October 2006 Archives

Looking for statistics about the health of Nevadans? Try these sites:

Nevada only

Health Insurance Coverage for Nevada http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/sdc/health.htm
Nevada Interactive Health Databases http://health2k.state.nv.us/nihds/index.htm
Clark County Health District (CCHD) Statistics http://www.cchd.org/health_statistics.htm Includes a monthly disease report.

All States

MedlinePlus Health Statistics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
CDC Faststats http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/default.htm
statehealthfacts.org http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi

The UNLV Libraries has a subscription to a journal called Caries Research. It is listed in the library catalog at http://ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/login?url=http://www.karger.com/CRE When people have tried to get articles they've been prompted for a user name and password. To avoid this, as soon as you get to the journal page click on "login/admin" on the left side of the publisher's page. Then click on "your subscriptions." At that point you can select the year you want and you will be able to download the article.

Please let me know if you have any problems accessing this or any other journals.

Update 31 October -- Access is now available without having to go through the above steps.

Want to know the fluoride level of a particular area? Check out My Water's Fluoride from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Thomas Scientific has announced that it has nearly doubled its coverage of nursing journals in the Web of Science database.

There was an interesting story on msnbc.com today about the discovery in Egypt of the 4,200 year-old tombs of three dentists that served the Egyptian royal family.