The UC Berkeley libraries have a new system for scanning or making copies of printed materials, and for printing from our public computers. Traditional photocopiers have been replaced with BookScan stations. You may print on paper, or scan directly to a… more »

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) announces its 2012 Student Research Contest. PCD is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in chronic disease prevention and health promotion. The journal is… more »

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) produces the Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed): http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT. LactMed is a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be expose… more »

The Knight Digital Media Center at UCB's Graduate School of Journalism has made available several dozen online tutorials. All are freely available. Topics include: buying and using video cameras, web development, podcasting, using Flash, creatin… more »

"Blood tests designed to detect active tuberculosis (TB) are inaccurate and should be banned, the World Health Organization has said. More than 2 million such tests are carried out annually, but the WHO says they are unethical and lead to misdiagnos… more »