Diseases and D Guide - Resources and Review

Daily news on diseases, treatments, drugs and diet.
 
Society which exists to foster the scientific interests of those hospital doctors who are interested in nosocomial or hospital acquired infections. Covers the society's history, annual reports, working parties, meetings, membership, full text of the newsletter, and abstracts for the Journal of Hospital Infection.
 
Collection of information aimed at patients and the public, researchers, and health workers comprising a database of clinical trials, resources such as Medline and PubMed, information about funding opportunities, program announcements, and links to related institutions. A glossary of public health terms is included.
 
Information about Lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease.
 
Information on several tick borne diseases, including articles on bite prevention and tick removal, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to parasitology.
 
Exhibition describing how ecology, evolution and environmental change affect the prevalence of infectious diseases. Explains how such diseases originate, spread and infect, with references to historical and contemporary outbreaks.
 
Journal publishing state
of-the-art clinical articles, including those in microbiology, regular AIDS/TB commentaries, and sections covering medical and legal issues, managed care symposia, and time-saving review articles.
 
Provides answers to commonly asked questions about the Bacillus anthracis bacterium, commonly known as anthrax. Offers information on the clinical forms of human anthrax, incidence, transmission, and groups most at risk from infection.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to communicable diseases.
 
A postgraduate centre affiliated to the University of Liverpool. Its principal functions are research, teaching, and consultative activities. The School is extensively involved in national and international programmes to control tropical disease and to develop effective health care systems.
 
Addresses the sensitive issue of providing accurate information relating to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Resources cover specific diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis B, herpes, HIV/AIDS, scabies, syphilis, and trichomoniasis, as well as an FAQ section. Additional sources comprise of a risk profiler, a STD quiz and an American clinic locator.
 
Database containing descriptions of childhood diseases. Possible to download the entire database or search for individual diseases.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to illnesses caused by agents such as heat, radiation, and physical fitness.
 
Provides an insight into varicella, or chicken pox as the virus is commonly known. Describes symptoms, treatment, duration, and prevention of the illness which usually strikes during childhood.
 
An introduction to infections and diseases, describing the mechanisms of microbes, covering bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. Defines the nature of infection, various means of transmission, and recommends methods of prevention.
 
Provides informative articles on disease and disease management issues, free molecular modelling software, an online pharmacology guide, healthcare bookmarks, contact details, and news.
 
An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to specific complaints and other aspects of medicine and health care, with descriptions and subscription details.
 
Information about the relationship between genetic factors and disease, covering a variety of diseases associated with specific genes, as well as links to the 1998 Gene Map, protein sequences, and associations related to each disease
 
Protects the population from infection by detecting, diagnosing and monitoring communicable diseases. It provides evidence for action to prevent and control infectious disease threats to individuals and populations. Provides news and statistics (in PDF) on diseases such as Chlamydia, Diphtheria, Malaria, Rubella and Typhus fever.
 
A unified database of bibliographic records from sixteen separately maintained databases that can be searched individually or at once, including AIDS education, Alzheimer's disease, cancer prevention and weight control.
 
Provide sickle cell patient and professional education, news, research updates and world wide sickle cell anaemia resources. Includes a professional summary of the disease, a list of conferences, newborn screening information, transfusion protocol information, and general information for patients and families.
 
Data and information relevant to Plasmodium falciparum, the apicomplexan parasite responsible for the most serious form of human malaria. These resources include P. falciparum sequence databases, genome maps, linkage markers, and information about genetic studies, plus links to other malaria web sites and genetic data on related apicomplexan parasites, including Toxoplasma gondii.
 
Collection of links to resources about nervous system diseases, organised by subject.
 
Set of links to Internet resources relevant to ticks. Headings include biology, diseases, common species, management, identification and taxonomy.
 
Extensive searchable and browsable index of neurological diseases.
 
Provides a list of numerous online resources relating to Lyme Disease, a serious bacterial infection affecting both humans and animals.
 
Index of links to epidemiology resources. Includes infectious diseases, hospital, molecular, behavioural and environmental epidemiology, diabetes, publications, newsgroups and mailing lists, government agencies, universities and professional societies.
 
Addresses the sensitive issue of providing accurate information relating to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Resources cover specific diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis B, herpes, HIV/AIDS, scabies, syphilis, and trichomoniasis, as well as an FAQ section. Additional sources comprise of a risk profiler, a STD quiz and an American clinic locator.
 
Founded in 1899, National Jewish is a non
profit institution dedicated to enhancing prevention, treatment and cures through research, and to developing and providing innovative clinical programs for treating patients regardless of age, religion, race or ability to pay. National Jewish is the only medical and research centre in the United States devoted entirely to respiratory, allergic and immune system diseases, including asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, severe allergies, AIDS, cancer and autoimmune diseases, such as lupus.
 
Publication covering new drugs and procedures for diagnosing and testing paediatric infectious diseases. Presents succinct reports from medical symposia, as well as interviews with experts in pediatric infectious diseases. Articles from current and back issues available online.
 
Publishes research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases; on the microbes that cause them; and on disorders of host immune mechanisms. Tables of contents available.
 
Constantly updated information on world travel, vaccinations, statistics, training and employment.
 
Peer
reviewed journal tracking trends and analysing new and re-emerging infectious diseases from around the world.
 
News, journals and information for researchers, practitioners and parents.
 
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