September Issue of NIH News in Health

Announced by MidContinental Region News

The September issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/.

In this issue of NIH News in Health:
“Good Health to Go: Eating Smart at School”
“Back to School with Diabetes: Plan Ahead for a Smooth Start to School”
“Health Capsules”:

• Children’s Physical Activity Drops
• Diabetes and a Healthy Pregnancy
• Featured Web Site: NIDA Goes Back to School http://www.backtoschool.drugabuse.gov/
  
  Download a PDF version for printing http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/pdf/NIHNiH%20Sep08.pdf [scb]

AHFS DI Essentials: What's New in July 2008

New Monographs

• Antithymocyte Globulin (Rabbit): Antithymocyte globulin (rabbit) (ATG [rabbit]); rabbit-derived polyclonal antibody preparation; immunosuppressive agent.
• Atropine: Mydriatic and cycloplegic; naturally occurring tertiary amine antimuscarinic.
  Estazolam: Benzodiazepine, sedative and hypnotic.
• Guanfacine: Phenylacetyl-guanidine derivative hypotensive agent; selective α2-adrenergic agonist.
• Hydroquinone: Depigmenting agent; structurally related to monobenzone.
  Phenelzine: Hydrazine-derivative, nonselective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor antidepressant.
• Sodium Chloride: Source of essential sodium and chloride ions.
• Tranylcypromine: Non-hydrazine derivative, nonselective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor antidepressant; structurally similar to amphetamine.

Revised Monographs

• Abacavir: Antiretroviral; nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI).
• Adalimumab: Biologic response modifier and disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD); a recombinant DNA-derived human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody specific for human tumor necrosis factor (TNF; TNF-α).
• Azacitidine: Antineoplastic agent; a synthetic pyrimidine nucleoside analog of cytidine.
  Darbepoetin Alfa: Biosynthetic (recombinant DNA origin) form of the glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin, a hematopoietic agent that principally affects erythropoiesis.
• Darunavir: Antiretroviral; HIV protease inhibitor (PI).
• Didanosine: Antiretroviral; nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI).
• Etanercept: Biologic response modifier and disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD); a recombinant DNA-derived human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody specific for human tumor necrosis factor (TNF; TNF-α).
• Formoterol: Bronchodilator; a relatively selective, long-acting β2-adrenergic agonist.
• Metformin: Antidiabetic agent; a biguanide, chemically and pharmacologically unrelated to sulfonylurea antidiabetic agents.
• Montelukast: Antiasthmatic agent; leukotriene modifier.
• Natalizumab: Biologic response modifier; a recombinant humanized anti-α4-integrin monoclonal antibody.
• Oseltamivir: Antiviral; neuraminidase inhibitor; sialic acid analog.
• Sargramostim: Biosynthetic hematopoietic agent that affects the proliferation and differentiation of a variety of hematopoietic progenitor cells; a yeast-derived (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rHuGM-CSF).
• Tiotropium: Bronchodilator; a synthetic quaternary ammonium antimuscarinic agent.
• Zoledronic Acid: Synthetic bisphosphonate; bone resorption inhibitor.

Keeping up with Health Information

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If you are interested in this service, you can contact a librarian to assist you, or you can visit the Library Without Walls website for more information about RSS feeds, newsreaders, and suggestions for subscriptions.

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Journal issue explores treatment of returning war troops

The May 2008 issue of Disease-a-Month journal explores the timely topic of the health of returning Gulf War Servicemen and Servicewomen. Articles in this issue describe biomedical, exposures, combat related injuries, infectious complications, and psychosocial aspects of Gulf War veterans' health.

This issue will be of interest to civilian primary care physicians caring for the survivors of the Iraq/Afghan battlefield (both primary and support personnel). Available to checkout at the St. Mary's Health Science Library, or online from the Library Without Walls at:
http://www.mdconsult.com/das/article/body/95811504-3/jorg=journal&source=&sp=20622595&sid=709540315/N/639897/s0011502908000138.pdf?SEQNO=4&issn=0011-5029.

UpToDate Changes

UpToDate has redesiged their website.

When you access UpToDate from the Library Without Walls, you will be taken to a screen that has a centrally located gray box, that says BEGIN, or to the License Agreement.

• Click on BEGIN or ACCEPT, and you will be directed to the UpToDate database.

If you have shortcuts to UpToDate, you may need to change the URL to http://www.uptodate.com/onlineonline.

If you have any questions, please contact Marie at 715-346-5090 or marie.janz@ministryhealth.org.

Natural Standard now links to full-text in Pubmed

Natural Standard, a complimenary and alternative medicine database, supports their findings with links to the research. An update to the Natural Standard software now allow access to the full text content of journals at Ministry Health Care.


How it works:

• The foot-note numbers and reference lists, have links to the Article Abstracts.
• Click on the Article Abstract link, and you will go to Pubmed.
• Scroll to the bottom of the abstract, look for the Ministry Health Care Logo or the Badgerlink Logo which indicate the full-text is available.
• Click on the Logo to access the full-text.

Lancet Online

The journal Lancet is now available fulltext online at this link:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01406736

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