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| Previous 10 | U.S. Non-Commercial Medical Search Engines | http://www.srv.net/~msdata/US_medsearch.html U.S. Non-Commercial Medical Search Engines | Top/Health/Search_Engines Dr. Claudia Krenz provides search boxes and instructions for eleven specialist search tools, mainly maintained by the National Library of Medicine. |
| Previous | Health Issues - Idea House | http://www.ncpa.org/pi/health/hedex5.html Health Issues - Idea House | Top/Health/News_and_Media Conservative, pro-free market analysis of health-care issues from national center for policy analysis. |
| Random 1 | Cyclophosphamide | http://www.atdn.org/access/drugs/cyclop.html Cyclophosphamide | Top/Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications/C/Cyclophosphamide A cancer treatment, and is used to treat Hodgkin's disease, lymphomas, leukemias, and a variety of other tumors. (Cytoxan, Neosar) |
| Random 2 | Canadian Mental Health Association - Peel Branch | http://www.cmhapeel.ca/ Canadian Mental Health Association - Peel Branch | Top/Regional/North_America/Canada/Ontario/Localities/P/Peel,_Regional_Municipality_of Offers supportive programs to people impacted by mental illness and to provide support and education that promotes and maintains mental health in our community. |
| Random 3 | Castle Medical Practice | http://www.castlemedical.co.uk Castle Medical Practice | Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Lancashire/Clitheroe/Health Medical centre offering a full range of National and private health services to the community. Lists location, doctors, practice profile, healthy living advice, appointments and e-mail contact. |
| Random 4 | Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust | http://www.derbyshirementalhealthservices.nhs.uk/ Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust | Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Health/National_Health_Service Commissions the full range of mental health services for the county. Some useful information, but plug in software required to access it. |
| Random 5 | Abermed Occupational Health Services | http://www.industrialdoctors.co.uk/ Abermed Occupational Health Services | Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Aberdeen,_City_of/Business_and_Economy/Industries/Energy Abermed provide a comprehensive range of occupational health services to the offshore oil industry as well as onshore employers. |
| Next | AlphaGalileo | http://www.alphagalileo.org/ AlphaGalileo | Top/Health/News_and_Media Internet press center for European science, medicine and technology. |
| Next 10 | HeadlineSpot.com - Health News | http://www.headlinespot.com/subject/health/ HeadlineSpot.com - Health News | Top/Health/News_and_Media Health news, medical journals, magazines. |
| Random 1 | The Benny Tour | http://members.aol.com/TLinden16/benny.html The Benny Tour | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theatre/Musicals/R/Rent/Benny_Tour A personal account with photographs and commentary. |
| Random 4 | Club Kids Against Drugs .com | http://www.kidsagainstdrugs.com/ Club Kids Against Drugs .com | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Anti-Legalization Offers T-shirts and other items that carry anti-drug messages; stresses the need to advertise continuously and effectively against drugs. |
| Random 4 | Mobile Health Ltd | http://www.mobilehealth.co.uk/ Mobile Health Ltd | Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Hampshire/Health Providing employee healthchecks at their place of work including cholesterol, blood pressure and bodyfat. |
| Next 70 | After Everything Fails Health Report | http://www.healthreport.net/ After Everything Fails Health Report | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications/Newsletters Information and news about a variety of natural cures. |
| Previous 70 | Nicotine-Like Drugs Can Enhance Learning and Memory | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/981110075100.htm Nicotine-Like Drugs Can Enhance Learning and Memory | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Brain_and_Nervous_System Report by Duke University behavioral pharmacologist Edward Levin that nicotine-like compounds help restore the ability to learn and remember in rats that have brain lesions similar to those found in Alzheimer's disease patients. Reported in Science Daily News. |
| Next 170 | Motorsport Rescue | http://www.haworth21.karoo.net/ Motorsport Rescue | Top/Sports/Motorsports/Auto_Racing/Personal_Pages Personal site of motorsport doctor including medical aspects of motorsport rescue and training material for marshalls. |
| Previous 170 | Wine Spectator: Frequent Drinking Lowers Chance of Heart Attack | http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,1939,00.html Wine Spectator: Frequent Drinking Lowers Chance of Heart Attack | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits A study which appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that people who drink alcoholic beverages more often have a reduced chance of developing heart disease. |
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| Previous 270 | HealthScout: Personalized Health News For You And Your Family | http://www.healthscout.com HealthScout: Personalized Health News For You And Your Family | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education Personal and family health news, interactive checkups, medical encyclopedias, discussion groups, articles on drugs, diseases. |
| Other resource N0 | The Medical Reporter | http://medicalreporter.health.org The Medical Reporter | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education An independent, educational health and medical magazine on the Web for health care consumers. |
