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| Previous 10 | T.E.A.C.H. (Toxic Environment Affects Children's Health) | http://www.tr-teach.org T.E.A.C.H. (Toxic Environment Affects Children's Health) | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Pollution/Organizations Educate on toxic environmental hazards that may affect health in the Toms River, NJ area. Founded by the sixty families represented by Mr. Jan Schlictmann on which the 1998 movie "A Civil Action" was based. |
| Previous | Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care | http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~ennyman/ethics.html Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide. |
| Random 1 | Protein and Nucleic Acid Core Facility | http://www.biochem.mcw.edu/protein_facility/ Protein and Nucleic Acid Core Facility | Top/Science/Biology/Biochemistry_and_Molecular_Biology/Products_and_Services/Testing_Services Offer DNA and protein sequencing, MALDI peptide mapping, amino acid analysis, peptide synthesis, HPLC, and gel electrophoresis at the Department of Biochemistry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. |
| Random 2 | Chorus: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy | http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/02040.html Chorus: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Movement_Disorders/Progressive_Supranuclear_Palsy A short notecard document about progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndome). |
| Random 3 | Pheochromocytoma | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000340.htm Pheochromocytoma | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Endocrine_Disorders/Adrenal/Pheochromocytoma Medlineplus's Encyclopedia includes Illustrations , symptoms, treatment and prognosis. |
| Random 4 | AIDS Walk Detroit | http://www.aidswalkdetroit.org AIDS Walk Detroit | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Immune_Disorders/Immune_Deficiency/AIDS/Regional/North_America/United_States/Michigan Home page for AIDS Walk Detroit, A Steppin' Out Event. |
| Random 5 | Examining the Water Fluoridation Sales Pitch | http://www.rvi.net/~fluoride/debunk.htm Examining the Water Fluoridation Sales Pitch | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Quoted material taken from the Institute of Medicine's On-Line Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1999). |
| Next | What is Wrong With Our Health Care System? | http://www.execpc.com/~squall1/MedDrg/meddrg.html What is Wrong With Our Health Care System? | Top/Society/Issues/Health A commentary on why the US health care system is the most expensive in the world but less effective than most people realize. |
| Next 10 | AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention | http://www.amwa-doc.org/index.cfm?objectid=244E9AF4-D567-0B25-5DA167C3D452F725 AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco The American Medical Womens Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives. |
| Random 1 | Physical Arts Center | http://www.PhysicalArtsCenter.com Physical Arts Center | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Education/Studios/United_States A large open studio space with triple-sprung floors and padded sprung floors for dance, gymnastics, martial arts and yoga, located in Brooklyn, NY. Offers on-going classes, rehearsal and performance space. |
| Random 4 | Radiology Career | http://www.easternmed.com/ Radiology Career | Top/Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Radiology/Employment Specializing in recruitment of radiology techs, radiology managers, radiological technologists, mammographers, bone densitometry, ultrasound technologists, cat scan technologists, and nuclear medicine technologists. |
| Random 4 | Jule Styne | http://kennedy-center.org/honors/years/styne.html Jule Styne | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theatre/Musicals/F/Funny_Girl Brief biography of the composer of 'Funny Girl.' |
| Next 70 | Health Behavior Research Group | http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~hbr/ Health Behavior Research Group | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources University of Waterloo, Canada, research group; features papers and summaries of ongoing projects in tobacco use reduction, public policy, enabling communities to plan smoking reduction, improving cessation outcomes, and measuring and assessing progress in tobacco use reduction. |
| Previous 70 | Scotsman: Scientist threatens to quit over lack of backing for vivisection | http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1405132003 Scotsman: Scientist threatens to quit over lack of backing for vivisection | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/News_and_Media/2003 Rhiannon Edward. A senior government scientist threatened to quit yesterday if ministers failed to back experiments on animals. Colin Blakemore, the head of the Medical Research Council, (MRC) spoke out after reports that he was not put forward for an honour because of his support for the work. |
| Next 170 | Missouri Citizens' Coalition for Freedom in Health Care | http://hometown.aol.com/mccfhc/ Missouri Citizens' Coalition for Freedom in Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Childhood_Immunization_Issues A grassroots organization dedicated to protecting Missouri rights to freedom in health care through informed and educated choices. |
| Previous 170 | David Grove | http://mywebpage.netscape.com/davidigrove/DavidGrove.htm David Grove | Top/Society/History/By_Topic/Science/Medicine Dr. Grove is the author of "A Human History of Helminthology", "Strongyloidiasis: a major roundworm infection of man" and "Alternative Medicine: fact or fiction?". |
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| Previous 270 | Susan G. Rose | http://www.lariaminfo.org/ Susan G. Rose | Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Product_Liability/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Lariam Information on the dangers and possible side effects of the anti-malarial medication Lariam. |