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The Internet can be a vast, intimidating place when you're looking for honest, informative medical information. Sure, you can look up thousands of sites on Google at the click of a mouse, but how do you know if the advice on a particular site is good, or, if followed, might actually worsen your condition?
Now, Harlan Weinberg, a respected critical care doctor, has taken on the challenge to provide up-to-date, helpful information for patients and their families about the resources available on the Internet, exhaustively researching the Web to provide a directory of the best medical websites. Organized by disease or condition, and covering nearly one hundred afflictions from AIDS/HIV medicine to wound care, he offers an annotated list of sites that are both reliable and easy to understand. With Dr. Weinberg's help, you can navigate the Internet with confidence and get the right advice at the right time.
Chapter One
General Health Resources
**Search these databases for all clinical topics**
Up to Date
Expansive clinical information covering Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology and Hypertension, Neurology, Obstetrics-Gynecology OB/GYN and Women's Health, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Rheumatology.
Subscription required only for access to professional content.
eMedicine
Expansive clinical information covering Clinical Procedures, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Hand Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Orthopedic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Sports Medicine and Surgery. Refer to "Specialties" And "Resource Centers."
Free to use.
Medscape
Expansive clinical information covering Allergy and Immunology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Hematology-Oncology, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Lab Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, OB/GYN and Women's Health, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Primary Care, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, Radiology, Rheumatology, Surgery, Transplantation, Urology, and more. Refer to "Specialities" and "ResourceCenters."
Registration required.
MDConsult
Expansive clinical information by Elsevier covering medical books, journals, patient education, medications, practice guidelines and more.
Subscription required.
MDLinx
Professional site for medical news and journal article reviews organized by subspecialty.
Registration required.
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
This is the world's largest medical library.
Free to use.
PubMed
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Search the world's medical literature for any clinical topic. Free to use.
Medline Plus
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Search "Health Topics" for conditions, diseases, and wellness. Free to use.
Medical Rounds: Multimedia On-Demand Medical Education
Extensive clinical presentations covering Cardiology, Critical Care, Endocrinology, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, Respirology, Rheumatology, and Surgery.
Registration required.
Collections by Disease or Topic
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Extensive clinical materials grouped in published articles since 1996 in the NEJM.
Register, purchase, or subscribe.
Topic Collections
British Journal of Medicine (BMJ)
Clinical and nonclinical topic article collection in the BMJ since 1998.
Subscription or purchase required.
Journal Watch
Search the literature covering General, Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, GI, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Pediatrics And Adolescent, Psychiatry, Women's Health, AIDS, And More.
Subscription required.
STAT!Ref
Extensive online health care references from medical publishers and medical societies providing essential health information.
Subscription required.
ConsultantLive
Cliggott Publishing Group
Extensive clinical information but also reviews from CancerNetwork, Diagnostic Imaging, Psychiatric Time, and Applied Neurology.
Free for healthcare professionals with registration.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Institutes, Centers, and Offices
Comprehensive listing of all NIH institutes and centers.
Free to use.
Merck Medicus
Comprehensive clinical information reviewing over 7000 topics of common medical conditions.
Registration required.
BioMed Central: The Open Access Publisher
Extensive clinical topics in medicine published as journal articles.
Free to use.
Clinical Care Options
Review academic resources covering HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Oncology.
Registration required.
Healthlinks
University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries Seattle, Washington
Comprehensive health resource
Certain sections have restricted access. User must search.
Aerospace Medicine
SPACELINE
NASA Human Research and Technology
Review of selected recent publications of interest in the space life sciences.
Free to use.
Aerospace Medicine Association
The international leader for excellence in aerospace medicine.
Membership required.
Anonymous
Posted July 21, 2008
We all go on and search our medical aliments. A lot of the time we find nonsense. This book will save you hours of time. It pinpoints were to look for what condition. It is a tremendous help.
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Posted January 8, 2008
I've reviewed the book and gone to some of the websites to research information. It's better than searching the web as Dr. Weinberg has already done it, therefore saving us a lot of time. Congrats Doc and thank you.
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The Internet can be a vast, intimidating place when you're looking for honest, informative medical information. Sure, you can look up thousands of sites on Google at the click of a mouse, but how do you know if the advice on a particular site is good, or, if followed, might actually worsen your condition?
Now, Harlan Weinberg, a respected critical care doctor, has taken on the challenge to provide up-to-date, helpful information for patients and their families about the ...