. Healthcare organizations, physicians, and other clinicians should consider making public their TOL policy and VBAC rates, as well as their plans for responding to obstetric emergencies. We recomm...

Healing The Cut On My Finger

T. Scott — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

"Nonai! What did you do to your finger?" (Source: T. Scott)

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Links for 2010-03-10 [del.icio.us]

DigiCMB — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:28 +0100

IE8 Accelerators for the King County Library System : number8wire.com #Accelerators in #IE8 come close to Service Oriented Architecture (#SOA). Will use IE8 more often. Library Search -> http://bit.ly/aGasuz Packrati.us: A Dead Simple Way To Make Delicious Bookmark The Links You Tweet Using #hashtags in tweets adds them as TAGS in #Delicious with Packrati.us to save urls as bookmark inside tweets http://tcrn.ch/cxyZbr How do researchers use online journals? - Gobbledygook Blog | Nature Publishing Group Evaluating usage patterns of online journals RT @Dymphie: How do researchers use online journals? http://bit.ly/9H6fNJ RT @davidlrothman Article: The Use Of Handheld Mobile Devices: Their Impact And Implications For Library Services « ResourceShelf Article: Use of handheld mobile de...

Print Textbooks: Going the Way of the Dodo?

Barnett-Briggs Unfiltered — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:22:00 +0100

I was working on my semi-annual print medical book order the other day and realized there was a question running in the background of my mind. It was asking "ummm, exactly why is it that you are ordering these astronomically-expensive paper/print books that very few people are ever going to read anyway?" So I had to stop and remind myself of some of the reasons for having print books, as opposed to electronic books, in today's medical library. Here are a few I came up with, in order of importance: Some people want to read print books rather than electronic books. They find the paper, the smell, the browseability, something about the esthetics of print books appealing. Although I don't feel that way about textbooks or books I'm using for reference, I do feel that way about leisure reading b...

Working it out: employment for people with a mental health condition

Fade Library — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:26:34 +0100

Title: Working it out: employment for people with a mental health condition The Skinny: NHS Confederation Briefing that outlines the key themes from recently launched government policies in employment and mental and sets out actions for the NHS, as both an employer and service provider. Key points: Fewer than 16 per cent of people with a mental health condition (except depression) have a job, yet between 86 and 90 per cent of this group want to work. The NHS could save £555 million a year by reducing sickness absence by a third. The Individual Placement and Support Model is the most successful vocational model for getting mental health service users back to work. For those who gain employment, mental health service usage and costs decrease significantly. Tackling stigma and intervening e...

Quality Accounts 2: Reviewing NHS foundation trusts’ 2009 experiences and plans

Fade Library — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:32 +0100

This report re-visits the concept of the circle of quality improvement and identifies how this process has been applied. Key findings are: A wide range of priorities and performance indicators are being used nationally under Darzi headings of Safety, Effectiveness and Patient Experience. Stakeholder Engagement is in its infancy, first year priorities have been set by boards and clinicians, the second round of quality accounts will see the implementation of stakeholder engagement. A large range of processes is being emplyed to embed quality throughout organisations e.g. Quality Baords, Subcommittees, Quality Review Panels, Monthly Monitoring of the Accounts, Ward to Board Reporting, Workforce development and Reward Schemes. Mental Health Trusts lead the way in stakeholder engagement and de...

The heart of the matter: patient and public engagement in today’s NHS

Fade Library — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:44 +0100

Title: The heart of the matter: patient and public engagement in today’s NHS The Skinny: NHS Confederation report detailing how Patient and public engagement (PPE) must become integral to the operation of every NHS organisation. The heart of the matter: patient and public engagement in today’s NHS asks questions about the future of PPE in an ever-changing NHS and sets out: what good engagement looks like the legal framework for PPE the importance of having a culture of engagement where the NHS has got to on PPE how Local Involvement Networks (LINKs), membership schemes and working with local government contribute to PPE. Publisher: NHS Confederation Size of Publication: 20p Published: 22/02/2010 Filed under: Carers, Choice, Communication, Culture, Grey Literature, Hospitals, ...

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Commissioning for quality – delivering national priorities

Fade Library — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:31:53 +0100

Title: Commissioning for quality – delivering national priorities The Skinny: This Briefing highlights some actions commissioners can take to ensure they secure best value for patients and taxpayers when commissioning for two NHS priorities in 2010/11: delivering same-sex accommodation (DSSA) as part of the thrust towards high-quality care; and improving cleanliness and further reducing healthcare associated infections (HCAI). Key Points: Drafting effective contracts supports the delivery of key HCAI and DSSA objectives as well as offering a solid foundation on which to build sound commissioner and provider relationships. Clinically-driven service specifications that include HCAI and DSSA add value to the commissioning process and support the achievement of desired outcomes. Buildin...

Commissioning GP out-of-hours services

Fade Library — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:12:52 +0100

Title: Commissioning GP out-of-hours services The Skinny: Briefing that summarises recommendations made to PCTs following the conclusion of the inquest into the death of out-of-hours (OOH) patient David Gray. DH performers list interim guidance – Department of Health has issued interim guidance which highlights a list of English language qualifications PCTs could use to assess applicants’ suitability for inclusion. Reminds PCTs that they are responsible for checking doctors have the necessary skills and experience to be admitted to performers lists. General Practice Out-of-Hours Services Project to consider and assess current arrangements report recommends reviewing performance management increasing the frequency of contractual and quality review meetings with providers if nece...

Tackling problem drug use

Fade Library — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:32:50 +0100

Title: Tackling problem drug use (Executive Summary) Skinny: National Audit Office report that identifies good progress in a number of areas, including an increasing number of problem drug users in effective treatment and an increasing number leaving treatment free from dependency. Without an evaluative framework for the Strategy as a whole, the NAO is not able to conclude positively on value for money. Nevertheless, the NAO note that the Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS) has estimated the benefit-cost ratio for drug treatment, the largest element of spending, at 2.5 to 1 and that the programme has delivered some significant successes. There are an estimated third of a million problem drug users in England. As part of an increased emphasis on drug treatment, funding rose from ...

