Finding Content on Men’s Health from the Summon Search

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In honor of National Men’s Health Week (June 12 – June 18), here is a quick tip for finding men’s health-related content (scholarly articles, books, newspaper articles, etc.) using the search box (Summon) on the Library’s homepage.

  1. Type a simple phrase (or any search terms) into the Summon search box like follows: men’s health
  2. Use the filters in the left sidebar to limit the search results to newspaper articles and magazine articles. Hint: click More… below the CONTENT TYPE filter section
  3. Click APPLY at the top of the page
  4. Limit to content published from 2010-present

The filters built in to Summon are a good way of reducing the overall number of results, especially when searching for a general or broad topic. The remaining set of results for a search on men’s health should now be focused to relatively recent newspaper/magazine sources. You can easily change the filters to retrieve any publication type depending on your needs.

Experiencing Side Effects? Speak Up!

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A new study involving 766 MSK patients, showed that reporting therapy side effects through an online tool not only improved quality of life, but surprisingly, these patients also had longer survival rates compared to patients who followed the standard of care and reported these symptoms at their next doctor’s visit. Not only did the online tool provide an immediate outlet for patients to report issues, lessening the chance of forgetting to mention it to their provider, but nurses received alerts when patients reported severe or worsening symptoms and could respond to the patient immediately, and doctors were able to review these reports at the next visit. According to lead author Dr. Ethan Basch, “Much of this happens between visits when patients are out of sight and out of mind,” This new tool allows doctors to identify problems earlier and lessen the severity of these issues.

Can #CancerDisparities Be Reduced? New @acsglobal Title

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The newly added Cancer Disparities: Causes and Evidence-Based Solutions, edited by Dr. Ronit Elk and Dr. Hope Landrine with the American Cancer Society, presents 15 previously unpublished, evidence-based interventions that can be used to reduce and eliminate cancer disparities.  This resource is one of the first to examine the biological, racial, and socioeconomic factors that influence cancer incidence and survival.

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