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Medline Plus: Cartilage Disorders
This Medline Plus site explains what cartilage is, and then discusses different disorders and their treatments. Also includes links to organizations and directories for related information.
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Medline Plus: Children's Health
Medline Plus, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides great resources on children's health. Choose from the latest news articles, treatments for common conditions, preventions for...
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Medline Plus: Cirrhosis Links
This site offers links to a variety of websites posted by multiple organizations concerning cirrhosis. Excellent source for specific links.
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Medline Plus: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
This site provides a list of links to information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Content includes links to the latest news, information about the diesase, pictures and diagrams, prevention and screening information,...
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Medline Plus: Pseudoephedrine
Here, you can read detailed notes on pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient in many over-the-counter and prescription decongestants. This website provides responses to several questions concerning this medication including: "How should this...
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Medline Plus: Triazolam
Here, read about the prescription drug triazolam, also known as Halcion, which is taken for short term treatment of insomnia. This article answers several questions about this drug, including: "Why is this medication prescribed?" and...
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Medline Plus: Poison Ivy, Oak, Sumac
This encyclopedia article explores what an allergy to poison ivy, oak and sumac is. Content address precautions, symptoms, and first aid. Pictures are also provided.
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Medline Plus: Snake Bites
Comprehensive first aid information for treating snake bites. Topics covered include symptoms for the various types of poisonous snakes, treatment, and prevention.
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Medline Plus: Pernicious Anemia
This site contains details of pernicious anemia, alternative names, definition, causes and risks, prevention, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, and complications. It also includes a picture of pernicious anemic red blood cells.
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Medline Plus: Albinism
Here's a very informative article from Medline about albinism. It contains a lot of technical information like: symptoms, causes, tests, and treatment.
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Medline Plus: Wbc Count
An overview of a white blood cell test. How the test is performed, how to prepare for the test, risks involved, and the results of the tests are discussed.
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Medline Plus: Health Topics
This site has an "A" to "Z" glossary of medical terms. Just click on the letter of the topic of interest and a list of related medical terms are provided. This site is available in Spanish too.
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Medline Plus: Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Medline Plus offers guidelines for what you should look for when evaluating the quality of health information on web sites.
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Medline Plus: Klinefelter's Syndrome
Dynamic site explores Klinefelter's Syndrome. Be sure to check out link to left for recent research articles.
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Medline Plus: Knee Injuries and Disorders
A directory of sites related to information about the knee and its injuries.
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Medline Plus: Measles
This site provides the latest news and information regarding measles. Content includes general information, specialized fact sheets, specific conditions caused by the disease, pictures, and more.
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Medline Plus: Health Videos [Spanish Version]
A well done tutorial in muscle structure and function, all in Spanish.
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Medline Plus: Cri Du Chat Syndrome
This site has information on causes, symptoms, treatment, support groups, expectations and prognosis related to Cri-du-Chat, a genetic syndrome. Information is objectively presented and fairly thorough. Information is provided by A.D.A.M.
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Medline Plus: Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information
A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI and Advice for the Patient.
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Medline Plus: Morquio Syndrome
A brief, bullet-pointed explanation of the characteristics of Morquio Syndrome. The information includes symptoms, tests and treatments for the syndrome, as well as prognosis and possible complications.
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Medline Plus: H1 N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Brings together information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other government agencies and health related organizations on H1N1 flu. Has videos...
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Medline Plus: Strokes
This patient education module will help you understand the causes of strokes and how you can prevent them.
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Medline Plus: Blood Transfusion
This site explains situations which call for blood transfusions and describes possible safety risks of this procedure. It describes how this procedure occurs and provides a discussion of possible blood substitutes.
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Medline Plus: Dextromethorphan
At this site read about dextromethorphan, an ingredient in many over-the-counter cough suppressants, or antitussives. This website provides brief responses to several queries about dextromethorphan including, "Why is this medication...