Links for 2010-03-02 [del.icio.us]

DigiCMB — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:58 +0100

Second Stindberg: Shared Media poses huge privacy risk The blogposts of the past week are full of praise for the new "shared media" option introduced in Viewer 2.0 (and surely being retrofitted soon into 3rd party viewers). On the surface, this shiny new functionality adds a lot of benefits which have been discussed at length already. Under the surface, however, this new technology gives everybody the tools to melt away your privacy and anonymity! (Source: DigiCMB)

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DigiCMB — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:58 +0100

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious I'm using http://packrati.us to automatically bookmark the URLs I tweet in Delicous. Check it out! Blip.fm | digicmb | Listen to Patti Smith Group – Easter Today I am digitizing Patty Smith Easter from my Vinyl collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slml/4260894220... ♫ http://blip.fm/~mj1xp Barriers to using Web 2.0 technology: solutions 25 Barriers to using Web 2.0 technology & my counter arguments. http://bit.ly/bPJnJh RT @Philbradley Very relevant for medlibs & access Medlib Blog Carnival « Krafty Librarian Libraries: perfect partners for research (post @ VIVO http://bit.ly/blMAQm) via http://kraftylibrarian.com/?p=442 Libraries: perfect partners for research | VIVO Libraries: perfect partners for research (post @ VIVO http...

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Funding social care: what service users say

Fade Library — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:48:42 +0100

Title: Funding social care: what service users say Skinny: In 2009, 18 adult social care service users were brought together to explore proposals for funding social care in the future. This Viewpoint reports their views, including the public does not understand what social care is or who pays for it social care’s low political profile is linked with this lack of public understanding a false divide between social care and health care is perpetuated by conflicting funding arrangements general taxation is the best way to fund social care reject any withdrawal of existing universal disability benefits to fund means and needs tested social care Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Size of Publication: 12p Published: 09/03/2010 Filed under: Grey Literature, Social Care, Taxation Tagged: ...

How can we make the housing market more stable for vulnerable households?

Fade Library — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:04:57 +0100

Title: How can we make the housing market more stable for vulnerable households? Skinny: Discusses from two different perspectives the kinds of reforms needed to provide long-term housing for disadvantaged people. These viewpoints were commissioned as part of the JRF Housing Market Taskforce programme, which aims to address the root causes of instability in the UK housing market. Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Size of Publication: 8p Published: 05/03/2010 Filed under: Deprivation, Grey Literature, Housing, Vulnerable People Tagged: Disadvantaged Communities, Housing, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Poverty, Vulnerable People (Source: Fade Library)

The Placebo & Homeopathy effects

Laika's MedLibLog — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:08 +0100

Ben Goldacre is the man behind the book “Bad Science“, the blog “Bad Science” (http://www.badscience.net/) and the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian. He is a medical doctor who specializes in “unpicking dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dodgy government reports, evil pharmaceutical corporations, PR companies and quacks.“ One of Ben’s favorite subjects [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Staying Safe Online

Fade Library — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:34:41 +0100

Title: Staying Safe Online Skinny: Examines whether the Get Safe Online and ThinkuKnow initiatives provide the advice that internet users need and their effectiveness in changing people’s behaviour. Key findings: 70 per cent of people use the internet The internet also provides more opportunities for criminals. It enables them to commit traditional crimes such as theft or fraud in new and more sophisticated ways, but also to commit new crimes such as the generation of malicious codes to attack IT systems Internet users need appropriate protective software loaded on their computers, but they also need to be aware of good practice which will help to protect their data. Young people need to protect themselves from the risks that the internet presents in terms of grooming for sexual abuse a...

National Diet Nutrition Survey Headline results from Year 1 of the Rolling Programme (2008/2009)

Fade Library — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:55 +0100

Title: The Social Determinants of Health and the Role of Local Government Skinny: Report on food consumption and nutrient intakes for adults aged 19 to 64 years and for children aged 18 months to 3 years, 4 to 10 years and 11 to 18 years. The key findings of the survey are: People are eating less saturated fat, trans fat and added sugar than they were 10 years ago, when the survey was last carried out. Saturated fat intakes in adults have dropped slightly to 12.8% of food energy, but are still above the recommended level of 11%. Whereas, the population’s trans fat intakes, having also fallen slightly, are well within recommended levels. People are still eating too much added sugar, currently 12.5% of food energy intake compared to the recommended 11%. A third of men and women are now ea...

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The Social Determinants of Health and the Role of Local Government

Fade Library — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:35:20 +0100

Title: The Social Determinants of Health and the Role of Local Government Skinny: Collection of articles assessing what local government can do to tackle the social conditions that lead to health inequalities. Some of the articles are deliberately challenging and provocative; some of them present a picture of what is already happening in local government; some look to what more local authorities could do, either with additional powers or by using their existing powers and remit. The report challenges and extends current thinking. What makes people healthy and what makes them ill? Using the concept of ‘place’ to understand and reduce health inequalities Embedding health in a vision of ‘Total Place’ Local Government – what does it mean for the frontline? Local p...

Sexualisation of Young People Review

Fade Library — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:09:49 +0100

Title: Sexualisation of Young People Review Skinny: Home Office report on the sexualisation of young people looing at how sexualised images and messages may be affecting the development of children and young people and influencing cultural norms, and examines the evidence for a link between sexualisation and violence. Reccomendations include: launching an online ‘one-stop-shop’ to allow the public to voice their concerns regarding irresponsible marketing which sexualises children encouraging the government to support the Advertising Standards Agency to take steps to extend existing regulatory standards to include commercial websites requiring broadcasters to ensure music videos featuring sexual posing or sexually suggestive lyrics are only broadcast after the watershed ensuring games ...

Powder cocaine: how the treatment system is responding to a growing problem

Fade Library — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:50:48 +0100

Title: Powder cocaine : how the treatment system is responding to a growing problem Skinny: NHS National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse report on the effectiveness of treatment for cocaine use following statistics from the British Crime Survey, showing around one in ten adults have tried cocaine at some point in their lives. Treatment consists of psychosocial techniques, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, which help users to understand and then to change their behaviour. Most powder cocaine users start treatment with a specialist drug treatment service, based in the community, within a week of being referred (on average, it takes just over five days). Key findings: Within six months of entering treatment, 61% of those in the study had abstained from using cocaine for at least ...

