General Medical Resources on the Internet

Disclaimer.

The following general medical resources are available online either via dialup, gopher, ftp, or the World Wide Web. Many of these resources contain a wealth of information including mailing lists, newsgroups, bulletin boards, searches etc. that can assist TN patients and their families in keeping up with the latest medical developments.

Internet Resources

Medscape

 For health professionals and interested consumers, features peer-reviewed articles, "zoomable" color graphics, self-assessment features, medical news, free Medline with free access to abstracts, ( Medline is an index to ten's of thousands of medical and scientific journals) and annotated links to Internet resources.

  PubMed

 Developed by The National Library of Medicine located at the National Institute of Health, PubMed is a free search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE, the world's most extensive collection of published medical information and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. Access is also available to full text articles in a number of medical journals.

Multimedia Medical Reference Library

 Excellent medical resource including free Medline searches. Search it yourself or pay a reasonable fee to have someone else search for you.

  Castle Connolly Guide: How to Find the Best Doctors, Hospitals, and HMOs for You and Your Family
Although primarily a "buy-this-book" page, there is good solid consumer information on choosing the best doctor for you. An outline of the rest of the book's contents is also included..

  Nervous System Diseases.
The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

 A very thorough index of Internet links relating to Nervous System diseases.

  Neurosciences on the Internet
Neil A. Busis

 An excellent compilation of neuroscience resources including software, online neuroscience medical journal lists, newsgroups, diseases, academic and clinical info.

Med Help International .

A not-for-profit organization devoted to providing medical information for the lay person in three ways: first, an extensive, downloadable medical library written in lay terminology and reviewed for accuracy by the organization's Review Board; second, online teleconferencing for individuals who wish to connect with others who have the same disease; and third, individualized searches of medical literature on specific medical topics for $20.00 per request, including cost of mail, photocopies and copyright expenses.
Also available on:

UnCover.

 UnCover contains records describing journals and their contents. Over 4000 current citations are added daily. Patrons may obtain citations for free, but UnCover offers delivery of the entire article by mail or fax for a fee. The main advantage of this source is that it provides patrons with free citations from medical journals, that the patron can then research and copy on his/her own. For $25 per year.  a user can select up to 50 titles from the UnCover database of 17,000 multidisciplinary titles for table of contents alerting via email. Individual users may also create and store up to 25 search strategies which are run against all the new articles added to the UnCover database on a weekly basis. Both the table of contents and search strategy results are e-mailed directly to the user's e-mail address.
Also available on:

• Available Telnet: database.carl.org
• Available World Wide Web:  http://uncweb.carl.org