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Companies to Donate Prosthetic Legs to Boston Bombing Victims in Need

Title: Companies to Donate Prosthetic Legs to Boston Bombing Victims in Need
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2013 8:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM




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Preemies' Increased Survival Comes With No Rise in Disabilities: Study

Title: Preemies' Increased Survival Comes With No Rise in Disabilities: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM




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At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows

Title: At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows
Category: Health News
Created: 5/3/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/3/2013 12:00:00 AM




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Gastro Woes More Common in Kids With Autism: Review

Title: Gastro Woes More Common in Kids With Autism: Review
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2014 9:36:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Pot-Booze Combo More Dangerous for Teen Drivers Than Alcohol Alone

Title: Pot-Booze Combo More Dangerous for Teen Drivers Than Alcohol Alone
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2014 9:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Smoking, Drinking Combo Raises Odds for Esophageal Cancer

Title: Smoking, Drinking Combo Raises Odds for Esophageal Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 4/25/2014 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Complications Fairly Common, Costly With Some Kidney Stone Treatments

Title: Complications Fairly Common, Costly With Some Kidney Stone Treatments
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2014 9:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Spanking May Be More Common Than Parents Admit

Title: Spanking May Be More Common Than Parents Admit
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2014 7:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Complications Common, Costly With Some Kidney Stone Treatments

Title: Complications Common, Costly With Some Kidney Stone Treatments
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2014 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Traumatic Brain Injury Common Among Homeless Men

Title: Traumatic Brain Injury Common Among Homeless Men
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2014 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Depression, Weapons May Be More Common for Bullied Teens

Title: Depression, Weapons May Be More Common for Bullied Teens
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2015 12:00:00 AM




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U.S. Lowers Recommended Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water

Title: U.S. Lowers Recommended Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Company to Destroy 265 Tons of Ice Cream Over Listeria Contamination

Title: Company to Destroy 265 Tons of Ice Cream Over Listeria Contamination
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Coming Soon: A Test to Gauge Your Obesity Risk?

Title: Coming Soon: A Test to Gauge Your Obesity Risk?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Study Casts Doubt on Use of Common Antibiotic for UTIs in Women

Title: Study Casts Doubt on Use of Common Antibiotic for UTIs in Women
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Sleep Doesn't Come Easy to Those With Brain Injuries

Title: Sleep Doesn't Come Easy to Those With Brain Injuries
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2016 12:00:00 AM




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Exercise and Vitamin D: A Heart-Healthy Combo

Title: Exercise and Vitamin D: A Heart-Healthy Combo
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM




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Low-Dose Aspirin May Lower Risk for Common Breast Cancer by 20 Percent

Title: Low-Dose Aspirin May Lower Risk for Common Breast Cancer by 20 Percent
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM




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Heart Failure, Job Loss May Be Deadly Combo

Title: Heart Failure, Job Loss May Be Deadly Combo
Category: Health News
Created: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM




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After Age 50, Yearly Eye Checks May Catch Common Cause of Vision Loss

Title: After Age 50, Yearly Eye Checks May Catch Common Cause of Vision Loss
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM




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Tobacco Companies Must Put New Warnings on Packaging, Court Says

Title: Tobacco Companies Must Put New Warnings on Packaging, Court Says
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/2/2018 12:00:00 AM




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For Obese People, Commuting by Car Can Be a Killer: Study

Title: For Obese People, Commuting by Car Can Be a Killer: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2019 12:00:00 AM




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As Sense of Smell Fades, Does Death Come Closer?

Title: As Sense of Smell Fades, Does Death Come Closer?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2019 12:00:00 AM




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'Buzzing' in Ear Alerted Boy to Very Unwelcome Visitor

Title: 'Buzzing' in Ear Alerted Boy to Very Unwelcome Visitor
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM




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Company Selling Direct-to-Consumer Coronavirus Antibody Test

Title: Company Selling Direct-to-Consumer Coronavirus Antibody Test
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?

Title: Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/15/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Pregnancy Complications Raise Future Odds of Preterm Birth: Study

Title: Pregnancy Complications Raise Future Odds of Preterm Birth: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/4/2020 12:00:00 AM




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COMMENTARY: No Better Time to Thank Our Nurses

Medscape thanks nurses around the world during International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife and National Nurses Week. Please join us.




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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 Diary Week 3: I've Never Been More Emotionally Exhausted

After a week seeing cancer patients with COVID-19 as the inpatient consult attending, Don Dizon finds himself more emotionally exhausted than he's ever been before.




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COMMENTARY: COVID-19: Why We Can't Test Our Way Out of This

Calls to relax social distancing policies emphasize the need for increased testing, but a closer look at current SARS-CoV-2 tests leaves Anish Koka, MD, doubtful that more tests will be the solution.




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COMMENTARY: The Links Between COVID-19 and Diabetes, Known and Unknown

Dr Harpreet Bajaj summarizes the known and unknown links between diabetes and COVID-19, focusing on three clinical questions.




