Because most plant-based foods are under “plants” instead of “food” in PubMed, articles on cranberries may not be retrieved in a search for Food. By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu Part of the problem in searching for food in PubMed is that it’s often the case that there’s a fuzzy border between betweenContinue reading “PubMed Food Problem: Cranberry & Cranberries | Update”
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PubMed Food Problem: Cruciferous Vegetables
To do a PubMed search for cruciferous vegetables that includes such species as Radish and Arugula, each species must be done separately. By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu In order to do successful searches for cruciferous vegetables in PubMed, it helps to know exactly what “cruciferous” means, which makes it easier to understandContinue reading “PubMed Food Problem: Cruciferous Vegetables”
PubMed Food Problem: Red Meat
By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence As we’ve discussed before, searching for “red meat” in PubMed is difficult because the subject is poorly covered in the MeSH vocabulary. Not only is there not a term for “red meat,” but there are also no MeSH terms for specific kinds of red meat (beef, pork, etc.). ThereContinue reading “PubMed Food Problem: Red Meat”
PubMed Food Problem – Olive Oil
By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence *** This article is no longer accurate. In 2016, the National Library of Medicine added a MeSH term for Olive Oil, as we were hoping when we wrote the article.*** Olive oil as a healthy food is a highly popular topic among consumers. It’s also popular among researchers, asContinue reading “PubMed Food Problem – Olive Oil”
PubMed Food Problem: Cranberry & Cranberries
By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence Part of the problem in searching for food in PubMed is that it’s often the case that there’s a fuzzy border between between food and medicine. A food that is enjoyed for its taste and general nutritional benefits may have properties that make it therapeutic for specific health conditions.Continue reading “PubMed Food Problem: Cranberry & Cranberries”
Is Chocolate A Food? A Problem In PubMed – 2016 Update
Because most plant-based foods are under “plants” instead of “food” in PubMed, articles on chocolate may not be retrieved in a search for Food. By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu As we’ve written, searching for plant-based foods (PBFs) in PubMed is difficult because of the way the MeSH system is organized. This isContinue reading “Is Chocolate A Food? A Problem In PubMed – 2016 Update”
Is Chocolate A Food? A Problem In PubMed
By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence [Check out additional articles on PubMed & Plant-Based Foods] As we’ve written, searching for food-related subjects in PubMed is difficult because of the way the MeSH system is organized. Plant-based foods are especially difficult because in most cases they are treated mainly as plants rather than food. One result of treating plant-basedContinue reading “Is Chocolate A Food? A Problem In PubMed”
Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search – Revised 2016
By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu As we discussed in an article earlier this year, searching for nutrition in PubMed has improved greatly since NLM brought the subject together in one explosion (Diet, Food, and Nutrition). This ability to search the field of nutrition easily has helped in searching for plant-based foods [PBFs]Continue reading “Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search – Revised 2016”
Great but Hidden: PubMed’s New Diet, Food, and Nutrition Explosion
By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu As we have written, NLM made a great improvement in introducing the new explosion for Diet, Food, and Nutrition. Before that was introduced this year, each of the three elements in the explosion had to be searched separately because they were not in the same explosion. SoContinue reading “Great but Hidden: PubMed’s New Diet, Food, and Nutrition Explosion”
Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search – Revised 2016
By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu Searching for nutrition topics in PubMed is tricky. It’s especially difficult to search for plant-based foods (PBF’s). In 2014, we published an article that addresses this problem that contained a hedge for searching for PBF’s. A few months ago, the National Library of Medicine introduced a new explosionContinue reading “Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search – Revised 2016”