The Library will close at 12.30pm on Tuesday, 24th December 2013. Normal service will resume when we open at 8:00am Thursday, 2nd January 2014. We wish all our library users a very merry Christmas, with all best wishes for the new year.

Trial access to these concise ebooks is now available until 31st January 2014.  Medical subjects include Anaesthetics Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology, History of Medicine, Psychiatry , Public Health and Epidemiology Just click on the link to access the title. Please note, trial access disables the ability to download these ebooks. Take a look and send your feedback […]

Pubmed just got better with the links through to the Cambridge University range of ejournals – accessible via http://tinyurl.com/campubmed but what about if you’re using a smart phone? This news piece suggests that access to Pubmed via smartphone apps is more popular than via the traditional web interface So if you’re searching for evidence with […]

Bias in reporting of randomised controlled trials in breast cancer A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in breast cancer reports that a third are biased in their reporting of treatment efficacy and two-thirds do not report toxicity appropriately.   Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers Two systematic reviews show little evidence to support the choice […]

The NHS Atlas of Variation has been produced by NHS Right Care, with the primary objective to maximise value the value that the patient derives from their own care and treatment the value the whole population derives from the investment in their healthcare There have been 5 atlases published so far, with a new one published […]

Wikipedia: WikiProject Women’s History/Laboratory of Molecular Biology 2013 Wikimedia UK, the MRC, the Royal Society and Cambridge AWiSE are organising a Women in Science themed editing event on Monday 25 November 2013 in Cambridge to celebrate Women in Science. We would like to create or add to the Wikipedia pages of female scientists (who tend […]

‘The relationship between the mind and body raises innumerable challenging questions across the arts, humanities, and social science disciplines. For those who come into professional contact with the human body every day in the National Health Service, the mind and the body are usually considered distinct from each other. This is reflected in the organisational structure […]

Latest evidence updates from NICE and Evidence Search Training in patient-centred clinical consultations A Cochrane review notes that training in patient-centred approaches for healthcare professionals may have positive effects on patients’ experiences of consultation processes. Increased risk of venous thromboembolism with glucocorticoid use A Danish case-control study finds that use of glucocorticoids is associated with […]

Randy Schekman (University of California), James Rothman (Yale University) and Thomas Sudhof (Stanford University) has won this years Noble prize for their work in discovering how cells transport material. See links for further information on this item http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24427951 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/2013-nobel-prize-in-medicine-won-by-scientists-for-work-on-cell-delivery-system–james-rothman-randy-schekman-and-thomas-sdhof-8863851.html http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2013/press.html  

The book sale will finish on Friday 11th October.  Only four days left to bag a book bargain!