World Digital Library – April 2009

Here is a fantastic new resource, the World Digital Library , which just launched in April 2009. It makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, and includes manuscripts, maps, books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, and photographs. You can browse by place, time, [...]

The Cochrane Library is now free for all Canadians!

  About a year ago, I wrote a blog post entitled Cochrane Library: Free access for all?  Well, this has come to Canada, as a pilot project.  The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre announced on April 15 that everyone in Canada is now able to access the full contents of the Cochrane Library. From the announcement:
The Canadian [...]

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007

  According to a national survey, in the United States in 2007, 38% of adults and 12% of children used complementary and alternative medicine. The survey is posted on the Web site of NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine):  http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camstats/2007/   PDF version
This report presents selected estimates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among U.S. [...]

Neck Pain and the Decade of the Bone and Joint 2000–2010 – Open Access!

The special supplement published in Spine in February 2008 has been republished with permission elsewhere. The European Spine Journal has published the Bone and Joint Decade articles on neck pain as v. 17, Supplement 1. The great news is, the whole supplement is available on PubMed Central.
European Spine Journal Volume 17 (Suppl 1);  April 2008
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