Reminder: VBAC Conference Continues Tomorrow, Watch Online

Women's Health News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:37:55 +0100

Just a reminder that the NIH VBAC Consensus Development conference continues tomorrow and can be watched online following the link at http://consensus.nih.gov/2010/vbac.htm. Today’s archive isn’t up yet, but should be “within a few days.” Filed under: Birth, Events & Observances, Government, Women's Health (Source: Women's Health News)

User Education Resources for Librarians — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:51:00 +0100

Article: "Libraries of the Future" in the current Research Information, Feb/Mar 2010:http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=250 (Source: User Education Resources for Librarians)

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Sunday News Round-Up, Sunny Day Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:59 +0100

It’s 57 degrees in Nashville, and somehow I managed to sleep until noon. Hmph. I’m playing around with Formspring, so, uh, ask me anything? This freely available perspective piece from the New England Journal of Medicine ties in nicely to what Dr. Abraham Verghese said last week about engaging at the patient bedside – Ministry of Touch — Reflections on Disaster Work after the Haitian Earthquake. It includes this line about the approach to women in labor: “We develop a system whereby one of us sits behind the woman and holds her, another rubs her back, and I sit or kneel near her, touching her belly and legs, whispering words of encouragement. I pray, and I watch the woman’s face for clues as the labor progresses.” There is some discussion here in TN a...

Journal of Health Economics 2010 (Vol. 29 No. 1)

Fade Library — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:04:50 +0100

content page Fade Fave: Does education reduce the probability of being overweight? Fade Skinny: This paper analyses the causal effect of education on the probability of being overweight by using longitudinal data of Australian identical twins. The data include self-reported and clinical measures of body size. Our cross-sectional estimates confirm the well-known negative association between education and the probability of being overweight. (FADE holds a print copy) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Current Awareness, Education, Journals, Obesity (Source: Fade Library)

Health service Journal 2010 (4th March)

Fade Library — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:35:14 +0100

Fade Fade: DH accused of ‘backroom deal’ over preferred provider case Fade Skinny: Primary care trusts in the East of England have been ordered by the Department of Health to suspend all procurements for community services. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Community Services, Current Awareness, Department of Health, Journals, Primary Care Trusts, Procurement (Source: Fade Library)

Health service Journal 2010 (25th February)

Fade Library — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:27:17 +0100

Fade Fade: PCTs call for lighter commissioning assessment Fade Skinny: Primary care trust chief executives are calling for “lighter touch” assessment of their progress on commissioning, despite efforts made by the Department of Health to ease the process. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Assessment, Commissioning, Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Trusts (Source: Fade Library)

Why People Pirate Movies

davidrothman.net — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:20:06 +0100

(Click above for full-size image) (Via LifeHacker, via Joe Morgan) If the user’s experience sucks, they’ll get their media elsewhere. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Hey! You’re reading this in an aggregator of some kind! [sarcasm]Haven’t you heard that RSS is dead?[/sarcasm] (Source: davidrothman.net)

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User Education Resources for Librarians — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:41:00 +0100

The most-used portion of most academic library collections is digital. This means that we as librarians are acting more as lost baggage claim agents than connectors of information. Hypothetical situation: Customer: "Why can't I open this full-text document? I could yesterday." Librarian: "Well, it seems that the vendor did not forward our check to the document supplier, so they now consider us former subscribers and have cut off our access to the 10 year collection of articles. Please enter your information on the document delivery request [formerly known as interlibrary loan request-th], and you should receive it within 2 business days."I predict that academic librarians that are furloughed because of library closures or drastically reducing budgets could easily transfer into lost baggage...

West Tennessee Shelter Burns, Needs Assistance

Women's Health News — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:15:40 +0100

Via Speak to Power, I learned that a domestic violence shelter in Jackson, TN operated by the Wom/Men’s Resource and Rape Assistance Program had an electrical fire and a new location will be needed (thankfully no one was hurt). It’s estimated that the agency might need $50,000 to $100,000 to cover what insurance will not. I know people are being asked to give to a lot of worthy causes and might be tapped out, but if you can and want to, you can donate to WRAP via their website. Filed under: Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Help Somebody (Source: Women's Health News)

Research Blogging Awards 2010

Laika's MedLibLog — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:27:01 +0100

It is now possible to vote for the winners of the 2010 Research Blogging Awards. Yet another blog contest, I can hear you say. Yes, another blog contest, but a very special one. It is a contest among outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. There are over 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org., responsible for 9,500 posts about peer-reviewed [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

A Tennessee Abortion Bill, and Some Musings on the Framing

Women's Health News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:03:26 +0100

This is going to be one of those “musing out loud, wall of text” posts, so sit tight, or go look around the archives for shorter fare. Now then. There’s a bill proposed in my home state of Tennessee that would require abortion providers to put up signs effectively saying that it’s illegal for anyone to force a woman to have an abortion. Okay, then. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to try to tease out whether a woman is being coerced into having an abortion and to make sure she is choosing abortion of her own free will. In fact, I think that is a pretty standard part of pre-abortion counseling. Still, I don’t see what harm putting up signs in waiting areas and patient areas does. Reinforcing a woman’s personal bodily autonomy is never a bad thi...

Searching Skills Toolkit. Finding the Evidence [Book Review]

Laika's MedLibLog — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:18:19 +0100

Most books on Evidence Based Medicine give little attention to the first two steps of EBM: asking focused answerable questions and searching the evidence. Being able to appraise an article, but not being able to find the best evidence may be challenging and frustrating to the busy clinicians. “Searching Skills Toolkit: Finding The Evidence” is a [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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eBooks, Audiobooks, Overdrive and DRM

davidrothman.net — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:03:05 +0100

I love these solely based on my experience as a patron of a public library, trying (and failing) to enjoy the ebooks and audiobooks they offer. I’m sure the good folks at the Cleveland Public Library have seen this by now: Click for full-size _______________ Feed-only Footer: A few books I think are essential. What else should I add to this list? What are the books that no medlib geek should be without? (Source: davidrothman.net)

User Education Resources for Librarians — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:39:00 +0100

A great comic showing what our patrons/customers can experience when trying to access any resources with DRM:The Brads-Why DRM Doesn't Work, or How to Download an Audio Book from the Cleveland Libraryhttp://www.bradcolbow.com/archive.php/?p=205I know that we as librarians must limit access to resources by non-authorized users, but some of the access-granting hoops our authorized users face are unacceptable. Our jobs are to reduce barriers to information resources. Really. (Source: User Education Resources for Librarians)

Notes From A Talk by Abraham Verghese

Women's Health News — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:19:28 +0100

On Friday, I had the privilege of attending a talk by Abraham Verghese hosted by the larger workplace for its Abraham Flexner lecture. Verghese is the author of “My Own Country,” a book chronicling his work as a physician tending to AIDS patients in the early days in East Tennessee. I just read “My Own Country” recently, and was particularly intrigued by it because I was a kid growing up in a town mentioned in the book at the time Dr. Verghese was practicing there. I remember the kinds of misconceptions many still had about AIDS a decade after the period he covers, and I can imagine what the environment must have been like for his work and his patients. Friday’s talk was titled, “Touching Where it Hurts: The Role of Bedside Examination in a Technologica...

