Louis Stokes Library

The Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library (LSHSL) is the Academic Health Sciences Library for Howard University.

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Future updates from the library will be available on Instagram https://t.co/0xQbtOF7ZN, Facebook https://t.co/3HAU93swnY and BlueSky https://t.co/kL3ET5Ged2. Hope to see you there!

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Diabetes impacts more than just blood sugar—it affects well-being, too. This #WDD2024, let��s push for holistic care that supports both physical and mental health. Join the movement with #DiabetesLife. https://t.co/5ifaXAhAnv

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#CaseReview Thursday. More info at https://t.co/nbo4P093Zf or go to https://t.co/03TaSV9DJZ, click on PUBMED and enter the PMID 35228243.

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OSMOSIS New Content Alert! We’re expanding our clinical sciences library. You’re now getting access to new clerkship videos & material about Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Neurology, & Emergency Medicine. You can access this new content on Osmosis today! https://t.co/tkhYMOza5s

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Nov. 10-16 is Natl Nurse Practitioners Week. NPs provide primary, acute & specialty health care to millions of patients. By offering high-quality, patient-centered health care, NPs provide more than 385,000 solutions to our primary care shortage. https://t.co/7X0OrptxqZ #NPWeek

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The library will be closed on Mon, Nov 11 to commemorate Veterans Day. We will reopen on Tue, Nov 12. To honor the history of Black people in the military here are "100 Vintage Photos Of Black Soldiers Fighting Wars For America": https://t.co/SIPabJPjfm #BlackHistory

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Benjamin Banneker was born on Nov. 9, 1791, and was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, and farmer. He helped survey territory for the U.S. capital. #BlackHistory More info at (WHHA) https://t.co/ijqDKbndBF

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November is Native American Indian and & Alaska Native Heritage Month. View our digital bookshelf in the Health Humanities at https://t.co/B3w2w86fln and our resource guide at https://t.co/ga75Ub1NM3. #IndigenousHeritage #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

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The library will be closed from Mon, Nov. 4th - Thu, Nov. 7th. We will reopen on Friday, Nov. 8th. Librarians will be available virtually during this time at [email protected] and library resources will continue to be available 24/7 at https://t.co/P7wOVEWs0v.

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"First, do no harm"? This #Halloween enjoy a movie or TV show that puts the macabre in medicine. There's a lot of #MedicalHorror with frightening doctors (Silence of the Lambs), med students (Flatliners) & freaky pharmaceuticals (The Substance). More here: https://t.co/N5wEO2LiXk

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Martha Franklin, a Black nurse & activist was born today in 1870. She founded & was the first president of the Nat'l Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) which merged with the American Nurses Association in 1951. She died in 1968. https://t.co/eUWiNKxFpB #BlackHistory

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October is #LGBTQHistoryMonth. "In LGBTQ history, health has always meant more than simply charting rates of various illnesses and treatments, as the concept has been so crucial in defining and redefining LGBTQ people and communities"- LGBTQ & HEALTH (NPS) https://t.co/QYeNQGoCqn

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Good jobs change lives, & all workers—including disabled workers—deserve the opportunity to prepare for, obtain & succeed in them. Reflecting this, “Access to Good Jobs for All” is this year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM) theme. https://t.co/KAn02U091g

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On #BlackPoetryDay, Audre Lorde's "The Cancer Journals" blends poetry, journals, & essays, highlighting the humanities' role in medicine. As a Black lesbian feminist poet facing cancer, she explored her representation and journey. Online & at HU libraries. https://t.co/C3bkVPqK3Z

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Did you know this week is Emergency Nurses Week? Join us in thanking, and celebrating, emergency nurses around the world. It is also a great time to get others excited about the profession. Learn more at https://t.co/xC2TXpZ9AG. #ENWeek @ENAorg

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A large educational expense for students & faculty is associated with obtaining books, journals, publishers, etc. However, you'll find information on free open-access books, journals, publishers, etc. at our site on our #OpenAccess Resource Guide at https://t.co/49BKEIcm20. #OER

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In October we recognize #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. It's important to be prepared and know how to support loved ones facing cancer. After 30 years of working with breast cancer patients, we have suggestions to navigate these sensitive conversations. https://t.co/YWsmaF8v9y @nbcf

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September is #SickleCellAwarenessMonth. Learn more about #SickleCell disease, the challenges experienced by patients, their families, and caregivers, and how advancing SCD #research can help change lives: https://t.co/fcxbN599Qg @BloodHealthEd

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The library is now open with regular hours. Thank you all for your patience while we dealt with the unexpected power outage. https://t.co/fuGzxa9n3a