This weekly journal is put out by the "Environmental Research Foundation" and offers information relating to health and environmental issues. The archive contains over 400 back issues but the organization of the archive is first-rate so finding what you want won't be a difficult task. Not only does this journal contain original articles but it contains compilations of articles, info and viewpoints from many other publications. The New York Times, The Nation and The Miami Herald are just a few examples. FDA regulations and how they affect what you eat, farming practices and a whole lot more are included. This is a plethora of information yet its clear and concise layout make it an undaunting archive to find the info you need. A highly recommended site to visit to find health and environmental issues and how they both relate to one another. Informative and well done!
This really is just like a virtual hospital without all the high costs! This web site is the quintessential online heath site and offers perhaps the best and most complete assortment of health info and links available. Everything from pediatrics (child care) to dental care and much more. If you only could have one general health related site on the web - it would without a doubt be this one. I suggest coming in for a visit. I have to give this a ***** five star rating and recommend this site to everyone.
An extrememly useful and well done guide complete with links to the various health and medial related resources found on the Internet. The guide is broken down into subject area and is easy to use and you will be quickly able to find topics of interest using this web page.
Original site was established to help students find general health info but it has developed to include informative sections on health insurance, diet, drug abuse, drug symptoms, and sexual abuse. A wealth of health info resides within this archive/server.
Wow! It's a workout just getting to the right menu on this gopher but once you get there - the trek is worth it! Many articles, info and tips on topics that relate to fitness and well-being. Workout and excercise advice, basic body muscle group work-outs, aerobics and many more are contained in here. Also includes nutrition advice and a host of fitness guidelines, programs, regimens, and resources. Whew! You'll get a workout just reading all this information. If you're into fitness or health - take a jog over here!
There is not too much consumer oriented info on this site at this time. Much of the info deals with the Am Heart Assoc. policy statements and the management procedures and bureaucratic processes of the Association. The AHA has said that they were going to include more consumer info when this site was updated later in 1995 so stay tuned...
A plethora of health related issues. Includes healthy recipes, cookbook bibliographies and great alternative snacking suggestions. Suggestions included pretzels in favor of potato chips (to reduce cholesteral intake), cutting back on cold-cuts and having home-cooked unprocessed meats. If you want to find out about health issues - hurry on over to here - now if I could just get rid of this carpel-tunnel syndrome...
Get the "low-down" of many vegetarian diets. Includes reports on fast-food chains claims. McDonald's, Domino's Pizza and even airline fare is rated. Pass the celery sticks please.
You'll get behind the "hype" and see just what those labels really mean. True nutritional values and lots of other things can be understood and assessed from current labels required on foods. A little heavy but can still be understood by the average consumer. A good site for students and teacher that need info on nutrition and/or food labelling.
A huge archive of medical, nutritional and health related info resides here Almost any health topic you are looking for is here and this is one of the best sites on the Internet for finding such info. The ftp site is well laid out and organized so finding the info is made easier. A great resource site.
U.S Dept. of Energy came up with a way to eat to avoid jet lag. The diet plan was originally developed for shift workers to adjust to changing shifts with a minimum of eating problems or diet problems. If you're flying between time-zones there are step-by-step instructions on how to minimize "jet-lag" by giving a regimen for eating and including this diet regimen in your travel plans. Seasoned travellers saythis really works. Of course virtual travellers should eat better too. Put down those chips and cheeze curls and get on over to this site pronto!
A virtual cornucopia of information. This page was developed for nutrition reasearchers, educators, and students wishing to learn more about issues and facts relating to nutrition. Resources can be viewed by subject, and by format. Links to other pages as well. The Yahoo Nutrition page is also highly recommended. Now put those cheeze-doodles down !
Thiry-four categories from Burritos to Oatmeal to Zucchini Bread. Full menus of Breakfasts, Lunch ideas and Dinner. Not just for celery sticks!
A virtual medicine cabinet for women related health issues. Info about the Pill, PMS and breast self-examination are only a few of the topics. Also contains information related to pregnancy health care issues. Great site!
