Thursday, August 26, 2010

Malaria: MedlinePlus

Malaria: MedlinePlus: "Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite. Infected mosquitoes spread it. Malaria is a major cause of death worldwide, but it is almost wiped out in the United States. The disease is mostly a problem in developing countries with warm climates. If you travel to these countries, you are at risk. There are four different types of malaria caused by four related parasites. The most deadly type occurs in Africa south of the Sahara Desert"

Sunday, August 22, 2010

MARTINDALE'S HEALTH SCIENCE GUIDE - The Virtual Medical Centre

Currently the Medical Center contains over 135,300 Medical Cases & Grand Rounds 62,100 Teaching Files 1,267 Courses/Textbooks 1,710 Tutorials 420 Journals 4,210 Databases Atlases & Image Databases & 1,000's of Movies .

FreeBooks4Doctors!

FreeBooks4Doctors! is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet. Over the next few years, many important medical textbooks will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge will have a major impact on medical practice. Please note that the short URL for FreeBooks4Doctors! is www.fb4d.com. Recent entries include,


Musculoskeletal Cancer Surgery, New Trends in Coloproctology, The Abbreviated Guide to Medical Management of HIV Infection, Braunwald Atlas of Heart Diseases, British National Formulary - BNF, Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney, Handbook of Contrast Echocardiography, Cancer Medicine, Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology, Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Lab Tests Online,

Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Bacteriology, Parasitology, Mycology Onlin, The Virtual Anesthesia Textbook , to name a few. More than 550 books available online!

Medical Student/Medical School

What a fitting name! A list of sites by topics, ...Anatomy, Anatomy - Radiology, Anesthesia, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Bioethics, Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Warfare, Complementary and Alternative, Dermatology, Embryology, Emergency Medicine, Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), Family Medicine, Genetics, Global Health, Histology, History of Medicine, Informatics, Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Virology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nutrition, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physical Examination, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery, Travel Medicine, Undersea Medicine, Urology..all the way down to Wilderness Medicine? Loads of links to textbooks or notes. In addition, they have a section on Patient Simulations, MEDLINE and Medical Journals, Continuing Education and Board Exams / Review Questions, among others.

HHS News Release: WHO Declares End to 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

HHS News Release: WHO Declares End to 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: "Health and Human Services (HHS) press release outlines implications for United States of WHO declaration that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic has ended."