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61.Scottish Health on the Web - website for NHS Scotland (National Health Service in Scotland)
Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW) offers healthy living, services, health advice, medicine chest and health links information for patients. The excellent links will follow you to related topics as well as health professionals to resources on best practice, clinical governance, evidence-based medicine, and guidelines. There is alphabetical list of health organizations, but information about publication required a permission.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:4023
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/
62.Sivananda Yoga "Om" Page
Sivananda Yoga "Om" Page is an official website of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers. It offers articles about the various techniques and teachings of yoga and Vedanta. Yoga teachers training courses, vacations, residential and other programs are available as well as information about Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnu devananda publications and Yoga Life magazine.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:932
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.sivananda.org/
63.Roles of Mental Health Professionals in Multidisciplinary Medically Supervised Treatment Programs for Obesity
Article describes the roles that mental health professionals often play in treating those with obesity. It is detailed and fairly long. The abstract that begins the article notes that effective case models demonstrating multidisciplinary approaches to weight management have been lacking, and it aims to present one in the text that follows. Language is not especially technical, but the article is more applicable to an audience of professionals than to one of the general public. Over 75 references follow the text.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:22
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.sma.org/smj/97june2.htm
64.SOLO PRO. Exercise Equipment for the Disabled
This page catalogs a number of pieces of exercise equipment (complete with photos) that can be used by the disabled. Most items are handcycle apparatuses that provide aerobic exercise to those who are wheelchair-bound.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:23
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.solopro.com/equipment.html
65.Yoga for the Special Child
Yoga for the Special Child is a gentle, therapeutic set of yoga techniques designed for children with mobility impairments or other special needs. Pleasantly designed site offers information about a recent book released by the organization, a schedule of upcoming programs, a state-by-state guide to certified practitioners, and more.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:333
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.specialyoga.com/
66.Diagnostic Challenges in Radiology
This is a CD-ROM based CME credit course on diagnostic challenges in radiology. This course is designed to enhance the interpretative skills of physicians interested in conventional imaging modalities.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Nurses.
Reference index:2
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.arcmesa.com/cont_ed/profhome.jhtml?P_ID=8
67.European University of Chinese Medicine
The European University of Chinese Medicine aims to train practitioners of Chinese Medicine (SinoBiologists) to become true specialists both in traditional Chinese diagnosis in addition to the therapeutic techniques associated with it: acupuncture, herbology, psychotherapy, Qi Gong -- the whole corpus of Chinese medical thought. Discover E.U.C.M methodology and discussion on cancer treatment, Chemotherapy & Radiation Therapy Support Formula
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:14
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://members.home.net/eucm/sinobiology/
68.WebMD - Health
WebMD is one of the most comprehensive sources of medical information on the web. More than 100 professionals update the site daily with current and thorough information on topics such as clinical informatics, nursing, neurology, emergency medicine, and exercise physiology, to name just a few. Tailor the site to your own health interests with the myWebMD feature. You're almost guaranteed to find something about whatever health-related topic you're researching on this enormous and smartly-designed site.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:28090
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://my.webmd.com/
69.Expert Search -- CAM Citation Index
The NCCAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Citation Index (CCI) consists of more than 175,000 bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present. Citations were extracted from the National Library of Medicine's Medline database. The citations were obtained using MeSH controlled vocabulary terms from the "alternative medicine" tree structure, and other selected MeSH terms. Users may perform a search of the bibliographic data or browse through citations organized by CAM system, disease, or method.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:125
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://nccam.nih.gov/nccam/resources/cam-ci/
70.Physiotherapy Homebase Page
The site offers undergraduate, postgraduate programs of education. Some sections required password and the others provides general information about School of Physiotherapy.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Students.
