Health and Science: Health Resources

CancerNet The National Cancer Institute offers up-to-date information for cancer patients as well as physicians on cancer prevention, prognosis, staging and treatment, drugs, support, screening, and clinical trials. Computer-Related Repetitive Stress Injury This page details RSI (a very serious injury from using keyboards and mice): major symptoms, prevention measures, what to do if symptoms already exist, and where to learn more. Search this site's domain using HotBot. Try RSI +posture. Doctor's Guide to the Internet Medical news, sites of the week, new drugs or indications, doctor's feedback, and an Internet-resource section. Extremely thorough. Search this site's domain using HotBot: Environmental Organization WebDirectory "Earth's biggest environmental search engine." Agriculture to energy to recycling - there's a lot here. Essential Links to Medical Resources This site provides online resources to medical directories, newsletters, libraries, and facilities, as well as an index of diseases, medicine, and other health-related matters. The Global Health Network This is an attempt to network everyone engaged in public health and prevention worldwide. Health On the Net Foundation A thorough listing of hospitals on the Internet, Net medical support communities (listservers, newsgroups, and FAQs), and telemedicine resources. The HON Foundation is a nonprofit located in Geneva, Switzerland, whose mission is to build and support the international health and medical community on the Net. Search the Net for medical resources with MedHunt: HIV.NET This is the European information center for HIV and AIDS that includes raw data, links to other relevant Net resources, and an information-exchange desk. Search this site's domain using HotBot: Informed Drug Guide This site provides information on 100 drugs and claims that each was "selected in such a way that approximately 90 percent of all the problems occurring in primary medicine can be dealt with adequately [with these drugs] as long as the problem can be treated pharmacologically." It is meant to be considered an aid to daily practice. Search this site's domain using HotBot: Knowledge Exchange Network KEN, developed by the National Center for Mental Health Services, is a large source of information and resources on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services for mental illness. KEN provides information about mental health via toll-free telephone services, an electronic bulletin board, and publications. There's also a searchable database of mental-health resources around the country and in your community. Search this site's domain using HotBot: MD Interactive MD Interactive is a free medical-information service provided to the public by physicians from MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospitals, and Beth Israel Hospital. The site's frequently updated info falls under general practice, obstetrics, gynecology, surgery, pediatrics, and environmental health. Search this site's domain using HotBot: Mental Health Net "The largest, most comprehensive guide to mental health online, featuring over 4,200 individual resources." The site covers info on disorders such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, chronic fatigue syndrome, and substance abuse, and provides professional resources in psychology, psychiatry, and social work, as well as journals and self-help magazines. Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. You can use the plus sign in a search before or after a word to indicate a word boundary. So "+ph" would result in all entries containing words beginning with the string "ph": ph, physical. PEDINFO PEDINFO is a vast resource for pediatricians and others interested in child health. Includes information on conditions and diseases, various areas of study, institutions, education, and publications, as well as other related links and mailing lists. This engine searches all UAB servers, so leave the word "PEDINFO" in your searches. A search for colic, for example, would look like so: PEDINFO colic Reuters Health Information Services Up-to-the-minute news for the health professional as well as the consumer. Search this site's domain using HotBot: The Visible Human Project The US National Library of Medicine is creating complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body. The Whole Brain Atlas Very cool Harvard Medical School atlas of normal brain structure and function, and also during aging and in various diseased states. Your Health Daily The New York Times Syndicate and partners' (including the Medical Tribune News Service) daily delivery of health news.

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