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Health & Medical Sciences Resources
Dealing with the condition of an organism -- its freedom from disease or the diagnosing and treating of disease or other damage to body or mind.
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Subcategories of Health & Medical Sciences are:
- Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco
- Health effects of mind-altering and mood-altering substances.
- Alternative Medicine
- Systems of medical care that are based on methods of treatment or theories of disease that differ from those taught in recognized western-oriented medical schools.
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Information about the human body and its functions.
- Consumer Information
- Health and health care information for the consumer/patient.
- Disabilities
- Incapacitation conditions and the period of such a condition; a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement.
- Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes
- Pathological conditions of a part of an organism resulting from causes such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.
- Donors and Transplants
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- Exercise & Fitness
- Activities that require physical or mental exertion, usually performed to develop or maintain physical fitness.
- First Aid
- Emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available.
- General Medicine
- Branches of medicine dealing with the general care and treatment of the diseases of adults who have not yet reached old age.
- Geriatrics
- Branches of medicine dealing with the care of senior citizens and the elderly, and the treatment of their diseases.
- Health Care Management & Policy
- Sites about health-related public policy and the provision of health care plans and services.
- History of Medicine
- The practice of medicine throughout history.
- Injuries
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- Medical Technology
- The uses of computers and technology in the health sciences.
- Men's Health
- Health matters unique to male physiology.
- Mental Health
- Symptomatology and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
- Medications & Pharmaceuticals
- The use of chemical agents to promote recovery from injury or ailment.
- Nursing
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- Nutrition & Diet
- Foods and their role in nourishment; the evaluation of food substances according to medical criteria.
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Health matters occuring primarily in the workplace.
- Oral Health & Dentistry
- The prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, injuries, and malformations of the teeth, jaws, and mouth.
- Pain Treatment & Management
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- Pediatrics
- Branches of medicine dealing with the care of infants and children and the treatment of their diseases.
- Preventive Medicine
- Branches of medicine dealing with preventing illness or its spread.
- Sexuality
- Sex education issues and concerns.
- Specializations
- Sites devoted to particular practice areas; e.g. podiatry, proctology, ophthalmology, ear-nose-throat, etc.
- Surgery
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- Veterinary Medicine
- Medical care of animals (especially pets), and the treatment of their diseases.
- Women's Health
- Health matters unique to female physiology.
- Professional Resources
- Sites of interest to professionals and practicioners in health, medical science, and related fields.
- Health & Medical Sciences News
- Current events, recent research findings, and other news in the fields of health and medicine.
Resources in this category are:
- AMA Physician Select
- http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?2852326399
- "Provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 650,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). All physician credential data have been verified for accuracy and authenticated by accrediting agencies, medical schools, residency training programs, licensing and certifying boards, and other data sources." You can search by physician name or specialty.
- Author: AMA Department of Data Survey and Planning (Kevin_Kenward@ama-assn.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Consumer Information
- Keywords: Physicians; United States
- Atlas of United States Mortality
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm
- "Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death." The book is divided up into sections in PDF format, which require the Adobe Acrobat Viewer.
- Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (netinfo@cdc1.cdc.gov)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Reference--Geography--Maps & Atlases
- Social Sciences--Social Issues and Social Welfare
- Keywords: Mortality; Death; Heart Disease; Cancer; Stroke; Motor Vehicles; Accidents; Pneumonia; Influenza; Diabetes; Suicide; Firearms; HIV; AIDS; Liver Disease; Homicide
- BIOME
- http://biome.ac.uk/
- "BIOME is a collection of gateways which provide access to evaluated, quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners."
- Author: University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Science & Technology--Life Sciences
- Bristol Biomedical Image Archive
- http://www.brisbio.ac.uk/
- "An online collection of about 8500 medical, dental, and veterinary images for use in teaching and learning. All the images have been donated by academics working in the biomedical fields in different countries... To aid searching, the images have been catalogued using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The images come in two sizes. The thumbnails can be freely browsed. However, to be able to see the full-size images and download them you need to register."
