Mobile Technology and Health Care

Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health, recently spoke with NIH MedlinePlus magazine about the impact of cell phone technolgies on global health...Continue Reading, 'Mobile Technology and Health Care, From NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins'

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Feature: National Library of Medicine 175th Anniversary

In 1836, the library of the U.S. Army Surgeon General consisted of a small collection of medical books on one shelf. Today, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest biomedical library... Continue Reading, 'National Library of Medicine 175th Anniversary'

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