A forms based web page that gives you the famous Myers-Briggs test online. You simply answer the multiple choice questions (70 questions) then total up your score. After your score is tallied your "personality traits" are reduced to a four letter code that is your Keirsey Temperament Test Result. Your score results also get you a list of others who share your score. People from Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Asimov could be your personality peers and the four letter personality code is recognized world-wide by many Psychiatric and Psychological organizations. Give this a try - it's fun!
Chris Thompson at the Department of Anaesthesia within the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney,Australia has made a wonderful page that is both informative for professionals and for non-professionals. Answers to many common questions are available and there are links to other related info. A fine beginning for a needed page on anesthetic topics. We hope this page becomes a "knockout".
As more and more educational work involves using computers, students and instructors alike need to be aware of the hazard of Repetitive Strain Injury to the hands and arms that can result from the use of computer keyboards and mice. This is a serious and very painful condition that is far easier to prevent than to cure once contracted, and can occur even in young physically fit individuals. It is not uncommon for people to have to leave computer-dependent careers as a result, or even to be permanently disabled and unable to perform tasks such as driving or dressing themselves. Graduate students in computer science and engineering are in a particularly high risk group as well as office workers spending large and conitiguous amounts of time at terminals or computers. Hmmm....
Offering allergy, asthma, and immunology information to the public and the professional. Although this page is in its infancy, we hope to add more AAAAI information, as well as more links to other relevant sources of information. As such, your comments are greatly appreciated.
What is the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology?
The American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) is the largest national professional medical society representing allergists, immunologists, and related allied health professionals. It is comprised of 4600 clinicians, academicians, research scientists and allied health professionals from the United States, Canada, and more than 40 foreign countries. The purpose of the AAAAI is to advance the knowledge and practice of allergy and immunology through discussion at meetings and through electronic communication; to foster the education of both students and the public; to promote and stimulate allergy and immunology research study; and to encourage the unity of and cooperation among those engaged in the field of allergy and immunology.
The Canadian Medical Association health-information service is now available on the WWW. The CMA is the first national medical association in the world to provide such a service to its members and the public. CMA Online provides news from the world of health care, extracts from the current medical literature, and information about the CMA's policies, activities and publications. Both health professionals and members of the public will be able to take advantage of the information provided here. Well done page!
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has announced that their monthly newsletter is available to the public online via the WWW at the ATSDR Homepage. ATSDR's mission is to prevent exposure and the adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned toxic releases, and other sources of environmental pollution. If you're unfamiliar with the ATSDR Homepage altogether, it contains links to ATSDR's toxicological profiles of hazardous substances, public health statements about exposure effects, and the HazDat database, which contains information about the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or emergency events and their effect on health.
Don't be hesitant to post questions or comments. If you need info, would like to share an experience, or would just like to say hello, that is what this is all about. There are a lot of knowledgeable and friendly folks around here. If this topic pertains to you - give this service a try.
Physiology: the study of normal function of organs.
The Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine has recently provided this WWW page to the general public. This site contains formatted text, tables, graphic figures, photographs, animation, movie and sound files pertaining to physiology, the study of normal function of organs and organ systems within all living organisms at all levels of integration. The site will initially offer lecture notes and other material for an undergraduate Physiology course entitled "How the Body Works". Eventually we hope to support our graduate and medical courses as well. The information is always available to the public and might be considered the best source of physiological information on the WWW.
This site, sponsored by Mirical Nutrition Corp., has a neat forms-based section where you fill out your age, weight, height and sex (ok... this is not a yes or no question - M or F please) and you will then be given a personal nutrition guide that equates "the optimum amount and type of food nutrients you should be consuming based on your personal attributes." Hey - this is pretty cool - informative too - if you can understand it...
Wonderful collection of health related information and archives. This has become one of the most popular sites for obtaining health related info.
