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| Previous 10 | Minority Health - MCW HealthLink | http://minority-health.healthlink.mcw.edu/ Minority Health - MCW HealthLink | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications/Newsletters Minority health news and information from the physicians and researchers of the Medical College of Wisconsin. |
| Previous | His and Her Health | http://www.hisandherhealth.com His and Her Health | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications/Newsletters Sexual and medical breaking news for men and women. |
| Random 1 | Readers Digest Health | http://www.readersdigesthealth.com/kbase/nord/nord988.htm Readers Digest Health | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Brain_Diseases/Bardet-Biedl_Syndrome Bardet-Biedl syndrome: General information and resources. |
| Random 2 | National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems | http://www.naph.org National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems | Top/Health/Medicine/Facilities/Associations NAPH - Represents the nations's health care system as advocate to hospitals, research, and education. Most members are major teaching hospitals or academic health science centers. (Washington, DC) |
| Random 3 | Wise Dentist | http://www.wisedentist.com/ Wise Dentist | Top/Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/Dentistry/Services Site for members only providing information on consulting, practice management, and discount equipment. |
| Random 4 | Edipsos Health Spa | http://capri-sa.gr/en/hotsprings.php Edipsos Health Spa | Top/Regional/Europe/Greece/Prefectures/Evia/Health/Alternative_Medicine Information on the thermal springs of Edipsos, Evia. |
| Random 5 | Montreal Anaphylaxis Support Group | http://www.geocities.com/anaphylaxismtl/ Montreal Anaphylaxis Support Group | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Support_Groups Local support group for individuals suffering from life-threatening allergies (anaphylaxis) to foods or other substances such as insect stings, medications or latex. |
| Next | Medical News Daily | http://www.mdlinx.com Medical News Daily | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications/Newsletters MDLinx provides daily medical news for a network of 33 specialty Web sites for physicians and other healthcare professionals. |
| Next 10 | Brian Marriott MD's Guide | http://www.marriottmd.com Brian Marriott MD's Guide | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications/Journals A free, comprehensive guide to medical information available on the internet. |
| Random 1 | Chesapeake Juggling Institute | http://www.chesapeakejuggling.com Chesapeake Juggling Institute | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Juggling/Jugglers Juggling instructors who promote the art of juggling and its positive benefits to students of all ages, teaching both large and small groups. |
| Random 4 | Varicose Veins | http://www.varicose-veins.co.uk Varicose Veins | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cardiovascular_Disorders/Vascular_Disorders/Varicose_Veins/Treatment A site by Dr. Browning about vascular surgery including varicose veins. |
| Random 4 | Photosensitivity FAQ | http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/photo.cfm Photosensitivity FAQ | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Epilepsy/Photosensitive Answers to frequently asked questions from the United Kingdom's National Society for Epilepsy. |
| Next 70 | VAB's Your Health Magazine | http://www.vabyourhealth.com/ VAB's Your Health Magazine | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications/Magazines_and_E-zines Monthly cover stories, Ask Dr. Carolle, health and fitness, entertainment, health care news. |
| Previous 70 | MedHunt | http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/ MedHunt | Top/Health/Search_Engines A tool from Health on the Net that searches the full text of 60,000 medical documents. Searches can be narrowed by location or type of source. |
| Next 170 | Official CHL Website: Medicine Hat | http://www.canoe.ca/CHLWHL/medicinehat.html Official CHL Website: Medicine Hat | Top/Sports/Hockey/Ice_Hockey/Leagues/Junior/Canadian_Hockey_League/Western_Hockey_League/Medicine_Hat_Tigers Team statistics, directory, roster, schedule, record book, and NHL draftees. |
| Previous 170 | Would a Switch from Cigarettes to Smokeless Tobacco Benefit Public Health? Yes | http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.744/healthissue_detail.asp Would a Switch from Cigarettes to Smokeless Tobacco Benefit Public Health? Yes | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Effects/By_Source_of_Exposure/Smokeless_Tobacco Presents the case for recommending that smokers switch to smokeless tobacco products. |
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| Previous 270 | Journal of American Medical Women's Association | http://jamwa.amwa-doc.org/ Journal of American Medical Women's Association | Top/Health/Education/Patient_Education/Journals Peer-reviewed, quarterly medical journal that focuses on women's health. |
| Other resource N0 | 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 N1 | 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 N2 | 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 N3 | 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 N4 | 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 N5 | 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 N6 | 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 N7 | 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 N8 | 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 N9 | 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 N10 | 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 N11 | 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 N12 | 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 N13 | 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 N14 | 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 N15 | 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 N16 | 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 N17 | 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 N18 | 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 N19 | 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 N20 | 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 N21 | 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 N22 | 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 N23 | 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 N24 | 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 N25 | 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 N26 | 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 N27 | 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 N28 | 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 N29 | 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 N30 | 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 N31 | 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 