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In view of the global concern over the outbreak of the Zika virus, both Elsevier and The Lancet have created a Zika Virus Resource Center on Elsevier Connect with the latest updates, research, reviews, editorials, correspondence and commentary to help healthcare professionals, medical researchers, policy makers, the media and members of the public better understand the outbreak.

The info center is advised by clinicians and professional editors and will be continually updated with the most current research and evidence-based information available.

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MIMS February 2015 Monthly Updates

BMJ Learning is a leading provider of online learning for clinicians. It features over 1,000 evidence-based, independent and peer-reviewed modules to help you keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in healthcare.

Modules are available in a range of interactive formats including video, audio and 3D animation, and take on average 30-45 minutes to complete. You can plan and record your activities in the free BMJ Portfolio, and download certificates as evidence of your learning.

To access BMJ Learning, go to learning.bmj.com/ckn from a computer within the Queensland Health network, or access remotely from the Point of Care section of ckn.org.au.

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October, Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Juliet Marconi: - October is Breast Cancer awareness month.

See the Cairns Hospital Library & Knowledge Centre Oncology specialty guide for library, CKN and other online resources related to oncology and cancer care. Consumer health information page available. http://cairns.health.qld.libguides.com/oncology

The CKN is a proudly QLD resource, and in changing the look and feel we wanted to make it as local as possible. We even thought about using a Maroon colour scheme. Keeping it local and relevant extends to using real QLD clinicians in the images and artwork featured on the site. In fact the new “face of CKN” belongs to Associate Professor Ann Rudden from Robina Hospital, originally from the USA, but now an 18-year Queenslander. We asked Ann to provide a bit of background about herself.

Medications and Mothers' Milk is a comprehensive reference of medications and breastfeeding, providing up-to-date information on each drug and its relative safety in breastfeeding mothers and their infants.

This reference contains all the current science known about medications in this field and provides the reader with exact data on the degree of transfer of medications into human milk, the effect on mother and infant if known, the relative risks to the infant if any, and the adult pharmacokinetics of the medication.

Medications and Mothers' Milk provides explanations of how drugs enter milk, their problems if any, the amount that enters milk, the relative safety of their use in breastfeeding mothers, the relative infant dose.