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Reviewed Resources:
181.Endo Direct (Elsevier Science)
This is a source of information on new developments
in Endocrinology. Contains: 1. Journals: Full Text, 2.
Related Journals:Contents and Abstracts Only, 3. Free
Review Articles, 4. FreeSpecial Issues, 5. News and
Announcements, 6. Related Links, and Calendar ofEvents.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:77
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.endo-direct.com
182.Endo Direct
Endo direct provides scientific articles in several journals: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Regulatory peptides, Steroids, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Prostanglandins and other Lipid Mediators, Peptides. Easy navigation and all basic information for journals. A list of free full texts on endocrinology subject (requires registration), calendar of events, useful links and recommended books are available.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:16
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.endo-direct.com/endo/show/
183.The Endocrine Society Home Page
The Endocrine Society presents this expansive homepage, which consists of plenty of frequently updated news, information on clinical trials, continuing medical education (CME) opportunities, the "Worldwide Endocrine Events Center" listing over 200 endocrinology events worldwide, online journals (full contents for subscribers only), and much more. Site design is very professional: clean and content-dense. The organization is mainly for professionals, but there is a good deal of useful materials for patients available on this site.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:1632
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.endo-society.org/
184.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
185.Health Information for everybody in New Zealand
Medical articles written in comprehensive language are prepared for everybody. Read about allergy, arthritis, asthma, cancer, colds, diabetes, eye and heart diseases, nutrition, pregnancy, sexual health and sports.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:1002
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.everybody.co.nz/
186.Ask Physicians
"AskPhysician.com" offers a lot of practical medical answers in over the 70 medical area. It is very simply for use and the medical language is easy comprehensive. They help you to find also a physician of any specialty in your area.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:111
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.askphysicians.com/
187.Thyroid Disease and the Eye
This page explains the effect that thyroid disease--specifically Graves' Disease--can have on the human eye. In-depth text is supplemented by photos of patients with thyroid-related ocular ailments.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:30
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.asoprs.org/thyroid.html
188.ASRM: Infertility, Reproduction, Menopause, Andrology, Endometriosis, Diagnosis and Treatment
The American Society for Reproductive medicine is a voluntary
non-profit organization in the area of Reproductive
Medicine and Biology.
The site is divided into 3 sections: for patients; for
professionals, and for the media.
Some materials, for example patient information booklets (age &
fertility; ovulation drugs, third party reproduction), are archived in
PDF format.
Offers selected ASRM publications in fertility and sterility (non-members can only access the table of contents and abstract) and menopausal medicine.
Extended links to professional organizations that are interested in
reproductive medicine.
Presents ASRM news. Provides a search tool to find an ASRM-listed doctor.
CME is available for members.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:832
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.asrm.com/
189.Fertility and Sterility
Fertility and Sterility publishes original articles on clinical and laboratory research relevant to reproductive endocrinology, physiology, immunology, genetics, and menopause. It is an official publication of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Members have online access to the full text of the journal; visitors can browse tables of contents and abstracts.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:15
Price:150.0000
URL:http://www.asrm.org/Professionals/Fertility&Sterility/fspage.html
190.The Online Discount Medical Bookstore Clinical Software
This site provides more than 90 software products, most related to clinical or medical education, including a number of obscure titles.
This site features a shopping cart format and secure online ordering.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:3
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://216.200.18.172/
191.Association of American Medical Colleges
The Association of American Medical Colleges has as its purpose the improvement of the nation's health through the advancement of academic medicine. It is an association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies. The AAMC works with its members to set a national agenda for medical education, biomedical research, and health care. Its site explains this agenda through frequently updated news and a slew of resources, including publications, links for med students, information on med school entrance requirements, and a directory of teaching hospitals. Well-organized site is full of helpful advice and information.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:11591
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.aamc.org/
192.WebDoctor: The internet navigator for physicians
WebDoctor is a comprehensive index of Internet medical resources that provides physicians with a virtual library of up-to-date, peer-reviewed professional medical information.
Contains 380 pages and links to over 10,000 documents and web sites including selected information from the National Cancer Institute¦s PDQ and CancerLit databases.
Excellent resources links are arranged by subject area.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:568
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.gretmar.com/webdoctor/home.html
193.Medical Terminology Simplified: A Programmed Learning Approach by Body Systems
This software reinforces word building by presenting root words, combining forms, prefixes and suffixes according to a body system.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Students.
Reference index:3
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.fadavis.com/catalog/Health_Professions/MEDICAL%20TERMINOLOGY/0344-4.htm
Order CD-ROM URL:http://www.fadavis.com/info/ord_form.htm
194.Cancer statistics review
This site includes incidence, mortality, and survival statistics from 1973 through 1995, and shows people in different geographic areas are effected. It is a good reference for educational purposes (particularly for lectures).
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:33
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/Publications/CSR7393/index.html
195.Calgary Health Region
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:189
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://xweb.crha-health.ab.ca/
196.Diabetes Insipidus
This page contains a compact but quite good introduction to diabetes insipidus. It is set up in an easy-to-navigate question-and-answer format; text is easily comprehensible.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:21
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5830/diabetes_insipidus.htm
197.Welcome to Gland Central: Your Hub of Thyroid Health
This well-designed site explains the basic function of the thyroid gland and provides an overview of the diseases that can afflict it. A biography of Olympic runner and thyroid disease sufferer Gail Devers is included, as is information on the Gland Central campaign, which is traveling to cities across America to offer on-the-fly thyroid testing. Content is not extensive, but as an initial introduction to the thyroid it is quite understandable and easy on the eyes.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:125
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.glandcentral.com/
198.From the Grand Rounds Archive at Baylor
The text of a presentation given at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, explains the diagnosis and treatment of the several types of inflammation of the thyroid (or thyroiditis). Language is technical and pays special attention to the link between thyroiditis and the field of otorhinolaryngology.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:3
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/grand/1694.html
199.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/
200.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/
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