| Other resource N1 | Complete Home Medical Guide | http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/ Complete Home Medical Guide | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education Online medical encyclopedia. Includes commonly prescribed drugs. |
| Other resource N2 | Spotlight Health | http://www.spotlighthealth.com/ Spotlight Health | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education By combining celebrity stories with information about serious diseases, the authors of this site provide sound basic information in a format that is engaging and easy to understand. |
| Other resource N3 | Case Health | http://www.casehealth.com.au Case Health | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education Enables the sharing of health success stories amongst the worldwide internet community. Visitors can enter their own health success story (case study) or search the database for other health success stories - all non-identifying. |
| Other resource N4 | National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) | http://www.talkaboutrx.org./ National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education Designed to help consumers make sound decisions about the use of medicines, and to stimulate and improve communication between consumers and health care professionals by developing programs, providing educational kits, and offering guidelines, tips, and resources. |
| Other resource N5 | Be MedWise | http://www.bemedwise.org/ Be MedWise | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education A public education initiative by the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) to promote safe and appropriate use of over-the-counter medicines. |
| Other resource N6 | Mayo Clinic Health Oasis | http://www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm Mayo Clinic Health Oasis | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education Mayo Clinic experts provide current medical information and news on health topics. |
| Other resource N7 | HealthCentral.com | http://www.healthcentral.com HealthCentral.com | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Consumer health information from Dr. Dean Edell, designed to enable anyone to make intelligent, informed decisions about health-related products and services. |
| Other resource N8 | MEDLINEplus | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus MEDLINEplus | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus, the consumer version of MEDLINE, is designed to assist you in locating appropriate, authoritative sources containing information that will help you research your health questions. |
| Other resource N9 | MediMall | http://www.medimall.co.uk MediMall | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Free medical information portal with e-commerce business affiliations offering medical books and a medical PDA resource centre. |
| Other resource N10 | Stayhealthy.com | http://www.stayhealthy.com Stayhealthy.com | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Offers today's health concerns, daily medical and wellness news, free health offers, Healthline News, drug information, and health products. |
| Other resource N11 | PATIENTWEB.COMpendium:Medical Reference Guide to the Internet | http://www.patientwebcompendium.com PATIENTWEB.COMpendium:Medical Reference Guide to the Internet | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Patients/consumers will find reviews and ratings, by medical editors, of the "best sites" on a particular disease/condition. Visitor feedback is encouraged. |
| Other resource N12 | Reader's Digest Health | http://rdhealth.com/ Reader's Digest Health | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Offers nutrition information, information on fitness, alternative medicine, healthy aging, living better and a medical library reference. |
| Other resource N13 | Health-Nexus | http://www.health-nexus.com Health-Nexus | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Informational site offering links to sites in all aspects of health and fitness. |
| Other resource N14 | E Health Connection | http://www.ehealthconnection.com E Health Connection | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Directories Regional healthcare information for consumers. Local health site displaying easy to use and find clinical information on a local and regional level. |
| Other resource N15 | Taber's Online | http://www.tabers.com/ Taber's Online | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Glossaries Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary on the Internet. |
| Other resource N16 | MedBioWorld's Medical and Science Dictionaries | http://www.medbioworld.com/advice/dict.html MedBioWorld's Medical and Science Dictionaries | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Glossaries Directory of links to online medical and science dictionaries and glossaries. |
| Other resource N17 | Surgery Door | http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/medical_conditions/ Surgery Door | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Glossaries A guide to medical conditions, ilnesses and ailments, their treatment and possible cure. |
| Other resource N18 | Health Canada's REAL Health | http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/real/ Health Canada's REAL Health | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Journals REAL Health is Health Canada's online magazine for consumers. |
| Other resource N19 | British Medical Journal | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/ British Medical Journal | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Journals Contains the full text of all articles published in the weekly BMJ from January 1997. In addition it contains material which is unique to the website. Access is free. |
