Health & Medical Sciences News

Current events, recent research findings, and other news in the fields of health and medicine.

Resources in this category:

Ärzte-Zeitung Online
http://www.aerztezeitung.de/

Medical news, in German.

American Medical News
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/index.htm

This online version of the American Medical News covers the "professional, social, economic and policy issues in medicine. AMNews is published weekly by the American Medical Association as an impartial source of information affecting physicians and their practices."

Canadian Journal of Surgery
http://www.cma.ca/cjs/index.htm

"The Canadian Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed journal specific to the continuing medical education needs of Canada's surgical specialists."

The Child's Doctor
http://www.childsdoc.org/

Discusses treatments, new advances and practices in medicine, of interest to pediatricians.

Drug Topics
http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/

"Drug Topics is a twice-monthly newsmagazine reporting on all phases of pharmacy for all segments of the practice, including community and hospital pharmacists, HMO & consultant pharmacists, chain headquarters executives & buyers, mail-order pharmacists, drug wholesalers, academia, & others."

Englemed Health News
http://www.englemed.co.uk/

Englemed is an "independent service that brings you a selection of the latest news about health and medicine." It is fully sourced and linked to the source where possible, and selected, written, and edited by professional medical journalists around the world.

Essential Drug Monitor
http://mednet2.who.int/edmonitor/

Regular features on national drug policies, rational drug use, supply, operational research and public education, together with reviews of relevant publications, pharmaceuticals, therapeutic use, drug donations.

The Federal Air Surgeons Medical Bulletin
http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/fasmb/

"The Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin is published quarterly by the FAA Office of Aviation Medicine. It is published for the use of FAA Aviation Medical Examiners and others interested in aviation safety and aviation medicine."

Global Anesthesia Server Network
http://anestit.unipa.it/HomePage.html

A site that contains numerous resources for the anesthesia community.

Hazardous Substances & Public Health
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/HSPH/hsphhome.html

The purpose of this newsletter is to disseminate information to the public about "exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment."

He@lth Information on the Internet
http://rsm.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/rsm/hinfo;js...

"The newsletter aims to meet the growing demand from health professionals for information about health resources that are available on the Internet. Containing a range of contributed articles and regular features, this accessible and topical newsletter will have a wide appeal to all health professionals, including general practitioners, hospital doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, health service researchers and managers".

Healthcare & Informatics Review Online
http://www.enigma.co.nz/hcro/website/index.cfm

"Healthcare Review Online is Enigma Publishing Ltd's occasional healthcare information online journal dedicated to reviewing and interpreting significant developments in health care delivery, integrated care, health policy, health care planning and management, health care outcome and its evaluation, and health care strategy. The focus is on the lessons and implications gained through practical experience of managing health issues, with the aims of generating material relevant to a wide variety of managers and practitioners. Each edition focusses on a specific health related topic."

HHMI Bulletin
http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/

"The HHMI Bulletin is a quarterly magazine that provides news about the Institute's biomedical research and grants programs."

Journal of Exercise Physiology
http://www.asep.org/journals/JEPonline

"A professional peer reviewed Internet-based publication devoted to original research in exercise physiology. The contents of the Journal include scientific research by exercise physiologists in such areas as body composition, environmental exercise physiology, exercise and health, fitness and training, metabolic responses to exercise, physical fitness and clinical exercise testing, research design and statistics, special populations, systems physiology (cardiopulmonary, neuroendocrinology and immune function, neuromuscular and skeletal), and nutrition and exericse."

The Medical Journal of Australia (eMJA)
http://www.mja.com.au/index.html

"The eMJA contains research and review articles, designed to educate doctors about the state of medical knowledge of a particular subject." It is the electronic version of the peer-reviewed Australian Medical Journal.

MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

"The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. The reporting week concludes at close of business on Friday; compiled data on a national basis are officially released to the public on the succeeding Friday."

New Zealand Doctor
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/

"Health industry news."

NLM Newsline
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/nlmnews/nlmnews.html

"NLM Newsline (formerly NLM News) is a bimonthly newsletter about current events at NLM (National Library of Medicine)."

On Target Newsletter
http://www.dekaye.com/nlmenu.html

"Provides informative articles, opinions and answers for healthcare professionals."

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care
http://www.rno.org/journal/

This online journal offers the latest in peer-reviewed research and lived experience features for the rural nurse. Experienced columnists present their thoughts and invite comments using the DISCUSSION POINT email feedback system, which allows monitored discussion of the issues presented in the journal.

Physician's Weekly
http://www.physweekly.com/index.asp?issueid=117

Physician's Weekly publishes "highlights and analysis of medical news" of interest to the medical professional.

Quarterly Review
http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/the-review.html

"In each edition, experts will summarize the most important recent scientific findings about changes to the global environment and their potential consequences for human health, and explain the significance of these findings in non-technical, easy to understand language. Each summary entry will be followed by a more technical review and discussion for those who would like to explore the subject more deeply. Full references will be cited with each review." Formerly called the CHGE Newsletter.

Your Health Daily
http://yourhealthdaily.com/

Provides "timely, in-depth articles on a variety of health news topics, written for general readers and health professionals."