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DATABASES
Clinical Trials
Emedicine
MDchoice
MedlinePlus
Medscape
PubMed Central
ToxNet
UpToDate
WebMD
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ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information to clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Interventional trials determine whether experimental treatments or new ways of using known therapies are safe and effective under controlled environments. Observational trials address health issues in large groups of people of populations in natural settings.
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EMedicine comprises the largest and most current Clinical Knowledge Base available to physicians and health professionals. Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base, which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders, 30,000 multimedia files and features the largest online
repository of medical education credits for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and optometrists. The evidence-based content—updated 24/7—provides the latest practice guidelines in 62 medical specialties. eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a
PharmD.
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goal is to make access to the Internet's vast health and
medical information as efficient and reliable as possible for
healthcare professionals as well as consumers. MDchoice.com is
the result of this new, exciting technology combined with the
content of several award-winning medical websites including
NetMedicine.com, Physician's Choice, and EMBBS.com (The
Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Home Page)
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Welcome to MedlinePlus, a site providing health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. You can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health
(U.S.A.)and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
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Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals one of the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools. After a simple, one time, free registration, Medscape automatically will deliver to you the specialty site that best fits your profile.
Medscape is organized by medical specialty, with each supported specialty having its own custom Web Site. Specialty content is evaluated, created, and presented under the guidance of editorial boards and scientific advisory boards.
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PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal
literature, developed and managed by the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). PubMed Central aims to fill the role of a world class library in the digital age.PubMed (which encompasses Medline) is the database of choice, for researchers and clinicians alike, to locate relevant articles and, in many cases, link directly to a publisher's site for the full text.
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Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®), an integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases that are available free of charge on the web. The TOXNET "Multiple Databases" option allows for simultaneous searching of the following databases.
HSDB® (Hazardous Substances Data Bank) is a comprehensive, scientifically reviewed, factual database containing records for over 4500 toxic or potentially toxic chemicals.
TOXLINE® is a bibliographic database of over 3 million citations covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals.
IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) is an online database built by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA containing EPA carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment and regulatory information on over 500 chemicals.
TRI (Toxic Chemical Release Inventory) contains information on the annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals to the environment for the reporting years 1995-2001.
CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System) is a factual data bank sponsored by the National Cancer Institute which contains evaluated data and information, derived from both short and long-term bioassays on over 8,000 chemicals. Studies relate to carcinogens,
mutagens, tumor promoters, carcinogens, metabolites and inhibitors of carcinogens.
GENE-TOX is a data bank created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with genetic toxicology test results on over 3,000 chemicals.
DART®/ETIC (Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology / Environmental Teratology Information Center) is a bibliographic database covering teratology and developmental toxicology literature published since 1950.
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UpToDate
is specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that
arise in daily practice and to do so quickly and easily so
that it can be used right at the point of care.
Please Note:
UpToDate can be
accessed through library computer number 3 as well as
from the Internal Medicine Department and the Emergency Room .
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WebMD is a site which provides services designed to help physicians, consumers, providers and health plans navigate the complexity of the healthcare system. The products and services offered streamline administrative and clinical processes, promote efficiency and reduce costs by facilitating information exchange, communication and electronic transactions between healthcare participants..
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