‘Morning People’ May Have a Lower Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

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Researchers at the University of Bristol presented a study this week at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Glasgow which details the importance of sleep health and the circadian rhythm. The researchers analyzed their data via Mendelian randomization, which “uses genetic variants associated with possible risk factors, such as sleep characteristics, to investigate whether they are involved in causing diseases such as breast cancer.” Continue reading →

Live December 3rd: JAMAEvidence!

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JAMAEvidence, a new library addition, is the premiere online source for learning, teaching and practicing evidence-based medicine. This online resource provides fundamental tools for understanding and applying medical literature and making clinical diagnoses.

Special features include

  • The leading references in evidence-based medicine: Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd Edition, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, and
    Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience
  • Core topics in evidence-based medicine
  • Custom syllabus options
  • Evidence glossary
  • Learning tools featuring customizable worksheets and self-assessment quizzes

JAMAEvidence will be available via OneSearch on the Library website on December 3rd!

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Excluding Medline Citations in Other Databases

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Since articles indexed in Medline are also indexed in other major biomedical databases, many databases include a way to remove citations indexed in Medline from results. This can come in handy if you have already run a search in PubMed/Medline, and you only want to view the unique citations.

 

In Embase you can use a simple and visual way of excluding publications also indexed in Medline:

  • Click on the Sources tab in the left column. You will see a Venn Diagram representing the sources of records for your search results.
  • Click on the Embase only section to highlight.
  • Click on Apply.

 

Note that this method has some limitations and may not remove 100% of the articles that were retrieved in your PubMed search.