site URL - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5114a2.htm
Site description: CDC report; every pack of cigarettes costs $3.45 for medical care attributable to smoking and $3.73 in productivity losses, for a total cost of $7.18 per pack.
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| Previous 10 | 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. |
| Previous | 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 | Cancer Information Services | http://cis.nci.nih.gov Cancer Information Services | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer Information from the U.S. National Cancer Institute including access to links, press releases and publications. |
| Random 2 | Department of Medicine of the University of Thessaly | http://www.med.uth.gr/en/index.html Department of Medicine of the University of Thessaly | Top/Regional/Europe/Greece/Health/Education/Medical_Schools The official website of the university provides information on the staff and facilities,as well as the curriculum and an on-line medical library. |
| Random 3 | BooksMD | http://www.booksmd.com BooksMD | Top/Shopping/Publications/Books/Professional_and_Technical/Health Directory for the health professional searching for medical books, magazines, newsletters, journals, supplies and medical information. |
| Random 4 | AIS (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome) Support Group | http://www.medhelp.org/www/ais AIS (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome) Support Group | Top/Society/Transgendered/Intersexed/Support_Groups This site contains medical information about Androgen Insensitivity, support group contacts, newsletters and personal accounts of people with AIS |
| Random 5 | Texas Christian University | http://www.hsn.tcu.edu/ Texas Christian University | Top/Health/Nursing/Education/North_America/United_States/Texas Harris College of Nursing. Offers baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing. Includes requirements, description of programs, courses, and events. Fort Worth. |
| Next | Smoking and Lifetime Medical Expenditures | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&uid=1588892&Dopt=r Smoking and Lifetime Medical Expenditures | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Research concludes "the cumulative impact of excess medical care required by smokers at all ages while alive outweighs shorter life expectancy, and smokers incur higher expenditures for medical care over their lifetimes than never-smokers". |
| Next 10 | The Costs of Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs in Canada, 1992 | http://www.ccsa.ca/plweb-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+view1+General+446+6++ The Costs of Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs in Canada, 1992 | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Tobacco generated more costs than alcohol, and more than 7 times as much as all illegal drugs combined. |
| Random 1 | AGSMA Costumes | http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2189/agcostum.htm AGSMA Costumes | Top/Arts/Animation/Anime/Fandom/Conventions/Reports_and_Photo_Albums Cos-play pictures of members of Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. |
| Random 4 | Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona | http://sharingds.org/ Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Genetic_Disorders/Down_Syndrome/Organizations Has a listing of Down Syndrome events in their area, also many poems and stories. |
| Random 4 | Headstrong | http://www.headstrongkids.org.uk Headstrong | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Brain_and_CNS The Brain and Spine Foundation of the UK gives children information about brain tumors including treatment, coping and links. |
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| Previous 70 | Biomedical Research Education Trust | http://www.bret.org.uk Biomedical Research Education Trust | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Organizations/Europe/United_Kingdom A charity providing secondary schools with speakers and information leaflets and videos about the humane and responsible use of animals in medical research. FAQ, necessity for animal research, numbers and types of animals, tests without using animals, animals in society, government regulations, school speaker program, news and links. London, UK. |
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| Previous 170 | Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of Medicine and Related Health Fields | http://www.medlib.iupui.edu/hom/biblio.html Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of Medicine and Related Health Fields | Top/Society/History/By_Topic/Science/Medicine A non-critical electronic bibliography from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library of monographs and classic works in the field of American history of medicine and related topics. |
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