- Author:
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
- http://www.centerwatch.com/
- "An international listing of clinical research trials. You can use this listing to search for clinicaltrials, find out information about physicians and medical centers performing clinical research, and to learn about drug therapies newly approved by the Foodand Drug Administration. You may also sign up for an E-mail notification service, which will inform you of future postings in a particular therapeutic area."
- Author: CenterWatch
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Clinical trials; Drug trials; Clinical research; Drug therapy
- Family Medicine Online
- http://www.aafp.org/family/
- "This Web site is provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) as a resource for anyone interested in the medical specialty of family practice." The Patient Information section includes Patient Information Handouts
- Author: American Academy of Family Physicians (fp@aafp.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Family Medicine
- The Global Health Network (GHNet)
- http://info.pitt.edu/HOME/GHNet/
- "The Global Health Network (GHNet) is an alliance of experts in health and telecommunications who are actively developing the architecture for a health information structure for the prevention of disease in the 21st century. The professionals involved in GHNet bring together expertise from the essential areas of government, international organizations, business, and academia. All are dedicated individuals, recognized in their fields, who have donated large amounts of time to this project." The site has information about the organization and a variety of resources related to public health - including news, travel info, publications, and employment and funding information.
- Author: The University of Pittsburgh (brenena@ghnet.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources
- http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
- "Hardin MD is a "list of lists" - Its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. It includes subject listings in large "one-stop-shopping" sites, such as MedWeb and Yahoo, and also independent discipline-specific lists. Hardin MD subject pages indicate the length of lists in each subject, making it easy to see at a glance which lists are most comprehensive - These are often not the lists from the"one-stop-shopping" sites, but those developed by people within the field, which are well-known and frequently cited within the field, but not well-known outside it." The site also features links to health news online, the University of Iowa Virtual Hospital and other major index sites.
- Author: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa (hardin-webmaster@uiowa.edu)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes
- Keywords: Resources
- Health Canada Online
- http://hwcweb.hwc.ca/
- "Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. In partnership with provincial and territorial governments, Health Canada provides national leadership to develop health policy, enforce health regulations, promote disease prevention and enhance healthy living for all Canadians. Health Canada ensures that health services are available and accessible to First Nations and Inuit communities. It also works closely with other federal departments, agencies and health stakeholders to reduce health and safety risks to Canadians."
This searchable site has every information on health status of Canadians such as "Health Care", "Public Health", "Health Factors", "Regulated Products", "Health Research", "Regulation and Policy", etc.
- Author: Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (charles_reynolds@hc-sc.gc.ca)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Regional & Country Information--North America--Canada
- Keywords: Canada; public health; health regulation; health policy
- HealthAnswers
- http://www.healthanswers.com/
- A large and well organized collection of health related information from The American Academy of Family Physicians and HealthAnswers' own knowledge database, organized by subject, alphabetically, and searchable. Also includes daily updated health news and a section for medical professionals.
- Author: HealthAnswers, Inc. (info@healthanswers.com)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: News
- HealthAtoZ
- http://www.healthatoz.com/
- A hierarchical subject guide to Internet resources in health and medicine, including Web sites, mailing lists, and newsgroups. All entries contain abstracts, and some are rated. Searchable. There's also free access to the Medline article database.
- Author: Medical Network Inc. (info@healthatoz.com)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Resources; Medline
- HealthWeb
- http://www.healthweb.org/
- "HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs." More than 50 subject areas include: AIDS, anatomy, family medicine, genetics, geriatrics, nutrition, oncology, pediatrics, and rheumatology.
- Author: Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), Greater Midwest Region of the National Network Libraries of Medicine (healthweb@umich.edu.)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: AIDS; Anatomy; Family Medicine; Genetics; Geriatrics; Nutrition; Oncology; Pediatrics; Pharmacy; Substance Abuse; Toxicology; Rheumatology
- Immunization Info
- http://www.immunizationinfo.org/
- "NNii's mission is to provide the best possible science-based information to everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization. NNii believes that immunization is one of the most important ways to protect against serious infectious diseases." Immunization information, daily immunization-related news, resources for parents, and searchable database of diseases and their vaccines.
