One of our alert readers suggested that I try out Biomedsearch.com. BioMedSearch claims to be most comprehensive biomedical search engine available with data gathered from PubMed/Medline, unpublished data from PubMed, theses, dissertations, and unique full text documents. I have found BioMedSearch to have a straightforward interface with relevant and useful search results. I thought our […]
New books and book categories have been steadily added to the Recommend Reading section of BMED Report. This turned out to be a highly accessed part of our website, and readers who use embedded links to purchase featured books support our continued operation. The latest book category additions are Electromedicine and Consumer Self-Help. Both of […]
BMED Report previously featured a free learning website in Academic Earth Offers Free Video Lectures From Prestigious Universities and Scholars. Today, your attention is called to the Open Courseware Consortium (OCC). The OCC is made up of 200 participating educational institutions that span more than 30 countries who offer free online educational courses. The catch […]
Better late than never, but I just learned that September 2009 is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Recovery Month is an annual observance that takes place during the month of September. The Recovery Month observance highlights the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment, praises the contributions of treatment providers, and promotes the message […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIMH) maintains their steady release of free, evidence-based mental health resources for the general public with their latest ebook, “Treatment of Children with Mental Disorders.” Parents who are faced with child behavior problems and are uncertain what to do may find this publication’s easy-to-read question and answer format to be […]
BMED Report readers learned about the excellent healthy eating website Nutrition.gov earlier this year. Now the federal government has launched another free science-based food website appropriately named FoodSafety.gov. FoodSafety.gov seeks to alert and inform the general public on important public health/food -related topics. Check the end of this report for a link to this website. […]
The National Institute of Health (NIMH) released its latest mental health ebook written for the general public in “When Unwanted Thoughts Take Over: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.” These free NIMH publications make great psychoeducational patient handouts as well. Although these ebooks always highlight the latest pharmacotherapies, they often include recommendations for at least one or more psychological […]
In over 20 years of teaching college classes, CUNY Professor Bill Ferns has met many students who were suffering from mental distress. Some were severe cases, such as the student he witnessed having a psychotic episode, while others were more subtle, like the student facing family pressure to go into a career he didn’t want […]
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