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What Is Health Literacy

WEBHealth literacy allows the public and personnel working in all health-related contexts to find, understand, evaluate, communicate, and use information. Health …

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Focus on: Health Literacy NLM in Focus

WEBThe Calgary Charter defines health literacy this way: Health literacy allows the public and personnel working in all health-related contexts to find, understand, …

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The Visible Human Project at 20 NLM in Focus

WEBPosted by NLM in Focus / December 31, 2014. This cross-section view shows the Visible Human Male (left), who debuted in 1994, and the Female (right), …

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Regional Medical Libraries Making a Difference: Focus on the …

WEBNo matter where they live or work, health professionals, researchers and the public can access information from the National Library of Medicine thanks to its …

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Improving Info on Women’s Health: National Network of Medical

WEBAre you interested in improving health information for and about women on Wikipedia? Your research skills can help make Wikipedia a better, evidence-based …

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Regional Medical Libraries Making a Difference: Focus on …

WEBNo matter where they live or work, health professionals, researchers, and the public can access information from the National Library of Medicine thanks to its …

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NLM in Focus A look inside the U.S. National Library of Medicine

WEBAs we look back at 2019, we’d like to share a few NLM in Focus stories about some of the National Library of Medicine’s people, services, and products that are making a …

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Social Justice, Health Equity, and

WEBThe official tag line for this year’s Medical Library Association conference was “Adapting, Transforming, Leading,” but the real organizing theme appeared to be equity and diversity. From Elaine Martin’s Janet Doe Lecture on “Social Justice and the Medical Librarian” to former US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher’s closing plenary on health …

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NLM staff answer the question: Why are you thankful to be at NLM

WEBI am thankful to Dr. Milton Corn and Dr. Donald Lindberg for the opportunity they gave me 22 years ago to work in grants management for NLM. I have enjoyed the …

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Health Journalists Learn to Mine NLM and NIH Resources

WEBSix leading health journalists recently got a unique look at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They spent a week in …

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Exhibitions Connect: How Partners Bring NLM Health Information

WEBLibrarians are the information superheroes of the 21stcentury. In today’s hyper-connected world, saturated with studies, reports, data, records, pictures, …

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TOXNET: The NLM Toxicology Databases NLM in Focus

WEBThe Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET) was created in 1985 to provide more effective access to the online group of databases developed and managed by the …

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Regional Medical Libraries Making A Difference: Focus on New …

WEBNo matter where they live or work, health professionals, researchers and the public can access information from the National Library of Medicine thanks to its …

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Music and Your Health: NIH MedlinePlus Magazine NLM in …

WEBIn the just posted issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine, soprano Renée Fleming talks about partnering with NIH to explore sound, health, and the power of music.She talks about working with NIH and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (in association with the National Endowment for the Performing Arts) on the Sound …

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Tree of Hippocrates Clone Planted in Front of National Library of

WEBA Tree of Hippocrates clone was planted in front of the National Library of Medicine on April 25, 2014. And the first gene sequence of the tree, which can be used …

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A New Plus on the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Website

WEBThere’s a new “plus” on the NIH MedlinePlus magazine website. Whether you read English or Spanish, you can now access every article. Through feature articles, …

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Catching Up with NLM Catalogers NLM in Focus Page 4

WEBCan you find the book, article, or video you need? Thank a cataloger. Catalogers are concise and precise. They’re logical. They pay attention to every little …

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Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives

WEBOn September 17, the National Library of Medicine officially opened its latest special display, Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives. The project, which will …

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