European Public Assessment Reports (EPAR)

On this site form the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products you can search for European Public Assessment Reports.

December 24, 1998

Drugs metabolized by cytochromes

Dave Flockhart's site contains an excellent and up-to-date list of substrates, inhibitors, and inducers of the various P450 cytochromes.

December 17, 1998

Rote Liste

Rote Liste (Red List) is a German drug resource. The drugs are not only organized in medical categories but you can also find information on brand names, prices and manufacturers.

December 10, 1998

Stroke

You can read fulltext articles and abstracts of Stroke on the AHA website for free until the end of 1998. Volumes 1997 and 1998 are available online; either browse through the issues or use the search engine to find specific content.

Alternative URL for international users.

December 3, 1998

Virtual Museum of Anesthesiology

You will find several interesting items in relation with the history of anesthesiology on this site hosted by the University of Miami. In the images section you will see portraits of famous anesthesiologists as well as pictures of equipment and devices. The written works section contains important articles and essays from the history of anesthesiology.

November 28, 1998

America's Health Network

This week a 12-hour live webcast from the Taub General Hospital Trauma Center (Houston) will be shown on AHN (Nov. 20, 1 pm ET). Recordings of older webcasts are also available for download. Check out the daily medical headlines under the "Health News" link.

November 20, 1998

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

The Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift is a German weekly medical publication. Selected full-text and abstract articles of the current issue are available. Furthermore there are also news from the medical field, a quiz and a calendar of conferences.

November 12, 1998

Thriveonline

This is one of the largest and most visited health and lifestyle websites. The content is comprehensive and varied; there are sections on dieting, fitness, medical issues and even on how to improve your love life!

November 6, 1998

Nando Health/Science

This site also offers daily updated news from the fields of science and health. The Reuters and AP agency reports are prepared for the web by Nando Times.

October 29, 1998

Englemed

Englemed publishes the latest health and medical news daily on its website. The news are compiled by professional journalists. You can also subscribe to a free mailing list that will provide you with weekly news updates.

October 22, 1998

Australian Prescriber

The quarterly publication Australian Prescriber is available both in hard copy and as a web version. Its objective is to keep physicians, scientists and students informed on the latest drug developments, new pharmacotherapeutic treatments, recent drug releases etc.

October 15, 1998

Diving Medicine Online

Ernest S. Campbell's website is dedicated to medical issues surrounding diving. Here you will find comprehensive information to medical problems such as arterial gas embolism, decompression sickness, ENT related problems, etc. Direct links to pretinent abstracts are also provided.

October 12, 1998

Database of Poisonous Plants in Veterinary Medicine

This website, maintained by the Institute of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Univeristy of Zurich, contains a plant index in four languages. The information provided includes the degree of danger, the clinical symptoms, the possible therapies, etc. There is also a photograph of each plant and a "diagnosis engine" into which you can enter your animal's symptoms and that will give you an immediate virtual diagnosis.

October 1, 1998

Poisoning Information Center

The E-chocardiography Journal is an online publication on cardial ultrasound. The articles and images on the topic can be viewed in alphabetical or chronological order. The page is maintained by the Echocardiography Laboratory of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

September 24, 1998

E-chocardiography Journal

This website hosted on University of Bonn (Germany) servers contains very comprehensive informtation on poisoning (in German). There is a first aide section and descriptions of potential poisoning hazards in the household. Look up common poisoning terminology in the glossary or consult the illustrated animal and plant lexicon.

September 17, 1998

WorldOrtho

WorldOrtho is a service provided by the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the Nepean Hospital in Sydney. Read a brief and illustrated history of orthopedic surgery or consult the Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics. If you are a rural physician and need some orthopedic consutling you may want to take advantage of the Remote Advisory.

September 10, 1998

GASNet

GASNet is a comprehensive source of information for anyone interested in anesthesiology. The site is housed on servers at Yale University but it also has mirrors in several other countries. You'll find anesthesiology specific discussion groups, a variety of links, congress calendars, etc.

September 2, 1998

Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center

The website of the Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center in Atlanta provides extensive information on children's health. The primary audience for the site are the potential patients and their parents. There are games and explanations in plain language for children and tips for the treatment of common accidents and illnesses for parents.

August 24, 1998

Plant Viruses Online

This website contains information on most known virus species that affect plants. Users of the site can browse the database by virus name, species description, host range, geographical distribution etc. Links to the NCBI Taxonomy Database are also available.

August 17, 1998

Malaria Database

This WHO sponsored project is presented on the Web by Monash University (Australia). The Malaria Databse is a great tool for scientists involved in malaria research. There are nucleotide and protein search engines, chromosome maps as well as information on conferences and courses and publications.

August 8, 1998

Aide au Diagnostic Médical

The Aide au Diagnostic Médical is a database that is made available on the web by the CHRU (Rennes, France). It contains descriptions of over 15.000 diseases. Medical professionals can sign up free of charge to access the full database; only a limited version of the databse is available for non-members .

July 27, 1998

BioMedLink

Brand New: This medical search engine by BioMedNet allows you to limit searches by resources, organisms or specialty fields. All the websites in the database are rated by BioMedNet and background information is provided. Membership is required but free.

July 20, 1998

Diario Médico

This link takes you directly to the news section of the Diario Médico website which offers daily medical news in Spanish. You can call up archives from several specialty fields, e.g. oncology, endocrinology, AIDS, gastro-intestinal tract, etc. Most reports are abstracts of studies from renowned publications such as the NEJM or JAMA.

July 13, 1998

Heidelberg Fertility Consultation Service

This website is dedicated to the psychological counselling of involuntarily childless couples. In the context of this project sponsored by the University of Heidelberg, German couples can take part in infertility counselling sessions. There is also an infertility survey conducted on the site.

July 9, 1998