Things in the Library 14th February

http://webtaj.com/flowers-red-roses-heart-bouquet-26493.html

Things sweet.... and irritating
I spotted this Tweet yesterday which amused me Dr Paul Coxon (@paulcoxon) tweeted at 10:41 AM on Thu, Feb 13, 2014:

Roses are red

Violets are...

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Things you can give your opinion on
NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the organisation which decides where the majority of Sheffield’s NHS monies should be spent, has been asking people to give opinions on their commissioning plans for the next five years - and there’s now just two weeks left to contribute. Get involved here


Things to read 
From NICE 'Eyes on Evidence' Prenatal valproate exposure and autism in children : A population-based cohort study suggests that the risk of autism may be tripled in children born to mothers who took valproate during pregnancy. Read more here

and...
The Mental Health Foundation have issued a free information pack "Children and young people with learning disabilities - understanding their mental health" which you can download here






and also..
Spotted on PLOS ONE..... "What Are the Effects of Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC)? Overview of Systematic Reviews" read the findings here.
If you haven't come across PLOS ONE yet it is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication which welcomes reports on primary research from any scientific discipline.

Things in the news
Scientists at Strathclyde University have developed a new test to speed up the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The open access article "Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS" can be read here

Things to put in your diary

Sheffield University Medical School is holding an exhibition from June 23rd for six months describing the work of the 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance which consisted of Sheffield doctors, nursing orderlies, nurses, stretcher bearers and chaplains on the Western Front in France during the Great War. Their heroic care of the wounded will be illustrated and how the Royal Army Medical Corps ( R.A.M.C.) efficiently organised the evacuation pathways from the front line back to England in the most horrific war the world has experienced. The care of the wounded returning to Sheffield by the territorial force of the 3rd Northern General Hospital in the city’s hospitals, halls, schools and even cricket pavilions where more than 70,000 wounded soldiers were treated throughout the war will also be described.

Things romantic
Why not spoil the person in your life with this classic pasta dish Pasta Puttanesca from Delia..though possibly best not to tell them what the name means...very easy to make even for a novice.

Even simpler is this cake in a mug - 3 mins in a microwave!