The National Library of Medicine releases free iPad App, "Native Voices: the Native peoples ' concepts of health and disease"

To give those who cannot travel to Bethesda, Maryland to see him personally lively experience of virtual, National Library Medicine (NLM) announces new iPad app, free, which captures the contents of its popular exhibitions, Native Voices: the native inhabitants of the concepts of health and disease (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/index.html), currently on display. NLM is the world's largest medical library and component of the National Institutes of Health.

The application allows users to explore video chat with members of the tribal elders, tribal healers and other prominent people practice traditional medicine, Western medicine, or a combination of both. Experience the unique and the prospects they weave tapestry vibrant and diverse cultures and ways of medicine practiced by the Natives of Alaska, native Americans and native Hawaiians. Other clips video provides an overview of the exhibition and the stresses of travel 4,400-mile had ordered a totem of specially crafted for exhibition from Washington State to the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

App NLM Native Voices works on all iPads with iOS 4.2 and higher. To download the free app, go to the Apple iTunes store (www.apple.com/iTunes) and type in "NLM Native Voices."

In addition to the content of the native Voices: the native inhabitants of the concepts of health and disease, the application contains a function "of the NLM", which allows the public to obtain information on the National Library of Medicine, and also learn how to "visit the NLM" and "Connect with NLM" through social media outlets.

On the welcome page of the app NLM Native Voices shows the logo of the exhibition and of the four featured interview subjects.

NLM Director Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg (left top) provides an overview of the Native Voices: the native inhabitants of the concepts of health and disease, this exhibition home users and applications, you can also examine the rich content on five main topics: individual, Community, tradition, healing and nature.

Interviews on app NLM Native Voices can be searched by key words, respondent name or, as shown here, the topic. The speakers presented to talk about the importance of taking responsibility for their own health and the health of their Communities.

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Girls In Progress

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May 22 2012

by Jessica Mayorga, Director of Marketing, NCLR

(This was first posted to the ALMA Awards 411 blog.)

A new film, Girl in Progress, was released recently, and just in time for National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Simply stated, teen pregnancy, sexuality, and the drama of growing up are topics in the Latino community that merit attention and frank discussions.

Girl in Progress speaks to these issues and puts a Hollywood spotlight on a topic that has long been taboo in Latino households but that very much needs to be addressed. We’re excited to see past ALMA nominees and popular Latino talent drive this film and encourage us to change these experiences for our families. Eva Mendes plays a starring role in Girl in Progress as an overwhelmed and preoccupied single mother of an attention-starved preteen (played by Cierra Ramirez) seeking her own identity and independence. The film vividly and sometimes painfully demonstrates that a parent’s attention and interest in a child’s life makes all the difference and can be the deciding factor for success. We watch the daughter, Ansiedad, make unguided and perhaps devastating decisions as she acts out, desperate for her mother to just be a mom to her. This portrayal of a family dynamic that is not uncommon in Latino communities brings forward issues of parent-child communication, sexuality, and the need for honest and open dialogue at home.

May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month; it’s the perfect time for families to watch this movie and use this opportunity to break the ice about issues that we may not always feel comfortable talking about. We know that too many of our daughters enter this cycle of teen pregnancy, and that it often interrupts—if not permanently suspends—educational aspirations, career opportunities, and the opportunity to just be a girl and live out their dreams. This film, and National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, remind us that we can no longer be silent about these tough topics.

We applaud Hiram Martinez for this screenplay and the excellent Latino actors who brought the story to life.

At ALMA, we advocate for media responsibility, media literacy, and respectable roles for Latinos in American entertainment. We believe in educating Hollywood and educating audiences. We applaud this film for complementing our mission as we strive to tackle challenges in our communities and strengthening opportunities for Latinos of all ages.

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Geography:California, Far West, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Texas

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In search of lost sleep: Secular trends in the sleep time of school-aged children and adolescents

a Health and Use of Time (HUT) Group, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5000, Australiab Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5000, Australiac School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5000, AustraliaReceived 7 January 2011. Revised 18 March 2011. Accepted 18 March 2011. Available online 25 May 2011.View full text Sleep deficits are associated with a wide range of detrimental physical and mental health outcomes. There is concern that children are not getting enough sleep, and that sleep duration has been declining. However, evidence is sparse.