Three Editions of the MedLibs Rounds & Call for Submissions!

Laika's MedLibLog — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:28:38 +0100

I’m running behind…. Two Three editions of the MedLibs Round have already been published since my last post on the subject. The MedLibs Round -as you may know- is a monthly blog carnival of blog posts on subjects pertaining to medical information. At one point almost half of my posts was about a Grand Round, the MedLibs [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Weekly News Round-Up

Women's Health News — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:35:25 +0100

At Our Bodies Our Blog, I posted about a couple of calls for support of midwifery-related legislation – in Mississippi and at the Federal level, and on ACNM’s new statement in support of making nitrous oxide available for pain relief in labor, while C has an update on healthcare reform. Other items of interest: At the workplace, a new OB emergency team is being launched, and it includes an attending CNM. At RHRC, Robin Marty talks about Angie Jackson’s tweetin of her abortion. Angie herself writes more about her experience at Angie the Anti-Theist. My response is basically to adapt what I said about Trunk tweeting her miscarriage: But you know what? Her tweet, and her motives for publishing it, are not the issue – the responses she reports receiving are. The comments ...

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Third Party PubMed Twitter List by @novoseek

DigiCMB — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Third party PubMed Twitter List RT @novoseek: @laikas sorry i forgot... the link to the twitter list http://bit.ly/al9KwC @digicmb Nice comp of QRs in libraries RT @aarontay QR codes for libraries-some thoughts http://goo.gl/fb/HBJn RT @gcaserotti Twitter 360 App Augmented Reality for the iPhone 3GS http://bit.ly/aHQjmX twitter apps augmentedreality geotagging RT @iknrr Loving #Evernote clipper (http://bit.ly/atvTBH) & search (http://bit.ly/d7Gr66) extensions 4 #Chrome! Researcher's dream! RT @kevmckonline Tweets copied by twittinesis.comThis item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

From Twitter 02-26-2010

DigiCMB — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-25-2010: From Twitter 02-24-2010: From Twitter 02-23-2010: From Twitter 02-22-2010: From Twitt... http://bit.ly/aGEfse Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

Sign Up for Consumer Health Alerts from MedlinePlus

Women's Health News — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:46:37 +0100

MedlinePlus, the extensive consumer health site from the National Library of Medicine, has announced a new email alert service to allow users to sign up for updates on what is new in specific topic areas. For example, I just signed up for alerts on women’s health topics – you can choose to be updated on that broad category, or on more specific concerns such as birth control, breast cancer, pregnancy, pelvic pain, and others. I don’t yet have a sense of whether this will come in single emails compiling what’s new from all topics, or a bunch of individual alerts – I hope it’s the former. After selecting topics of interest, the site also makes suggestions from various federal health agencies, such as the CDC and FDA. Your user profile can be modified at a...

From Twitter 02-25-2010

DigiCMB — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-24-2010: From Twitter 02-23-2010: From Twitter 02-22-2010: From Twitter 02-21-2010: From Twitt... http://bit.ly/9GvpBQ Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

From Twitter 02-24-2010

DigiCMB — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-23-2010: From Twitter 02-22-2010: From Twitter 02-21-2010: From Twitter 02-20-2010: From Twitt... http://bit.ly/azkHGB HochAlm terrasse in the sun! http://twitpic.com/152c1f Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

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NursingTimes 2010 (Vol. 106 No. 7)

Fade Library — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:45:30 +0100

This article explores whether people do have a choice about the care they receive and where that care is delivered Contact the library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Palliative Care, Patient Choice, Place of Care, Place of Death (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2010 (Vol. 106 No. 6)

Fade Library — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:05:38 +0100

Nursing Times 16 February 2010 Vol. 106 No. 6 p19-20 Fade Fave: Sex education for children with learning disabilities; rolling out a national resource Fade Skinny: A children’s learning disability nursing team carried out an audit which highlighted the sex education needs of children with learning disabilities are not being met. As a result of this audit, a resource was developed to support professionals in delivering sex and relationship education has now been launched as a national document. Contact the Library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Children, Children's Services, Educational Programme, Learning Disabilities, Nursing, Relationships, Sex Education (Source: Fade Library)

Journal of the American Medical Association 2010 (Vol. 303 No. 8)

Fade Library — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:47:44 +0100

This article discusses the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiative to review front-of-package labeling and has asked the Institute of Medicine to consider eventual recommendation of a single, standardized guidance system. Front-of-package labels may so thoroughly mislead the public that another option deserves consideration—eliminate all nutrition and health claims from the front of processed food packages while strengthening the Nutrition Facts Panel. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online. Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: food industry, Food Labelling, Nutrition, United States (Source: Fade Library)

From Twitter 02-23-2010

DigiCMB — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-22-2010: From Twitter 02-21-2010: From Twitter 02-20-2010: From Twitter 02-19-2010: From Twitt... http://bit.ly/crbQJl Zellik Am See with @BenPrinsen! Super! http://twitpic.com/14w0as Zell Am See with @BenPrinsen! Super! http://twitpic.com/14w0as Followed the Sven drama via teletext in Austria. Had to switch regularly to refresh, one time too often... Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

Batman responds to IRB shirker

Organization Monkey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:40:37 +0100

made at http://www.batmancomic.info/ in response to this passage in christopher cox’s “hitting the spot,” published in the serials librarian 53(3), 2007: The university has strict human subject rules, and each survey proposal must be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board, a process which takes about a month. Due to time constraints, the author had no choice but to employ a more haphazard approach. Surveys were gathered in three ways: a link was posted on the library Web site and an announcement put in the library’s monthly student e-newsletter. This garnered about six responses. An e-mail was next sent to all library student supervisors, asking student workers to fill out the survey. This yielded 45 more surveys. Finally, in order to gain a more representative camp...

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More Women Get Heart Disease Information from the Newspaper Than the Internet?

Women's Health News — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:10:53 +0100

Last week, I posted at Our Bodies Our Blog about a new study of American women’s knowledge of heart disease and prevention published in the American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation. There, I noted my surprise how many women in the sample still did not identify heart disease as the leading cause of death for women, who would not call 911 right away, and who still believed hormone replacement was an effective preventive measure (rather than a risk increaser). The study survey was not given to a huge sample of women – ~1100 to ~2200 depending on the survey method – but one other item caught my eye that I didn’t get into at the OBOS blog – where the women reported getting their information about heart disease. The reported sources of information a...

