December 2013 - MHIKNET-L - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Holidays & Health
by MHIK NET 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

With MHIKNET staff contemplating a well-deserved holiday break, we thought you'd be interested in a few web sites and articles on health and the holidays. Most of the sites are from the Government of Canada's Healthy Canadians web site and might be good for your patients and family. The Statistics Canada page is a wealth of information and facts that will stagger and amaze you. Definitely worth the long read. We've also selected articles on a variety of topics from the health effects of holidays; toxic holiday plants; energy expenditure; a holiday wish for Canadian children and an interesting case of Christmas giving a small population Hay Fever! Hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoyed selecting them! Web sites * Stress, depression and the holidays: Tips for coping<http://mayocl.in/1j1enjF> [Mayo Clinic] * Healthy Holiday Eating<http://bit.ly/1duQvhp> [Healthy Canadians; 2013] * Holiday food safety<http://bit.ly/19kYnCO> [Healthy Canadians; 2013] * Toy safety during the holidays<http://bit.ly/1faDrPp> [Healthy Canadians; 2013] * Holiday Safety<http://bit.ly/18FmIjd> [Healthy Canadians; 2013] Statistics Canada Christmas... by the numbers 2013<http://bit.ly/1faDuLe> [Statistics Canada] You'll be amazed! Articles<http://bit.ly/1b0x8Kb> [freely available] -- Carol A. Cooke Acting MHIKNET Librarian Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library University of Manitoba e. carol.cooke(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:carol.cooke@umanitoba.ca> p. 204-977-5660 c. 204-290-6710 w. http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/

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Friday Fun: Gifting
by MHIK NET 13 Dec '13

13 Dec '13

This viral video has been swamping the news lately, WestJet providing Canadian passengers with their own Christmas Miracle<http://bit.ly/1c02C9l> [5 min 25 sec]. Far more profound is the gift of caring that health care providers like yourselves give to your patients. Here is a wonderful video featuring a patient in a long-term care facility who receives the gift of music [6 min 30 sec]. http://youtu.be/fyZQf0p73QM For some more fun check out some of our favourite flash mob videos: * Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus <http://bit.ly/JcwGSt> - 2010 [4 min 56 sec] * Som Sabadell flashmob - BANCO SABADELL<http://bit.ly/1faEleG> [5 min 40 sec] Do you have any you can recommend?

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Mailing list problems and our apologies
by MHIK NET 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Hello everyone, Despite having a moderated list an individual's email asking to be removed from the list has gone out. I offer you and the person in question my sincerest apologies for this breach. I have personally reviewed all moderation settings for this list and this should not happen again. If you have attempted to unsubscribe from this list but continue to get unwelcome emails from us please contact us directly at mhiknet(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mhiknet@umanitoba.ca> and we will ensure you are removed directly. Once again, my apologies. Carol -- Carol A. Cooke Acting MHIKNET Librarian Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library University of Manitoba e. carol.cooke(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:carol.cooke@umanitoba.ca> p. 204-977-5660 c. 204-290-6710 w. http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/

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I unsubscribed - why are you still sending me messages?
by Jeff Heikkinen 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

I have unsubscribed from MHIKNET e-mails, but you're still sending them. Desist.

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Into the long dark: Vitamin D
by MHIK NET 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

With the Winter solstice rapidly approaching (21 Dec) many of us are mourning the loss of sunlight and the decent into the long dark winter nights. I thought it would be interesting to provide you with a list of recent web sites, articles and an excellent video on the "sunlight vitamin". Vitamin D which can be synthesized from exposure to sunlight impacts our health in many ways in northern countries. Please note this is by no means an exhaustive listing. If you're interested in Vitamin D or other topics we'd be happy to do a more in depth search<http://bit.ly/1iJYp87> for you on more specific topics. Health Canada & Statistics Canada * Vitamin D and Calcium: Updated Dietary Reference Intakes<http://bit.ly/1dq4LIo> (Health Canada; 2010) * Vitamin D blood levels of Canadians<http://bit.ly/1bxxkDZ> (Statistics Canada; Jan 2013) * Bone health: Osteoporosis, calcium and vitamin D<http://bit.ly/1bxxkDZ> (by Didier Garriguet; Statistics Canada;2013) Entertaining video (sort of related to Vitamin D) * Richard Weller: Could the sun be good for your heart? [13 min] <http://bit.ly/IFwHP2>"Our bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit too." Articles<http://bit.ly/JeGQCW> (freely available) -- Carol A. Cooke Acting MHIKNET Librarian Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library University of Manitoba e. carol.cooke(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:carol.cooke@umanitoba.ca> p. 204-977-5660 c. 204-290-6710 w. http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/

