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Witch no. 1 lithograph by Joseph E. Baker (circa 1837-1914)

Salem Witch Trials—Bewitchment or Ergotism

From the JAMA archives just in time for Halloween, check out The Salem Witch Trials—Bewitchment or Ergotism which presents a new theory for what caused temporary blindness, skin lesions, convulsions, and hallucinations and eventually led to the Salem witch trials.
Interested in learning more about how ergot may have made history?  Search PubMed by Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) to find more articles: "Ergotism/history"[MAJR]

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NationalsCan supporting your local team (GO NATIONALS!) make you happier?

Examining the Potential Causal Relationship Between Sport Team Identification and Psychological Well-being by Daniel Wann uses past research and theory to develop a team identification model which suggests that high levels of identifying with a local supports team leads to positive psychological health.

 

Identifying with a distant sports team or being a fan in general doesn't provide significant well-being benefits.     Local team fans benefit from a larger social group, and "associations to other fans form the basis for a valuable connection to society at large and serve as a buffer to loneliness, isolation, and so forth."

 

You can read more about this topic by searching databases such as SPORTDiscus and PsycINFO which are available in Himmelfarb Library's collections.

 

Image citation: Fagen, A. (2009). Nationals Park.  Retrieved from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/afagen/3416538391/

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PubMed is nearing the completion of a platform overhaul and the new interface is ready for testing via PubMed Labs.  Key features of the redesigned PubMed include:
  • Updated mobile-compliant interface allows you to search from a desktop, laptop, or your phone via a consistent interface
  • Search results display in 'Best Match' order using a newly launched state-of-the-art machine learning algorithm.
  • Articles are displayed with a brief citation and snippet of the most relevant portion of the article's abstract.
Along with the updated interface, Himmelfarb library users can continue to take advantage of these customized features:
  • Find it @ Himmelfarb links connect users to full-text articles in Himmelfarb Library's collection, as well as the library's interlibrary loan service, Documents@Go.
  • Evidence-based practice filters allow users to quickly identify specific article types including systematic review, practice guidelines, randomized controlled trials, cohort and case control studies, and background reviews.
PubMed's redesign is available for testing now via the PubMed Labs website.  This fall, the updated interface will become the default PubMed interface.   Once the new interface is launched, users will be able to switch from the updated interface to the classic interface for the remainder of 2019.

 

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AccessMedicine has launched a series of focused 3D modules designed to guide medical and health sciences students through systems-based tours of human anatomy.  The modules are designed with an eye toward learning anatomy via an interactive,visual, and systems-based methodology.
This new 3D series currently includes 7 modules: brain, endocrine system, gastrointestinal system, heart, respiratory system, spine, and urinary system.  Additional 3D modules will be made available in this collection throughout the coming year.
AccessMedicine users can also access complete human anatomy modules.   The complete human modules allow for visualization of male and female human bodies in an interactive, 3D format.
AccessMedicine is available to all GW users from both on-and off-campus locations.  If you have questions about this resource or about online access, please contact Laura Abate (leabate@gwu.edu).

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DynaMed

DynaMed has been redesigned!  DynaMed (formerly DynaMed Plus) debuted a sleek new interface this morning.  The new interface provides ongoing access to DynaMed's collection of clinically-focused, evidence-based, routinely updated articles, images, and clinical calculators.

DynaMed's updated interface allows users to search by article or topic and also provides users the ability to browse articles by specialty by accessing the drop down 'Specialties' menu or click on the tiled images on the DynaMed homepage.
The updated interface also provides users the ability to create (or continue) a personal DynaMed account to access additional features including: 

  • Following specific articles.  Users can also specify their 'follow' preferences: practice-changing updates only, all updates, or no email/just display on DynaMed.
  • Earn credits via DynaMed including Maintenance of Certification, AMA, AAFP, and AANP credits.
DynaMed's mobile app will be updated on August 26 and additional information will be available at that time.  To learn more about the updated DynaMed interface, please email Laura Abate (leabate@gwu.edu) or view one of the video tutorials:

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Beginning on June 10, PubMed's full-text links to Himmelfarb Library's collection have changed:

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  1. Find It @ Himmelfarb links have been upgraded to default to PDF article delivery, if available.
  2. Find It @ Himmelfarb links connect users to full-text articles and to Documents2Go (interlibrary loan and document delivery).
  3. Full-Text @ Himmelfarb links will no longer be available.

Find It @ Himmelfarb links display on each item in PubMed and can be used to access full-text articles. Courtesy of a new integration provided by Himmelfarb’s Browzine implementation, Find It @ Himmelfarb links first check for an available PDF; if a PDF is available, it will be delivered to the user immediately. If a PDF isn’t immediately available, Find It @ Himmelfarb links provides options for full-text access, or the option to request the article via the Documents2Go system in cases where the article isn’t available from Himmelfarb.

