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Medical References

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AIDS Imaging (http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/Aidsimaging/) Clinical, radiologic, and microscopic images of infectious diseases, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. In English and Italian. Anti-HIV Compounds Database (http://chemdb.niaid.nih.gov/struct_search/an/an_search.asp) Databases of chemical structures and biological data from the NIAID Division of AIDS (DAIDS) to monitor developments in the chemotherapy of HIV and opportunistic infections. HIV Sequence Databases (http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/) Searchable map of HIV, resistance, and immunology databases.

General

• ACP Medicine
  (http://www.acpmedicine.com/cgi-bin/publiccgi.pl?loginOP)
  Developed from WebMD Scientific American Medicine, is the first comprehensive reference to carry the name of the American College of Physicians. ACP Medicine is a comprehensive, continually updated reference and continuing education service in general internal medicine for busy practitioners.
• Gray's Anatomy
  (http://www.bartleby.com/107/)
  The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 engravings from the 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries.
• Hesperian Foundation Publications
  (http://www.hesperian.org/)
  A nonprofit organization committed to improving the health of people in poor communities throughout the world by making health information accessible. Hesperian produces books and other educational resources for community-based health care. Publications in English and Spanish.
• MedCalc
  (http://www.med-ia.ch/medcalc/)
  A medical calculator running on Palm-compatible handheld devices, designed for rapid calculation of common equations used in medicine (including anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care and internal medicine.)
• Medical and Science Dictionaries Online
  (http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html)
  Links to numerous general and specialized dictionaries and glossaries of medicine and science terminology.
• MedPix
  (http://rad.usuhs.mil/synapse/radpix.html)
  An online database of medical images organized by disease category, disease location/organ system, and patient profiles, intended for resident and practicing physicians, medical students, graduate nursing students, and other postgraduate trainees.
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
  (http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm)
  General medical textbook, 17th edition.
• PDA Applications
  (http://aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=et-pda-00)
  A listing of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) applications popular among clinicians and researchers, from the AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center.
• PubMed
  (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed)
  National Library of Medicine's medical journal and abstract databases.
• UpToDate
  (http://www.uptodate.com/)
  UpToDate is a comprehensive evidence-based clinical information resource available by subscription to physicians on the internet, CD-ROM, and PDA.
• Virtual Hospital
  (http://www.vh.org/)
  The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library from the University of Iowa designed to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. Contains hundreds of books and brochures.
• Visible Human Project
  (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html)
  Complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies using transverse CT, MR, and cryosection images. Project of the National Library of Medicine.
• WebMD
  (http://www.webmd.com/)
  Extensive information and services for medical professionals and consumers. WebMD's Medscape is geared for health care providers, while WebMD Health focuses on consumers.