Additional Dermatology / Medicine WWW Sites

1. Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications

2. The Library of Congress - Washington, D.C.

3. Telemedicine Information Exchange

4. Center for Instructional Support - A Support Site for Educators in the Health Professions.

5. Medscape(sm)
   Online medical information resource requires registration for free access to an electronic journal type of format with images and tables. Currently Infectious Diseases, AIDS, Urology, Surgery and Brainscape (a test of medical knowledge) are featured. Some dermatologic infectious diseases are presented in a column called "Bug of the Month". (Courtesy of Art Huntley.)

6. The British Medical Journal (BMJ)
   Abstracts of selected peer-reviewed articles plus editorial content from the respected BMJ. Includes a growing archive with access to past issues.

7. The Journal of Immunology

8. The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) - The Online Version
   Outstanding example of an electronic scientific journal. Published by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

9. MedWeb: Electronic Publications Searchable Listing of On line publications in medicine, from Emory University.

10. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    Information includes FDA News, Animal Drugs, Biologics, Cometics, Human Drugs, Foods, Toxicology, Medical Devices and Radiological Health, plus More Choices.

11. Medical Sciences Bulletin of the Pharmaceutical Information Associates, Ltd. and
    the Drug Database (DrugDB) of the Pharmaceutical Information Network.

12. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - Practice Guidelines
    The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) develops guidelines of practice (Practice Parameters). There are currently 18 Practice Parameter documents released and they are available in their entirety at this site. #15 deals with "pressure ulcers" which may interest dermatologists.
    

13. Hospital Web
    Hospital Web is a Harvard-Mass General project linking world wide hospital pages. Currently US, Canada, Germany, Japan, Norway, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia and England are represented. An extensive list, including University and non-University institutions.
    

14. Biopages
    Biopages is a medical meta-page with extensive links. Improved navigation and search capability are in development. Still has the "Complete List" searchable by you browser "Find" function.
    

15. OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
    Search the OMIN database for information on genetic diseases. OMIM is the continuously updated online version of Dr. Victor A. McKusick's book MENDELIAN INHERITANCE IN MAN (MIM). Because this knowledge-base is updated daily, the entries may differ from the most recently published version of the book. Contains hypertext links to related documents (i.e. search "Weber-Cockayne").

16. Medical Education Page
    The Medical Education Page is a resource for accessing educational items on the WWW.
    

17. American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAAS is the publisher of the journal SCIENCE.

18. AMA-Medical Student Section
    This is the Home Page of the Medical Student Section of the American Medical Association, which may be interesting to medical students and educators of medical students.
    

19. AMA Resident and Fellow Section

20. WebPath See subheading for Dermatopathology (64 Images)
    A formative effort for Clinical Dermatology and Dermatopathology images.
    

21. HistoNet - Singapore
    A National University of Singapore project, HistoNet has histology of most organs including menu item #7 - Skin, with ~10 histopath thumbnail images that open to full screen.
    

22. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
    The starting page for all governmental agencies under the DHHS, including the PHS, the CDC , the FDA, the NIH (and its institutes), the National Library of Medicine, and HCFA.

23. The World Health Organization
    This is the WWW server for the WHO, providing access to press releases, major programs, international travel and health advice, WHO publications and library, and more.

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May, 1995