Reference index:479
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://ptwww.cchs.usyd.edu.au/pedro/
71.Aerobics at www.turnstep.com
Turnstep.com is a great resource for aerobics instructors. It offers over 10,000 workout "patterns" that can be made into classes, a list of aerobics instructors, and active message boards. The FAQ and the Aerobics Dictionary round out the offerings.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:12834
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.turnstep.com/
72.Adaptive Aerobics!
These pages are aimed at aerobics instructors. They contain short articles providing advice and guidance on how to integrate people with disabilities into standard aerobics classes.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:49
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.turnstep.com/Adaptive/index.html
73.HealthPromis WebCat
HealthPromis is the English national health promotion database; its focus is on health policy, evidence-based health advice, and health promotion. There are some technical difficulties, but the database contains references and links to a wide range of resources, medical databases, books, journal articles, and more. The HealthPromis Thesaurus, available through a link at the bottom of the page, outlines the entire hierarchy of terms by which articles are indexed in the database. Simply locate the topic for which you are searching and then enter it in the search form, which is accessible by clicking the main graphic in the center of the page.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:42
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://healthpromis.hda-online.org.uk/
74.School of Health Sciences - The University of Birmingham
The School of Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham, in the UK, offers information about undergraduate physiotherapy and nursing education and postgraduate courses as well as details on research in the areas of rehabilitation, education, mental health, and clinical practice. Site is thorough and straightforwardly designed. Details on continuing education courses for those already advanced in a health profession are available by clicking on "CPD" in the bottom left of the homepage.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses.
Reference index:15
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://healthsci.bham.ac.uk/
75.The International Association for the Study of Pain
IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) is an international, non-profit professional association being committed to promoting education and formation of national associations for the study and treatment of pain. The potential aim is to help improve the caring of patients with acute/chronic pain by bringing together basic scientists, physicians, and other health professionals of various disciplines and backgrounds who have interest in pain research and management.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Nurses.
Reference index:823
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.halcyon.com/iasp/
76.Studio 41 - Hatha Yoga of Naples, Florida
A yoga studio in Naples, Florida, advertises its services with class descriptions, basic yoga-related information, a biography of the studio's instructors, and class schedule information.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:22
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.hathayoga.net/
77.Healing People
HealingPeople.com encompasses the practices of the Healing Arts including Chinese/Oriental Medicine, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy, Bodywork, Ayurveda, and Western Herbalism. It is an online store that makes hundreds of lifestyle products and herbal formulas, professional supplies, books, tapes, etc. HealingPeople.com also offers a variety of professional level resources. There are numerous research, theory and treatment protocol articles, encyclopedias, online continuing education courses, chats and discussion groups. It provides free, web-based email, and full-featured and customizable Professional Listings.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:73
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.healingpeople.com/ht/index.tmpl
78.Welcome to the New York State Department of Health Web Site
New York State Department of Health offers a list of their services, information about vital records, and a lot of public and professional articles about health, healthy lifestyles and diseases. Very easy to search, this site offers you also information about meetings, employment, rules and regulations and more.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:871278
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.health.state.ny.us
79.HealthAtoZ.com: Medical and health care resources for patients, their families, friends, health care workers and physicians. Providing answers to all of your questions!
A comprehensive health and medical resource center, HealthAtoZ.com aims to assist individuals and families in managing their health. Its services include a personal health calendar and e-mail reminder service (for refilling prescriptions); a personalized home page that allows users to tailor the delivery of health news; and e-mail interactions with healthcare professionals and other users. Site is well-designed (if a bit busy) and stuffed with plenty of content.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:8792
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.healthatoz.com/
80.healthfinder(r) -- alternative medicine
HealthFinder is a government gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information. Find a variety of options here, from selected online publications, databases, and web sites, including government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. A popular and powerful source, HealthFinder has served users over 1.7 million times in its first year online and by 1999 there were over 4.5 million visits. Kids' and Spanish-language sections are available. Authoritative and easy to use, this site features only those sites that are screened and given the US government's stamp of approval; links come complete with brief summaries.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:35
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.healthfinder.gov
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