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      My main reaction is amazement at how much information students have only a click away. Back in my elementary school days we could only use the encyclopedia IN the library.

       I looked up Tapir  and found that while there was more information and a more advanced vocabulary in the Middle School level, both levels had the full set of images.

      In Britannica High School I searched Eritrea. finding a 26 page article.

      I liked the fact that the very first page contains a map which can be zoomed in on. For students weak on geography, it helps to locate the country first and then the zoom feature shows more details.  I suspect the favorite info on the right hand bar will be the “quick facts”, but the links to the web’s best sites would be terrific as well.

     The Workspace is great – no need to print or take notes until all the material is gathered.

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First I used One Search to look for  “statins and memory loss”

then I refined to items with full text online

 

statins and memory loss returned 4,333 results  

 

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then I refined to items with full text online and got down to 1,512 results

 

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  I went to  

 

 

 

 

by JPMS

Journal of Pakistan Medical Students, ISSN 2222-2332, 02/2012

Jithendra Chimakurthy,Talasila EGK Murthy (Bapatla College of Pharmacy, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India) (Pages 53-57)

 

I read the abstract  

 

Rosuvastatin-treated group (negative control) did not show any decrease in the time taken to cross the 3rd door when compared to the time taken to cross the 1st door. Treatment with curcumin at both 5 and 10mg/kg showed a significant decrease (p<0.001) in the time taken to cross the 3rd door when compared to the time taken to cross the 1st door and were comparable with that of piracetam-treated group.  


  and then tried “download PDF”  finding that with my home connection speed it was taking forever and another time I would stay with the online text.  


IV  I then refined by date limiting to articles from Jan 2010 to Sept 2012  and got   466 results


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then went to

 

 

 

by Sophie Borland

Daily Mail, ISSN 0307-7578, 01/19/2011, p. 7

They warn statins should only be prescribed to those with heart disease, or who have suffered the condition in the past…

 

Newspaper Article

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and decided I didn’t want newspaper articles and refined search to exclude those,  lowering the results to 242


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Harvard Women’s Health Watch, ISSN 1070-910X, 06/2012

…Statins and women What you need to know about these cholesterol-lowering medicines. If you’ve been having trouble controlling your cholesterol levels, your… Statins, Blood cholesterol,Demographic aspects, Usage, Heart diseases

 

I only found the abstract and at that point realized it was WAY too late and went to bed.

 

 

 

Statins and women: What you need to know about these cholesterol-lowering medicines.

Source:

Harvard Women’s Health Watch; Jun2012, Vol. 19 Issue 10, p3-4, 2p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

*HEART — Diseases

*HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA

*PATIENTS — Safety measures

*SEX distribution (Demography)

*WOMEN

*STATINS (Cardiovascular agents)

Abstract:

The article discusses the benefits and risks of taking statin drugs to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol which causes heart diseases. It cites various studies which revealed the drugs’ ability to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and heart-related deaths. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the side effects of statin drugs such as memory loss and confusion and increased blood sugar levels. INSET: Other ways to lower cholesterol.

ISSN:

1070910X

Accession Number:

75914815

Database:

Academic Search Complete

 

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