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| Previous 10 | NPR : MMR Autism | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1119544 NPR : MMR Autism | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Side_Effect_Debate/Autism NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing no link between a commonly used childhood vaccine and autism. The 14-year-long study in California kindergartens failed to find an association between a rise in reported autism cases in the state and the MMR vaccine. The research appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. [4:13 Realaudio broadcast] |
| Previous | 'Lives at risk' from research fraud (BBC) | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/106186.stm 'Lives at risk' from research fraud (BBC) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Research/Fraud A new report has revealed that fraud is widespread in medical research. |
| Random 1 | Hypermobility & Fibromyalgia Support Site | http://anaiis.tripod.com/hmedfm/index.html Hypermobility & Fibromyalgia Support Site | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Connective_Tissue/Ehlers-Danlos_Syndrome Offers information & support for ehlers-danlos syndrome, joint hypermobility, fibromyalgia, and several other related disorders. |
| Random 2 | American College of Medical Toxicology | http://www.acmt.net American College of Medical Toxicology | Top/Science/Biology/Toxicology/Associations Fraternal order of toxicologists offers an online journal, a list of members, and information on meetings and other resources. Contacts in Fairfax, Virginia. |
| Random 3 | Illinois Valley Community College | http://www.ivcc.edu/caley/107/Lectures_Unit_3/ans.html Illinois Valley Community College | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Autonomic_Nervous_System A description of the autonomic nervous system, its characteristics and divisions. |
| Random 4 | Pedro Machado | http://www.redhotcountry.com/pedro Pedro Machado | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Folk_Dancing/Country_and_Western/Line_Dancing Official web page of line dance champion includes photos, choreography, schedule. |
| Random 5 | Ayur Help | http://www.ayurhelp.com/ Ayur Help | Top/Regional/Asia/India/Karnataka/Localities/Mysore/Business_and_Economy Offer Ayurvedic medicines and free consultations. |
| Next | KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events | http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/index.htm KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section. |
| Next 10 | Med Help International Mental Health Forum | http://www.medhelp.org/forums/mentalhealth/wwwboard.html Med Help International Mental Health Forum | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication A question forum for prescription psychiatric drugs, answered by a medical doctor. Readers can view previous answers at no charge. |
| Random 1 | Center Dance Ensemble | http://www.centerdance.com Center Dance Ensemble | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Modern/Companies/United_States/Western The resident Modern Dance Company of the Herberger Theatre Center in Phoenix, AZ. Frances Smith Cohen, Director. |
| Random 4 | Support Services Alliance | http://www.ssainfo.com/medsav.html Support Services Alliance | Top/Business/Financial_Services/Insurance/Agents_and_Marketers/Health/Medical_Savings_Accounts Offers combined plans to its members in NY. |
| Random 4 | MedQuest Pharmacy | http://www.mqrx.com MedQuest Pharmacy | Top/Shopping/Health/Pharmacy/Online_Pharmacies A compounding pharmacy specializing in anti-aging and longevity pharmaceuticals, health, fitness, and online educational information. |
| Next 70 | FDA Review | http://www.FDAReview.org FDA Review | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety An extensive resource on the regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices focusing on the Food and Drug Administration. Includes a history, an evaluation of policy, and a bibliography with many links. |
| Previous 70 | Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke | http://www.acoem.org/position/statements.asp?CATA_ID=8 Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Workplace From the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine summarizes the science behind smokefree policies. |
| Next 170 | Legalise Cannabis Petition | http://www.ethical-business.com/petitions.asp?pet_id=34 Legalise Cannabis Petition | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana Large online petition for the full legalisation of cannabis in the UK. All are welcome to sign. |
| Previous 170 | Cliff Steer : Heart Man | http://members.aol.com/cjsteer Cliff Steer : Heart Man | Top/Society/Issues/Health Free video by a heart transplant patient, aimed at Jr. High kids, about positive life styles, the non-use of drugs and alcohol, and organ donation. |
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| Previous 270 | Sexual Health - Public Information Resource | http://www.sexual-health-resource.org Sexual Health - Public Information Resource | Top/Society/Sexuality/Advice Information on a wide range of sexual health issues. Offers sex guides, safe sex facts, birth control methods, and STD information. |
| Other resource N0 | HealthyStrokes | http://www.healthystrokes.com/young.html HealthyStrokes | Top/Society/Sexuality/Male_Sexuality Answers to frequently asked questions about masturbation and sexually related concerns for men. |
| Other resource N1 | FSD-Alert | http://www.fsd-alert.org/index.html FSD-Alert | Top/Society/Sexuality/Sexology/Sex_Therapy The new view on female sexual dysfunction and the dangers of medicalization and/or pharmacological influences on treatment. Includes details about conferences, articles, press and links. |
