Electrocution due to fractal wood burning: two case reports and a review of the medical literature - Herb T, Snyder A, Wilson A, Caplan M.
Fractal wood burning is a new technique of pyrography that passes an electrical current through a piece of wood resulting in decorative electrical burns. This practice has become increasingly popular with many walk-through tutorials of the process found on...
Source: SafetyLit - June 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Study Nearly Doubles Known Cancer-Linked Mutational Signatures
Analyzing the whole genome sequences of more than 18,000 tumors, researchers catalog nearly 60 new patterns of mutations that could inform cancer treatment.
Source: The Scientist - April 22, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news

National Public Health Week is April 4-10, 2022!  
National Public Health Week is April 4-10, 2022!  Did you know that many NNLM member organizations are public health departments and organizations? Membership is free. Members are eligible for: NNLM funding, access to training, partnership opportunities, educational and printed materials, NLM Traveling Exhibitions, and institutional recognition as a Network Member.   Free resources for public health professionals include:   Continuing Education Courses, such as:   How PubMed Works: Introduction, April 6, 2022 How PubMed Works: Selection, April 8, 2022  Making Sense of Numbers, April 12, 2022  How PubMed Works: Me...
Source: The Cornflower - April 6, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Blog National Public Health Week Source Type: news

NLM Technical Bulletin, Mar-Apr 2022, New Interactive DOCLINE Tutorial: How to Place an Interlibrary Loan Borrow Request
The DOCLINE ® team from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the first release of a set of new or revised interactive tutorials on using DOCLINE, “How to Place an Interlibrary Loan Borrow Request”. This 10-minute tutorial walks users through how to place a DOCLINE request using a P ubMed ID (PMID), a journal unique identifier, or manually with citation information. Stay tuned for additional tutorial releases coming in 2022.
Source: NLM Technical Bulletin - March 29, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Spotlight On Policy
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) has added new Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information to the doctors and clinicians section of the Medicare Care Compare site (https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/). Care Compare helps patients and caregivers search for and compare the care providers enrolled in Medicare. CMS notes that “publicly reporting 2020 QPP performance information helps empower patients to select and access the right care from the right provider.” QPP performance information can also be found in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC): https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/.
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 29, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

The Environmental Health Risks of War in a Highly Industrialized Country Like Ukraine
During a lull between air raid warnings earlier this month, Iryna Nikolaieva sat in a stairwell of a Kyiv bomb shelter where she had been living for three days and called engineers at two chemical plants near the front lines in the country’s east. Nikolaiva worked as an expert on hazardous waste, and she worried that fighting near the facilities could damage earthen dams holding back hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical sludge, setting off a catastrophic accident. A manager at one site picked up and said that the situation was under control. The chief engineer of the other—a chemical processing facility wi...
Source: TIME: Science - March 18, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Alejandro de la Garza Tags: Uncategorized europe healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Catalog of bird shapes yields ecological ‘gold mine’
Science,<a href="https://www.science.org/toc/science/375/6586">Volume 375, Issue 6586</a>, Page 1215-1215, March 2022.
Source: ScienceNOW - March 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Erik Stokstad Source Type: news

Public Access in PMC Update
In 2021, PubMed Central (PMC) continued to grow and evolve in its role as a repository for research support by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other partner funding agencies. Around 1.3 million articles have been made publicly accessible in PMC under the NIH Public Access Policy; and the volume of NIH-supported articles added to PMC with associated data content continues to increase annually (59% of articles in 2020 included supplementary material and/or a data availability statement vs. 27% in 2009). Other recent activities include:Release of anew training video that walks users through the NIH Manuscript Subm...
Source: PubMed Central News - February 24, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Introducing our Prostate Cancer Cells Lines
 Check out the OptionsNeuromics is pleased to introduce many of the top human prostate cancer cell lines to our already expansive selection of cell offerings. To complement the DU 145 cells we added earlier this year, Neuromics is now offering VcaP, LNCaP, and PC-3 cells to complete our catalog of human prostate cancer cell lines.Image: VcaP cells in culture.VCaP cells are known for their high androgen receptor and PSA expression. Unlike most other prostate cancer cell lines,LNCaP cells are highly sensitive to androgens and have a low tumorigenicity. Meanwhile,PC-3 cells are noted for their high metastatic potential a...
Source: Neuromics - February 15, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Tags: cancer prostate cancer Tumor tumor cells Source Type: news

Africa: Planning and Budgeting Tool for TB and Drug-Resistant TB Testing
[WHO] The Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI), with its secretariat at the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Programme, is pleased to release a Planning and Budgeting Tool for TB and Drug Resistant TB Testing for calculation of quantities and costs of diagnostic products and laboratory supplies. The tool references product numbers and prices in the Stop TB Partnership Global Drug Facility (GDF) Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and other Health Products Catalog.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - January 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

The Enthusiast ’s Guide To At-Home COVID-19 Tests
The COVID era has brought us many new experiences: mask-wearing, remote schooling, sheltering in place. The majority of these have been onerous and dreary. It’s amazing how energy-sapping it is to just have to wait for something to be over. But now at last we can do a new activity! An activity that will help reduce the spread of COVID! An activity that takes us places we haven’t been before, from the comfort of our home! And that activity is sticking a swab up our noses and investigating what comes out. Testing for COVID at home, I would argue, is the project we’ve all been waiting for. It’s good f...
Source: TIME: Health - January 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Belinda Luscombe Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Bowie Estate Sells Songwriting Catalog to Warner Music
In the latest blockbuster catalog deal, Warner has agreed to buy David Bowie’s songs for about $250 million, bringing nearly all of the star’s work under one corporate roof. #davidbowie #warnermusic
Source: Reuters: Health - January 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bruce Springsteen Sells His Music to Sony Music Group
The Boss unloaded his recorded music and songwriting catalog for over $500 million with some financial backing from Eldridge Industries. #brucespringsteen #sonymusicgroup #theboss #songwriting #eldridgeindustries
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bruce Springsteen is reportedly selling his music catalog in massive deal
Bruce Springsteen has reportedly sold his music rights to Sony Music Entertainment in what could be the biggest deal ever struck for a single artist's work. #brucespringsteen #sonymusicentertainment
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bruce sways as Sony pays: Springsteen sells music rights in blockbuster deal
Bruce Springsteen reportedly sold his iconic song and publishing catalog to Sony Music – for a whopping figure in the ballpark of $500 million, reports said. #brucespringsteen #sonymusic
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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