Things in the library 28 Feb ....

Things about depression and exercise...
This article in The Lancet Psychiatry  concludes that sedentary behaviour displaces light activity throughout adolescence, and is associated with a greater risk of depressive symptoms at 18 years of age. Increasing light activity and decreasing sedentary behaviour during adolescence could be an important target for public health interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence of depression

Things about Health Visitors...

The Institute of Health Visiting has just published a report on the State of Health Visiting in England, the results from a survey of 1040 practising health visitors. The full report can be accessed here

Things about Book sale...
Link to updated list of books available for sale in the library, 40 more title have been added.

More things about old books...
Books that we don't sell are collected by Better World Books, they sell second-hand books online and also.help to provide a steady stream of books to be digitised by the Internet Archive. Any book that does not yet exist in digital form will go into a pipeline for future digitisation, preservation and access. Every time you purchase a book from BetterWorldBooks, they donate a book to someone in need. The books they donate go to hundreds of non-profit organisations – you can see them on their Impact Map. In particular, Books for Africa and Feed the Children partner with them to take large numbers of donated books and get them to people who need them.

Things about science...
Discovery Night returns on Friday 13 March 2020.   From 4 - 8pm University of Sheffield's laboratories and lecture theatres will be open to the public for an evening of science for the whole family. There'll be talks, exciting demonstrations and hands on activities from across science, engineering, medicine and dentistry. Full programme:  www.sheffield.ac.uk/discoverynight
There will be plenty of fun science activities for children, and lots of opportunities to put on a lab coat and have a go yourself.  Find out about our research and get inspired by science.
Everyone is welcome and the event is free so bring your friends and family and spread the word.  Recommended age 5+.Everyone welcome. No booking required, just turn up.
Venue - Firth Court and the Alfred Denny Building
Date - Friday 13 March, 16:00 - 20:00

Things about organ and tissue donation...

From 20 May 2020, organ donation in England will move to an 'opt out' system. You may also hear it referred to as 'Max and Keira's Law'. This means that all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have recorded a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups.

Things about epilepsy...
Developed in partnership with Epilepsy Action, SUDEP Action and Young Epilepsy, this Epilepsy Toolkit will support systems to understand the priorities in epilepsy care and key actions to take. It provides opportunity to assess and benchmark current systems to find opportunities for improvement. It is produced with reference to an expert group of stakeholders and is supported by NICE.

Things to attend...
Reading group on 4th March  will be discussing Day of the Triffids, come and join us 17:15 in the Illingworth Library, F Floor Stephenson Wing.

Things to eat...
With the snow falling outside and all the miserable wetness everywhere it is definitely still time for comfort food. This butternut squash and chickpea curry from Tom Kerridge is easy to make and is also vegan.

Things in the library 15th December...

Christmas greetings to all our readers

Things to eat and drink...

Blog readers (and others) can call into the library next week and enjoy a free mini chocolate roll and some non-alcoholic mulled 'wine' with us (while stocks last) - just come to the counter and ask.

Things about Marmite...
The next journal club will be Thursday 21 December, 8.00 to 9.00 in the Education and Skills Centre, F Floor, Stephenson Wing. Title: Marmite and Migraines: Should we be Recommending Riboflavin as Migraine Prophylaxis in Young People? Contact the library for the papers.

Things about the library closing hours...

Next Thursday 21 Dec the library will be closed during the day as we will be enjoying ourselves stocktaking.....dust...heavy lifting....burn a few calories before Christmas feasting... we are open again on Friday 22nd Dec. 

We are then closed from Dec 25th to Jan 1st and we re-open on Tuesday 2nd Jan at our normal hours of 8:45 to 19:00. As always a 'book returns' box is situated outside the library  when we are closed.




Things coming soon...
New Year, New Resolutions and a New Service...we are launching a new service in January...find out more in the New Year...watch this space!


Things about organ donation...

The government have launched a consultation about organ and tissue donation. They wants to know what people think about proposed changes in which people are considered willing to be an organ donor after their death, unless they have ‘opted out’. The defining issues of the new system are:

• how much say families have in their deceased relative’s decision to donate their organs
• when exemptions to ‘opt-out’ would be needed, and what safeguards would be necessary
• how a new system might affect certain groups depending on age, disability, race or faith

Things about reading...

A small study was published in Acta Paediatrica this week that compared the time spent using screen-based media or reading books on the functional connectivity of the reading-related brain regions in children aged 8-12. They found that time spent reading was positively correlated with higher functional connectivity between the seed area and left-sided language, visual and cognitive control regions. In contrast, screen time was related to lower connectivity between the seed area and regions related to language and cognitive control. They conclude that: screen time and time spent reading books showed different effects on functional connectivity between the visual word form area and language, visual and cognitive-control regions of the brain. These findings underscore the importance of children reading to support healthy brain development and literacy and limiting screen time. 

Things about breastfeeding...

Offering new mothers financial incentives may significantly increase low breastfeeding rates, new research from the University of Sheffield and the University of Dundee has found. More than 10,000 new mothers across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire were involved in the ground breaking study which offered shopping vouchers worth up to £120 if their babies received breast milk (breastfeeding or expressed milk) at two days, 10 days and six weeks old. A further £80 of vouchers was available if their babies continued to receive breast milk up to six months. Breastfeeding levels in the UK are some of the lowest in the world – in some areas just 12 per cent of six to eight week-old babies are breastfed. The trial, funded by the National Prevention Research Initiative and Public Health England, saw an increase of six percentage points in the areas where the scheme was offered, compared with those areas where the scheme was not available. Full article in JAMA Pediatrics is available via Open Athens for SCH staff. 

Things about Medical Education...

Coaching has been employed successfully in the competitive sports, professional music, and business and corporate worlds. It is now emerging as a training modality in medical education.This paper reviews the current evidence on coaching strategies for doctors and medical students and identifies strong evidence to support coaching as a method to improve technical skills. There is great scope for further studies investigating the power of coaching in medical students and doctors.

Something Paddington would like...

I love the sound of this Nigel Slater recipe for Marmalade pears with vanilla ice cream (scroll down the page) and hope to try it out over the Festive Season....without getting too sticky! 

This is the last blog of 2017 so we look forward to presenting you with further 'things' in 2018 and hope you all have

a Happy New Year!