Blood Transfusion: Knowing Your Options
Developed by the Pall Corporation, this site explains blood transfusion and the associated risks and benefits. Sections include facts about blood, blood transfusion terms and definitions, important blood transfusion questions & answers, and risks of transfusion.
Despite some commercial connections, this remains a comprehensive resource site: an extensive pull-down menu accesses information on specific Conditions & Concerns. Other categories include health news, procedures, natural medicine and health tools (including a collection of calculators that enable you to assess fitness, diet, and nutrition, and risk for several types of diseases).
Health information access is a basic healthcare need. Literacy, health-literacy, illness, aging, disability and language are all issues that can pose barriers to obtaining basic health information. This site contains free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats.
This is the "Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries", and one of the three largest free full-text medical archives on earth. It offers the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, with 943 journals and 1,348,886 free, full-text articles online. With our partner publishers HighWire produces 73 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals.
The Food & Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health offers device advice on topics such as pediatric medical devices, cochlear implants, heart health, diabetes, LASIK, CT scanning, and breast implants.
Online version of the popular magazine.
The Merck Manual Home Edition translates medical jargon into language the rest of us can understand.
This is an excellent site providing information on commonly performed surgeries. The database includes a description of each surgery, the anatomy of the area in which the operation is performed, pathology of the illness, methods of diagnosis, alternative surgical options, possible complications of surgery, post operative care, and innovations in surgical techniques.
A fascinating and useful road map into the human brain, using high quality brain imaging blended with clinical information. Persons seeking information about the structure of the brain, diseases on the central nervous system, the aging process, strokes, and brain tumors will find this a good resource.
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)
Where to find MSDS on the Internet is an essential resource for those working with hazardous chemicals.
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