Is it Just a Game? Performance and Ethics in Sports Medicine

Sports medicine performance and ethics was the theme of the 9th Annual Houston Conference on Health Informatics held at the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science on May 27, 2005. Laura Wilkinson, 2000 Olympic Platform Diving Gold Medallist and 2004 World Cup Gold Medallist, was the featured speaker, addressing the topic Overcoming Injury and Adversity. read more

WiFi Available to HAM-TMC Library Card Holders
The HAM-TMC Library has a new high speed wireless internet system "hot-spot" for clients with wireless laptops and PDAs. The network is open to all clients free of charge without filters. No special encryption settings or passwords are required. All you need is a wireless enabled device that supports the WiFi standard 802.3b or 802.3g. Utilizing the IEEE 802.3g standard, the system offers connections up to 54 Mbps while maintaining compatibility for older 802.11 devices. The multiple access point network provides easy access to available Library content and to destinations on the Internet from virtually anywhere in the Library. read more

New Spell Checking Feature in PubMed
Added to PubMed a few months ago to suggest alternative spellings for search terms. Terms entered with a tag field [mh], [ti], [tw], will not generate alternative spellings however. read more

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Other speakers and topics included Peter Davis, PhD, Director of Coaching and Sport Sciences, US Olympic Committee, Technology in Sports Enhancement; Coach John Herndon, CH Basketball Skills, Private Basketball Instruction, Healthy Coaching and Winning; Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr., MD, Executive Vice President for External Affairs, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Member, World Anti Doping Agency, Steroids and Drug Testing; John Eliot, PhD, Rice University Department of Kinesiology and National Center for Human Performance, Ethics of Performance Enhancement.

Conference attendees were welcomed by Richard E. Wainerdi, PhD, President of the Texas Medical Center and Elizabeth K. Eaton, PhD, Executive Director of the HAM-TMC Library.
Clients may see other "hot-spots" from neighboring institutions so it is important to note that the Library's network link will begin with "HAM-TMCL..."

All clients are expected to be familiar with their own devices as the Library will not be able to provide technical assistance.

Please note: The Library's wireless network is not secure. The Library assumes no responsibility for incidents which may occur related to access to the Library's WiFi network.
If you type the word "cardiovacilar", the system will return zero results and will display the following message: Did you mean: cardiovascular and give you the number of citations retrieved with the right spelling.
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