October has been designated as National Medical Librarians Month by the Medical Library Association to raise awareness of the important role of the health information professional. Patients and those in the health care community need the specialized services that medical librarians provide now more than ever before.
The theme for this year is Vital Pathways: Better Outcomes Through Health Literacy.
Denver Medical Library will be celebrating the occasion throughout the month by having special days where we will offer special treats and information packets. The last week we will have a special treat on Thursday afternoon, October 28th. Come see and celebrate with us!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Family Health Library Book Sale!!
The Denver Medical Library's Family Health Library is having a BIG SALE of books it no longer needs.
Several hundred medical and fiction titles are available, including children's books.
Prices are fantastic at $1.00 for hard cover books and $.50 for soft cover books and videos. More titles will be added during the coming weeks. Hurry in for best selection!
Several hundred medical and fiction titles are available, including children's books.
Prices are fantastic at $1.00 for hard cover books and $.50 for soft cover books and videos. More titles will be added during the coming weeks. Hurry in for best selection!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Dr. John A. van Doorninck has a published article
Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology/Oncology physician John VanDoorninck is the lead author of an article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in April 2010 [28(12):1989-94.] He researched this topic during his time at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
"Current Treatment Protocols Have Eliminated the Prognostic Advantage of Type I Fusions in Ewing Sarcoma: A Progress Report from the Children's Oncology Group" is the title of his paper. He writes that the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT) consists of highly malignant bone and soft tissue neoplasms, and that despite multimodality therapy, overall survival is approximately 70% for patients with localized ESFT and only 20-30% for patients with metastatic disease. Various clinicopathologic variables have been investigated as prognostic indicators with hopes that clinicians may taylor therapy for tumors predicted to have favorable outcomes. Unfortunately, no criteria currently exist that allow prediction of response to therapy. However, the success of intensive treatment protocols for localized ESFTs have eliminated this clinical disadvantage formerly observed in patients with non-type 1 EWS-FLI1 fusions.
To see a complete copy of Dr. van Doorninck's article, please stop by the main desk of the library.
"Current Treatment Protocols Have Eliminated the Prognostic Advantage of Type I Fusions in Ewing Sarcoma: A Progress Report from the Children's Oncology Group" is the title of his paper. He writes that the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT) consists of highly malignant bone and soft tissue neoplasms, and that despite multimodality therapy, overall survival is approximately 70% for patients with localized ESFT and only 20-30% for patients with metastatic disease. Various clinicopathologic variables have been investigated as prognostic indicators with hopes that clinicians may taylor therapy for tumors predicted to have favorable outcomes. Unfortunately, no criteria currently exist that allow prediction of response to therapy. However, the success of intensive treatment protocols for localized ESFTs have eliminated this clinical disadvantage formerly observed in patients with non-type 1 EWS-FLI1 fusions.
To see a complete copy of Dr. van Doorninck's article, please stop by the main desk of the library.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
September Health Issues
Do you know your cholesterol level? Can you find the latest information on prostate diseases? Do you need help and support to control pain? These three issues are the focus of national compaigns during the month of September.
Stop by the Denver Medical Library's Family Health Library and pick up some free handouts on these subjects...or go to the following websites and read more about them yourself:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cholesterol.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatediseases.html
http://www.painfoundation.org/learn/
Stop by the Denver Medical Library's Family Health Library and pick up some free handouts on these subjects...or go to the following websites and read more about them yourself:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cholesterol.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatediseases.html
http://www.painfoundation.org/learn/
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