Volume 10, Issue 5, June 2020
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| | Past to Present: Pride Month Amid Current Events
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Each June, Pride Month is celebrated to remember and commemorate the 1969 New York City Stonewall Riots; a milestone in the LGBTQ Rights movement. For more information, check out the recently released PBS American Experience documentary - Stonewall Uprising: The Year That Changed America now streaming freely online. Reflecting on this historic moment is particularly timely as we witness continued acts of racial violence and police brutality in our nation, and the ensuing protests calling for justice and equality for African Americans and People of Color.
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The Medical Library is deeply committed to being an inclusive, fair, and unbiased center of information and to treating all of our colleagues, students, and members of the local community with kindness, compassion, and respect regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, language, nationality, ability status, political beliefs, or religion.
This month we are showcasing quality online health information resources on minority and LGBTQ health and eBooks discussing historical and current issues of race and racism in medicine.
Highlighted Quality Health Information Resources Online:
MedlinePlus - From the National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus is our number one recommended online resource for quality health information for you and your family.
- COVID-19 - People Who Need to Take Extra Precautions with specific information for different at-risk populations including: Older Adults, Newly Resettled Refugees, and People Experiencing Homelessness, and Racial & Ethnic Minority Groups, among others.
- COVID Data Tracker displays up-to-date statistics on COVID cases including testing, projections, demographics (race, ethnicity, age, and gender), and mortality.
Office of Minority Health (US Department of Health & Human Services) is "dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities." Their website provides information for health professionals and consumers alike on minority health topics and health disparities. Look for health data and statistics, current research and publications, and news.
Also check out our online LGBT Health Subject Guide featuring eBooks, books, online articles, and more resources on the topic!
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Highlighted eBooks on History of Race & Racism in Medicine:
As a result of COVID, many of our publishers are temporarily providing free online access to select eBooks and journals. Check out several timely eBooks on the history of race and racism in medicine that are currently available:
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Though the library building remains closed, the Medical Library continues to work remotely and is here to support you in your teaching, learning, and research initiatives, as highlighted on our OUWB Medical Library Remote Services webpage.
- Medical Library Closed for Fourth of July Weekend - The Medical Library will be closed Friday, July 3, 2020 in observance of the July 4th holiday weekend. We will respond to your requests on Monday, July 6, 2020. Wishing everyone a safe holiday!
- Phased Kresge Library Building Reopening - OU Libraries and the Medical Library are currently planning a phased reopening of the Kresge Library building. Library policies and procedures will follow Oakland University and the Governor's executive orders, as well as guidelines from the CDC and Michigan Divison of Health. The library will share updates and specific dates as they become available.
Reach out to us anytime via email at medref@oakland.edu or drop by our virtual office hours, Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Google Meet!
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| | Virtual Faculty Series Continues: Coffee Hour with a Librarian
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Join us for the remaining three "Coffee Hour with a Librarian" sessions in July with each session from 10 a.m - 11 a.m. via WebEx. Library faculty will discuss our resources, tools, and services to aid your current teaching and research endeavors and answer your specific questions! Drop in any time during the scheduled hour and bring your own coffee!
- July 1: Copyright in the Virtual Learning Environment
- July 15: New PubMed
- July 29: Assessing & Selecting Journals for Publication
View the series flyer for more information about each session and register with our co-sponsor, the Center for Excellence in Medical Education, here. WebEx login information is available on the calendar invite or contact Misa Mi at mi@oakland.edu!
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| | OUWB Publishes on COVID-19
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by Nancy Bulgarelli, Medical Library Director
In addition to other ways the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives, it has also altered the scientific publishing cycle, with articles on the topic rushing to press. As of June 25, 2020, a search of the PubMed database retrieved 26,216 articles on the topic! A specialized database from the National Library of Medicine called LitCovid presents results graphically and has a helpful interface that allows searching by country, article type, and other key concepts. Check it out!
Here are recent articles on the pandemic by your OUWB colleagues:
- Cappell MS. Moderately severe diarrhea and impaired renal function with COVID-19 infection. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jun;115(6):947-948. PMID: 32453058
- Diokno AC, Devries JM. The impact of COVID-19 on urologic practice, medical education, and training. Int Urol Nephrol. 2020 Jul;52(7):1195-1198. Epub 2020 May 28. PMID: 32468167.
- Gautam M, Kaur M, Mahr G. COVID-19-associated psychiatric symptoms in health care workers: Viewpoint from internal medicine and psychiatry residents. Psychosomatics. 2020 Apr 20:S0033-3182(20)30121-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32439184
- Imam Z, Odish F, Armstrong J, Elassar H, Dokter J, Langnas E, Halalau A. Independent correlates of hospitalization in 2040 patients with COVID-19 at a large hospital system in Michigan, United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jun 9:1–2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32519326
- Imam Z, Odish F, Gill I, O'Connor D, Armstrong J, Vanood A, Ibironke O, Hanna A, Ranski A, Halalau A. Older age and comorbidity are independent mortality predictors in a large cohort of 1305 COVID-19 patients in Michigan, United States. J Intern Med. 2020 Jun 4:10.1111/joim.13119. PMID: 32498135
- Jindal V, Sahu KK, Gaikazian S, Siddiqui AD, Jaiyesimi I. Cancer treatment during COVID-19 pandemic. Med Oncol. 2020 May 29;37(7):58. PMID: 32472216
- Lamb LE, Bartolone SN, Ward E, Chancellor MB. Rapid detection of novel coronavirus/Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification. PLoS One. 2020 Jun 12;15(6):e0234682. PMID: 32530929
- Pandey AS, Daou BJ, Tsai JP, Zaidi SF, Salahuddin H, Gemmete JJ, Oliver MJ, Singer J, Elder TA, Mbabuike N, Adel JG, Gujrati Y, Saleemi MA, Siddiqui FM, Elias AE, Rehman MF, Marin H, Chebl AB, Kole M, Wilseck JM, Kazmierczak CD, Mick JM, Majjhoo AQ, Naravetla BR, Rayes M, Luqman AW, Richards BF, Kelkar P, Burgess R, Thompson BG, Chaudhary N, Mazaris PA, Qahwash O, Razak MA, Jumaa MA; Michigan Stroke Treatment Improvement Collaborative (MISTIC). Letter: COVID-19 pandemic-The bystander effect on stroke care in Michigan. Neurosurgery. 2020 Jun 4:nyaa252. PMID: 32496518.
- Sahu KK, Jindal V, Siddiqui AD. Managing COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer: A Double Blow for Oncologists. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020 May;16(5):223-225. Epub 2020 Apr 17. PMID: 32302270
- Sahu KK, Jindal V, Siddiqui AD, Cerny J, Gerber JM. Convalescent plasma therapy: A passive therapy for an aggressive COVID-19. J Med Virol. 2020 May 21:10.1002/jmv.26047. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32437024.
- Tantisattamo E, Ferrey AJ, Reddy UG, Ichii H, Dafoe DC, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Haddon matrix for kidney transplantation during COVID-19 pandemic: A problem solving framework for present and future. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 20:e13373. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32562597.
- Tantisattamo E, Reddy UG, Duong DK, Ferrey AJ, Ichii H, Dafoe DC, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Hyponatremia: A possible immuno-neuroendocrine interface with COVID-19 in a kidney transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 8:e13355. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32510756.
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Contact Stephanie Swanberg, Editor, Medical Library News at swanberg@oakland.edu
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