| Other resource N2 | ICM Research - Guardian Poll - January 2001 | http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2001/guardian-poll-jan-2001.htm ICM Research - Guardian Poll - January 2001 | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection Animal testing question about supporting or opposing for new human medicines. UK. |
| Other resource N3 | New York University School of Medicine Division of Laboratory Animal Resources | http://www.med.nyu.edu/DLAR/ New York University School of Medicine Division of Laboratory Animal Resources | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection Includes compliance issues and protocol information, access to forms for downloading, and faculty and contact resources. |
| Other resource N4 | A Critique of Maternal Deprivation Experiments on Primates | http://www.mrmcmed.org/mom.html A Critique of Maternal Deprivation Experiments on Primates | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Primates Experiments at The State University of New York Health Science Center. From Medical Research Modernization Committee (MRMC). |
| Other resource N5 | Telegraph: Ultimatum to Blair on animal experiments | http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/23/nblake23.xml Telegraph: Ultimatum to Blair on animal experiments | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/News_and_Media/2003 Roger Highfield, science editor. Prof Colin Blakemore, the nation's most senior medical scientist, threatened to quit yesterday unless the Prime Minister restated the Government's support for the need to conduct experiments on animals. |
| Other resource N6 | 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. |
| Other resource N7 | The Sunday Telegraph - What happens when you don't do proper testing | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2001%2F01%2F21%2Fdo04.xml The Sunday Telegraph - What happens when you don't do proper testing | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/News_and_Media/2001 Alasdair Palmer. "We want drugs which do not have hideous side-effects like thalidomide - but we want them without animal suffering." Links to related stories. |
| Other resource N8 | Sunday Telegraph: When bankers face the terrorists | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2001/04/15/do04.xml Sunday Telegraph: When bankers face the terrorists | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Companies_Involved/Huntingdon_Life_Sciences/News_and_Media/2001 Alasdair Palmer. Professor Colin Blakemore, the Waynefleet Professor of Physiology and a staunch defender of the importance of experimenting on animals in order to achieve medical benefits for people, has, over the years, been threatened with both kidnapping and murder by animal rights terrorists. He has been beaten up and had letter bombs sent to his home, one of which contained half a pound of high explosive packed with needles. It was wrapped so as to appeal to his children, to whom it was delivered. |
| Other resource N9 | Good Medicine | http://www.pcrm.org/magazine Good Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Journals Online copies of the quarterly magazine published by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Washington, DC, US. |
| Other resource N10 | Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) | http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/ Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Organizations Council of experts in laboratory animal medicine, zoology, genetics, medicine, ethics, and related biomedical sciences. Details of current projects, publications, ILAR Journal, and information about animal models. |
| Other resource N11 | Seriously Ill For Medical Research | http://www.simr.org.uk Seriously Ill For Medical Research | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Organizations/Europe/United_Kingdom Promotes research into serious illnesses and medical conditions, and supports humane animal research and ethical genetic technology as essential. Biotechnology, celebrity support, benefits of animal research, UK regulations, anti-vivisection myths, religious views, Nobel Prize winners survey, public opinion, news, medical research update and links. Especially for patients, relatives and carers. Bedfordshire, UK. |
| Other resource N12 | American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine | http://www.aclam.org American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Organizations/North_America/United_States An organization of board-certified veterinary medical specialists who establish standards of education, training, experience and expertise necessary to become qualified as a specialist and recognizes that achievement through board certification. Promoting the advancement of knowledge through professional continuing education activities, the development of educational materials and the conduct of research in laboratory animal medicine and science. US. |
| Other resource N13 | Americans for Medical Progress | http://www.amprogress.org Americans for Medical Progress | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/Organizations/North_America/United_States Helping to ensure public understanding and support of the humane use of animals in medical research. Animal research, animal rights, articles, news, downloadable materials, a timeline of medical benefits, student resource center, women's health campaign and membership. Virginia, US. |