| Other resource N20 | HRSA Information Center | http://www.ask.hrsa.gov HRSA Information Center | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Brochures Individuals can order publications and resource materials from all divisions of the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration. In addition, people can search for contact information about other organizations providing health care and information services for the medically underserved and people with special health care needs. |
| Other resource N21 | National Institutes of Health Consumer Health Information | http://www.nih.gov/health/consumer/index.htm National Institutes of Health Consumer Health Information | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Brochures Includes full-text collections of most frequently requested publications. |
| Other resource N22 | Tea and Health | http://www.teahealth.co.uk/ Tea and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tea Information about tea and health from the UK-based Tea Council. Topics include nutritional value, antioxidant properties, cardiovascular disease, cancer, hydration, iron absorption, caffeine, and oral health. |
| Other resource N23 | Cancer Prevention Coalition: Milk: America’s Health Problem | http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/general/milk.htm Cancer Prevention Coalition: Milk: America’s Health Problem | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Dairy_Products/IGF-1 How recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone increases Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 in milk and how it is related to increased risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancers. |
| Other resource N24 | AlterNet: White Poison: The Horrors of Milk | http://www.alternet.org/story/12002 AlterNet: White Poison: The Horrors of Milk | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Dairy_Products/Effects Shanti Rangwani summarizes the conflicting information from medical and dairy industry sources. |
| Other resource N25 | BCHealthFiles: Raw Milk | http://www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile03.stm BCHealthFiles: Raw Milk | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Dairy_Products/Effects/Detriments Health risks and how to pasteurize milk at home. |
| Other resource N26 | Annals.org: Coffee Drinkers at Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes | http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/1/I-17?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&titleabstract=coff Annals.org: Coffee Drinkers at Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Coffee In a United States population, people who drank more coffee were less likely to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus. Annals of Internal Medicine, January 6, 2004. |
| Other resource N27 | Institute for Coffee Studies | http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/coffee/ Institute for Coffee Studies | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Coffee Division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center that investigates the chemical nature of coffee, identifies potential therapeutic uses, and disseminates findings to the public. Includes summaries of research. |
| Other resource N28 | Forbes.com: Only Moderate Drinking Wards Off Stroke | http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/01/03/hscout523171.html Forbes.com: Only Moderate Drinking Wards Off Stroke | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine links higher consumption of alcoholic beverages among men to an increased risk of ischemic stroke. Moderate consumption, and consumption of red wine resulted in a lower stroke risk. |
| Other resource N29 | Alcohol and Health | http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/AlcoholAndHealth.html Alcohol and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits Describes scientific medical evidence about the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on health and longevity. |
| Other resource N30 | Reuters UK: Light Drinking Cuts Diabetes Risk | http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=313254 Reuters UK: Light Drinking Cuts Diabetes Risk | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits Researchers at the Royal Free and University College Medical Schools in London, and Harvard University find that, based on data from over 100,000 women aged 25 to 42, light drinking appears to reduce the risk for developing adult onset diabetes. |
| Other resource N31 | Wine Spectator: Drinking Has Little Effect on Risk of Lung Cancer | http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,1936,00.html Wine Spectator: Drinking Has Little Effect on Risk of Lung Cancer | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits Reports on an epidemiological study by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, which showed no difference in risks, based on alcohol consumption. |
| Other resource N32 | Beer and Health | http://www.beer-and-health.com/ Beer and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Beer Non-technical information about the effects of beer on health. Available in French, Dutch, and English. |
| Other resource N33 | About.com: Wine and Health | http://wine.about.com/library/bl_health.htm About.com: Wine and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Wine An overview of issues from the 'French Paradox' to wine's influence on ulcers, cancer, and heart disease. |
| Other resource N34 | Wine and Heart Health Summit | http://www.winesummit.org/ Wine and Heart Health Summit | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Wine Biennial US-based event for physicians and connoisseurs, highlighting current research on wine and cardiovascular health. |
