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Recent medical breakthroughs are reported daily at
www.ivanhoe.com.
Ivanhoe is the country's largest news-gathering organization
to cover medical breakthrough health information.
The organization strives to produce and deliver life-changing
information. Its site reports traditional medical advances
and covers spiritual healing, special reports and Web
extras.
Stories are available on topics such as a Chinese therapy
for breast cancer and harmful herbal reactions. Visitors
can participate in discussion groups, where the topics
change regularly.
Visual aids
Bristol Biomed image archive [www.brisbio.ac.uk]
has more than 8,500 medical images that can be used
for teaching and learning.
The high-quality images are indexed alphabetically,
which makes finding the image you want easy. The only
downside to this site is that it contains a large number
of veterinary images as well.
So, you may find an interesting image only to discover
it depicts alopecia in a dog and not a human. But a
picture of a diseased dog could come in handy if you
want to make sure your class is paying attention.
Military nursing history
The Army Nurse Corps history site [www.army.mil/cmh-pg/anc/anchhome.html]
provides an overview of 100 years of Army nursing, featuring
Army nursing history in pictures, a slide presentation
with narration and highlights of the history of the
Army Nurse Corps.
Another site, www.illyria.com/vnwnurse.html,
honors military nurses who served in Vietnam. This site
informs readers about nurses and their role in Vietnam
and is a resource for nurses who served during the war.
It lists reunions, upcoming events and asks nurses
to share their stories and memories.
Both sites provide links to other sites with information
about military nursing past and present.
Rare disorders
The National Organization for Rare Disorders [www.rarediseases.org]
is a federation of 140 nonprofit health organizations
that serves people who suffer from rare disorders and
disabilities.
A rare or "orphan" disease is defined as
one that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United
States. More than 6,000 rare disorders affect about
25 million Americans.
The site database lists more than 1,100 rare diseases,
2,000 support groups and 1,000 orphan drugs. It also
provides special resources to physicians, including
a handbook and research fellowship programs to increase
awareness and early diagnosis of rare diseases.
Disease database
The Lightning Hypertext of Disease [www.pathinfo.com]
is a free site that offers paying members additional
services.
Targeted at health care professionals, the site allows
you to enter a search query of any word or phrase.
More than 100,000 disease-related information packets
are available, and the results can be read in English,
German or Spanish. The site also features 9,000 pathology
image links.
Sharpen your pathology skills by entering a disease
or body system, then answering challenging multiple-choice
questions on the topic. The quiz provides the correct
answer.
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