9.1 WebMD: -
WebMD has
created an organization that we believe fulfills the promise of health
information on the Internet. It provides credible information, supportive
communities, and in-depth reference material about health subjects that matter
to you. It is a source for original and timely health information as well as
material from well known content providers.
The WebMD content staff blends award-winning expertise in
journalism, content creation, community services, expert commentary, and
medical review to give our users a variety of ways to find what they are
looking for with state-of-the-art expertise in:
- Health
news for the public
- Creating
and maintaining up-to-date medical reference content databases
- Medical
imagery, graphics, and animation
- Communities
- Live web
events
- User
experience
- Interactive
tools
9.2 WHO: -
WHO is the directing and coordinating
authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for
providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research
agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy
options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing
health trends. In the 21st century, health is a shared responsibility,
involving equitable access to essential care and collective defense against
transnational threats.
9.3
Cochrane Library: -
The
Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform health
care decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other
systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews host the
combined results of the world's best medical research studies.
9.4
eMedicine:
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Described as an open access medical
textbook, over 6,500 articles are provided. You have to register, which is
free, to search. Several different options for searching are available in the
advanced search feature. You can search for words, images, subject areas or
combinations of various search fields.
Interesting features available from
this site includes a medical dictionary, a search tool for identifying
medications based on the April 2007 imprint codes on pills, a tool called
“LookItMed” which allows the searcher to highlight a term within an eMedicine
and information will appear in a separate box with a definition, and links to
other eMedicine articles and Medline articles.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides this Web site
as a public service. Various NLM electronic resources are available mentioned
below in detail.-
·
A database of static NCBI web pages,
documentation, and online tools. These pages include such content as
specialized online sequence analysis tools, back issues of newsletters, legacy
resource description pages, sample code, and other miscellaneous resources.
Searching this database is equivalent to a site search tool for the whole NCBI
web site, with the exception of the FTP directories.
·
An extensive collection of articles about NCBI
databases and software. Designed for a novice user, each article presents a
general overview of the resource and its design, along with tips for searching
and using available analysis tools. All articles can be searched online and
downloaded in PDF format; the handbook can be accessed through the NCBI
Bookshelf.
·
Accessed through the NCBI Bookshelf, the Help
Manual contains documentation for many NCBI resources, including PubMed, PubMed
Central, the Entrez system, Gene, SNP and LinkOut. All chapters can be
downloaded in PDF format.
·
Part of the NCBI Handbook, this glossary
contains descriptions of NCBI tools and acronyms, bioinformatics terms and data
representation formats.
Directory of health sites from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There are sections for general
health information, health news, special initiatives, and federal agencies.
The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for
protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services,
especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Consumer health
web site that provides "credible information and useful tools from the
most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of
Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Established in 1996, InteliHealth has
become one of the leading online health information companies in the world.
The Patient's
Network focuses on a "community approach to the delivery of health care
information. It combines original material with links to dozens of other
resources." The Patient's Network contains Medical Centers which are
developed by patients and professionals.
Healthline is
both a health search engine and a provider of its own articles on medical
topics. This information clearinghouse offers its own doctor reviewed articles
and searches other sites that its on-staff doctors and medical experts consider
to be "the top health sites on the Web."
Health portal
that provides information about popular health topics, medical conditions,
prescription drugs, fitness, wellness, and mental health. The site has a
medical expert index to search for questions and answers by condition and
doctors' names.