| Other resource N14 | PCRM Research Controversies and Issues -- Ethics in Medical Education | http://www.pcrm.org/issues/Ethics_in_Medical_Research/ethics_medical.html PCRM Research Controversies and Issues -- Ethics in Medical Education | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Experiments_-_Vivisection/FAQs,_Help,_and_Tutorials Information and factsheets from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. US. |
| Other resource N15 | BBC News - Farm practices 'threaten health' | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/64458.stm BBC News - Farm practices 'threaten health' | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Farming Intensive farming is putting public health at risk, according to a controversial report by the National Consumer Council. (Real Video) |
| Other resource N16 | Independent - Illegally imported meat seized by health officials | http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=64478 Independent - Illegally imported meat seized by health officials | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Farming/News_and_Media/FMD_-_Foot_and_Mouth_Disease Ian Herbert. Health officials have seized illegally imported dried and frozen meat on open sale at supermarkets in Newcastle upon Tyne's Chinatown, seven miles from the source of the foot-and-mouth epidemic. Links to related stories and web resources. |
| Other resource N17 | Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre: Horse Welfare | http://www.alternativevet.org/horses_uk.htm Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre: Horse Welfare | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Specific_Animals/Horses Examines 14 welfare hotspots, including saddling, shoeing, feeding, rugging, chronic pain, overvaccination. Also highlights shortfalls in the Equine Industry Welfare Guidelines Compendium. |
| Other resource N18 | Inside the Horseracing Industry: Drugs, Deception and Death | http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=65 Inside the Horseracing Industry: Drugs, Deception and Death | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Specific_Animals/Horses A PETA factsheet showing the problems inherent to horse racing. |
| Other resource N19 | The Humane Research Trust | http://www.btinternet.com/~shawweb/hrt/index.htm The Humane Research Trust | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Animal_Rights/Organizations/Europe/United_Kingdom UK charity funding and encouraging medical research using alternatives to animals. |
| Other resource N20 | The Jockey Club (UK): Safety & Welfare | http://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/safety/safetyframeset.html The Jockey Club (UK): Safety & Welfare | Top/Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Entertainment_and_Sports/Racing Welfare initiatives, role of veterinary officer, horse welfare FAQ and medical update. From the regulatory authority for horseracing in the UK. |
| Other resource N21 | Office of Minority Health Resource Center | http://www.omhrc.gov/ Office of Minority Health Resource Center | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Environmental_Justice A U.S. national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Collects and distributes information on topics including substance abuse, cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and infant mortality in minority populations. |
| Other resource N22 | Nuclear.com | http://www.nuclear.com/ Nuclear.com | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Nuclear/News Provides topics and news stories involved in nuclear issues, including power reactors, weapons, medical uses, and food irradiation. |
| Other resource N23 | CQS Health and Environment | http://www.cqs.com/ CQS Health and Environment | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Health Health alert and toxic alert information about health, fitness, and the environment and their intimate connection. Activist group's site. Some alternative views on HIV and AIDS. |
| Other resource N24 | Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? | http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0008C7B2-E060-1C73-9B81809EC588EF21 Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Health Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earth's atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear. Scientific American. |
| Other resource N25 | Smoke Shacks and Health Effects | http://www.smokeshacks.com/ Smoke Shacks and Health Effects | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Activism Designed to educate the public on harmful health effects of breathing smoke and emissions from outdoor wood burning boilers, furnaces and water stoves. Problems include odor, particulate matter and dioxin. |
| Other resource N26 | Charted Institute of Environmental Health Light Pollution Report | http://www.cieh.org.uk/about/policy/papers/light.htm Charted Institute of Environmental Health Light Pollution Report | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Light_Pollution/Regulation/United_Kingdom Discusses the current legal situation as to whether light pollution is a statutory nuisance. |
| Other resource N27 | Science and Environment Health Network | http://www.sehn.org/ Science and Environment Health Network | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Organizations/Policy_Institutes Began in 1993 when members of the scientific community met to respond to virulent attacks on the environmental agenda. It was clear that science was being misrepresented and misused in environmental public policy. |
| Other resource N28 | American Association of Health Plans | http://www.aahp.org American Association of Health Plans | Top/Society/Issues/Health Fact sheets and analyses on: managed care, prenatal care, children's health insurance, diabetes, and current immunization recommendations for children and adults. |
