Wednesday, November 27, 2013

12 Web2.0 Medical Search Engines !

How to search for medical and health information ?! This question is buzzed often from many non professional users who are seeking simple medical information . There are many health and medical search engines , those provide quality and directed search result .

So I assembled this list as a quick reference for health and medical search engine , at the end of the list i will minimize the list to sites i am using and i highly suggest .
1-HealthFind http://www.healthfind.com/ :
HealthFind is using Google Custom search to look up in selection of medical and health sites .
2-PogoFrog http://www.pogofrog.com/
A medical research engine for physicians . Using Google custom search .
3-SearchMedica http://www.searchmedica.com/
is a professional medical search , that searches in selected recommended medical sites or the entire web . the user can refine his search by category for more specific information , also he can narrow or broader the search .
4-Hakia.com http://health.hakia.com/ :
it provide more personalization for search results .
http://www.goomedic.com/hakia-search-war-quality-over-popularity-featuring-diseases-gallery.html
5-MedWorm : http://www.medworm.com/
Medical Search engine , which filter the search results by Date , Relevance , Specialty Filter . Every search query has RSS feed to keep watching the results update , MedWorm look-up in Medical News , Journals , Organization , blogs and medical podcasts .
6-Healthbase http://healthbase.netbase.com/ :
Netbase.com is a providing their medicine 2.0 search engine with showing up their capability of Intelligent search in medical and health field , their health search engine search in diseases complications , medical conditions treatment . The search results return with categorized list of results as Drugs & Medications for the disease along with treatments for specific conditions of it . It also shows the content sources  at the results page’s sidebar . Listing the related searches is a handy features as well . especially in expanding the search results to show more related contents .
7-Modernmedicine.com : http://www.modernmedicine.com/
a Medical and Health community portal , which is rich with medical articles and organized medical topics . ModernMedicine.com search also look-up recommended medical sites .
8-MedStory http://www.medstory.com/
Smart medical search engine , aimed to save time when looking for certain medical topics by giving the users a chance to explore related topics to get focused results .
9-GuidedMed : http://www.guidedmed.com/en/
Simple personalized search engine for health information ( Diseases , Symptoms , Surgeries , Problems , Clinical States . ) , the simple search home interface , but it masks great features and tools as search related medical products at Amazon.com for an example . Specifying the search term is wise idea . for more information check the demo . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4VBrklvt8
10-Healia.com http://Healia.com
a medical portal , communities and guides with extending medical capabilities to retrieve results form the site , medical journals , clinical trials , and from the web .
11-GoPubMed.org :http://www.gopubmed.org/web/gopubmed/
a Web2.0 search engine that search PubMed.com , and return the result based on classification of Gene Ontology and Medical Subject Headings .
12-Healthline.com http://www.healthline.com/

Indian Citation Index - Wonderful tool

Indian Citation Index - Wonderful tool

A multi-disciplinary citation index from India called "Indian Citation Index" has arrived on Indian literature horizon. The resources has covered majority of the journals published and indexed from India in science and technology field. A brilliant attempt to bring complete research activities reported in more than 14 document types, covering a wide spectrum of 51 main subject catagories is captured.

The platform provides rich functions with user friendly interface, the team at Divan Enterprises has taken all efforts to provide maximum features and functionalities avialable with Scopus from Elsevier and Web of Science from Thomson Reuters

The product has ensured to cover key areas such as Case Study, Editorial, Observation (R&D), Opinion Paper, Patent, Proceeding, Report(R&D), Research Article, Research Method, Research Note, Review Article, Short Communication, Special Article, Standard

For the first time in India a product has offered Citiation Report, Impact Factor, Comparative Analysis and Indian Journals Citation Reports.

The usage of this resources is huge apart from abstracting or biobliographic services. I wish to bring your focus on understanding the emerging fields, citation connection, identify leading research, best performing institutes / university.

Open Access Journals for Research Purpose

Open Access Journals for Research Purpose

Dear All,

With open access being one of the most essential part of information industry today, majority of institutes are still neglecting the content from these journals, I wish to bring your attention to open access journals from Karger Medical & Scientific Publishers.

The list of journals is provided with links to journals homepage, I believe your researchers would find this information useful.


Banned Drugs / Drugs Banned in India / List of Banned Drugs


A number of individual drugs as well as fixed dose combinations are banned in India.

Drugs undergo rigorous testing before they are introduced into the market. They are first tested in animals and then in human beings during clinical trials.  The efficacy as well as safety profiles of the drug are tested.   In spite of this, some adverse effects of drugs appear only after the drug is used in the general population.  These adverse effects are detected though a process of regular monitoring after the drug is released called pharmacovigilance.  If the adverse effects are severe or the risks of using the drug outweigh the benefits, or if the drug is ineffective, the country may ban the drug or the Drug Company may itself voluntarily withdraw the drug.  Some drugs may cause adverse effects only when combined with particular drugs.  In such cases, only the fixed dose combination is banned and not the individual drugs.

A number of single drugs as well as fixed dose combinations have been banned for manufacture, marketing and distribution in India. Some drugs banned in India are mentioned below:

Drugs Banned in India

Fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine

Fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine were used to treat obesity.  They were widely used in slimming centers.  However, they were withdrawn due to reports of diseases of heart valves, fibrosis of the heart and pulmonary hypertension.  The combination of fenfluramine and phenteramine, another weight loss pill was particularly notorious for causing heart valve problems and sudden death.

Rimonabant

Rimonabant was particularly effective in causing weight loss.  It inhibited the action of substances called cannabinoids in the brain.  It has been withdrawn due to serious side effects like depression, suicidal tendencies and seizures.

Sibutramine

Sibutramine is a weight loss pill that has been recently banned since it caused heart related side effects.

Astemizole and terfinadine

Astemizole and terfinadine are antihistamines that were used to treat allergies.  They were banned since they could cause a heart condition called polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and even death when used in high doses or with drugs like erythromycin, clarithromycin and  ketoconazole.

Phenformin

Phenformin is an antidiabetic drug similar to metformin.  It has been banned since it carries a high risk of lactic acidosis.

Rofecoxib and valdecoxib

Rofecoxib and valdecoxib were popular painkillers that were used for arthritis and other painful conditions.  They resulted in pain relief without causing gastric side effects.  However, they were withdrawn due to concerns of heart attack and stroke with their use.

Rosiglitazone

Rosiglitazone is a drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It has been banned due to an increased risk of heart attacks.

Gatifloxacin

Gatifloxacin is an antibiotic whose use as an oral and injectable drug has been recently banned in India.  This is due to its risk for severe hyperglycemia or high blood sugar levels in the elderly.

Tegaserod

Tegaserod is a drug that is used to treat patients with irritable bowel syndrome with predominantly constipation. It was withdrawn from the market since patients taking this drug showed increased incidence of heart attack and stroke.

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