From Twitter 02-22-2010

DigiCMB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-21-2010: From Twitter 02-20-2010: From Twitter 02-19-2010: From Twitter 02-18-2010: From Twitt... http://bit.ly/bWTv44 RT @LynnLoudon: Librarains please complete my survey on twitter for info service prov. PS RT. Medical Smartphones: "virtually indestructible" phone - http://bit.ly/bEqgvn RT @bart RT @lukask: @joeyanne @aarontay I use http://www.backtype.com/connect for adding tweets etc. to my blog posts as comments ;-) RT @aarontay: okay i know people don't like to comment on my blog but this is ridiculous, 50+ RTs on 1 post, 0 comments http://bit.ly/ ... Librarianship back where it started...Making overviews for others on quality information, and this time with added value Contemplation... http://twitpic.com/14p8j1 Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is aut...

reminiscing about the GRE

Organization Monkey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:45:52 +0100

a friend is due to take the GRE tomorrow, with hopes of entering a master’s program for library science. it got me thinking about the last time i took the GRE… we had just moved to north carolina and i was working full time on unc’s campus. i knew that unc chapel hill’s library school had a great reputation/ranking and so i thought i’d apply. i told myself that if i got in, i was meant to be a librarian. if i didn’t, well i’d be happy being an artist. but first i had to take the GRE. no sweat, it’s just a test. enter: WINTER. we moved to north carolina from florida and were unaccustomed to the annual ice storms that hit the triangle area where we lived. unfortunately, an ice storm hit one week before my scheduled GRE test. the ice storm was s...

From Twitter 02-21-2010

DigiCMB — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-20-2010: From Twitter 02-19-2010: From Twitter 02-18-2010: From Twitter 02-17-2010: Curious ab... http://bit.ly/9gK8mX This is low tweet period coming week. Sunny Sunday at Rauris ski area http://twitpic.com/14jfom Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

Worrying: WordPress shut down a Blog of a Student Critizing the Naturopath Christopher Maloney

Laika's MedLibLog — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:59:19 +0100

Last Thursday PZ Myers, author of the very successful science blog Pharyngula tweeted that Christopher Maloney was a quack” (see first tweet below). Prior to that tweet I’d never heard of Christopher Maloney. I used to be rather indifferent about homeopaths and other people practicing CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine), thinking that it might help some [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

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Journal of the American Medical Association 2010 (Vol. 303 No. 7)

Fade Library — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:22:04 +0100

This article evaluates change in prevalence of obesity and other chronic conditions in US children, including incidence, remission, and prevalence. AN NHS Athens password is required to access this article online Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Adolescence, adolescents, Children, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Prevalence, United States (Source: Fade Library)

Journal of the American Medical Association 2010 (Vol. 303 No. 6)

Fade Library — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:49:16 +0100

This article compares the outcomes of gastric banding against an optimal lifestyle program in adolescent obesity. The article concludes that among obese adolescent participants, use of gastric banding compared with lifestyle intervention resulted in a greater percentage achieving a loss of 50% of excess weight, corrected for age. There were associated benefits to health and quality of life. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Adolescence, adolescents, Bariatric Surgery, Exercise, Gastric Banding, Healthy lifestyles, Nutrition, Quality of Life, Randomised Controlled Trials, United States (Source: Fade Library)

New(est) Media Will Ruin Society/Children/Intelligence

davidrothman.net — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:38 +0100

This article surveys some of the ways in which early modern scholars responded to what they perceived as an overabundance of books. In addition to owning more books and applying selective judgment as well as renewed diligence to their reading and note-taking, scholars devised shortcuts, sometimes based on medieval antecedents. These shortcuts included the use of the alphabetical index, whether printed or handmade, to read a book in parts, and the use of reference books, amanuenses, abbreviations, or the cutting and pasting from printed or manuscript sources to save time and effort in note-taking. Other examples include Socrates warnings on the danger of writing and fantasy tales, Malesherbes complaining that newspapers “socially isolated readers,” and an 1883 article which argu...

Sunday News Round-Up – Short Sunny Day Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:54:33 +0100

There are lots of great links up in the Ninth Carnival of Feminist Parenting, including links on sex ed, pregnancy, disability, violence against women, body image and more. Also, 14th Carnival of Feminists is up and focused on social justice organizing. Robin Marty has a round-up of some abortion-related laws proposed in the states this legislative session. A conference I didn’t know about and now really want to attend: From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom (April 9-11 in Amherst, MA). Applications for travel/housing stipends are due on the 24th of this month. [hat tip to Feministing] Also, fellow Southerners may be interested in the 2010 Southern Reproductive Justice Leadership Institute in Durham on March 19-21. 40 Days for Life h...

How to: Add a Free Medical Dictionary to Word 2003/2007

davidrothman.net — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:58:26 +0100

Got an email from a friend the other day: “I wonder if you have found a free add-on for Word 2003 that includes medical terms in the spell check feature and is secure enough for me to recommend to my users at the hospital?” This is such a great question and something that has come up at my place of work previously. Out of the box, Microsoft Office Word doesn’t recognize a whole lot of the specialized medical vocabulary that people at our hospital use every day. The result of this is that Word frequently fails to recognize clinical terms and underlines them in red, essentially making them false positives for spelling errors. Only one employee in my department has Stedman’s medical dictionary installed in her copy of Word 2003 because paying a license for each copy u...