| Other resource N29 | What Doctors Don't Tell You | http://www.wddty.co.uk/ What Doctors Don't Tell You | Top/Society/Issues/Health Monthly magazine informing patients of little-known side effects of drugs, and allegedly "proven" alternative remedies. |
| Other resource N30 | 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. |
| Other resource N31 | The UK Partnership for Global Health | http://www.ukglobalhealth.org/ The UK Partnership for Global Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health A forum for people concerned at the impact of globalisation on global health. Includes documents, briefings and news. |
| Other resource N32 | Health Issues Monthly | http://www.healthissuesmonthly.com/ Health Issues Monthly | Top/Society/Issues/Health Health related issues including global warming, alternative healing, cancer related, food, and nutrition. |
| Other resource N33 | 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. |
| Other resource N34 | State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking, 1993 | http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/faculty/lmiller_report.html State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking, 1993 | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact 1993 report breaks down costs by state. |
| Other resource N35 | Costs of Tobacco Consumption in Sydney | http://www.cs.nsw.gov.au/corporate/tobaccocp/BKG-2.htm Costs of Tobacco Consumption in Sydney | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Report estimates the medical costs of tobacco in Central Sydney, Australia. |
| Other resource N36 | Health Care Costs of Smoking | http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_14898.htm Health Care Costs of Smoking | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Abstract of recent research estimates percentage of total health care costs attributable to smoking. |
| Other resource N37 | Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-12/CftA-Yhst-0312100.php Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Research that followed over 80,000 employees for over 2 years finds smoking has significant costs for employers, even among younger workers. |
| Other resource N38 | The Health Care Costs of Smoking | http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/337/15/1052 The Health Care Costs of Smoking | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Conclusions: If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs. The New England Journal of Medicine, October 9, 1997. |
| Other resource N39 | A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation | http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmus/US1998/ A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Master_Settlement_Agreement UCSF policy analysis paper examines the proposed tobacco settlement agreement. |
| Other resource N40 | ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and Health | http://www.ash.org.uk/ ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Resources for advocates include tobacco history, factsheets, schools resources, presentation resources, discussion, policy analysis, and an extensive analysis of the tobacco industry based on industry internal memos. |
| Other resource N41 | National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) | http://www.ncth.ca National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Information and networking services for tobacco use prevention and reduction programs, projects, resources, and advocacy in Canada. |
| Other resource N42 | Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health | http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/abct/ Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Citizens and organizations advocating policy decisions, educational and prevention efforts to address the problem of tobacco in their communities. Provides tobacco news, issues, analysis, advocacy; factsheets and policy papers. |
| Other resource N43 | Action on Smoking and Health - Canada | http://www.ash.ca/ Action on Smoking and Health - Canada | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Western Canada's leading health organization devoted solely to tobacco control and prevention. |
| Other resource N44 | They're Rich, You're Dead | http://www.mededu.miami.edu/Tobacco They're Rich, You're Dead | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Prevention/Teen_Smoking University of Miami School of Medicine's Tobacco Awareness Program for Community Youth. "We want you to see what we see in our hospital patients every day from the use of tobacco". Videos in MTV and science versions; interactive web-based CD-ROM; student and teacher workbooks; images and presentations in Adobe and Powerpoint formats. |
| Other resource N45 | Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) | http://ash.org Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Nation's oldest and leading antismoking organization takes legal action and provides information about the problems and costs of smoking. Protects the rights of nonsmokers. |
| Other resource N46 | Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy Institute | http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlawperspectives/PublicHealth/010817Federal.html Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy Institute | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Short report from the Health Law and Policy Institute on case law affecting state regulation of tobacco promotion. |
| Other resource N47 | Australian Council on Smoking and Health | http://www.acosh.org/ Australian Council on Smoking and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional Dedicated to raising awareness in the community on smoking and health issues in Australia. Educational campaigns, quit programs, library, and tobacco industry secrets. |