A systematic review of world literature was conducted to locate studies reporting the sleep duration of children aged 5–18 years. Monte Carlo simulation was used to generate pseudodata from summary data, which were combined with raw data and analysed by linear regression of sleep duration on year of measurement at the age × sex × day type × country level.

Data were available on 690,747 children from 20 countries, dating from 1905 to 2008. From these data, 641 regressions were derived. The sample-weighted median rate of change was -0.75 min nightly per year, indicating a decrease of more than 1 h per night over the study period. Rates of change were negative across age, sex and day type categories, but varied according to region, with Europe, the USA, Canada and Asia showing decreases and Australia, the UK and Scandinavia showing increases.

Over the last 103 years, there have been consistent rapid declines in the sleep duration of children and adolescents.

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Figures and tables from this article:

Fig. 1. PRISMA flowchart for the search.

View Within ArticleFig. 2. Funnel plots of changes in sleep duration (Y-axis, min/year) against the span of years for each regression, and the total sample size for each regression (X-axes). The dashed line is the sample-weighted median rate of change (-0.75 min/year).

View Within ArticleFig. 3. Box plots showing sample-weighted rates of change for age (Fig. 3a), sex (Fig. 3b) and day type (Fig. 3c) sub-groups. The dashed line is the sample-weighted median rate of change (-0.75 min/year). k = number of regressions assessed; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.

View Within ArticleFig. 4. Box plots showing sample-weighted rates of change for different regions. The dashed line is the sample-weighted median rate of change (-0.75 min/year). k = number of regressions assessed; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.

View Within ArticleFig. 5. Box plots showing sample-weighted rates of change for different year periods. The dashed line is the sample-weighted median rate of change (-0.75 min/year). k = number of regressions assessed; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.

View Within ArticleTable 1. Search strategy used for each database.

View Within ArticleTable 2. Rates of change (minutes per day per year) in sleep duration according to sex, age, day type and geographical location.

Significant differences were found across age groups (with the exception of 13–15 and 16–18 year-old age categories), sexes, regions and between different day types (P < 0.05).k = number of regressions assessed; n = sample size; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.

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Myocardial Ischemia

By Mayo Clinic staff

Myocardial ischemia occurs when blood flow to your heart muscle is diminished by a partial or complete blockage of the arteries of the heart (coronary arteries). The decrease in blood flow reduces the oxygen supply to your heart.

Myocardial ischemia, also called cardiac ischemia, can cause damage to the heart muscle, reducing its ability to pump efficiently. A sudden, severe coronary artery can lead to a heart attack. Myocardial ischemia can also cause abnormal heart rhythms.

Treatment for myocardial ischemia is directed at improving blood flow to the heart muscle and can include medications, open proceedings or blocked arteries surgery coronary artery bypass. Make lifestyle choices-healthy heart is important in the treatment and prevention of myocardial ischemia.

PC Deedwanla References. Silent myocardial ischemia: prognosis and therapy. http://www.uptodate.com/Home/index. The March 22, 2012. Deedwanla PC. Silent myocardial ischemia: epidemiology and pathogenesis. http://www.uptodate.com/Home/index. The March 22, 2012. Goldberger al. ECG in diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and infarction. http://www.uptodate.com/Home/index. The March 22, 2012. Deedwanla PC. Silent myocardial ischemia: diagnosis and screening. http://www.uptodate.com/Home/index. The March 22, 2012. Cardiac biomarkers. American Association for clinical chemistry. http://www.labtestsonline.org/Understanding/analytes/cardiac_biomarkers/Glance.html. Accessed March 22, 2012. Bonow RO, Braunwald's heart disease et al: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier;. 2012. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/about.do?eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4377-0398-6 ...Competition-0-6--59734-& Top-1 ISBN = 978-4377-0398-& about 6 = true & = 236798031-10 uniqId. The March 22, 2012. Lanza GA, et al. mechanisms of coronary artery spasm. Circulation. 2011; 124: 1774.