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From Twitter 02-20-2010

DigiCMB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-19-2010: From Twitter 02-18-2010: From Twitter 02-17-2010: Curious about your opinion on SciVal... http://bit.ly/bw0bRz The rage of a mother with little kids just hit me. It seems my kids woke everybody up at the hotel at 22.00 while I was having a beer .... Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

Nursing Times 2010 (Vol. 106 No. 5)

Fade Library — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:21:27 +0100

Fade Fave: E-learning benefits nurse education and helpd shape students’ professional identity. Fade Skinny: E-Learning is increasingly used in nurse education and practice development. This method can enhance learning opportunities for students and qualified nurses. The article examines the features of this technology and the ways in which it can harnessed to maximise learning opportunities. Contact the library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: E-Learning, Nurse Education (Source: Fade Library)

Nursing Times 2010 (Vol. 106 No. 4)

Fade Library — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:35:05 +0100

Fade Fave: Using general nurses to fill health visitor gaps puts children at risk Fade Skinny: As health visiting suffers a recruitment crisis, unprepared staff are being asked to work with vulnerable families which raises child welfare concerns. Contact the library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Child Welfare, Health Visiting, Health Visitors, Nursing, Recruitment, Safeguarding Children, Workforce Planning (Source: Fade Library)

From Twitter 02-19-2010

DigiCMB — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-18-2010: From Twitter 02-17-2010: Curious about your opinion on SciVal Spotlight by Elsevier/Sco... http://bit.ly/ag4SVF I'm at Hotel Und restaurant Am Platzl (Bogen). http://4sq.com/aj1sQO http://pk.gd/mSC (@ Hotel Und restaurant Am Platzl) http://4sq.com/aj1sQO Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

User Education Resources for Librarians — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:25:00 +0100

Just visited a University of Omaha marketing class that was led by Bryan Jennewein, the social media director of Infogroup [http://www.infogroup.com/]. He had great tips for using social media to drive interest to your business. He spoke in general business terms, but I am going to insert the word "library":-Transparency is the key. Include buttons/links to your library's Facebook, SMS text service, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr accounts on your homepage (and throughout your site, so include links on your catalog, your board page, and so on) - your customers will know right away that they can follow the library's activities using social media-integrate your library's Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube account, leading viewers of one to the other, ultimately learning more about what you have to offe...

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Friday Foolery #18 Childbirth Under Water…. Beautiful!! ;)

Laika's MedLibLog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:26:41 +0100

Childbirth Under Water…. Beautiful!! I’m not chicking kidding. http://www.mobypicture.com/user/promedia/view/6023995 (Vincent Sparreboom, from Promedia and Vincentsparreboom.com) Filed under: Friday Foolery Tagged: Friday Foolery, Friday post (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

PostRank & SciVal & Mobiel healthApps

DigiCMB — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Almost all my post are ranked with a 10 via Postrank :-) http://digicmb.blogspot.com/2010/02/from-twitter-02-13-2010.html I am curious about your opinion on SciVal Spotlight by Elsevier/Scopus! Tweets copied by tw... http://bit.ly/cDMTM0 Actually, anyone can create an account on ALA connect. It could be a useful site if more ppl joined it. RT @bmljenny: @aarontay Mobile-health apps emerge at Mobile World Congress 2010 http://bit.ly/9UM78O | VentureBeat #mhealth RT @andrewspong: Tweets copied by twittinesis.comThis item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

From Twitter 02-18-2010

DigiCMB — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From Twitter 02-17-2010: Curious about your opinion on SciVal Spotlight by Elsevier/Scopus! Tweets copied by tw... http://bit.ly/cDMTM0 Sorry, I haven't I Need a week in the snow first RT @ConduitYourSite: @digicmb Have you entered Your Conduit Story yet? Preparing a demo session of RefWorks in de Rode Zaal UMCG actually, anyone can create an account on ALA connect. It could be a useful site if more ppl joined it. RT @bmljenny: @aarontay Mobile-health apps emerge at Mobile World Congress 2010 http://bit.ly/9UM78O | VentureBeat #mhealth RT @andrewspong: Almost all my post are ranked with a 10 via Postrank :-) http://digicmb.blogspot.com/2010/02/from-twitter-02-13-2010.html Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Bre...

Health service Journal 2010 (18th February)

Fade Library — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:54:42 +0100

Fade Fade: Total Place: how partnerships can maximise resources Fade Skinny: In the final part in our series on Total Place, Helen Mooney looks at how Birmingham’s Total Place pilot is focused on cutting through organisational boundaries and slashing waste while delivering better services (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Current Awareness, Journals, Organisational Boundaries, Organisational Change, Total Place (Source: Fade Library)

At Our Bodies Our Blog: Birth-Related Events, American Women’s (Lack of) Knowledge of Heart Disease, and More on Those Georgia Billboards

Women's Health News — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:21:57 +0100

At Our Bodies Our Blog, I have a post on results of a survey assessing knowledge about heart disease and prevention among American women. I was a little surprised that just over half of the sample correctly identified heart disease as the leading cause of death for women, more surprised that almost 1 in 5 respondents still thought hormone therapy was an effective preventive measure, and shocked that only 53% of women said they’d call 911 if they experienced symptoms of a heart attack. I also posted this week on two opportunities for birth-related participation: an online discussion with the author of “Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History and the Wonder of Childbirth” and a call for submissions of c-section-related art. Christine posted a news relea...

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Checklists for surgical safety

Browsing — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Just caught a piece on Radio 4's You and Yours consumer programme about using checklists in the NHS, with a speaker from Patient Safety First, which turns out to be an NHS body. The list is undertaken before surgery, by the team doing that surgery. I am not clear why the piece made it onto the radio today rather than any other day - maybe there was a space today, rather than anything being launched today. The Patient Safety First site links to a case study of checklists being used at Barts and the London, and a web search turns up an adaptation for the NHS in England and Wales of the WHO checklist, which has been around for a little while. Atul Gawande has also just written a book about using such lists in the USA, which I am waiting to see.Anyway, today is as good a day as any to mention ...

From Twitter 02-17-2010

DigiCMB — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Curious about your opinion on SciVal Spotlight by Elsevier/Scopus! Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7740)

Fade Library — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:31:08 +0100

content page Fade Fave: Home based versus centre based cardiac rehabilitation: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis Fade Skinny: Coronary heart disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Although mortality from coronary heart disease has decreased in many developed countries in recent decades, morbidity is increasing as a result of improved diagnosis and more successful treatment of acute illness, which has resulted in an increase in the number of people who survive myocardial infarction. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Coronary Heart Disease, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Health Centres, Home Healthcare, Rehabilitation (Source: Fade Library)

BMJ 2010 (Vol 340, No 7739)

Fade Library — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:14:50 +0100

content page Fade Fave: Quality of life three years after diagnosis of localised prostate cancer: population based cohort study Fade Skinny: Survival after diagnosis of prostate cancer has increased substantially in the past two decades. Five year relative survival for localised prostate cancer is almost 100% in Australia and the United States. Observational studies show that different treatment options offer nearly equal survival rates therefore, quality of life after treatment should be a major consideration in treatment decision making. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Cancer, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Prostate Cancer, Quality of Life (Source: Fade Library)

Health service Journal 2010 (11th February)

