New Database Trial Available: Natural Standard

The Health Sciences Library is offering a free trial of Natural Standard on the library’s website (hslibrary.ucdenver.edu) through August 31, 2010. Natural Standard offers clinical decision support for dietary supplements, herbs, vitamins, minerals, non-prescription drugs, functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions with an integrative approach to healthcare. Natural Standard features:

• Up to date information on thousands of topics
• Foreign language articles included in literature capture
• Comparative efficacy charts with validated & reproducible evidence grades
• News and events- scientific research updates, products recalls, contaminants, regulatory affairs
• Interaction checker screens international drugs, herbs, foods, supplements, nutrient depletion, labs, brand names, generics, OTCs
• Adverse Effects, Precautions/Contraindications, Dosing/Toxicology, Products Studied, Interactions, Pregnancy/Lactation Data, Medical Conditions, Genomics/Proteomics
• Pharmacology/Mechanism of Action, Pharmacodynamics/Kinetics, Evidence Table, Clinical Trial Analysis, 3rd Party Tested Brands
• Symptom checker, interactive calculators, blog, audio, podcast
• CE modules for multiple healthcare disciplines

Special Collections Featured Book for July

Figs, dates, laurel, and myrrh: plants of the Bible and the Quran By Lytton John Musselman

Indigenous QV 770 JA2 M989f 2007

“I love plants. I love the Bible. And living and working in several Arab countries has given me a deep appreciation of Islamic culture and the Quran.  This book reflects these passions and my desire to share and to celebrate the lore of plants and their uses as expressed in the Bible and the Quran – whether the plants are obscure, noxious, utilitarian, or cultic species….”

The Literature of Prescription – Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-Paper”