N32 | 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 N33 | 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 N34 | 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 N35 | 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 N36 | 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 N37 | 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 N38 | 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 N39 | 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 N40 | 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 N41 | 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 N42 | 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 N43 | 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 N44 | 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 N45 | 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 N46 | 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 N47 | 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 N48 | 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 N49 | 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 N50 | 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 N51 | 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 N52 | 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 N53 | 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 N54 | 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 N55 | 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 N56 | 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 N57 | 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 N58 | 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 N59 | 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 N60 | 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. |
| Other resource N61 | Doctors and Tobacco: Medicine's Big Challenge | http://www.bma.org.uk/tcrc.nsf/htmlpagesvw/resourcesfrm Doctors and Tobacco: Medicine's Big Challenge | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Tobacco/Resources Action manual for medical associations and their members, available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. |
| Other resource N62 | For Potheads, Brain Remains Impaired Long After the Buzz Is Gone | http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p5m-sb01.html For Potheads, Brain Remains Impaired Long After the Buzz Is Gone | Top/Health/Specific_Substances/Cannabis Article on the effects of marijuana use, based on a study by researchers at Harvard University, and reported in 1996 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
| Other resource N63 | Med Help International Search | http://www.medhelp.org/search.htm Med Help International Search | Top/Health/Search_Engines Consumer medical search engine comprising articles, patient support groups, glossary, and Q&A. |
| Other resource N64 | MedHunt | http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/ MedHunt | Top/Health/Search_Engines A tool from Health on the Net that searches the full text of 60,000 medical documents. Searches can be narrowed by location or type of source. |
| Other resource N65 | OmniMedicalSearch.com | http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/ OmniMedicalSearch.com | Top/Health/Search_Engines A medical metasearch engine including various seek options and information tools. |
| Other resource N66 | mvHealth | http://www.mvhealth.com/ mvHealth | Top/Health/News_and_Media Information for consumers and medical professionals living in the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York. News, features, columns. |
| Other resource N67 | Modern Healthcare Newsweekly | http://www.modernhealthcare.com Modern Healthcare Newsweekly | Top/Health/News_and_Media Updated health-care industry news and features from Crain Communications. |
| Other resource N68 | AlphaGalileo | http://www.alphagalileo.org/ AlphaGalileo | Top/Health/News_and_Media Internet press center for European science, medicine and technology. |
| Other resource N69 | Reuters Health Information | http://www.reutershealth.com/ Reuters Health Information | Top/Health/News_and_Media Searchable archive of medical and health news for consumers and medical and health-industry professionals, including information on common drugs and diseases. [English, Portuguese, Spanish] |
| Other resource N70 | LentilHealth.com | http://www.lentilhealth.com/ LentilHealth.com | Top/Health/News_and_Media Provides breaking health news selected from over 2000 leading web publications. |
| Other resource N71 | HeadlineSpot.com - Health News | http://www.headlinespot.com/subject/health/ HeadlineSpot.com - Health News | Top/Health/News_and_Media Health news, medical journals, magazines. |
| Other resource N72 | BNA's Health Care Professional Information Center | http://healthcenter.bna.com BNA's Health Care Professional Information Center | Top/Health/News_and_Media This news center provides samples of news, analysis, and source materials targeted to health administration and policy professionals. |
| Other resource N73 | Science Daily Magazine | http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine.htm Science Daily Magazine | Top/Health/News_and_Media Daily headlines and summaries of health and medical news stories searchable by disease, treatments,diagnosis, and other categories. |
| Other resource N74 | MDTV | http://www.mdtvnow.com MDTV | Top/Health/News_and_Media Resource for medical news for consumers and physicians. |
| Other resource N75 | BBC News - Health | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/ BBC News - Health | Top/Health/News_and_Media Coverage of news about health including audio and video, topics in depth and guides and reader discussion forum. |
| Other resource N76 | Guardian Unlimited Special Report: Medicine and Health | http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/0,11381,618095,00.html Guardian Unlimited Special Report: Medicine and Health | Top/Health/News_and_Media Ongoing collection of news and features about current issues including diseases and conditions, preventative medicine, the NHS and drug companies. Includes interactive guides, Dear Doctor, related special reports and in-depth studies. |
| Other resource N77 | Purple Medical Blog | http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com Purple Medical Blog | Top/Health/News_and_Media Medical news and information, links to current medical articles. |
| Other resource N78 | CBC - Health and Science News | http://www.cbc.ca/science/ CBC - Health and Science News | Top/Health/News_and_Media Top stories, headlines, and indepth coverage from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. |
| Other resource N79 | Yahoo! News - Health | http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=751 Yahoo! News - Health | Top/Health/News_and_Media Headline links to news and commentary from various media sources. |
| Other resource N80 | i-MedReview | http://www.i-medreview.com i-MedReview | Top/Health/News_and_Media/Publications Online resources on numerous medical topics for the public and medical community. |