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Reviewed Resources:
1.Medical Glossary
List and glossary of medical terms.
URL:http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/EN/lijst.html
2.Complete Home Medical Guide
Online medical encyclopedia. Includes commonly prescribed drugs.
URL:http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/
3.FreeOrtho
Orthopaedic information put together by an orthopaedic surgeon. Useful links, Orthopaedic syndromes, societies and product sites are listed.
URL:http://freeortho.com/
4.Organ and Whole-Body Donation Cards
Cards that can be used to identify someone as an organ or whole-body donor. Used in addition to any official forms.
URL:http://galenpress.com/extras/extra4.htm
5.Good Health -- Healthy Lifestyle
This site is dedicated to convincing people to live a healthy lifestyle, to improve their quality of life, and avoid (or reduce the severity of) chronic disease.
URL:http://goodhealth.freeservers.com/
6.HealthAnswers Inc
Developing knowledgeable, empowered consumers actively engaged in managing their own health. Learn to work with professionals, managed care organizations, employers, pharmaceutical, device and other healthcare companies.
URL:http://healthanswersinc.com
7.Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Developed by leading medical experts, these tests and actions, both medical and self-examinations, are the focal point of the Healthful Life Program.
URL:http://healthfullife.umdnj.edu
8.Health and Medical Information
Medical and health information for health professionals, patients and families. Information about hospitals, diseases, injuries, health care, surgery and infections.
URL:http://healthinfo2000.com
9.HealthyWay
A comprehensive online health and wellness resource designed primarily for Canadians, but offers excellent information and services. The Reference Tools section includes charts, checklists, primers, and how-to sites.
URL:http://healthyway.sympatico.ca
10.The Gateway to Health
Find hope, inspiration and guidelines how to cure yourself. Non harmful cancer therapies, and non-medicinal treatments for a variety of conditions.
URL:http://home.online.no/~dusan/
11.HealthEssence
Review, sort, and select Web pages that offer the best Internet health information of current interest.
URL:http://hometown.aol.com/jchlee/HealthEssence/disease/index.htm
12.Are You an Organ Donor?
Information on becoming an organ donor.
URL:http://hometown.aol.com/mracefurious/index.html
13.Journal of American Medical Women's Association
Peer-reviewed, quarterly medical journal that focuses on women's health.
URL:http://jamwa.amwa-doc.org/
14.Modern Miracles: Organ Transplants
Overview of organ transplantation and donation.
URL:http://library.thinkquest.org/28000/
15.Good Housekeeping - Can the Internet Be Hazardous to Your Health?
Article from the magazine pertaining to health issues.
URL:http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/hb/health/articles/0,12873,284594_290453,00.html
16.A Guide to Medical Information and Support on the Internet
Covers medical chats, newsgroups, listservs, doctors online, Medline access, research tips, and comprehensive medical and health sites.
URL:http://medguide.org
17.The Medical Reporter
An independent, educational health and medical magazine on the Web for health care consumers.
URL:http://medicalreporter.health.org
18.A Gift of Life
Provides crucial information, from the donor's point of view. A light-hearted, yet no-holds-barred, story of one family's struggle to save one of their own.
URL:http://members.aol.com/jelynn3/gift.html
19.The Nicholas Effect - A Boy's Gift To The World
The Nicholas Effect is the touching and transcendent book by Reg Green, father of Nicholas Green. Nicholas was shot in Italy while on vacation with his family. His organs were donated by his parents to seven Italians. This act led to an outpouring of love by the people of Italy, a sharp increase in organ donor rates, and a deluge of media attention, overseas and in this country.
URL:http://nicholaseffect.com/
20.American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Fact sheets and patient brochures on orthopaedics, safety, and injury prevention.
URL:http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/all.cfm
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