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Janet Murguía, President and CEO of NCLR, to Receive Hubert Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award

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A Historic Week in Social Media, April 21-28

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May 01 2012

Last week we reached thousands as part of our campaign against SB1070, and it was a hard task to limit NCLR's forceful campaign to 10 social media posts. However, here are your favorite posts of the week. Thanks to everyone for the stellar support against discrimination!

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Fringe — Episode 22 (Season 4): “Brave New World, Part 2 of 2”

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The final episode of the penultimate season of Fringe. The universes are safe (again).

The Plot: Peter and Olivia head back to Walter’s lab only to find Walter and Astrid missing. Soon after they arrive, Olivia receives a phone call from one of the victims she saved last week from the nanite attack. She tells Olivia she thinks she is being watched. Olivia agrees to head right over. It turns out that she is being watched, by September the Observer, but he falls prey to a second level cleric spell and is trapped.

Olivia and Peter arrive to find an empty house and a strange hole in the floor. Broyles calls and tells them Astrid is in the hospital, recovering from a gunshot wound. They rush to the hospital and learn about the warehouse where Walter was last seen. Peter and Olivia head to the warehouse and find September, still trapped. The woman Olivia helped last episode steps out of the shadows, holding a pistol. She makes it clear that is working for William Bell and her job is to get Olivia riled up. She shoots September, but due to his “super Observer speed,” he is able to catch the bullets. She then pulls out a special pistol, designed by Bell, which can shoot so fast the Observer can’t catch the bullets. She fires a shot, and sure enough, September is hit in the chest. She fires three more shots but Olivia catches them and throws them back at her, killing her. Of course, in the Fringe universe, no one stays dead forever, especially when they hold the clue to Walter’s location, so she is brought back to the Harvard lab, hooked up to a machine, and dragged back to life, temporarily at least.

The Fringe team learns that William and Walter Bell are on barge, presumably heading for the safe zone where the two universes will collide. They find the boat, but only Peter (and the satellites, apparently) can actually see it, because it is out of sync with our universe. Peter and Olivia (acting on their own, again), jump to the barge and confront William Bell. He tells them that Olivia’s powers are energizing the collision of the universes, and once begun, there is no way to stop it. Walter disagrees, then pulls out a pistol and shoots Olivia right in the brain, killing her. Without the required power, the universes immediately return to normal. Bell disappears (literally).

Walter rushes to Olivia, reminding Peter of what we only learned last episode, that Cortexiphan has healing powers. Using improvised surgical tools, he pushes the bullet out of Olivia’s brain, and miraculously, her wound heals.

As the episode ends, Congress increases Fringe’s funding, allowing them to add their own science department – a department which the now “General” Broyles asks Nina Sharp to head. Olivia is released from the hospital, but not before telling Peter that she’s pregnant. Meanwhile, September appears to Walter, telling him to warn the others about what is coming.

1. I’ve Heard Of Soft Spots, But This Is Ridiculous
Skulls must be softer in the Fringe universe, because there’s no way a syringe, let along a letter opener, would be able to break through the skull that easily – if at all.

2. Just Ask Penn & Teller
The trick to catching a bullet is not just being fast enough to intercept it, but somehow arresting all its momentum without taking any damage. Super speed may solve problem number one, but not number two.

3. In A Case, Just In Case
That was one of the more blatant examples of Chekov’s Gun I’ve seen in recent memory.

4. Khaaaan!
I couldn’t help flashing back to Start Trek II and the Genesis device in the beginning of this episode, when William Bell was talking about how God created the universe in seven days but it took him [Bell] considerably longer. There is a similar quote in Star Trek II (only it takes them seven hours, not seven days).

5. ParadoxodaraP
A nice time paradox. When September told Olivia that in every universe she has to die, where did he learn this? From Olivia.

Another good episode, but I have the feeling it could have been better. This two-part finale would have worked better a three-episode arc, so some of the key points wouldn’t feel quite so shoe-horned. Still, a good season overall, even if Charlie is still AWOL. The Fringe Doomsday Clock creeps back to 11:55.

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