Fade Library — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:54:10 +0100

Fade Fade: Total Place: why working together boosts independence Fade Skinny: Offender management in Luton and Central Bedfordshire is cumbersome and costly. In the second article in our series on Total Place, Helen Mooney looks at how the NHS, local government and agencies are using the scheme to tackle this (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Current Awareness, Inter-agency Relations, Journals, Local Government, NHS, Offender Management, Total Place (Source: Fade Library)

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Health service Journal 2010 (4th February)

Fade Library — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:48:44 +0100

Fade Fade: Total Place: why NHS partnerships make total sense for savings Fade Skinny: In the first of three articles on Total Place, Helen Mooney looks at how Croydon’s PCT and council are using the scheme to focus on improving child health (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Child Health, Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Trusts, Total Place (Source: Fade Library)

Upcoming Events at Vanderbilt

Women's Health News — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:25:45 +0100

IMAGE week Survivor Panel – 2/18 Always a highlight of IMAGE week, Thursday will be the Survivor Panel. Panel members include; a student survivor, an adult survivor, Vida Sobie from the Psychological and Counseling Center, and this year new to the panel, the husband of our adult survivor. While Vida shares professional opinions, our survivors will share their amazing stories of overcoming the most deadly mental disorder. In addition, our spouse will be able to field questions about his experience in marriage with an eating disorder survivor from having a child to the worry for a loved one. Promising to be an emotional and intimate night, the survivor panel allows a glimpse into the chaotic world of being an eating disordered individual. 7:00-8:30 p.m. Buttrick 309 Vanderbilt Universi...

Sciencefeed : Platform for Scientist & iPhone Apps for Librarians

DigiCMB — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

RT @Berci: Sciencefeed: New Platform For Scientists: http://wp.me/p2kuO-1n8 iPhone apps for librarians http://goo.gl/fb/M3N8 New post by @aarontay Tweets copied by twittinesis.comThis item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

From Twitter 02-16-2010

DigiCMB — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

RT @Berci: Sciencefeed: New Platform For Scientists: http://wp.me/p2kuO-1n8 iPhone apps for librarians http://goo.gl/fb/M3N8 New post by @aarontay Tweets copied by twittinesis.com This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

Adam Corson-Finnerty on the “death spiral” of Academic Libraries

davidrothman.net — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:07:54 +0100

Interesting reading. A similarly interesting discussion of this post is taking place on FriendFeed. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Have you checked out our book yet? (Source: davidrothman.net)

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Mobile alliance to build open programming app

DigiCMB — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz http://bit.ly/bhEM0f Best Free iPhone Medical Apps for Health care Professionals #fb iMedicalApps http://bit.ly/aI0GSL RT @ehealthgr RT @cool_myll: @netvibes Thanks for fixing multifeed widgets Check this (+video @end of post) 2 see how 2 perform complex searches in Pubmed quickly + intuitively http://bit.ly/b1eS7e RT @novoseek Mobile alliance to build open programming apps (how about unlocking the phones?!) http://bit.ly/ca2RzU RT @lizscherer Tweets copied by twittinesis.comThis item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

From Twitter 02-15-2010

DigiCMB — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz http://bit.ly/bhEM0f RT @netvibes: @digicmb @LynnLoudon @hno @darwin_speaks agree. we are working on several new tricks to improve speed. hope to deploy this ... Best Free iPhone Medical Apps for Health care Professionals #fb iMedicalApps http://bit.ly/aI0GSL RT @ehealthgr RT @cool_myll: @netvibes Thanks for fixing multifeed widgets Check this (+video @end of post) 2 see how 2 perform complex searches in Pubmed quickly + intuitively http://bit.ly/b1eS7e RT @novoseek Mobile alliance to build open programming apps (how about unlocking the phones?!) http://bit.ly/ca2RzU RT @lizscherer Tweets copied by twittinesis.comThis item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB)

A Quieter Valentine's Day

T. Scott — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

In 2005, Valentine's Day fell on a Monday. Lynn and I took the day off from work to celebrate. She'd about finished the course of radiation that had followed her November surgery for breast cancer. Marian's Dad had died (Source: T. Scott)

Yodeling monkey, Craig Ferguson

Organization Monkey — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:23:52 +0100

link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lbekts52TI (Source: Organization Monkey)

Links for 2010-02-14 [del.icio.us]

DigiCMB — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:37:28 +0100

Informatieportals - Universiteit van Tilburg Portals voor onderzoek Onderzoeksgroepen en instituten werken steeds vaker interdisciplinair. Informatie op het Internet en op de bibliotheekpagina's is veelal nog gestructureerd rond traditionele onderzoeksthema’s. Voor onderzoekers is het daarom niet altijd eenvoudig om de informatie te vinden die zij voor hun onderzoek nodig hebben. Library and IT Services wil de informatiebronnen die van belang zijn voor onderzoeksgroepen of instituten via één kanaal toegankelijk maken door informatie portals op maat aan te bieden. (Source: DigiCMB)

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UK Health News 12-15/02/2010

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:31:22 +0100

Poor kids trail in language skills – The Guardian 15th February 2010 “Britain’s poorest children are already almost a year behind their richer classmates in their language skills by the time they start school, research has shown. The Sutton Trust report reveals the educational inequalities between the richest and poorest youngsters and the impact of parenting and a child’s home environment on their vocabulary.” tags: Education, Poverty, Deprivation, Speech and Language Therapy, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian Additional Stories Investing in equality – The Guardian 12th February 2010 Tottenham is exemplar of public health inequality says government review – The Times 15th February 2010 The rich ‘live seven years longer than poor people’...

International Health News 12-15/02/2010

Fade Library — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:30:27 +0100

Elderly ‘live longer if they are overweight’ – The Observer 14th February 2010 “Study indicates that the mortality rate among 70- to 75-year-olds is higher for those with ‘optimum’ weights” tags: Obesity, Older People, Ageing, Life Expectancy, Health, News, IHN, The Observer Additional Story At last, a time in life when it’s good to be fat: Over 70s told tubbiness is better for their health – Daily Mail 15th February 2010 Birth control for him – The Independent 15th February 2010 “According to researchers at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Hv1, a molecule that activates sperm to swim also regulates intracellular pH levels is the likely missing link to prevent pregnancy and control male infertility.”...