- Author: National Network for Immunization Information
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Preventive Medicine
- Keywords: Immunization; Vaccines
- INFOMINE - Comprehensive Biological, Agricultural & Medical Internet Resource Collection
- http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?bioag
- Large annotated collection of Internet resources related to biology, agriculture and medicine. Resources have been determined to be "'of use' as a scholarly information resource in research or educational activites at the university level." Collection can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword or title. Part of The Library of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.
- Author: Steve Mitchell (smitch@ucrac1.ucr.edu)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Science & Technology--Agriculture & Aquaculture
- Science & Technology--Life Sciences
- Life Science Dictionary
- http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/dictionary.html
- Most of the "8300+ terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. We also have some terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine. Don't expect to find common or exotic animals here; there are far too many species to cover even a fraction in a resource like this. However, we've included medically- and biotechnologically-relevant organisms such as bacteria, worms, fungi, and some plants." You can search terms or definitions by words or word fragments.
- Author: Bio Tech (feedback@biotech.icmb.utexas.edu)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Science & Technology
- Science & Technology--Life Sciences
- Keywords: dictionary; biochemistry; biotechnology; botany; cell biology; genetics
- MagPortal.com: Magazine Articles on Health
- http://www.MagPortal.com/c/health/
- A searchable, browsable directory of magazine articles related to health topics that are available online. Topics covered include: Diet & Nutrition; Exercise & Fitness; Illness, Injury & Treatments. Updated every few days.
- Author: Hot Neuron LLC (support@magportal.com)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
- http://www.mayohealth.org/
- Health information from the famed Mayo Clinic. Includes centers for allergy and asthma, alzheimer's, cancer, children, heart, medicine, men, nutrition, and women. There's also a library of articles and features that allow users to ask questions of a Mayo physician or Mayo dietician and view previous questions and answers.
- Author: Mayo Clinic
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Cancer; Diet; Nutrition; Heart; Pregnancy; News
- MedHunt
- http://www.hon.ch/cgi-bin/find/
- "A search engine plus catalog for Web sites and documents related to health and medicine. Some sites are picked by hand, others are chosen by a robot.." This site also available in French.
- Author: Health on the Net Foundation
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Medical Ethics: Where Do You Draw the Line?
- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/medicalethics/
- "In this exhibit, you will learn about current medical research and trends and the complicated ethical questions they raise." This site allows you to explore "real-life scenarios--living with cancer, understanding cloning or handling headaches--and take part in the medical ethics decision making process."
- Author: Annenberg/CPB Project (exhibits@learner.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Ethics; Ethical; Cloning; Clones; Euthanasia; Assisted Suicide
- Medical Humanities: Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database
- http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/topview.html
- "Annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film and art developed as a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in medical humanities."
- Author: New York University Hippocrates Project
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts
- Arts & Humanities--Literature--Book Lists & Awards
- Keywords: Bibliography
- MedicalStudent.com
- http://medicalstudent.com/
- "MedicalStudent.com is a digital library of authoritative medical information designed to help all students of medicine. The goal of MedicalStudent.com is to provide a starting point for entry into medical places of enlightenment, entertainment and education on the Internet. MedicalStudent.com identifies authoritative medical World-Wide Web sites that can teach, illuminate, and inspire. In essence, MedicalStudent.com is meant to serve as a 'pico portal' for users interested in quality medical resources on the Internet."
- Author: Michael P. D'Alessandro (medstud@medicalstudent.com)
- Subjects:
- Education--Higher Education--Graduate & Professional
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Professional Resources
- Keywords: Medical schools
- medicdirect
- http://www.medicdirect.co.uk/
- "medicdirect is an innovative health website hosted by some of the leadingmedical consultants in the United Kingdom, providing a comprehensive health information website written by recognised experts in their particular field of medicine." This site provides a comprehensive guide for health and medical information. Includes areas dealing with common diseases and conditions, explaining symptoms, causes, and treatment; explanations of common tests and surgical procedures; advice on performing self-examinations; a virtual body tour; travel advice; information on prescription drugs; a special area for student health; and a section dealing with alternative medicine.