All types of treatment information including standard forms of treatment and new experimental methods. There is way too much to list and explain here but suffice to say that if you need info on AIDS or AIDS related issues then here is the place to visit and learn. Not only is there solely medical information but cultural and political info on AIDS including news article archives and lots more. This is a world-famous site and there is none better on the topic and issues of AIDS. A great resource site. Also includes support forums and more. This is a gopher mirror to the actual interactive BBS and so contains tomes of mostly textual material. It's not easy to know what is contained within each file as they are not clearly marked and the BBS archived messages are not marked either. It may take some work to get around this gopher site but it might pay off for the alternative is a long distance call to the San Francisco BBS phone number unless you happen to live in or around that region.
The National Cancer Institute's home page has a wealth of cancer info that includes info for both doctor and cancer patient. A good resource.
Lots of educational info on many STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) and a special section on AIDS. A good educational and informative resource.
Some things just can't be taken care of with nutrition and exercise so here is a page that might help in these instances - a web page devoted to plastic surgery! Tummy tucks, face lifts, eye lifts, liposuction and more. This site has a fairly complete set of "before" and "after" pictures to show you the (sometimes) dramatic results of such surgical procedures. Of course these procedures aren't for everyone but then neither is this page - but if you're interested in learning a bit more about plastic surgery and reconstructive techniques and the results that can be achieved then here is the web page for you to browse through pictures and info.
Illustrations and pictures of anatomical and medically related areas. Has pictures of both healthy and diseased tissues and body parts. Also contains pictures of skeletal portions and full skeletal views. Too much to list.
Offers in-depth reports on AIDS and AIDS related info, how to live with someone with AIDS and where to get even more info on AIDS. This might also be used in the classroom as an educational resource for Health issues.
This is a Centers for Disease Control web site that contains a detailed list of diseases, viral and bacterial outbreaks, poisons and other related lists that deal with public health topics. This is list is quite large and it seems that nearly every known public health menace is on it. Also has links to pictures and graphic representations of disease stages in human beings that are quite gruesome even for med students. There are many other links here to various disease control centers and disease related info.
Literally this site is a "digital quilt". You can make your own patch for the quilt by taking a blank patch from the site, create a design or color or whatever you want for the patch in a graphics program you have and then send back your self-designed patch back to the site via ftp to be included in the ever-growing quilt. Originally the concept came from the AIDS quilt started in Wash., DC (US). If you've lost a loved one to this disease and want a way to show your rememberance, this digital site can let you show such rememberance as you link with others in an analogous way through the linking together of home-crafted digital quilt patches.
Information on Alzheimer's and pointers on where to obtain further info.
This is a service of the Institute for Child Health Policy, Univ of Florida and mostly deals with information related to the child healthcare, child welfare, child care and day care and social work professions. The info was not directly about children per se but geared towards those who would take care of them. US Dept of Health and Human Services reports and other types of related documents are available for those in the childcare field.
This sight covers all sorts of pregnancy and birth giving information with a decided slant towards home birth and midwife delivery. Info also includes pre-natal care and nutrition during pregnancy and contains links to other web sites such as the CEA (Childbirth Education Assoc) and usenet groups. There is also a few mailing lists that can be subscribed to that deal with birth and pregancy related issues and topics.
Offers alternatives ways to combat illness without using typical solutions such as antibiotics and prescribed drugs. Included here is the Homeopathy FAQ document and a list of Homeopathic Internet Resources. A good way to find out about alternative methods and holistic health information.
Another alternative medicine home page that describes many methods other than the standard drug prescriptions. Alternative methods of healing are examined here along with chiropractic, reflexology, yoga, acupuncture, shiatsu massage and many others. Links to various other web pages complete the scenario of information and Dr. Bower encourages people with further information, links or other ideas to help the holistic cause to email him.
I wasn't sure what section of BIGSURF to place this site so I hope that persons interested in this topic will find it here. This site holds a wealth of information for both adopters and adoptees. If you are thinking of adopting or are an adoptee then start your info-searches here for it is one of the best sites available concerning adoption topics and issues.
Want to find out a little more on such topics as bulimia, penis size, impotence and relationship incompatibilites? Want to find a site that has lots of links to other sites that have info and self-help techniques and articles on all sorts of psychologically and inner-self related subjects? Then here is the place to go. This is a magazine that has brief but fairly informative articles and has pointers and links to other web resources.