| Other resource N35 | ScienceDaily: Red Wine's Health Benefits May be Due in Part to "Estrogen" in Grape Skin | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/12/971219062019.htm ScienceDaily: Red Wine's Health Benefits May be Due in Part to "Estrogen" in Grape Skin | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Wine Northwestern University Medical School researchers have found that resveratrol, a form of estrogen found in red grapes and wine, may be responsible for wine's anti-carcinogenic and anti-arteriosclerotic properties. |
| Other resource N36 | ScienceDaily: Drinking Wine May Lower Risk Of Dementia | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021112080015.htm ScienceDaily: Drinking Wine May Lower Risk Of Dementia | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Wine A study by the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Denmark, reported in the scientific journal Neurology, shows that flavonoids in wine may protect against Alzheimer's disease and stroke-caused mental deterioration. |
| Other resource N37 | University of Virginia Health System: Researchers Discover that a Protein in Grape Skins Can Kill Cancer Cells | http://www.scienceblog.com/community/article2781.html University of Virginia Health System: Researchers Discover that a Protein in Grape Skins Can Kill Cancer Cells | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Wine Research shows that resveratrol, an antioxidant compound present in the skin of grapes, helps to starve cancer cells of a key protein. |
| Other resource N38 | Daily News Central: Heart-Healthy 'Polymeal' Diet Includes Wine, Chocolate | http://health.dailynewscentral.net/content/view/000217/31/ Daily News Central: Heart-Healthy 'Polymeal' Diet Includes Wine, Chocolate | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Benefits/Wine A study published in the British Medical Journal says that a daily diet of wine, chocolate and vegetables, among other things, could be the non-pharmaceutical aternative to the 'Polypill,' drastically reducing heart disease. |
| Other resource N39 | Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases | http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/research/alcohol_center/ Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Alcoholic_Beverages/Detriments/Liver_Disease Information about research programs at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. |
| Other resource N40 | The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes | http://www.acsh.org/publications/booklets/iesmoke.html The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects Pamphlet from ACSH. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent. |
| Other resource N41 | Active and Passive Tobacco Exposure: A Serious Pediatric Health Problem | http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1213 Active and Passive Tobacco Exposure: A Serious Pediatric Health Problem | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects Report from the American Heart Association covers effects of smoking, secondhand smoke, and smokeless tobacco on young people. Effects include cardiovascular and respiratory disease, low birth weight, infant mortality, and problems in the oral cavity. |
| Other resource N42 | Other Health Problems | http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter11/table_of_contents_chap11.html Other Health Problems | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects From cataracts to diabetes, from osteoporosis to skin disorders, the other health effects of tobacco products. |
| Other resource N43 | Surgeon General's Report 2004 - The Health Consequences of Smoking | http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2004/index.htm Surgeon General's Report 2004 - The Health Consequences of Smoking | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects Latest report finds that cigarettes and tobacco products cause more diseases than previously known; site features database of 1600 key scientific articles and interactive animation based on the latest findings that outlines the effects of smoking on different organs of the body. |
| Other resource N44 | Tobacco & Nicotine & Dental Health | http://www.ada.org/public/faq/tobacco.html Tobacco & Nicotine & Dental Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Mouth_and_Throat Information and resources on tobacco and dental health from ADA ONLINE, the American Dental Association's Web site. |
| Other resource N45 | Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking | http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/284/6/735 Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Cigar_and_Pipe_Smoking AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer. |
| Other resource N46 | Pipe Smoking and Health | http://www.meerschaumstore.com/health.htm Pipe Smoking and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Cigar_and_Pipe_Smoking An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being. |
| Other resource N47 | Prying Open the Door to the Tobacco Industry's Secrets About Nicotine | http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/280/13/1173 Prying Open the Door to the Tobacco Industry's Secrets About Nicotine | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Cigarette_Smoking Article in medical journal surveys industry documents produced in litigation, and finds the tobacco industry knew for decades that nicotine is an addictive drug, and knew ways to design cigarettes to make them more addictive. |
| Other resource N48 | ScienceDaily Magazine -- Use Of Smokeless Tobacco May Lead To Breast Cancer, Wake Forest Team Reports | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/05/000509003313.htm ScienceDaily Magazine -- Use Of Smokeless Tobacco May Lead To Breast Cancer, Wake Forest Team Reports | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Smokeless_Tobacco Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported. |
