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Do your have health and medical questions? Ask A Nurse! U.S. Non-Commercial Medical Search Engines:"I posted the first version of this page in the mid 1990s, a byproduct of working on a U.S. government-funded medical research grant: I'd found it helpful and others did as well. I list below interfaces to the 4 engines--out of nearly a dozen--that work the same way now--July, 2007--as they did then. The internet has changed (!) and the idea of a one-page interface no longer makes sense. If you're looking for personally relevant health information--which I assume you are or else you wouldn't have landed on this page--you're far more likely to find accurate information by searching several different sources and then comparing the results: take HIV as an example." http://www.claudiax.net/US_medsearch.html ****************************************************** See also: Abuses, Abusive Behavior, Child Abuse, etc. http://www.nursefriendly.com/abuse/ AIDS & HIV http://www.nursefriendly.com/aids/ Allergies, Hay Fever, Seasonal Allergies, Allergic Reactions http://www.nursefriendly.com/allergy Alternative Medicine, Complementary Therapy, Integrative Medicine http://www.nursefriendly.com/alternative/ Cancer, Oncology, Malignancy, Sarcoma http://www.nursefriendly.com/cancer/ Cardiac, Coronary, Heart http://www.nursefriendly.com/cardiac/ Obesity, Morbid Obesity, Obesity Resources http://www.nursefriendly.com/obesity/ Pain Management, Pain Killers: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Foot Pain, etc http://www.nursefriendly.com/pain/ Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Venereal Diseases http://www.nursefriendly.com/stds/ ****************************************************** U.S. Non-Commercial Medical Search Engines:"I posted the first version of this page in the mid 1990s, a byproduct of working on a U.S. government-funded medical research grant: I'd found it helpful and others did as well. I list below interfaces to the 4 engines--out of nearly a dozen--that work the same way now--July, 2007--as they did then. The internet has changed (!) and the idea of a one-page interface no longer makes sense. If you're looking for personally relevant health information--which I assume you are or else you wouldn't have landed on this page--you're far more likely to find accurate information by searching several different sources and then comparing the results: take HIV as an example." http://www.claudiax.net/US_medsearch.html ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Please select from the following: Addiction Search... :"Most addictions websites provide an avenue for personal views and experiences in recovery. This site does not need to do this --- other websites can point people to as many self-help meetings as they can handle. (In fact, a number of these sites are listed here.) Instead, this site offers links to the latest information arising from well-respected, reliable sources. The focus here is on research, especially the kind that gives an overview of a key area. These resources allow you to review the information efficiently. Addiction Search is a comprehensive site dedicated to providing health consumers and professionals with up-to-date, research-based information on drugs and alcohol, treatment approaches, and policy is... http://www.addictionsearch.com ****************************************************** BioMedNet:"BioMedNet is owned by Elsevier Science and is part of the Reed Elsevier group of companies. BioMedNet is the website for biological medical researchers. To date there are more than 600,000 members of BioMedNet -- with more than 20,000 people joining per month! Membership to BioMedNet is free, and members can search all of BioMedNet without charge. However, viewing full-text articles from publishers often requires payment or a subscription." http://www.bmn.com/ ****************************************************** BioMedSearch:"BioMedSearch is an enhanced version of the NIH PubMed search that combines MedLine/PubMed data with data from other sources to make the most comprehensive biomedical literature search available. BioMedSearch also provides advanced account features that allow saved searches, alerts, saving documents to portfolios, commenting on documents and portfolios, and sharing documents with other registered users. Registering for BioMedSearch is free." BioMedSearch.com 1500 Bay Road Suite 274S Miami Beach, FL 33139 USA http://www.biomedsearch.com/ ****************************************************** CANCERLIT:"Credible, current, comprehensive cancer information from the National Cancer Institute, including types of cancer, cancer treatment options, clinical trials, cancer literature, cancer genetics, risk factors, prevention, testing, and more." http://www.cancer.gov/ ****************************************************** Cochrane Library:"The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels." http://www.update-software.com/publications/cochrane/ ****************************************************** Controlled Trials.com:"The mRCT is a major international searchable database of ongoing randomised controlled trials in all areas of healthcare, built by combining registers held by public, charitable and commercial sponsors of trials. At the moment the mRCT also contains some completed trials. The mRCT is a free service that allows users to search all participating registers, all of which are asked to submit trial records including specified essential data items. Where more detailed entries are available in the original register, links are available to the source website." http://www.controlled-trials.com/ Controlled Trials from History:"This website has been created by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh to present the work of researchers who pioneered the application of research methods designed to reduce biases in studies assessing the effects of health care, social care and education." http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/controlled_trials/index.html ****************************************************** Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE):"At its inception in 1994 DARE was known as a database of quality assessed reviews. Staff at NHS CRD identified potential systematic reviews and assessed them against a set of inclusion criteria that sought to select only those of high methodological quality. Since that date, the science of systematic reviews has developed considerably. The recent changes in the inclusion critieria for DARE reflect the improved quality of reviews published today. While it would be useful to refer to DARE as a database of high quality reviews, the staff of NHS CRD do not think this entirely appropriate, as some of the older reviews on DARE, while of the highest quality at the time, would not be considered so now. Therefore we consider it a database of quality assessed reviews." http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crddatabases.htm#DARE ****************************************************** emedicine.com:"Launched in 1996, www.eMedicine.com comprises the largest and most current Clinical Knowledge Base available to physicians and health professionals. Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base, which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. The evidence-based content-updated 24/7-provides the latest practice guidelines in 62 medical specialties. eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD. eMedicine's professional and institutional subscription site is www.iMedicine.com." Emedicine.com Main Office 1004 Farnam Street, Suite 300 Omaha, Nebraska 68102 Office: 402-341-3222 Fax: 402-341-3336C edit@eMedicine.com http://www.emedicine.com ****************************************************** Hardin MD:"As the name "meta directory" implies, 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." http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ ****************************************************** Infotrieve, Inc.:"Infotrieve, Inc., is a global provider of content management technology and information services for the life sciences and other R&D-intensive industries that pioneer important scientific, technical, and medical (STM) breakthroughs. The company develops flexible enterprise solutions and integrated workflow applications that simplify research and development processes for improved efficiencies and outcomes. Infotrieve business solutions span Research & Development, Library & Information Services, and Product Marketing. Infotrieve was founded in 1988 and has offices in the United States, England, Germany, and Australia." Infotrieve, Inc. US Account Services 11755 Wilshire Blvd., 19th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90025 1-800-422-4633 Toll Free 310-445-3001 ext. 0 Fax 310-445-3003 service@infotrieve.com http://www4.infotrieve.com ****************************************************** Literature, Arts & Medicine Database:"The Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database is an annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art which was developed to be a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in MEDICAL HUMANITIES, for use in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings. It is a multi-institutional project (see Editorial Board) which was initiated by Drs. Felice Aull, Martin Nachbar, Karen Brewer, Roy Smith and Irene Chen '96 of the New York University School of Medicine in the summer of 1993. This Web site is produced and maintained by the Hippocrates Project, the multi-disciplinary development laboratory for application of information technologies to medical education at New York University School of Medicine." http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/ ****************************************************** Medbot, Stanford University:"MedBot is the easiest way to search the web for health and medicine resources. Only available from Stanford MedWorld." http://medworld.stanford.edu/medbot/ ****************************************************** MEdIC Homepage:"Welcome to the University of Texas - Houston Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's world wide Medical Education Information Center (MEDIC™). We believe self instructional multimedia learning is an effective health educational tool. This concept forms the basis of MEDIC. Due to medical practice restrictions by some States we cannot answer all electronic questions concerning health information." http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu ****************************************************** MedicalView:"MedicalView,a wholly owned subsidiary of Visual Data Corporation (NASDAQ: VDAT), is a leading producer and syndicator of original health and medical video content for the Internet. Through our comprehensive programming, consumers are presented with a truly interactive video experience designed to answer their most frequently asked questions on a variety of healthcare topics. With the click of the mouse, information specific to the posed question is presented in streaming video. MedicalView's content is developed and presented by respected and credentialed physicians and medical centers from around the United States, insuring that the information presented is both comprehensive and accurate." MedicalView Corporation 1291 SW 29th Avenue Pompano Beach, Florida 33069 phone 954-917-6655 · fax 954-917-6660 E-mail: info@medicalview.com http://www.medicalview.com/ ****************************************************** MediLexicon:"MediLexicon has the world's largest online database of pharmaceutical and medical abbreviations - over 230,000 and growing. Our database is updated daily to include new acronyms and abbreviations and their meanings. Our resource is free to use, allowing people to instantly look up meanings for acronyms and abbreviations from the fields of medicine, pharmacy, biotechnology, agrochemicals, healthcare and more." Head Office Postal Address: PO Box 193, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 9BA, United Kingdom. http://www.medilexicon.com/ ****************************************************** Introduction, Medinfo.co.uk:"Medinfo® is being developed with the aim of providing free and easy to understand medical information and advice, such as you might get from your own doctor, on a number of common and not so common conditions. Medinfo is written by a UK general practitioner, however this is general advice and does not take into account your own individual circumstances. We hope that you will find the information helpful, but it does not replace your doctor, and if you are concerned or worried, you should refer to him or her." http://www.medinfo.co.uk ****************************************************** Medicine Australia:"Medicine Australia is published by the Northern Rivers Division of General Practice (NSW) Ltd. The philosophy of MedAu, launched in April 1996, is to be a cooperative project - a place in cyberspace where doctors can share their thoughts and knowledge with others. It also supports the open source software movement, which encourages a co-operative effort among programmers and users to facilitate software development." 