APHA's Get Ready Campaign

APHA's Get Ready Campaign: Check Emergency Stockpile Kits When Setting Back Clocks on November 1*** When we adjust your clocks this weekend , the American Public Health Association would like us to "check our stocks" as part of their campaign to raise awareness of the importance of having a stocked emergency preparedness kit complete with food, water and first aid supplies.

September 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following usage statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of September 2009.

•There were a total of 1,104 visits averaging 45 visits per day.
•Visitors use minutes per day ranged from a high 255.75 of to a low of 1.4.
•89.84% usage was from the United States. The next highest was the United Kingdom with 1.68%.
•The top ten cities visiting the site were: Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; New York, NY; Denver, CO; Washington D.C.; Redmond, WA; Westminster, CA; Blueridge, VA; London, UK; and Galveston, TX.
•Wednesday was the day that recorded the most visits; Sunday was the day that recorded the least.

Pillbox

The National Library of Medicine has released a new product in beta called Pillbox http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/. This website allows you to identify pills using the shape, color, size, scoring and imprint.

Site of the Month-September

September is National Suicidology Awareness Month.

The American Association of Suicidology works to develop strategies that reduce the incidence and prevalence of suicidal behavior.

http://www.suicidology.org/

August 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following usage statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of August 2009.

• There were a total of 1,226 visits averaging 46 visits per day.
• Visitors use minutes per day ranged from a high 177.27 of to a low of 0.
• 86.847% usage was from the United States. The next highest was the United Kingdom with 2.29%.
• The top ten cities visiting the site were: Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Westminster, CA; London, UK; Lyon, France; Galveston, TX; Washington D.C.; Redmond, WA; and Austin, TX.
• Wednesday was the day that recorded the most visits; Sunday was the day that recorded the least.

HealthDay TV

MedlinePlus launched HealthDay TV today, a new multimedia feature for the health news section of the Web site. Each weekday, MedlinePlus will display a new HealthDay TV news video, covering the latest news in medical research in an easy-to-understand, consumer-friendly format. In addition to the weekday videos, a Saturday summary video will appear as a wrap-up of the previous week’s headlines. The HealthDay TV videos are only available on the English version of MedlinePlus.

Please visit the MedlinePlus News page to see the new video content.

Hurricane Resources

Click here for a link to the HAM-TMC Library hurricane resources page. This is full of information on preparedness, recovery, non-profit organizations and health information.

Site of the Month-August

August is Psoriasis Awareness Month.

The National Psoriasis Foundation has grown to be the largest psoriasis patient advocacy organization in the world.

http://www.psoriasis.org/netcommunity/home

July 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following use statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of July 2009:

* There were a total of 1,211 visits averaging 50 visits per day.
* Visitor use minutes per day ranged from a high of 320 to a low of 14.
* 83.32% usage was from the United States. The next highest was India with 3.49%.
* The top ten cities visiting the site were: Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Mumbai, India; Denver, CO; Lyon, France; Austin, TX; Ft. Worth, TX; Beaumont, TX; Moscow, Russian Federation; Washington D.C.
* Tuesday was the day that recorded the most visits; Sunday was the day that recorded the least.

June 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following use statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of June 2009:

* There were a total of 1,211 visits averaging 46 visits per day.
* Visitor use minutes per day ranged from a high of 184 to a low of 11.
* 86% usage was from the United States. The next highest was India with 1.64%.
* Top ten cities visiting the site were: Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Westminster, CA; Beaumont, TX; Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Ft. Worth, TX; Galveston, TX; Bethesda, MD; Moscow, Russian Federation.
* Tuesday was the day that recorded the most visits; Saturday was the day that recorded the least.

May 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following use statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of May 2009:

• There were a total of 1,371 visits averaging 44 visits per day.
• Visitor use minutes per day ranged from a high of 153 to a low of 2.
• 82.49% of usage was from the United States; the next highest usage was from Poland at 2.41%.
• The top 10 cities visiting the site were Houston TX, Dallas TX, Denver CO, Warsaw Poland, Moscow Russian Federation, Austin TX, Fort Worth TX, Frankfurt Germany, Atlanta GA, and Galveston TX.
• Wednesday was the day that recorded the most visits; Saturday was the day that recorded the least.

April 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following use statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of April 2009:

There were a total of 1,441 visits averaging 48 visits per day.
Visitor use minutes per day ranged from a high of 210 to a low of 3.4.
85.5% of usage was from the United States; the next highest usage was from Western Europe at 5.41%.The top 10 cities visiting the site were Marina Del Rey,CA, Houston,TX, Chantilly, VA, Dallas, TX, Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, Beaumont, TX, Atlanta, GA, Washington, D.C., Plano,TX. Thursday was the day that recorded the most visits; Saturday was the day that recorded the least.

Website for Medication Info: DailyMed

The FDA’s database of approved labels, DailyMed, now includes an image search interface. Find the medication images by color, shape, size, imprints, and scoring by using the Product Identification System on the left menu bar.

DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. This information includes FDA approved labels (package inserts). This Web site provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides this as a public service and does not accept advertisements.

H1N1 (Swine Flu) Resources

The HAM-TMC Library has developed a website to helpful links for ongoing news and updates about the H1N1 virus.

March 2009 Use Statistics

The National Library of Medicine has recorded the following use statistics for the Go Local Texas Gulf Coast website for the month of March 2009:

• There were a total of 1,549 visits averaging 49 visits per day.
• Visitor use minutes per day ranged from a high of 1,408 to a low of 12.
• 84.96% of usage was from the United States; the next highest usage was from western Europe at 6.84%.
• The top 10 cities visiting the site were Houston TX, Dallas TX, Chicago IL, Denver CO, Austin TX, Atlanta GA, Plano TX, Galveston TX, Baltimore MD, and Hanoi Viet Nam.
• Monday was the day that recorded the most visits; Saturday was the day that recorded the least.