OK - this is not exactly "scientific" or medically sound advice that comes from the biorhythm chart that is custom made for you from this web site. But - it is cool - and seems to be useful for lots of people. You simply fill in the needed info on the web page and presto - a custom made chart is generated for you to read and look over. Everyone should try this out.
Even though this site is more an administrative aspect of health care - it is very important as this agency is the one that administers Medicaid and Medicare programs (US). There is an abundance of public information at this web site and it grows daily. All sorts of statistics, info on how best to contact officials and health administrators and complete texts of ongoing projects, bills, initiatives and committee reviews that affect HCFA and eventually have an impact on the Medicare/Medicaid system. Informative and very well done site that finally offers the public a wealth of access. There are also many links to other US departments and agencies such as the Social Security Administration, the US Census, Fiscal Budget Policies, the Dept. of Health and Human Services and many, many more. There is simply too much to list here in this brief abstract - but this site is worth the visit for anyone wishing to learn more about the maze of health care and related public programs initiated in the United States.
NIH is a national biomedical research organization and these sites contain a wide variety of information and links to health and science related resources. Links and info to disease-specific resources are included here and these sites also have info on the ongoing projects at NIH facilities. Also included are clinical research findings along with grant and research opportunities. The NIH sites are extremely "massive" yet the sites remain organized and fairly easy to "find your way around". Highly recommended.
Offers "HyperDOC", a multimedia/hypertext resource. It supports the Visible Human body Project. A true hyper-textual informative publication page. Many links and info within this site make it an abundant resource literally overflowing with health and medically related information. Excellent site.
Created by the Brigham and Women's Hospital radiology department, this BrighamRAD page is fascinating. The hyper-media oublication offers teaching documents and hypothetical situations with a symptoms list. Also contains medical graphics and images from which students are expected to make an educated diagnosis and prognosis. Can you pass the test? Can your Doctor?
Before logging onto the BBS system you will be presented with a simple form to fill in. This is a wonderful service and this procedure is painless.
This site is staffed by a collection of volunteer medical professionals and is brought to you through the non-profit organization "Med Help". These health realted resources are available free from this BBS system that users can telnet to. There are hundreds of informative files here that cover many topics and health related issues. There is time limit of 30 min per session and a total of 60 min per day. This is more than fair and should provide you with enough time to download several files that you can choose to save. This is similar to having a "doctor on call" day or night and there is simply too much too list here about this site. Check it out and learn!
This gopher site offers all sorts of information for senior citizens in regards to health, government, legal and available services. Good site.
This site includes the complete SSA Handbook plus SSA guidelines and other related information including several very informative FAQ documents. The texts are available in both English and Spanish. A very informative place.
This is a copy of the full text of the NHSA. The web site offers a table of contents to ease in navigation of the large document. This rather large and informative government document that is now available to the public on a grand scale (via WWW) should be read with those with interest in such matters of public health availability and public health services.
This site is completely "family" oriented and is a collaberative effort of many parenting magzines although it is not commercial in setup or intent. There is a virtual map of the US and if you click on the region/area which interests you or where you live you will be presented with information on upcoming family events such as fairs, circus visits, museum exhibitions, nature walks, family fun events and kid-specific events and things to do. Other issuses as children's health and development are addressed here and there is even an educational software guide and listing. There are links to many other places on the web that are "kid safe" and are interesting web sites for kids to visit such as the Children's Literature Web Guide. I can openly and honestly recommend this site as one of the best and safest web sites for both parents and kids to visit and there is a wealth of info for parents here relating to their children and child development. Excellent.
This site is meant as a support service for parents who have special needs children. Children with learning disabilities or that need some type of emotional support help would also be relevant to this site. The files are available freely via the FTP site and the Web site offers a chance for the Parents to browse all the info and offerings that include over 2,000 groups that are advocate groups, support groups, help groups and others. Info on available services - local, private and government - are also available at this site. A wealth of easily accessed info resides here and it is an easy and well laid out site to navigate. There is too much to list but once you come here - you will be amazed at all the "networking" that's out there for parents with special needs children. Another highly recommended site.