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61.Usmle
This page of the Kaplan Test Preparation company's website provides information related to the three steps of the USMLE test, an exam that doctors must pass in order to secure licensure in the United States. Find extensive introductions to each section of the test, complete with sample questions, strategy suggestions, and information on the company's fee-based preparation programs.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Students.
Reference index:2
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://kaptest.com/repository/templates/Lev3InitDroplet.jhtml?_lev3Parent=/www/KapTest/docs/repository/content/Medical_Licensing
62.Pediatric Dental Health - enhancing the dental health of children
Mercury is a heavy metal whose toxicity occurs from exposure from organic and inorganic to elemental forms of mercury. The potential health problems caused by mercury released from dental amalgam fillings have caused controversy in the popular media. Serious health problems, the Pediatric Dental Health explains, caused by dental amalgams carry no weight and those claiming actually suffer from psychological problems. Pediatric Dental Health provides a wealth of statistics and facts discussing major sources of mercury exposure as compared to amalgams.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:8
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://kidsdental.tsx.org
63.KidsHealth - Kids
The Nemours Foundation¦s Center for Children's Health is decked out with kid-friendly design that frames the detailed articles about issues facing youngsters. This is a quality site that provides thorough information while remaining accessible to young readers.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:3364
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://kidshealth.org/kid/
64.Rubeola (Measles)
KidsHealth.org presents this series of pages on rubeola virus infections, more commonly known as measles. The infection, which includes a characteristic rash as well as lung problems, is explained in a fair amount of detail.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:35
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/measles.html
65.Rubella (German Measles)
KidsHealth.org presents this series of thorough pages on rubella, also known as German measles. Read information on duration and severity, treatment, prevention, and more.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:37
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/skin/german_measles.html
66.Vhihealthe
Excellent site for everyone. Read about health information, fitness, nutrition, lifestyles, wellness, women's health, men's health, senior health, children's health, pregnancy, baby, complementary health, work, travel health, interactive health and more. Here you can find a health service, calculate your body mass index or ovulation period, ask experts or find necessary products.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:2576
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.vhihealthe.com/
67.Virtual Directory - Health Care
Virtual Directory - Health Care provides consumers with information about health care professionals. It also provides subscribing professionals a listing describing their practice, name, address, office hours, and more.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:12
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.virtualdirectory.com/
68.Visible Embryo
The Visible Embryo is an interactive guide to prenatal human development. For information on each of forty stages of fetal growth, simply click on the small corresponding picture. Information is non-technical and design is pleasant. Despite site's name, fetus is not all that visible: there are no images of sonograms or the fetus provided.
Purpose: Reference, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:1101
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.visembryo.com/
69.Virtual Naval Hospital: General Medical Officer Manual: Clinical Section : Pediatrics : Pediatric Dehydration
Technical document excerpted from the General Medical Officer Manual of the U.S. Navy explains how doctors should treat children presenting with symptoms of dehydration. Chart describes the three classifications of dehydration--isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic--and outline precise treatment guidelines, including types of IVs or oral rehydrating agents to administer. Information is thorough and very direct but offers little background explanation.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:18
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.vnh.org/GMO/ClinicalSection/65PedsDehydration.html
70.Children with Spina Bifida: A Resource Page for Parents & Professionals
Parents and professionals working with children who suffer from Spina Bifida can make good use of this well-designed site, which is an index to sites across the Internet on the topic. Links cover organizations, discussion groups, pages on related conditions, family support, folic acid research, and more.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:147
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/index.htmlx
71.AMA Category 1 CME
The Physician's One-Stop Resource for CME on the Web. Through cmeWEB, physicians can register using a rapid on-line process, take electronic CME tests over the Internet, and receive feedback and credit immediately in various specialty fields.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:2
Price:15.0000
URL:http://www.webmedicalservices.com/cme_cmeweb.htm
72.MEASLES
This is a compact collection of articles--culled from a variety of sources--that present dissenting views about measles vaccinations.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:23
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.whale.to/vaccines/measles.html
73.Kluwer Academic Publishers
Kluwer is a publishing company that produces over 750 print journals (600 of which are available online) and 1300 books each year. Fields covered include: technology, biology, agriculture, environmental sciences, medicine, business and economics, humanities, and social sciences. Excellent search feature gives you a quick and helpful orientation to titles of publications and subject headings.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:26854
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.wkap.nl/
74.GlaxoSmithKline Worldwide Vaccines - Vaccine health site
This site is not intended for US audience.
Informational and education site about vaccinology and vaccine-preventable
diseases. Developed and maintained by the SmithKline Beecham Biologicals
Worldwide Vaccines.
Contains material on disease course, signs and symptoms, incubation
period, transmission route, complications, epidemiology, vaccination
recommendation in different countries.
Detailed information on the following vaccinations: varicella, measles-
mumps-rubella,
diphteria-tetanus-pertusis, haemophilus influenzae type B, hepatitis A,
hepatitis B, typhoid fever, influenza, poliomyelitis.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:199
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.worldwidevaccines.com/
75.Baylor Pediatric Case of the Month
Each month, webROUNDS features a new Baylor Pediatric Case of the Month, followed by challenging questions and informative answers to test student's pediatric know-how.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.wwilkins.com/esources/rounds/clerkships/pediatric/Baylor/baylor_index.html
76.xrefer - pink disease
One-paragraph description covers pink disease--also known as acrodynia--a condition in which infants of teething age suffer pink and clammy extremities and a host of other symptoms. Condition is rare now that mercury-containing teething products have been banned.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:23
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=128674
77.Youthealth - Child & Youth Health Education
Richly-colored cartoon characters and other multimedia elements make Youthealth an attractive health education site for kids. The content is written by Dr. Russell Viner, a Pediatrician at Britain's leading children's hospital, and it includes sections on mental and physical health pertinent to young people. Flash is required to view the multimedia elements.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:1530
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.youthealth.com
78.Radiology Cases in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
This site includes a littany of radiologic images taken in the course of handling pediatric emergencies. The images are presented alongside in-depth descriptions of the case for which they were obtained. Site content can be viewed online or downloaded to your PC for viewing with a special software program (with this program, images appear in higher resolution).
Purpose: Reference, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:310
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www2.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/pemxray.html
79.E-chocardiography Journal
The E-chocardiology Journal is a respectable online collection of medical articles and cardiac ultrasound images. Compiled by the Echocardiography Laboratory of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, site is extremely simple but offers an ample amount of content.
Purpose: Learning, Reference, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:440
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/echo.html
80.OMIM ENTRY 309400 -- Menkes Syndrome
This technical fact file on genetic condition Menkes syndrome is a robust collection of details on the clinical and biochemical features of the disease (in which copper metabolism fails), its diagnosis, its management, and the work into genetics that has been done in relation to the condition. At the end, find an expansive list of references to Menkes-related articles published in the scientific and medical literature. Aimed at researchers and doctors, this text is very technical, but it is an excellent jumping-off point for professionals looking for information on the topic. Background on the history of the condition and on population and animal studies is provided.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:18
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?309400#DESCRIPTION
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