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Alt-HealthWatch 
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"Alt-HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers public, university and medical libraries an immediate resource of nearly 50,000 articles from over 160 international, peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters (most from 1990 to the present), plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. In addition to the standard bibliographic citations, the database indexes each article by more than 225 subject categories, 16 article types and 11 publication types. From both a professional and consumer standpoint, Alt-HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by 'Alternative Medicine'." |
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"With this consumer health database, you can find a remedy for sunburn, discover healthy nutritional guidelines or search for the latest treatments for cancer. The content of Health Source: Consumer Edition is also enhanced with several health books published by the People's Medical Society. With this database you can search for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 165 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Mens Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 180 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Also included is USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and 20 health research books, including books published by the People's Medical Society. Other features include thousands of essays from Clinical Reference Systems covering eight major health related subjects, including adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women's health and sports medicine; Stedman's Medical Dictionary - providing users with access to terminology of genetics, oncology, pediatrics, pulmonology, emergency medicine, bacteriology, and laboratory medicine; and searchable full text for over 1,000 health-related pamphlets." |
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MedicineNet.com |
Information about medical conditions and definitions of medical terms are provided at this site. The About Us link describes the credentials of doctors who are writers & editors of this information. |
| The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy | "This book has become the world's most widely used general medical text." "Merck is dedicated to providing reliable, easy-to-use medical information." |
| WebMDHealth | Read Who We Are to learn about the background of this commercial provider of health information. Housed in a searchable database, this site includes information about specific conditions, general medical information, and information on health and wellness. |
| Virtual Hospital | University of Iowa Health Care provides online information about health issues. |
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