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Reminder: MHIKNET Library Services closed Dec 22 - Jan 5
by MHIK NET 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

MHIKNET Library Services will be closed Dec 22, 2013 through Jan 5, 2014. Document Delivery Requests Due Dec 13, 2013 In order to ensure you have the materials you need for the holiday season please make any document delivery requests by end of day Friday Dec 13, 2013. All requests after this date will be held for processing in the new year. This will allow us ample time to get your materials to you before we close for the holidays. When we return in the new year we will begin processing requests in turn as they were received beginning Jan 5, 2014. Literature Search Requests Due Dec 18, 2013 We will continue to accept literature searches through to Tuesday, Dec 18, 2013. Any searches requested after this date will be held for processing in the new year. Please understand that we will not be able to provide documents from those search results until the new year. When we return in the new year we will begin processing requests in turn as they were received beginning Jan 5, 2014. Current Awareness Service will end Dec 20 and resume on Jan 5, 2014. If we don't hear from you, hope you all have a wonderful and healthy holiday season. Sincerely, Carol Cooke (Acting MHIKNET Librarian) Carol Friesen (Manitoba Health Librarian) Connie Mancheese (MHIKNET Library Assistant)

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Searching PubMed: Two ways
by MHIK NET 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

PubMed is the go-to source for getting the information you need to support your day to day practice. If you're looking for a specific article or need clinical evidence on any given topic PubMed has developed a couple of tools that could help you find what you're looking for faster. Both of these tools can be accessed from the PubMed homepage<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/> under "PubMed Tools" at the centre of the page. PubMed Clinical Queries The first of these tools is PubMed Clinical Queries<http://1.usa.gov/191qkQ6>. This tool intended for clinicians is designed to provide information in three categories: Clinical Study Categories, Systematic Reviews, and Medical Genetics. First you enter search, terms such as "plantar fasciitis", then your results screen will appear in three columns. [PubMed Clinical Query Search for Plantar Fascitis]<http://blogs.cc.umanitoba.ca/mhiknet/files/2013/12/PubMed-Clinical-Query-se…> On the left, the Clinical Study Categories column will also allow you to further refine your search to what you need with category options: * Etiology * Diagnosis * Therapy (default) * Prognosis * Clinical prediction guides And, also provides you with option of scope: to make your search broad or narrow. The second column on the results page displays only systematic reviews related to your search terms, and the third column, Medical Genetics, provides sources related to various topics in medical genetics. PubMed Single Citation Matcher The second tool made available by PubMed is Single Citation Matcher<http://1.usa.gov/IIc0l8>. This is a great tool if you already know the name of a specific article you're looking for or you want to see articles all by the same author. For example, if you wanted to see all articles in PubMed by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov you could enter "Chochinov, Harvey" into the Author field on the Single Citation Manager search page and all articles listed on PubMed by this author. [Single Citation Matcher search for Dr. Chochinov]<http://blogs.cc.umanitoba.ca/mhiknet/files/2013/12/Single-Citation-Manager-…> For more information about how to use these tools check out these YouTube videos! http://bit.ly/1eWNLLt Grace Romund Guest Librarian

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Library Services through the holidays
by MHIK NET 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

MHIKNET Library Services will be closed Dec 22, 2013 through Jan 5, 2014. Document Delivery Requests Due Dec 13, 2013 In order to ensure you have the materials you need for the holiday season please make any document delivery requests by end of day Friday Dec 13, 2013. All requests after this date will be held for processing in the new year. This will allow us ample time to get your materials to you before we close for the holidays. When we return in the new year we will begin processing requests in turn as they were received beginning Jan 5, 2014. Literature Search Requests Due Dec 18, 2013 We will continue to accept literature searches through to Tuesday, Dec 18, 2013. Any searches requested after this date will be held for processing in the new year. Please understand that we will not be able to provide documents from those search results until the new year. When we return in the new year we will begin processing requests in turn as they were received beginning Jan 5, 2014. Current Awareness Service will end Dec 20 and resume on Jan 5, 2014. If we don't hear from you, hope you all have a wonderful and healthy holiday season. Sincerely, Carol Cooke (Acting MHIKNET Librarian) Carol Friesen (Manitoba Health Librarian) Connie Mancheese (MHIKNET Library Assistant)

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