Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

open clip art

i’m working on my poster for the upcoming medical library association conference and came across a free clip art site.  it’s called “open clip art,” and every image there is in the public domain.  i found a very nice magnifying … Continue reading

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World Health Day

Today is World Health Day. An issues paper posted at the WHO site notes the following as key issues you may wish to consider regarding the theme of this year’s World Health Day, international health security: emerging diseases economic stability … Continue reading

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it’s been such a good fruits and veggies day

i know i don’t usually eat enough fruits and veggies, who does?  okay, janis does, but she is a special case.  but today i have done a good job: a banana and orange at breakfast, half an avocado and small … Continue reading

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the divine download

Wired has a new article about a doctor practicing what is probably best be described as “complementary therapies.” “The Divine came to me and said, Zhi Gang, transmit my soul software — a spiritual program — to humanity for healing,” … Continue reading

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placebo journal goes bloggy!

we have a casual reading section in our library in which we house some popular periodicals, including the placebo journal, a medical satire publication.  i was happy to learn that they now also publish a blog (http://placebojournal.blogspot.com/index.html).  doesn’t that make … Continue reading

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if you use pubmed, check out this new article organizational program

i just downloaded the preview version of “papers” on my mac at home. wow, what a cool program. it opens like itunes, organizes like itunes, but instead of organizing music it organizes articles you retrieve from pubmed. you can read … Continue reading

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