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Reviewed Resources:
21.WebMD Health
Healthon/Webon is an Internet healthcare company connecting various parties in healthcare-from patient to physicians to hospitals to insurance and other healthcare organizations.
User has two options for search: by disease or by topic (alternative medicine; diet and nutrition; emotional wellness...)
Contains easily understandable self-care advisor, which originate from the American Institute for Preventive Medicine's Self-Care Guide, listing symptoms and ways to treat them. Includes news, diseases, med.tests, herbs&vitamins, drugs, lab.tests, interviews with experts, medical research.
Drug database has 3 subdivisions: 1 Prescription drug reference-to fined a drug you can look for it under its brand or generic name. 2 PDR Family guides to over the counter drugs-lists more than 340 frequently used over the counter remedies. 3 PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicine and Healing Therapies. Information on 300 herbal remedies (kava, St.John Wort )
Provides Rush-Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center Med.Encyclopedia. Covers more than 2000 topics including disease conditions, treatments, medical terms and anatomy.
On this site the Yale University School of Medicine provides Patient's Guide to Medical Tests. Excellent comprehensive description of the most common diagnostic procedures (CT, MRI, bronhoscopy, laparoscopy...) Explains how to prepare for a test, what to expect during the test and how you may feel afterward. Also explains to patient how doctor diagnoses hypertension, an infectious disease, neurologic disorders, pregnancy...
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:142
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.mywebMD.com
22.Nursing Organization of Valencia
A great educational tool in the area of nursing educations, the site of College nursing education and training provides a plethora of detailed information. It is a potential search engine targeted toward guiding you to find potential job offers in addition to external links regarding nursing associations, nursing databases, and nursing specialization.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Medical Students, Nurses.
Reference index:169
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.enfervalencia.org
23.Body-Wisdom Institute
The Body Wisdom Institute believes that the body must be heeded and nurtured in all healing processes. Its site outlines the bodywork services the institute offers and provides several articles on the topic. Healing methods offered by the institute include emotional release therapy, bodywork, breathwork, somatic therapies, workshops, classes, retreats, and a year-long training program for prospective practitioners.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:12
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.body-wisdom.com/index.htm
24.Zhangmen 8.0 software for the acupuncturist
Zhangmen is an international software package that has been developed for the acupuncturist who wants quick access to all kinds of acupuncture information. Zhangmen uses dozens of diagrams, diagnostic graphics and pictures to show you the data of interest in an easy and visually appealing manner. In the package you'll find pictures on nourishment, alarm points, channel courses, nose-, facial- and hand acupuncture, ear acupuncture, anatomy etc.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:4
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.factsoft.nl/zhangmen/index-en.htm
Download URL:http://www.factsoft.nl/zhangmen/index-en.htm
Order CD-ROM URL:http://www.factsoft.nl/zhangmen/index-en.htm
25.BioMedNet (the Internet Community for Biological and Medical Researches)
Full-Text Library
The BioMedNet Library contains over 170 biological and medical journals, with abstracts and some articles available for free.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:4886
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.biomednet.com/
26.NMS Beagle
HMS Beagle is a biweekly Webzine with daily updates on the home page which provides pointers to quality resources on the World Wide Web.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Nurses.
Reference index:954
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/
27.National Institutes of Health
This is the official web site of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federally-funded body that supports scientific research into the betterment of human health. The website is loaded with data, information on grants and funding, job opportunities, listings of clinical trials open to patients, and much, much more. Anyone interested in the science of health will find helpful resources here. Clean design makes navigating the bounty of information quite easy.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:96925
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.nih.gov/
28.U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest medical library. The collections stand at 5 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one of the world's finest medical history collections of old (pre-1914) and rare medical texts, manuscripts, and incunabula.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:106761
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
29.Novicom
Novicom presents Business Management Magazines for Healthcare Professionals in area of chiropractic, orthodontic, plastic surgery, physical therapy and orthokinetic products.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:144
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.novicom.com/
30.BSDI: Advanced Health and Fitness Software for the Professional
This is the Home Page of BSDI, providers of advanced assessment, exercise programming and client motivation software for health and fitness professionals.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:16
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.bsdifitness.com/
31.CaseTrakker Voyager
CaseTrakker Voyager is a software program for mobile case managers. Voyager allows users to get work done while on site or at their home office. The CaseTrakker demo is password-protected and self-installing. These pages explain the features of the software. To learn how to order the product you will need to backtrack manually to the main page, as there is no direct link. URL of the main page is http://www.casetrakker.com.
Purpose: Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.casetrakker.com/voyager.htm
Download URL:http://www.casetrakker.com/ctlandemo.htm
32.NutritionFocus
Among numerous notable nutritional guides, the Nutritionfocus website examines the areas of wellness and nutrition. Provided external news and journal links help you get a hold additional information made for all ages, amateurs to professionals, describing nutritional ingredients, life styles, medical treatments.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:210
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.nutritionfocus.com/
33.Physician Practice Opportunities, Physician Jobs, Physician Employment, Physician Recruitment and Placement
This site provides an extensive list of physician
employment opportunities
listed by specialty and location with description.
Has several sections. In the "Medical Resources"
section contains
databases on to the practice of medicine with relation
to all
specialties. The "Medical News" section contains
updates on current issues
that affect the practice of medicine. "Journals÷ are
available in the
reading room. "Medical Boards and Resident/Fellows",
CME, and licensure
information by state.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:114
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.nvo.com/promedica
34.CliniWeb International Browse
This site allows users to browse the contents of CliniWeb, a portal to clinical information on the Internet arranged by the familiar Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Adequate information--on topics ranging from psychomotor performance to liver diseases--can be accessed by browsing through the headings. Site is neatly organized and almost graphic-free, which means it loads very quickly and is a breeze to browse. Searches can be conducted in English, German, French, Spanish, or Portuguese; direct link to MedLine search system is available.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses.
Reference index:97
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/browse.html
35.PDR.net
PDR.net is a medical and healthcare Web site created by Medical Economics Company Inc., the publisher of healthcare magazines and directories including the PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference), the source trusted by America's physicians for more than 50 years.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:3803
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.pdr.net
36.Chinese Herbs
Systematic Considerations details 17 key categories, such as drugs for treating exterior syndromes, heat-clearing drugs, extract torrents antitussive and antiasthmatic, and antineoplastic drugs, with more than 150 Chinese medicinal herbs most in use for curing various diseases and illnesses.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.china-guide.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?config=/home/root080/htdocs/shop/config.txt&uid=g159xgA0925498381&command=link--cd03
Order CD-ROM URL:http://www.china-guide.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?config=/home/root080/htdocs/shop/config.txt&uid=g159xgA0925498381&command=link--cd
37.ChiroOnline
Portal for chiropractic practitioners and students.
Also provides links in the alternative medicine fields
and
information for
patients.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:10
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.ChiroOnline.net
38.24 Hour Fitness - A Health and Fitness Community
The world largest privately-held fitness chain began its ascent to the top in 1983. The mission of 24HourFitness.com is to help create better, happier, healthier people around the world.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:1377
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.24hourfitness.com/
39.AAHPERD - American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
AAHPERD's mission is to promote and support creative and healthy lifestyles through high quality programs in health, physical education, recreation, dance and sport, and to provide members with professional development opportunities that increase knowledge, improve skills, and encourage sound professional practices.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:4079
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.aahperd.org/
40. American Academy of Physician Assistants
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is a national professional organization that represents physician assistants in all specialties and all employment settings. Site is home to much information: tips on becoming a physician assistant, job listings, and membership information. Some features are available to academy members only.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:2389
Price:75.0000
URL:http://www.aapa.org/
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