| Other resource N49 | ADA, Coalition Ask FTC to Prohibit Smokeless Tobacco Health Claims | http://www.ada.org/prof/pubs/daily/0202/0228ftc.html ADA, Coalition Ask FTC to Prohibit Smokeless Tobacco Health Claims | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Smokeless_Tobacco The ADA joined 40 national health and other organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject a spit tobacco industry request to claim its product is safer. |
| Other resource N50 | MEDLINEplus: Smokeless Tobacco | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokelesstobacco.html MEDLINEplus: Smokeless Tobacco | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Smokeless_Tobacco Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. |
| Other resource N51 | Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking | http://www.epa.gov/nceawww1/ets/etsindex.htm Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke 1992 EPA report identifies diseases caused by secondhand smoke, estimates exposures. |
| Other resource N52 | National Center for Environmental Assessment - Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking | http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ets/etsindex.cfm National Center for Environmental Assessment - Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Based on the weight of the available scientific evidence, concludes that secondhand smoke in the United States presents a serious and substantial public health impact. |
| Other resource N53 | Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke | http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/health.htm Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Report, resources, and extensive set of annotated links from the Smoke-Free Environments Law Project. |
| Other resource N54 | Could Passive Smoking Damage Your Health? | http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/hth/passive_smoking.asp Could Passive Smoking Damage Your Health? | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Analysis of recent research finds that a single study with a number of problems which failed to find an effect of secondhand smoke is best understood in the context of many studies that have found an effect, but notes that most news reporting failed to note that context. |
| Other resource N55 | Secondhand Smoke - A Little Is Dangerous | http://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/Secondhand/Secondhand_lid.cfm Secondhand Smoke - A Little Is Dangerous | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Presents the medical and scientific evidence that a little secondhand smoke creates measurable health hazards. |
| Other resource N56 | Passive Smoke | http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/passive.html Passive Smoke | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke National Jewish Medical and Research Center provides facts about passive smoke. |
| Other resource N57 | Evidence points to health risks of secondhand smoke | http://www.no-smoking.org/may00/05-25-00-3.html Evidence points to health risks of secondhand smoke | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke Newspaper article reports on the research evidence of secondhand smoke's health effects. |
| Other resource N58 | AAP - Child Health Month | http://www.aap.org/advocacy/chmhets.htm AAP - Child Health Month | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke/Effects_on_Children Concise but fully footnoted factsheet on secondhand smoke and its effects on adults and children. |
| Other resource N59 | Passive Smoking and Children | http://members.aol.com/toxicol98/report/page2.htm Passive Smoking and Children | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke/Effects_on_Children Report of an international academic symposium held on August 24-25th, 1998, at the Medical School of Essen University, Germany. |
| Other resource N60 | Respiratory Effects of Secondhand Smoke in a Panel Study of Asthmatic and Symptomatic Children | http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/3/802 Respiratory Effects of Secondhand Smoke in a Panel Study of Asthmatic and Symptomatic Children | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke/Respiratory_System Exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with a decline in peak flow and increases in respiratory symptoms and use of bronchodilator drugs among asthmatic children. |
| Other resource N61 | Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking | http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=2835 Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Secondhand_Smoke/Respiratory_System EPA report covers only respiratory effects, not heart disease etc. |
| Other resource N62 | Secondhand Smoke as a Cause of Atherosclerotic Disease | http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/279/2/157 Secondhand Smoke as a Cause of Atherosclerotic Disease | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Cardiovascular_System/Secondhand_Smoke Article in a medical journal summarizes the research findings that secondhand smoke causes heart disease that may be irreversible. |
| Other resource N63 | Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Heart Disease | http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/heartdisease.html Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Heart Disease | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Cardiovascular_System/Secondhand_Smoke Describes the effect of secondhand smoke on circulation and the heart, and provides a bibliography of relevant research. |