- Author: medicdirect.co.uk ltd. (enquiries@medicdirect.co.uk)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes
- Medicine Net
- http://www.medicinenet.com/
- This site is recommended by Consumer Reports for offering valuable information online. The site is created by "a network of U.S. Board Certified Physicians working together to provide the public with current, comprehensive medical information, written in easy to understand language." It offers extensive information about diseases and treatments, prescription and non-prescription drugs, an archive of over 6000 answered medical questions organized by speciality, information about first aid, ad directory of poison control centers, medical news and an online medical dictionary.
- Author: William Shiel, M.D. (mnieditor1@fia.net)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes
- Keywords: Diseases; Pharmacy; Dictionary; First Aid; Poison Control; News
- Medscape
- http://www.medscape.com/
- "Medscape is the leading interactive, multi-specialty, commercial Web service for clinicians and consumers. Medscape pools information from clinical journals, medical news providers, medical education programs, and material created expressly for Medscape." This site was recommended by Consumer Reports for offering valuable medical information online. This searchable site provides news articles, articles of interest to each speciality, access to a number of online journals, online patient information brochures, and extensive information aimed at clinicians. Library services include MEDLINE access, a medical dictionary, clinical tips, practice guidelines from the CDC, and a drug search database that provides dosage, indications and interactions for over-the-counter and prescription medications.
- Author: Medscape, Inc.
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Drug Interactions; MEDLINE; Practice Guidelines; Dictionary; Journals; News
- MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
- http://www.medterms.com/
- Online publication "written entirely by physicians but not just for physicians, nurses or allied health professionals. It was designed to be of use to everyone concerned about health -- their health and the health of those that matter to them." Browsable and searchable interface.
- Author: MedicineNet, Inc. (dwhyte@medicinenet.com)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Health terms; Medical terminology
- MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources
- http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/
- MedWeb is a cataloged collection of over 8000 links to health science resources on the Internet, sponsored by Emory University Health Sciences Library. Included among the many topics are: anatomy, cardiology, emergency medicine, health care reform, history of medicine, nursing, pediatrics, radiology, sports medicine, surgery, and tropical medicine.
- Author: Steve Foote (libsf@emory.edu)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- MedZilla
- http://www.medzilla.com/
- "Established in 1994, MedZilla is the original Internet employment service for candidates and employers in Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, and other scientific fields." Job seekers may post resumes and search job listings; employers can find resumes and post available jobs.
- Author: MedZilla Inc.
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment--Job Searching & Employee Recruiting
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Jobs; Hospitals; Placement
- Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
- http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html
- Browse or search medical terms in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
- Author: Heymans Institute of Pharmacology (phvtgdv@pophost.eunet.be)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Glossary
- Museum of Bacteria
- http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/
- "The Foundation for Bacteria was founded in March 1999. The corporation's purpose is to promote, advance and advocate the common interest of the scientific community and the general public in scientific research and education related to bacteria, diseases caused by bacteria, and the utilization of bacteria to solve specific problems of humankind."
This site contains "What are Bacterias?"; "Pathogenic Bacteria"; "Evolution"; "Food And Water Safety"; "How We Fight Bacteria: The Immune System, Antibiotics, Vaccination"; "Bacterial Species Filing Cabinet"; and "Bacteria Special Features Files."
- Author: Trudy M. Wassenaar (The Foundation for Bacteria) (curator@bacteriamuseum.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Science & Technology--Life Sciences--Microbiology
- Keywords: Bacteria
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- http://www.nih.gov/
- "The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information." This site contains health information resources for the general public and for the workplace, news and events, and funding information.
- Author: National Institutes of Health (NIHInfo@OD.NIH.GOV)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: grants; research
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- The NLM is the world's largest biomedical library. This website provides information about all of its major programs, including medical research, medical history, biotechnology, and HIV/AIDS resources. A wide variety of medical information is available for both professionals and consumers, including access to databases (e.g. MEDLINE and GenBank), fact sheets and newsletters, and toxicology and environmental health information. Searchable.