| Other resource N48 | Go smokefree! Health Canada Tobacco Control Programme | http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/index.html Go smokefree! Health Canada Tobacco Control Programme | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/Canada Health Canada's Tobacco Control Programme regulates tobacco and promotes initiatives that reduce or prevent the harm associated with smoking. |
| Other resource N49 | Denver Alliance on Tobacco and Health | http://www.dath.org/ Denver Alliance on Tobacco and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States Empowering Denver to reduce tobacco use through prevention, education, and advocacy; provides information on secondhand smoke, quitting smoking, area ordinances and laws, and resources and training on tobacco. |
| Other resource N50 | Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health | http://www.wish-wi.org/ Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States An association promoting clean air in public places. Dining guides, coalitions, how-tow, newsletter, surveys and feedback, resources on secondhand smoke, restaurants, and bars. |
| Other resource N51 | 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. |
| Other resource N52 | Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation. | http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-99/c-health/Rep-Evidence/page10.htm Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation. | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Presentation made to the Joint Committee on health and CHildren of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Parliament of Ireland, on tobacco and health. |
| Other resource N53 | Tobacco Epidemic: Health Dimensions | http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact154.html Tobacco Epidemic: Health Dimensions | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources WHO factsheet. "Half a billion people now alive will be killed by tobacco products" and other descriptions of the size of the problem. |
| Other resource N54 | Smoking Cessation is Cost Effective | http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/278/21/1759 Smoking Cessation is Cost Effective | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smoking cessation programs are cost-effective. |
| Other resource N55 | Historical Medical Claims | http://www240.pair.com/tomtom/pages/gra/gra_badvert.html Historical Medical Claims | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Promotion "More Doctors Smoke Camels" and other ads from 1927 through 1950. |
| Other resource N56 | The Great Tobacco Robbery | http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-06-99.html The Great Tobacco Robbery | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques Cato Institute editorial condemns money made by plaintiff lawyers "holding tobacco companies accountable for Medicaid expenditures allegedly related to smoking". |
| Other resource N57 | Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Health | http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/11/1749 Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Secondhand_Smoke Article in the American Journal of Public Health chronicles the efforts of the tobacco industry to attack the evidence that secondhand smoke causes disease. |
| Other resource N58 | How the Tobaccco Industry Responded to an Influential Study of the Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7377/1413 How the Tobaccco Industry Responded to an Influential Study of the Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Secondhand_Smoke Journal article documents how the tobacco industry generated a study and hid its involvement in an attempt to fight the emerging science on secondhand smoke. |
| Other resource N59 | Do Candy Cigarettes Encourage Young People to Smoke? | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/362 Do Candy Cigarettes Encourage Young People to Smoke? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Teen_Smoking Paper in British Medical Journal. Executives of both the tobacco and candy industries regarded candy cigarettes as good advertising to future smokers; tobacco companies granted candy makers permission to use cigarette pack designs and tolerated trademark infringement. |
| Other resource N60 | Philip Morris Tries to Polish Its Image | http://www.mnmed.org/Protected/00MNMED/0003/Meyer.html Philip Morris Tries to Polish Its Image | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Public_Relations/Opposing_Views/Philip_Morris Editorial from Minnesota Medical Association comments on Philip Morris's recent image campaign. |
| Other resource N61 | OMA Position Paper on Second Hand Smoke | http://www.oma.org/phealth/2ndsmoke.htm OMA Position Paper on Second Hand Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke Ontario Medical Association outlines the medical facts and their policy position based on those facts. |
| Other resource N62 | Environmental Health Perspectives: Unfriendly Fumes | http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1996/104-11/focus.html Environmental Health Perspectives: Unfriendly Fumes | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Resources Magazine article reviews the scientific evidence. |
| Other resource N63 | Smoke-Free For Health - Studies | http://www.smokefreeforhealth.org/Studies.htm Smoke-Free For Health - Studies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Measurement Collection of recent research studies on health effects of secondhand smoke. |