| Other resource N64 | Nicotine-Like Drugs Can Enhance Learning and Memory | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/981110075100.htm Nicotine-Like Drugs Can Enhance Learning and Memory | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Brain_and_Nervous_System Report by Duke University behavioral pharmacologist Edward Levin that nicotine-like compounds help restore the ability to learn and remember in rats that have brain lesions similar to those found in Alzheimer's disease patients. Reported in Science Daily News. |
| Other resource N65 | Specimen 156.9: Lung: Emphysema | http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/pathology/Pathmus/F0839044.htm Specimen 156.9: Lung: Emphysema | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Respiratory_System From a library of medical images, a lung with emphysema ("smoker's lung"). |
| Other resource N66 | Smoking and Reproductive Life | http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/SmokingReproductiveLife Smoking and Reproductive Life | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/Reproduction_and_Pregnancy 70 page medical report finds that smoking causes impotence, infertility, miscarriages, and birth defects. |
| Other resource N67 | National Conference on Tobacco Or Health: Program Listings | http://ncth.confex.com/ncth/2002/techprogram/programssched.htm National Conference on Tobacco Or Health: Program Listings | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Conferences Summaries of poster sessions and papers. |
| Other resource N68 | smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses | http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/cigpapers/book/chapter2/ smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/History Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents how the tobacco industry responded in the 1950s and 1960s to the emerging medical evidence about the product. |
| Other resource N69 | Tobacco and Health | http://www.psljournal.com/archives/papers/tobacco.cfm Tobacco and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/History Journal article explores "deception on a grand scale": the history of tobacco and smoking before and after the emergence of the modern tobacco industry. |
| Other resource N70 | The California Tobacco Control Program and Declines in Cigarette Consumption and Mortality from Heart Disease | http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0343/0024/1772.asp The California Tobacco Control Program and Declines in Cigarette Consumption and Mortality from Heart Disease | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Research Article in the New England Journal of Medicine; California's aggressive anti-tobacco program saved 33,000 lives overall, but when it was watered down by the Governor in 1992, 8300 lives were lost. |
| Other resource N71 | Most Smokers Do Not View Themselves At Increased Risk for Health Problems | http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/281/11/1019 Most Smokers Do Not View Themselves At Increased Risk for Health Problems | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Research Contrary to assertions that "everyone knows", research finds that most smokers underestimate the risk. |
| Other resource N72 | State of Health Products | http://www.buttout.com/ State of Health Products | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Anti-tobacco ID tags, T-shirts, posters, buttons, magnets, wall signs, bookmarks, headbands, and the now-obligatory mouse pads. |
| Other resource N73 | Health Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke | http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/index.html Health Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Factsheets on tobacco, secondhand smoke, the tobacco industry, and cigarette sales. |
| Other resource N74 | Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health | http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/contents.htm Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Massive UK scientific report. |
| Other resource N75 | British Medical Journal, 5 August 2000 | http://www.bmj.com/content/vol321/issue7257/ British Medical Journal, 5 August 2000 | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Tobacco is the theme of this issue; articles on health policy, lung cancer, passive smoking, tobacco dependence, tobacco litigation. |
| Other resource N76 | Parliament of Ireland: Report on Health and Smoking | http://www.irlgov.ie/Committees-01/c-health/rep-smoking/ Parliament of Ireland: Report on Health and Smoking | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Chapters on youth, health effects, economics, nicotine addiction, and secondhand smoke. |
| Other resource N77 | It's Your Life | http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthpromotion/pamphlets/smoking/ It's Your Life | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Health promotion pamphlet created by Monash University medical students uses humor with a spoof TV game show approach to smoking. |
| Other resource N78 | MEDLINE: Tobacco Uue - Smoking and Spit Tobacco | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002032.htm MEDLINE: Tobacco Uue - Smoking and Spit Tobacco | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Topic in MEDLINE's medical encyclopedia covers effects, chemical componenents, diseases caused, quitting tobacco, with 4 poster-quality illustrations. |
| Other resource N79 | Tobacco Road | http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/dir/smoking.html Tobacco Road | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Special project at McGill Medical School. Cigarettes, smoking, quitting, secondhand smoke. |
| Other resource N80 | CDC Health Topic: Tobacco | http://www.cdc.gov/health/tobacco.htm CDC Health Topic: Tobacco | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |