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Dear all, the 99nicu Image Library has opened! Our idea is to create a Library of illustration and images for educational purposes - images of anatomical and (pato-) physiological concepts in neonatal medicine which may be used when we explain things to parents, students or new staff. As our forums, contents of the Image Library is created by you and other members. If you have images you want share with other 99nicu members, please upload those to the Library. Naturally, it is vital that no copyright rules are violated! Please leave feedback on the Image Library here. You navigate to the Image Library from the navigation bar. It is rather self-explanatory…

Hi everyone! We have opened NeonatalStaff - a web site for jobs in neonatal medicine. NeonatalStaff is an independent extension of the 99nicu community. Despite all nice things with a discussion forum of this kind, we thought it would be better to move the job forums to its own web site, for a better focus. You can visit NeonatalStaff directly via www.neonatalstaff.com, or click on the re-directing link on our Message Board. NeonatalStaff shares the same mission as 99nicu, to offer a free and non-commercial resource for professionals in neonatal medicine. Do not hesitate to post jobs there!

As you may have noted... 99nicu is getting a new look and style! We expect most things to work as usual, but some features will be inactive for some time. Enjoy!

The 2009 Lottery - win books from the "Neonatology: Questions and Controversies" series We hereby launch a new book lottery! Actually we launch two different lotteries! The rules are very simple. Win the complete 6-volume set of "Neonatology: Questions and Controversies" Among those who are Supporting Members by the 20th of November 2009, we will randomly choose one to recieve the whole 6-volume set of "Neonatology: Questions and Controversies". Read more about how to sign up for a Supporting Membership here. (right now there are only five supporting members, the odds are good...) Win one of the books in the series "Neonatology: Questions and Con…

The publisher Elsevier offers all 99nicu members a 25% discount on the 6-volume set ”Neonatology: Questions and Controversies” This new book series gives you expert opinions about the hottest topics facing you in clinical practice. Titles in this package cover neurology, cardiovascular, nephrology, pulmonary, gastroenterology and nutrition, and hematology, immunology and infectious diseases. The recommended price for this package is a £199 (€299), but you get a 25% discount and can purchase it for £149 (€225), including package and postage world-wide. Included books in the package (click below for more info): * Neurology * Hematology, Immunology and Infectio…

Why not? Everyone will soon be on Twitter, so why wouldn't 99nicu have its own Twitter-channel? We will twitter new threads (in the open forums) and new blog posts at 99nicu. Follow http://twitter.com/99nicu

We have worked a lot behind the scenes the last few weeks. Now, 99nicu is upgraded to the latest version of the forum software we use. In addition to a lot of technical things that's working better, you will notice that there are a new features... Social Networking! If you think that 99nicu becomes "Facebookish", you're not completely wrong But, our ambition is not only to create a social meeting place for chit-chat. We want to offer a platform for professionals to meet and discuss neonatal medicine. To make 99nicu a busy community, social networking is one of several important features. There are a few things I want to highlight: * Your profile page becom…

We have opened a review section on the Message Board (click here to go there)! I guess we all have searched for reviews on the Internet, on books, new technology, software, medical equipment etc-etc. We figured, there should be a 99nicu review section. It is now opened, and all members can submit reviews there! Naturally, one important mission will be to review medical textbooks. There will be no honorariums involved for the time being, but in addition to learning while reading the latest editions, your book collection will grow!

This is to inform everyone that a new case has been admitted in the virtual NICU at our 99nicu. Kindly contribute your valuable opinion. LINK

Time for a new promotional 99nicu activity. You can win the latest edition of two real classics: Neurology of the Newborn by Volpe or Manual of neonatal care by Cloherty. Please click on the images to read more about those two books. You will be re-directed to the 99nicu-Amazon bookshop. The rules are very simple. The most active member during from the time period 2008-06-10 -- 2008-12-10 will be awarded Neurology of the Newborn. Activity is defined as number of posts. If there are two or more members with exactly the same number of posts, we will choose one of those randomly. Among members who have posted at least once during the time period above, …