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Discovery may be useful in cancer diagnosis
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Data constantly comes in from publishers and vendors that need to be processed by the PubMed Central (PMC) team. These data add up quickly, adding more than 40,000 articles each month to NLM’s full-text digital archive of journal literature. In order for the article data to be publicly accessible as quickly as possible, the PMC…
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By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. An intense light that seems to shine directly into your
06/28/2016 04:00 PM EDT
By Christie Moffatt This week is “Mosquito Control Awareness week,” and agencies across the Department of Health and Human Services are taking this opportunity to
06/23/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Jeffrey S. Reznick Earlier this year, the National Library of Medicine announced its receipt of a generous gift from The DeBakey Medical Foundation to
06/14/2016 11:00 AM EDT
Bruce Fye will give the annual James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture on June 22, 2016 at the National Library of Medicine on “The Origins and Evolution
06/07/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Anne Rothfeld The dandelion—a quaint, yellow-flowered, perennial herb loathed by homeowners and gardeners—was once praised for its many useful properties: its roots for medicinal
05/31/2016 02:30 PM EDT
By Ginny A. Roth On June 1, 2016, Images from the History Medicine (IHM), the National Library of Medicine (NLM), History of Medicine Division’s
05/27/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ Although the American Civil War was not the first armed conflict to be extensively photographed (that dubious distinction belongs to
05/24/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Sarah Eilers Vulnerability to Covert Attack. The film title seems as relevant today as it must have when it was made, in the Cold
05/19/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Gregory Pike and John Rees A new archival collection, June E. Osborn Papers, 1954–2001, is now available at the National Library of Medicine for those interested
05/12/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Anne Marie Rafferty ~ This essay on the International Nurse Uniform Photograph Collection, ca. 1950 was originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library
05/10/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Karen Falk and Jeffrey S. Reznick During the past few years, the NLM History of Medicine Division has loaned items from its collections for
05/05/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Homira Pashai The National Library of Medicine is the home of many precious manuscripts belonging to the Indian Mughal era (16th–18th century). Among these
05/02/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Betsy L. Humphreys On May 2, 1898, a small group of U.S. and Canadian physicians and librarians met in the offices of the Philadelphia
04/28/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Nicole Contaxis Grateful Med was an NLM-developed software program that was intended to expand and ease access to the NLM databases, including MEDLINE. Supported
04/25/2016 02:00 PM EDT
By Erika Mills Around 3.2 billion people—nearly half the world’s population—are at risk for malaria. In 2015, 214 million were infected and 438,000 died of
04/21/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Ginny A. Roth On March 22, 2016 the NLM History of Medicine Division’s image database, Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), launched in
04/19/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Douglas Atkins Helen Coley Nauts (1907–2001) was the daughter of a prominent physician and surgeon whom many consider to be the Father of Immunotherapy
04/14/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are
04/08/2016 11:00 AM EDT
On April 11-13, 2016, the National Library of Medicine will host the workshop “Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and
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On April 11-13, 2016, the National Library of Medicine will host the workshop “Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and
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On April 11-13, 2016, the National Library of Medicine will host the workshop “Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and
04/05/2016 11:00 AM EDT
On April 11-13, 2016, the National Library of Medicine will host the workshop “Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and
04/04/2016 09:00 AM EDT
By Jeffrey S. Reznick Next week, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host the workshop Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to
03/30/2016 11:30 AM EDT
By Nicole Contaxis MEDLARS I, as described in my previous post, was a great step forward in providing access to bibliographic data and facilitating biomedical
03/22/2016 11:00 AM EDT
By Michael North This post is the fifth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are
03/15/2016 11:00 AM EDT
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Tatjana Buklijas, Birgit Nemec, and Katrin Pilz whose recent essay “Erdheim’s Autopsy: Dissection, motion pictures, and the politics of health
03/10/2016 04:30 PM EST
Christie Moffatt spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Future Historical Collections: Archiving the 2014 Ebola Outbreak.” Ms. Moffatt is an Archivist &
03/08/2016 11:00 AM EST
This post is the last in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
03/03/2016 11:00 AM EST
In cooperation with our colleagues at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine (NLM), the NLM’s History of Medicine Division recently
