NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW Look, NEW OneSearch+
The Library Home Page has been re-designed to spotlight our new discovery tool, OneSearch+, powered by EDS, EBSCO's Discovery System. It is a simple, google-like search of much of our quality electronic and print content. Robust metadata assures targeted, relevant search results, an improvement over earlier discovery tools. Pre-indexing assures faster retrieval. A mobile interface provides the growing number of smart phone users with easy access. OneSearch+ is in beta so expect future content growth and search refinements.  For more information, see PCOM Press Release and a recent InfoToday article. Try OneSearch+ and share your comments with Library@pcom.edu.

New and Revised Subject Guides: Finding Quality LiteratureMobilePDA Info, Osteopathic Medicine, Psychology, Tutorials

New Subscription: Added to Top Journals: Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)

New Book Collections: CRCnetBASE Biomedical e-Book Collection over 800 titles ~ InformaHealth e-Books over 1,000 titles ~ Thieme Atlases over 50 atlases

Mobile APP: Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) helps primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive services appropriate for their patients. ePSS can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors. From AHRQ, the lead agency for research on healthcare costs, outcomes and patient safety.

NEWS FEEDS

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health

Hormel Institute study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen

Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet

Scientists unwrap DNA packaging to gain insight into cells

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology reacts to stem-cell ruling

American Chemical Society Webinar focuses on providing scientific advice to the film industry

What's New: MedlinePlus Announcements and Special Features

Hurricane Season

Have a doctor appointment?

Giant Cell Arteritis: New Topic Page

Body Weight: New Topic Page

Drug Reactions: New Topic Page

National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases

NIH-sponsored research yields promising malaria drug candidate

Lower blood pressure goal benefits African-Americans with chronic kidney disease, protein in the urine

New TB Diagnostic Proves Effective, Expedient, Study Finds

NIH awards grants to support biomedical research in space

Association between elevated levels of lead, cadmium and delayed puberty in girls

PsycPORT: Psychology Newswire

Tales of surviving entrapment with sanity intact

Are kids old enough to be playing adult games?

Surf lessons open new vistas for disabled kids

Appeals court rejects autism vaccine link

Accentuating the positive