Finally a Viral Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Or Not? – How Results Can Vary and Depend on Multiple Factors

Laika's MedLibLog — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:23:02 +0100

Last week @F1000 (on Twitter) alerted me to an interesting discussion at F1000 on a paper in Science, that linked Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to a newly discovered human virus XRMV [1]. This finding was recently disputed by another study in PLOS [2], that couldn’t reproduce the results. This was highlighted in an excellent post by [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Google Chrome, Augmented Reality & Emerging Technology : my tweets of 14-02-2010

DigiCMB — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Google Chrome: Please move the "Manage Default Search Engine" to TOP LEVEL, not three clicks away! Librarians, please RETWEET! Google Chrome "catches" your library search (and many others) for your users to control. #OpenSearch "augmented reality as emerging technology is clear argument for libraries to focus on location-based services to become more visible" The quote is be me, anyone disagrees? "Google expects 3D Live collaboration becoming mainstream" http://bit.ly/cwZbmW. RT @malburns When Virtual & Augmented Worlds Collide? Response 2 Techcrunch comparing Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality http://bit.ly/8OucdR " When a librarian is not doing a good job on the web, it's a dead librarian" Andrew Keen vs Mijnsbergen, Digbib http://bit.ly/aALDsT Medicines not working? Use the Ap...

Those Billboards in Atlanta: On Black Women and Abortion

Women's Health News — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:52:31 +0100

Renee wrote a post asking why the feminist blogosphere reacted so strongly to the Tebow ad, but has not been so vocal about an anti-abortion campaign in Atlanta that is “targeting Black women by putting up billboards stating that Black children are an endangered species.” I linked to it in a weekly round-up post, and started drafting something on the topic, wanting to take the time to get it right. A reader also emailed me about why I specifically haven’t written about it, so here goes. This is not a new argument; I’ve seen plenty of “Black genocide” pieces attached to an anti-abortion agenda. It’s usually proffered by white/conservative/anti-abortion folks who aren’t really making an argument that Black women and babies need help so much as...

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Weekly News Round-Up, Oral Herpes Edition

Women's Health News — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:38:53 +0100

How’s that for an intro this week? I’ve mentioned my cold sore affliction here previously; I swear I either get them more often and worse than most people, or everybody else is just staying home for a week at a time. I’ll be spending the next week feeling self-conscious due to a huge cold sore front and center on my top lip. Here’s some info on the little buggers: MedlinePlus: Herpes labialis American Social Health Association: Oral Herpes Scarleteen: Hopping Mad About Herpes (includes a nice section on dealing with feelings of “gross”ness. Related to the previous post, Pam Merritt writes at RHRC on Women of Color and the Anti-Choice Focus on Eugenics. The whole post is well worth a read. Hilary at Mom’s Tinfoil Hat is talking about reproductive...

Internet for Health & Zen and the Art of Twitter : From My Tweets 02-13-2010

DigiCMB — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

More than half of Americans use t internet for health http://bit.ly/au0zhG #hcsm #hcsmeu RT @Aurora_Health. One of the outcomes: "doctors are reluctant to use the Internet or email to communicate with patients because of concerns about privacy as well as confusion about how to charge for their time. Join THE hunt for Golden Hearts!: Join THE hunt for Golden Hearts! Cupid is on the loose in @secondlife! http://bi... http://bit.ly/aSrJF3 Scavenger Hunt in Second Life is back! Running now for three days! http://bit.ly/cgbxbN @lukask: Turned off Buzz RT: Me too. Why don't they plug it in google Wave instead? Zen and the Art of Twitter: 4 Tips for Productive Tweeting - http://spr.ly/6011XN / Tweets copied by twittinesis.comThis item is automatical...

#SillySaturday #17 – Social Media Stats per Second

Laika's MedLibLog — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:49:24 +0100

more about “Garys Social Media Count“, posted with vodpod Some time ago I saw the above Real Time Social Media Stats Counter at Heidi Allen Online (see here), the blog of Heidi Allen. The live stats meter is actually from Gary Hayes at Personalize Media (see post: Garys Social Media Count). You can find the embed code [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog)

Big Pharma in your iPhone and Nintendo

davidrothman.net — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:56:50 +0100

From The Independant: Medicines not working? There’s an app for that (Is anyone else completely done with the “There’s an app for that” meme?) Novartis, for example, signed a $24 million (£15.3 million) deal last month with US-based Proteus Biomedical to create “smart pills” that can transmit data from inside the body to monitor patients’ vital signs and check they have taken medicines as prescribed. Bayer is connecting its glucometer for diabetic children to Nintendo’s video-gaming consoles to promote consistent blood sugar testing. And Johnson & Johnson’s Lifescan unit has an iPhone application that lets users upload readings from their connected blood glucose monitors to their Apple phone. _______________ Feed-only Footer: [Th...

Sharing links with users - 8 different ways (by @aarontay) : and other tweets of 12-02-201

DigiCMB — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Everyday I am taking the most relevant tweets and list them here. Sometimes with comments, sometimes not ... Sometimes with music, sometimes not :-) Sharing links with users - 8 different ways http://retwt.me/5yhZ RT @tweetmeme Musings about librarianship Cupid is on the loose in @secondlife! http://bit.ly/c912KV Join THE hunt for Golden Hearts! Cupid is on the loose in @secondlife! http://bit.ly/c912KV HEALTHINFO ISLAND IS INVOLVED! See My iPhone Screenshots http://twitpic.com/12o17y http://twitpic.com/12o18v http://twitpic.com/12o19s http://twitpic.com/12o1az Surf-Net & Google : the use of Google Apps RT @betje Reading:http://bit.ly/bnJ42b How to rate the Norwich Medical Search Portal? http://bit.ly/aQXGuv a radiology info portal Also registered as http://b...

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Heaven

T. Scott — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Tomorrow Josie is five. We have a very rich schedule of party celebrations for these two days. Is there a luckier man than I alive? I don't think so. (Source: T. Scott)

organizing your cats

Organization Monkey — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:44:35 +0100

i’m not really sure what’s going on in these pictures, but the cats seem so well organized i just had to share: (Source: Organization Monkey)

Links for 2010-02-11 [del.icio.us]

DigiCMB — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:46:32 +0100

The DART-Europe E-theses Portal (DEEP) http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php (Source: DigiCMB)

Ben Goldacre Explains the Placebo Effect

davidrothman.net — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:01:21 +0100

Ever have a hard time explaining the placebo effect? Let Dr. Ben Goldacre do it for you in this video from the NHS: _______________ Feed-only Footer: I still think it is a huge waste of resources for a library to invest any time or money in a Second Life presence. (Source: davidrothman.net)