02/29/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Ginny A. Roth The drawing above created by artist May Lesser depicts a medical school resident examining a child patient with rheumatoid arthritis in
02/25/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Nicole Contaxis Providing access to bibliographic data has long been a part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) mission. Through a variety of
02/23/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Tyler Nix, Kathryn Funk, Jeffrey S. Reznick, and Erin Zellers A wealth of medical history awaits your exploration in the National Library of Medicine’s
02/18/2016 04:30 PM EST
Dr. Eric Boyle spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “In the Belly of the Beast: A History of Alternative Medicine at the
02/16/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Rob Logan The National Library of Medicine recently acquired the papers of Cecilia and Leonard Doak, pioneers in the field of health literacy. In
02/12/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Susan Speaker In March of 1959, Dr. Michael DeBakey testified in the U.S. House of Representatives about the phenomenal progress made against cardiovascular disease
02/09/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Sarah Eilers “Daddy, you kicked George!” Paul, a small boy who’s been playing happily in the bath with his pet turtle, George, looks up
02/03/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Atalanta Grant-Suttie The journal is so much a part of the current apparatus of scholarly communication that one never really thinks where and how
01/26/2016 11:00 AM EST
This post is the fourth in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
01/21/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Homira Pashai The National Library of Medicine holds an important collection of over 200 manuscripts dating back to the eleventh century in Arabic, Persian,
01/14/2016 11:00 AM EST
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Beatrix Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s most recent exhibition,
01/08/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Michael Sappol Deformed unfortunates trudge back and forth, in a darkly-lit procession, over a map of Great Britain as the soundtrack sounds anxious notes
01/06/2016 11:00 AM EST
By Michael North This post is the fourth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are
12/31/2015 11:00 AM EST
Goodbye 2015, it’s been quite a year! During the past twelve months on Circulating Now, we heard from all kinds of people who work with
12/29/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Susan Speaker This is one of a series of occasional posts highlighting collections that document medical activities during the Great War, which lasted from
12/23/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Laura Hartman ~ For his 1913 Christmas greeting card, eminent 19th century neurologist and best-selling novelist Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) penned a poem entitled
12/21/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Anne Rothfeld Looking for a festive drink with historical origins? Prepare a pitcher of shrub to serve when guests arrive. A shrub is a
12/17/2015 11:00 AM EST
Feminist activists and women’s organizations have been involved in health care reform debates in the U.S. for over a century.
12/15/2015 11:00 AM EST
This post is the third in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
12/10/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Rebecca C. Warlow Calling all National History Day students to explore scientific research, encounter medical discoveries, and witness the exchange of ideas among some
12/08/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Stephen J. Greenberg It is, perhaps, a bit hard for the modern reader to imagine that a coffee table book consisting solely of portraits
12/03/2015 11:00 AM EST
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Yi-Li Wu. Dr. Wu is a Center Associate of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan,
12/01/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Christie Moffatt The focus of this year’s World AIDS Day is on challenging myths and focusing on facts about HIV, rethinking stereotypes and being
11/25/2015 11:00 AM EST
This post is the second in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
11/23/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Michael North ~ Turkeys were one of many animals and plants the Europeans encountered in the New World beginning in 1492. There were wild
11/19/2015 11:00 AM EST
By Sarah Eilers Today is the 40th annual Great American Smokeout. The first was held in California in 1976, and the American Cancer Society took
11/17/2015 11:00 AM EST
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Russell M. Franks, Librarian for Special and Archival Collections at the Phillips Memorial Library, Providence College, who relates some of
11/10/2015 11:00 AM EST
By John Rees In celebration of Veteran’s Day, the Archives and Modern Manuscripts program highlights the recent acquisition of the Charles Henry Stevens Papers, 1945–1946,
11/05/2015 04:30 PM EST
Dr. Sanders Marble spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Gathering and Spreading Knowledge: Publications and the Army Medical Library around World War
11/04/2015 11:00 AM EST
Dr. Beatrix Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s newest exhibition, For All the People: A Century of
10/30/2015 11:00 AM EDT
By Elizabeth Mullen Are you ready to walk and talk with the skeletons? It's Halloween again. This 'portal of death' is the frontispiece from Bernardino Genga's beautiful Anatomia per uso et intelligenza del disengno..., 1691.
10/27/2015 11:00 AM EDT
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Susie Fisher who brings us this post highlighting her work with NLM’s archival collections for American Archives Month. Dr. Fisher
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