Full-Text @ Himmelfarb links have been retired for several reasons. Most importantly, the National Library of Medicine is discontinuing this service later this year. In addition, this linking system is incompatible with Himmelfarb’s new library systems, launched in conjunction with the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) last summer, so the collection data which provides these links is increasingly dated.

If you have questions about these changes, please contact Laura Abate (leabate@gwu.edu).

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pubmedlinksChanges are coming soon to the PubMed full-text links to Himmelfarb's collection.  Beginning on June 10:

  1. Find It @ Himmelfarb links have been upgraded to default to PDF article delivery, if available.  
  2. Find It @ Himmelfarb links will connect users to full-text articles and to Documents2Go (interlibrary loan and document delivery).
  3. Full-Text @ Himmelfarb links will no longer be available.

 

Find It @ Himmelfarb links display on each item in PubMed and can be used to access full-text articles. Courtesy of a new integration provided by Himmelfarb's Browzine implementation, Find It @ Himmelfarb links will first check for an available PDF; if a PDF is available, it will be delivered to the user immediately. If a PDF isn't immediately available, Find It @ Himmelfarb links will provide options for full-text access, or have the ability to request the article via the Documents2Go system in cases where the article isn't available from Himmelfarb.  

 

Full-Text @ Himmelfarb links are being retired for several reasons. Most importantly, the National Library of Medicine is discontinuing this service later this year. In addition, this linking system is incompatible with Himmelfarb's new library systems, launched in conjunction with the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) last summer, so the collection data which provides these links is increasingly dated.

 

You can test the changes to the Find It @ Himmelfarb links now via PubMed. If you'd like to test how linking will display and function beginning on June 10, clear your browser's history and cookies, then access PubMed via this link.

 

If you have questions about these changes, please contact Laura Abate (leabate@gwu.edu).

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mededportalMEDedPORTAL is now available via PubMed!  MedEdPORTAL is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that promotes educational scholarship and dissemination of teaching and assessment.  MEDedPORTAL publishes teaching and learning modules which have been implemented and evaluated with medical and dental trainees or practitioners.
Whereas previously, users need to search MEDedPORTAL to identify modules,  MEDedPORTAL  resources are fully indexed in MEDLINE (PubMed's primary data source) beginning with the 2018/Volume 14, and prior years will be added to PubMed Central which will also provide findability via PubMed.

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1200px-US-NLM-PubMed-Logo.svgThe Full-Text @ Himmelfarb links in PubMed will not function correctly from 8 PM on Friday, February 8 through about 8 PM on Saturday, February 9 due to system maintenance.  During this outage, please use the Find It @ Himmelfarb links to connect to full-text articles.  If you have any questions, please ask us!

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bestof2018DynaMed Plus' editorial team systematically reviews newly published health sciences literature in order to ensure that the best available evidence is integrated into DynaMed Plus articles.  Last year, the DynaMed team reviewed more than 20,000 articles and added used information from more than 9,000 of these articles to update articles in DynaMed Plus.  In their 2018 Year in Review, DynaMed's editorial team present the five most important articles from 2018:
  1. Antihypertensive treatment for low-risk patients with mild hypertension does not appear to be beneficial.  Sheppard, J. P., Stevens, S., Stevens, R., Martin, U., Mant, J., Hobbs, F. R., & McManus, R. J. (2018). Benefits and Harms of Antihypertensive Treatment in Low-Risk Patients With Mild Hypertension. JAMA internal medicine, 178(12), 1626-1634.
  2. Aspirin for primary prevention does not reduce vascular events in adults aged ≥ 70 years and may increase rates of death and major bleeding.   McNeil, J. J., Wolfe, R., Woods, R. L., Tonkin, A. M., Donnan, G. A., Nelson, M. R., ... & Shah, R. C. (2018). Effect of aspirin on cardiovascular events and bleeding in the healthy elderly. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(16), 1509-1518.
  3. Vitamin D plus calcium supplementation might not reduce the risk of hip fracture in unselected community-dwelling adults > 50 years old.  Zhao, J. G., Zeng, X. T., Wang, J., & Liu, L. (2017). Association between calcium or vitamin D supplementation and fracture incidence in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Jama, 318(24), 2466-2482.
  4. Could elective inductions at 39 weeks in low-risk nulliparous women help neonates ARRIVE more quickly and more safely?  Grobman, W. A., Rice, M. M., Reddy, U. M., Tita, A. T., Silver, R. M., Mallett, G., ... & Rouse, D. J. (2018). Labor induction versus expectant management in low-risk nulliparous women. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(6), 513-523.
  5. As-needed budesonide/formoterol for mild persistent asthma may prevent serious exacerbations as well as twice-daily maintenance budesonide.   Bateman, E. D., Reddel, H. K., O’byrne, P. M., Barnes, P. J., Zhong, N., Keen, C., ... & FitzGerald, J. M. (2018). As-needed budesonide–formoterol versus maintenance budesonide in mild asthma. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(20), 1877-1887.
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