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Abuzz this Week, Clinical Trials, Mesh and Critical Questioning

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Stat News Gut Check questions whether Clinical Trials overstate the effectiveness of cancer drugs for most patients. A recent piece in JAMA Oncology and a 2016 study looking at differences in trial patients versus regular patients may indicate that they do.

Hey Medical Librarians, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get acquainted with the new MeSH Browser!

From the ACRLog (Association of College and Research Libraries) comes a timely discussion on of the importance – and difficultly – of asking critical questions. On Critical Habits of Mind, by Veronica Arellano Douglas concludes, “Critical questioning is not just an information literacy or academic skill, it’s a life practice and habit of mind we’ll need in the years to come.” With the confusion and uncertainty following the election and the debate about fake news gaming social media algorithms, it is crucial for everyone, not just librarians or researchers, to practice and teach critical thinking skills.

@HeliyonJournal Is New!

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Heliyon, an #openaccess journal from Elsevier, has recently been added to our library collection.  Heliyon is a home for quality research papers across all disciplines and provides editorial excellence, fast publication, and high visibility.  Any paper reporting original and technically sound results of primary research, which adheres to accepted ethical and scientific publishing standards, will be published regardless of its perceived impact. Authors interested in publishing in Heliyon should consult the journal’s Author Guide.

Heliyon may be found in our eJournal A-Z listing, or by searching Summon.

Sleep Habits, Immuno-Oncology and More…

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The latest in Cancer Research:

  • Researchers at the American Technion Society have developed a new diagnostic technology to determine which anticancer drugs will work best for a specific patient — before treatment even begins. Read more about innovation in Nature Communications.
  • According to a study published in the Annals of Medicine, men who have worked night shifts for more than 20 years, or who work night shifts without daytime napping, or sleep for more than ten hours per night on average may have an increased risk of cancer.
  • A recent paper published in Cancer Control, examines the landscape of current knowledge and gaps in genomics and genetics in Latinas with breast cancer.
  • One of the more talked about topics in current cancer research is immuno-oncology, where drug therapy such as immuno-therapies targets the body’s immune system to fight cancer. This article sponsored by AstraZeneca sheds further light on this therapeutic approach.