16 Carrington Street (PO Box 519), Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia. Ph: +61 (0)2 6622 4453 Fax: +61 (0)2 6622 3185 http://www.medicineau.net.au ****************************************************** MEDLINEplus:"Welcome to MEDLINEplus, a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on about 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MEDLINEplus is updated daily and can be bookmarked at medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MEDLINEplus endorse any company or product." MEDLINE Plus Office of Communications and Public Liaison National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20894 Phone: (301) 496-6308 Fax: (301) 496-4450 E-mail: publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ ****************************************************** Medscape (free registration required):"Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools. After a simple, one time, free registration, Medscape automatically delivers to you the specialty site that best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape home page to any of our specialty and profession sites. WebMD Medscape Health Network 224 W. 30th Street New York, NY 10001-5399 By phone: 888-506-6098 http://www.medscape.com/home ****************************************************** Medical World Search (paid subscription required):"MWSearch Engine is a tool to assist you to find more relevant medical and health related information easier. MWsearch/TLC Information Services are not responsible for the accuracy of the content searchers found nor for how the content is retrieved, interpreted or used by the searchers. All customers must respect the intellectual property and copyright law claimed by the content source or owner. There is no refund for MWSearch registration fees simply due to the high cost involved in administering and processing small refunds." http://www.mwsearch.com/ ****************************************************** MedMark: Medical Bookmarks:"Our Site contains comprehensive links we've found which are related to medical sciences & health.." http://www.medmark.org ****************************************************** MedNets an international medical resource:"Free medical specialties web based search engines searching only medical databases and the best free consumer health and disease information sources on the Web at mednets.com www.mednets.org." http://www.mednets.com ****************************************************** Medscape Today... Features medical journal articles, images, case reports, medical news, free MEDLINE, CME, and drug searching on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, in AIDS, cardiology, critical care, dermatology, d... 85 pages found, 45 links found, 144 score http://www.medscape.com/home ****************************************************** MedWeb: Robert W. Woodruff Health Science Center Library of Emory University:"MedWeb is a catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University." http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/ ****************************************************** National Guideline Clearinghouse:"Welcome! You are connected to the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans. Click on About NGC to learn more about us." http://www.guideline.gov/ ****************************************************** National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD):"The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), a 501(c)3 organization, is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service." National Organization for Rare Disorders 55 Kenosia Avenue PO Box 1968 Danbury, CT 06813-1968 Phone Number: (203) 744-0100 Tollfree: (800) 999-6673 (voicemail only) TDD Number: (203) 797-9590 Fax Number: (203)798-2291 E-mail Contact: orphan@rarediseases.org http://www.rarediseases.org ****************************************************** Primary Care National Electronic Library for Health:"The NeLH-PC provides links to in excess of 350 key information sites for primary care. All the sites are indexed. The library index can be searched via its "search this site" box, browsing the A-Z index. Users can also find information via the direct links from each category; these are all set out on the site map. Every link has an abstract and score of its relevance to primary care." http://nelhpc.sghms.ac.uk/ ****************************************************** Pubmed: National Library of Medicine's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ ****************************************************** science.komm: life science and medical directory... Life science and medical journals, publishers and online resources... http://www.sciencekomm.at ****************************************************** United States Food And Drug Administration (FDA):"Our search is updated every night. That means documents posted today will not appear in the search results till tomorrow. Check News on the FDA home page and on each center's home page for up-to-the minute postings. (Many FDA documents are time sensitive. Information in older documents may be out of date.)." http://www.fda.gov/search.html ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Medical Research Titles From Amazon.com Super Searchers on Health & Medicine: The Online Secrets of Top Health & Medical Researchers by Susan M. Detwiler, Reva Basch (Editor), Stephen Barrett:"Medical librarians, clinical researchers, health information specialists, and physicians explain how they combine traditional information sources with the best of the Internet, in question-and- answer interviews. They discuss searching in fields including new drugs and treatments, drug and device regulations, alternative medicine, and checking credentials of medical specialists. Includes a glossary and a list of Internet resources. Detwiler is a researcher and consultant." ****************************************************** Internet Medical & Health, Searching & Sources Guidebook by Colleen K. Lindell, William R. Hersh (Amazon.com): For healthcare consumers and professionals who want to know more about how to find and decipher quality medical/health information, learn and investigate various internet search methods, and learn how to efficiently conduct a search. This book provides the above, plus over 1,750 medical/health related unduplicated, validated and categorized websites. ****************************************************** Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary:"A reference for health care clinicians and students, first published in 1940. The 19th edition, revised over four years, takes account of the integration of alternative and complementary approaches into standard western medical care, defining terms relating to herbal remedies and traditional cures..." ****************************************************** ****************************************************** ****************************************************** For Health Information you can use, Follow, Connect, Like us on (Most Invites Accepted): http://www.nursefriendly.com/social/: Twitter! http://www.nursefriendly.com/twitter What's New Blogger: http://4nursing.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nursefriendly Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurses In Business, http://nursingentrepreneurs.ning.com/ ****************************************************** See also: Nursing Topics, A to Z: Nursing Degrees, LPN-RN, RN-BSN, RN-MSN, Online/Offline College, University and more!:"Higher income. 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