| Other resource N64 | Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke | http://www.acoem.org/position/statements.asp?CATA_ID=8 Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Workplace From the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine summarizes the science behind smokefree policies. |
| Other resource N65 | Tobacco Industry Documents | http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/cgch/tobacco/industry_docs.htm Tobacco Industry Documents | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Tobacco_Industry_Documents Introductory handbook and resource guide for those interested in searching online industry document collections. Topics include a history of the documents, how to search the collections, and other online resources. Provided by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. |
| Other resource N66 | Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1858258.stm Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Government The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction. |
| Other resource N67 | The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words | http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/313 The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques Editorial in the British Medical Journal urges opening of the Guildford depository of tobacco industry documents and explains what we've learned already from industry documents. |
| Other resource N68 | Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry | http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/2/240 Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques Research paper reports on how the tobacco industry mobilized a well-coordinated attack on a national stop-smoking project. |
| Other resource N69 | Fraudulent Health Claims | http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/frdheal.htm Fraudulent Health Claims | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Tips on spotting false claims, some medical problems that attract health fraud schemes, dietary supplement precautions, how to report a possible fraud. |
| Other resource N70 | Fraud and the Health Care System | http://heartdisease.about.com/health/heartdisease/library/hcs/blhcsund05.htm Fraud and the Health Care System | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud The Clinton administration strikes back - an article about the anti-fraud imperative. |
| Other resource N71 | Recognizing Fraud in Health Care | http://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/library/prevention/blfraudintro.htm Recognizing Fraud in Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud List of resources and links related to various kinds of health care fraud. |
| Other resource N72 | Fraudulent Health Claims | http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/library/h/docs/bld8c867.htm Fraudulent Health Claims | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Online brochure that helps spotting false and unsubstantiated claims. |
| Other resource N73 | Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse | http://hippo.findlaw.com/hippofra.html Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Policy and regulatory materials related to health care fraud and abuse. |
| Other resource N74 | Bureau of Health Professions | http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ Bureau of Health Professions | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Manages and provides access to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, and the Federal Credentialing Program. |
| Other resource N75 | Spotting Health Fraud | http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/greenline/00v2/08.html Spotting Health Fraud | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Easy understandable list on how to check health care web sites that promise treatment success too fast and too easy. |
| Other resource N76 | Canadian Quackery Watch | http://healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/ Canadian Quackery Watch | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Monitors the media for reports of medical frauds and quacks. Includes features on individual quacks, pending lawsuits, scientific rebuttals of 'dubious' claims, and related links. |
| Other resource N77 | Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and Abuse | http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/library/h/docs/bld04116.htm Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Department of Health and Human Services' site on how to fight health care waste, fraud, and abuse, using several agencies within the department and forming working partnerships with other Federal, State, and local organizations. |
| Other resource N78 | How to Prevent Medicare Fraud | http://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/c/ht/00/07/How_Prevent_Medicare_Fraud0962933606.htm How to Prevent Medicare Fraud | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare A detailed how-to on preventing Medicare fraud and how to report possible fraud cases. |
| Other resource N79 | Medicare Fraud and Abuse Detection | http://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/library/medicare/blfraud.htm Medicare Fraud and Abuse Detection | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Tips on detecting and preventing fraudulent practices in Medicare. |
| Other resource N80 | Fighting Fraud and Abuse | http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/fraud/ Fighting Fraud and Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare U.S. Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") site includes government description of fraudulent schemes, instructions to contractors and Medicare integrety programs. |