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21.Colorado Health Site
Colorado HealthSite (CHS)á is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to provide actual medical information, statistic facts, support services and promote health through health education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and prevention of diseases. Comprehensive information include details on 23 chronic illnesses, holistic therapy, health insurance, drugs, food saety, womenÆs and children health, and provide interactive with patients and physicians through Ask CHS, Pen Pals, Patient Stories, Interviews, Forums and more.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:1029
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.coloradohealthnet.org/
22.eMedicine World Medical Library
eMedicine offers up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical journals in emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology, dermatology, neurology, sports medicine and veterinary medicine. The articles are indexed by specialty , alphabetical per volumes for professionals and there are more than 500 articles for consumers. This is one of the largest provides of online CME, CE and CEH.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:27647
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.emedicine.com/
23.Ever Active Schools Program
This is just an informative site about The Ever Active School Program, a membership-based program available to Alberta school communities. Its mission is to enhance physical activity of the staff, students, parents, community stakeholders and health professionals.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Patients.
Reference index:20
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.everactive.org/
24.Nutricise.com: Lose Weight With A Free Personalized Meal Plan and Fitness Plan! -Plus- Personalized Weight Loss Counseling
Information and tips on cooking and nutrition, healthy lifestyles, diet and weight loss tools for making your weight loss program. The site offers a free Healthy Living electronic newsletter.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:1730
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.efit.com/
25.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
26. Dehydration
Article from the NFPT Personal Trainer magazine discusses the phenomenon of dehydration and how to avoid it. It notes that some athletes take diuretics to reduce their water weight before sporting events but that this can have dire consequences: many have experienced severe heart problems due to the dehydration caused by this practice, and some have even died. Details on the signs and symptoms of dehydration are available as are tips on how to maintain healthy levels of water in the body.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:20
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.nfpt.com/Library/Articles/dehyd.html
27.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/
28.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
29.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
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.Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport supports the development of women athletes and educates women across Canada about the health benefits of physical exercise. Site publishes profiles of female athletes and has a slew of information on the Olympics. Most information is related to amateur and professional sports, but there is health news to be found here, too.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:1264
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.caaws.ca/
32.Canadian Health and Physical Education (CAHPERD)
The Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) is a voluntary organization dedicated to development of healthy children and youth by advocating for quality, school-based physical and health education. The site is of interest for researchers, coaches, students and teachers.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:48
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.cahperd.ca/e/index.htm
33.TC251
SIS, Swedish Standards Institute offers standardization in the field of Health Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Its mission is to achieve compatibility and interoperability between independent systems supporting clinical and administrative procedures. It requires safety, security and quality. It is necessary login to read the texts.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:370
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.centc251.org/
34.Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
The Center for Disease Control hosts the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Series, based on reports to the CDC by state and territorial health departments. The MMWR contains data on specific diseases (to include chronic and infectious diseases), environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. A recommendations and reports section has articles that relay health policy information regarding disease and injury prevention and treatment. It also posts CDC surveillance summaries, disease trends with morbidity and mortality tables, fact sheets on diseases, and a section on media relations. Subscription to the electronic version is free, subscription to the print version has a fee, and an educational CD-ROM is free to state health departments, medical schools, schools of public health, and WHO.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses, Patients.
Reference index:7989
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//
35.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/
36.NYS Physical Activity Coalition
Move for Life web site provides resources on physical activity. It helps you to increase the physical activity level of employee in a healthy and interactive way through good prepared program. Search recent research and new articles, a calendar of events and conferences and chat with professionals through chat room or message forum.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.nysphysicalactivity.org/mfl/
37.Pediatric and Adolescent Comprehensive Care
Pediatric and Adolescent Comprehensive Care is a member of the Medem Network and provides information about illness and injury prevention pertaining to child and adolescent health. Site has patient education resources, describes common illnesses, and features a FAQ section. Educational articles relating to nutrition, sports, childhood diabetes, and more can also be found at this site.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:3
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.pacc.yourmd.com/
38.Qi Journal: Traditional Chinese Medicine
This is the TCM Index for Qi Journal online. It provides learning games and quizzes, an interactive acupuncture model, calendar of events, listings of professionals, links and a large online catalog of books & videos. Specializing in TCM, Tai Chi, Qigong, Acupuncture, Tuina, Feng Shui, etc.
Purpose: Learning, Reference, Simulation.
Audience: Dentists, Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:20
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.qi-journal.com/TCM.html
39.PELINKS4U - Physical Education, Health, Fitness & Sports Information
Information about PELINKS4U, a biweekly magazine promoting programs in physical education, health, recreation, fitness, dance and sport. Programs are success-oriented and enhancing lifestyles and quality.The site provides also PE-Forum, a bulletin designed to stimulate interaction on topics of interest among professionals in physical education, health, sports, and fitness fields.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:1090
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.pelinks4u.org/
40.48 Hours Literature Resources
48 Hours offers more than 50,000 original popular medicine articles; its emphasis is on medical news that has broken in the last 48 hours. Excellent features include an Index of Drug Monographs, a pull-down guide to conditions (which provides good introductory texts and news-related links for each condition), and medical categories that guide users to a slew of off-site resources. Site is highly useful; its features are plentiful and easy to use.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:302
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.48hours.net/
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