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Autism parents 'infection risk'
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:29:32 -0000
Caring for children with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome may weaken parents' immune systems.
Human blood vessels grown in mice
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:59:43 -0000
Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports.
Alzheimer's drug trial 'promise'
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:31:04 -0000
A drug once used to treat hayfever "improves" symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
Kenyans reject circumcision plan
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:44:51 -0000
Elders from Kenya's Luo community reject a government plan to promote circumcision to stem HIV/Aids.
Scan 'detects obsessive disorder'
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:58:19 -0000
A brain scan could help identify those at risk of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), say scientists.
Vomiting dummy for medic training
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:27 -0000
Medical students train on a dummy which can vomit and sweat and moves and feels like a real patient.
NYT > Health
Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:42:59 -0000
Some doctors are hailing surgery for centenarians, but others say such procedures can be wasteful and barbaric.
More Smokers Seek Help With Quitting Since Latest Cigarette Tax Took Effect
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:05:29 -0000
Reports that tax increases are the most effective measure known to reduce demand for tobacco are proving true in New York City.
CNN.com - Health
Man counted calories, watched 40 pounds go
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:51:22 -0400
Sujit Bhattacharya knew he felt sluggish and had trouble putting on his socks and shoes. One day, when he tried on a pair of size 30 shorts, his wife pointed out that they fit only under his belly. But it took bad news from his doctor, and a hard time from friends, to motivate him to get to a healthier weight.
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Autism parents 'infection risk'
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:29:32 -0000
Caring for children with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome may weaken parents' immune systems.
Human blood vessels grown in mice
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:59:43 -0000
Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports.
Alzheimer's drug trial 'promise'
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:31:04 -0000
A drug once used to treat hayfever "improves" symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
Kenyans reject circumcision plan
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:44:51 -0000
Elders from Kenya's Luo community reject a government plan to promote circumcision to stem HIV/Aids.
Scan 'detects obsessive disorder'
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:58:19 -0000
A brain scan could help identify those at risk of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), say scientists.
Vomiting dummy for medic training
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:27 -0000
Medical students train on a dummy which can vomit and sweat and moves and feels like a real patient.
NYT > Health
Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:42:59 -0000
Some doctors are hailing surgery for centenarians, but others say such procedures can be wasteful and barbaric.
More Smokers Seek Help With Quitting Since Latest Cigarette Tax Took Effect
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:05:29 -0000
Reports that tax increases are the most effective measure known to reduce demand for tobacco are proving true in New York City.
CNN.com - Health
Man counted calories, watched 40 pounds go
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:51:22 -0400
Sujit Bhattacharya knew he felt sluggish and had trouble putting on his socks and shoes. One day, when he tried on a pair of size 30 shorts, his wife pointed out that they fit only under his belly. But it took bad news from his doctor, and a hard time from friends, to motivate him to get to a healthier weight.
Sites:
Development Group - Partners Healthcare: Undertakes applied informatics research development,key design issues enterprise clinical systems including clinical workflows, usability, controlled terminology, knowledge management and clinical decision support. Details include mission, projects, publications, staff details, future directions...Alberta Research Council, Health Informatics: Organisation develops informatics technology and is associated with the Alberta WellNet project. Site links to their tele-health material and a number of commercial development links.
Biostatistical Resources: Biostatistical resources Consulting services
Center for Medical Informatics - Mount Sinai School of Medicine: The Center for Medical Informatics is concerned with improving patient care by dealing with a diverse range of topics that includes: the Electronic Medical Record, Order Entry, Decision Support, Data and Knowledge Representation, Controlled and Structured Vocabularies, Data Acquisition and Presen...
Cognitive Science Branch (CgSB) National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Research in computer and information technologies involving investigation of linguistic, statistical, and knowledge-based methods, for improving access to biomedical information. Participation in the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)project, NLM's Indexing Initiative and use of digital libra...
Gateway to Health Informatics For Teaching (GHIFT): Information on acronyms, CAL resources, events, internet print and learning resources, organisations, and people.
IT Perspectives: IT Perspectives, Providers of research, evaluation and consultancy in health infomatics and NHS and medical services. e-booking, electronic booking, ebooking, ICRS, EHR
Mayo Biomedical Informatics: Biomedical Informatics
MedExpert / WWW: MedExpert/WWW - A Medical Knowledge Base Server
Medical Informatics Courses from National Library of Medicine: Overview, faculty details, logistics and how to apply information provided as well as archive and details of other courses.
Pathmaster project of the Yale Center for Medical Informatics: PathMaster is a prototype cell-image database developed to serve as a pilot Next Generation Internet (NGI) testbed. PathMaster extracts mathematical features from cytology images and uses those features to index and retrieve cell images from an image database.
Regenstrief Institute Medical Informatics Fellowship: Non-profit medical research organization. Details of core curriculum, training details, research fellowships. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN): UK research centre. Active in Clinical Practice Guideline Architecture (CPGA) with HL7 also working on PRODIGY project and GALEN as well as the County Durham Darlington Electronic Health Record Project (DuDEHR).
SUMSearch: SUMSearch does real-time meta-searches of high-quality medical web sites. SUMSearch formats your question for the sites it selects to search and executes additional searches based on the results.
Suregen: A NLG-formalism which allows for the automatic, syntax-driven generation of stylistically acceptable clinical documents.
The health informatics resource: Offering information and internet based courses for healthcare workers worldwide
The Medical Algorithms Project: The Medical Algorithms Project
The Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Clinical Informatics: The Office of Clinical Informatics supports the information needs of the Medical College of Wisconsin
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Diploma in Medical Informatics: Offers an online, distance learning course as well as studies in electronic information exchange related to medicine.
W.M. Keck Center for Computational and Structural Biology: Research and training at the interface between biological and biomedical sciences and the computational and physical sciences. Detailed page on publications and research.
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