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COMMENTARY: COVID-19: Be Wary of Those Racing to Fill the Therapeutic Void

Dr Aaron Holley warns against following 'false prophets' as we confront treatment decisions for patients with COVID-19.




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COMMENTARY: Can We Measure COVID-19 Seroprevalence With a Flawed Ruler?

Just as an imperfect ruler can measure accurately if its error is constant and known, serology need not have perfect sensitivity and specificity to estimate COVID's prevalence, write Drs Jha and Murthy.




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PMC Advisory Committee Meets at NLM

The most recent meeting of the PMC Advisory Committee was held at the National Library of Medicine on June 15, 2009. The committee meets at least once a year and its members are appointed by the NIH Director from the biomedical information communities and the general public. Dr. Gary Ward, of the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont, has been appointed to serve as Chair of the Committee through January 2011.




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New Members for PMC Advisory Committee

Four new members have been appointed to serve on the PMC National Advisory Committee: Mike Rossner of Rockefeller University Press, Jan Fassler of the University of Iowa, Ivy Anderson of the California Digital Library, and Delores Meglio from the Knovel Corporation. Each member will serve a 4-year term. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for June 4, 2010. For more information on the committee, see PMC National Advisory Committee.




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New Members Appointed to PMC Advisory Committee

Four new members have been appointed to serve on the PMC National Advisory Committee: Philip Bourne, of the University of California, San Diego; Sophia Colamarino, an independent consultant in San Francisco; Paul Courant, of the University of Michigan; and Patricia Thibodeau, of Duke University. Each member will serve a 4-year term. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for Friday, June 17, 2011. For more information on the committee, see PMC National Advisory Committee.




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PMC Advisory Committee to Meet at NLM

The PMC Advisory Committee will hold its annual meeting at the National Library of Medicine on Friday, June 17, 2011 from 9:30 am to 3 pm. Four new committee members will be joining the group, see New Members Appointed to PMC Advisory Committee. Presentations will include discussions relating to the NIH Public Access policy and a viewing of the PMC 10th Anniversary video. For more information, see PMC National Advisory Committee.




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JATS-Con is Coming!

The second annual Journal Article Tag Suite Conference (JATS-Con) will be held on September 26 and 27, 2011, at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The 2011 conference will feature a host of presenters who will discuss topics ranging from Best Practices to PMC Tagging Guidelines. For more information on the conference and the program, see JATS-Con.




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PMC Advisory Committee Appoints New Members

The following new members have been appointed to serve on the PMC National Advisory Committee: Martha Bedard, Dean of Libraries at the University of New Mexico; and Lorraine Haricombe, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas and a member of SPARC's board. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for June 19, 2012. For more information, see PMC National Advisory Committee.




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JATS Becomes NISO Standard

The Journal Archiving Tag Suite(JATS), known formerly as the NLM DTD, has now been officially adopted as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ National Information Standards Organization (NISO) standard. According to the press release from NISO, "JATS provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content by preserving the intellectual content of journals independent of the form in which that content was originally delivered." For more information, see NISO Publishes Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) Standard.




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PMC Advisory Committee Appoints New Members

As of February 1, 2013, the following new members have been appointed to serve on the PMC National Advisory Committee: Ms. Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance; Dr. C. Victor Jongneel of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Bevin Engelward of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Randall Morse of the Wadsworth Center; and Dr. Adelita Cantu of the University of Texas. For more information, see PMC National Advisory Committee.




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PMC Advisory Committee Meeting to be Held in June

This year's PMC Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 10. The meeting will take place in the NLM Board room starting at 9:30 am. Stay tuned for further details.




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Heart Drug Combos Might Also Lower Your Dementia Risk: Study

Title: Heart Drug Combos Might Also Lower Your Dementia Risk: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 3/13/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/16/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Potato & Sausages, Cold Cuts a Bad Combo for Your Brain

Title: Potato & Sausages, Cold Cuts a Bad Combo for Your Brain
Category: Health News
Created: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Gynecomastia (Enlarged Male Breasts)

Title: Gynecomastia (Enlarged Male Breasts)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/14/2019 12:00:00 AM




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Recommended Diuretic Drug Tied to Harmful Side Effects

Title: Recommended Diuretic Drug Tied to Harmful Side Effects
Category: Health News
Created: 2/18/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/19/2020 12:00:00 AM




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AHA News: Being an African American 'Superwoman' Might Come With a Price

Title: AHA News: Being an African American 'Superwoman' Might Come With a Price
Category: Health News
Created: 2/11/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/12/2020 12:00:00 AM




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How Common Are STDs? Most People Have No Clue

Title: How Common Are STDs? Most People Have No Clue
Category: Health News
Created: 2/25/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/25/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease

Title: Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
Category: Health News
Created: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Got Flu? Deal Quickly With Complications

Title: Got Flu? Deal Quickly With Complications
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2020 12:00:00 AM