- Author: National Institutes of Health (NIHInfo@OD.NIH.GOV)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Arts & Humanities--Libraries--Libraries Online
- Science & Technology--Life Sciences
- Keywords: Visible Human; Virtual Hospital; MEDLINE
- New York State Department of Health Home Page
- http://www.health.state.ny.us/
- "Provides health-related information to consumers, health professionals, and researchers, and is an excellent, authoritative reference source for these audience groups. Includes: Adoption Information Registry information; press releases; communicable disease fact sheets; statistics on communicable disease such as rabies and sexually transmitted diseases, vital statistics; data on cancer, heart disease, stroke, environmental health, and HIV; hospital discharge statistics; directory by county of certified home health agencies, diagnostic and treatment centers, hospices, hospitals. long-term home health care programs, mammography facilities and nursing homes; research reports on topics such as coronary artery bypass surgery, cancer, and assisted suicide."
- Author:
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Keywords: Public Health
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
- http://www.noah.cuny.edu/
- "New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is your guide in Spanish and English to the latest health information and resources from volunteer and local governmental agencies, and from other health sites on the Internet.
- Author: Kirsten Dehner (kidbh@cunyvm.cuny.edu)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes
- Keywords: Aging; AIDS; Alternative Medicine; Cancer; Diabetes; Heart Disease; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Sexuality; Sexualy Transmitted Disease; Tuberculosis; Spanish
- NSC Crossroads
- http://www.crossroads.nsc.org/
- "A safety, health and environment search engine and news network that uses subject area experts to answer questions and guide you to information and resources on the Web. The Crossroads Web site was created by the National Safety Council to provide safety, health and environmental (SHE) managers unbiased information, tools and contacts they need to be better informed about SHE issues."
- Author: National Safety Council (crossroads@nsc.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Science & Technology
- Keywords: environmental health; safety
- Nutrition.gov
- http://www.nutrition.gov/
- "NUTRITION.GOV, a new federal resource, provides easy access to all online federal government information on nutrition. This national resource makes obtaining government information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety, easily accessible in one place for many Americans. The website also links to information about nutrition and food assistance programs such as the Food Stamp Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, and the School Lunch and Breakfast programs and to federally supported research, reports, and brochures as well as funding opportunities in the federal government. Users can find information on the food guide pyramid, the dietary guidelines for Americans, dietary supplements, fitness and how to keep food safe."
- Author: United States Department of Agriculture (vic.powell@usda.gov)
- Subjects:
- Entertainment & Leisure--Food
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Nutrition & Diet
- On-line Medical Dictionary (OMD)
- http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
- "OMD is a searchable dictionary... and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science." The entries are browsable by letter (the list of words is large, so this option can be fairly slow) or by subject area.
- Author: Graham Dark (dark@www.graylab.ac.uk)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Pharma-Lexicon
- http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/
- Medical and Pharma Abbreviations Dictionary
- Author: Christian Nordquist
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Reference--Dictionaries
- Keywords: abbreviations; medical dictionary; dictionary; pharmacy
- Pharma-Lexicon
- http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/
- Medical and Pharma Abbreviations Dictionary
- Author: Christian Nordquist
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Reference--Dictionaries
- Keywords: abbreviations; medical dictionary; dictionary; pharmacy
- PubMed
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
- "PubMed provides access to bibliographic information which includes MEDLINE as well as additional life science journals. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
"PubMed also provides access and links to the integrated molecular biology databases included in NCBI's Entrez retrieval system. These databases contain DNA and protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system. "
- Author: National Center for Biotechnology Information (info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
- Health & Medical Sciences--Professional Resources
- Science & Technology--Life Sciences
- Keywords: MEDLINE; Journals
- Virtual Naval Hospital
- http://www.vnh.org/
- "The Virtual Naval Hospital is a digital health sciences library designed to deliver expert medical information to providers and patients at the point-of-care in order to help providers take better care of their patients and help patients live healthier lives."
This searchable cite provides information for patients, healthcare providers and Navy Medical Department administrators.
- Author: Electric Differential Multimedia Laboratory, University of Iowa College of Medicine (cartographer@vnh.org)
- Subjects:
- Health & Medical Sciences
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