Dr. Weinberg's Guide to the Best Health Resources on the Web

by Harlan R. Weinberg M.D.

Overview

The Internet can be a vast, intimidating place when you're looking for honest, informative medical information. Sure, you can look up thousands of sites on Google at the click of a mouse, but how do you know if the advice on a particular site is good, or, if followed, might actually worsen your condition?

Now, Harlan Weinberg, a respected critical care doctor, has taken on the challenge to provide up-to-date, helpful information for patients and their families about the resources available on the Internet, exhaustively researching the Web to provide a directory of the best medical websites. Organized by disease or condition, and covering nearly one hundred afflictions from AIDS/HIV medicine to wound care, he offers an annotated list of sites that are both reliable and easy to understand. With Dr. Weinberg's help, you can navigate the Internet with confidence and get the right advice at the right time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061743481
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/13/2009
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	1,279,881
File size:	495 KB

About the Author

Dr. Harlan R. Weinberg, is the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit of Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York. He has been an attending physician on the medical staff of Northern Westchester Hospital for twenty years.

Dr. Weinberg is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Prior to coming to Northern Westchester Hospital, he was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College, a post he held from 1986 to 1987.

Dr. Weinberg played a pivotal role with the formation of the Intensivist Program at Northern Westchester Hospital. The Intensivist Program provides continuous on-site critical care coverage for Northern Westchester Hospital patients since 2003. According to Mr. Joel Seligman, President and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital, “This is a tremendous benefit to patients and families who can access the physician when they are in the unit and also to the patients' private physicians, who can rely on the intensive care doctor to manage the hour-by hour medical care of their patient. Dr. Weinberg and his team are a very important resource for the hospital and the community.”

Dr. Weinberg graduated from the University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut in 1981. He completed his medical internship and residency at the McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois from 1981 to 1984. His post-graduate training in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine was completed at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California from 1984 to 1986.

Dr. Weinberg received the Physician of the Year Award from Northern Westchester Hospital in 2006 for exhibiting the highest commitment to quality and the utmost collegiality with physicians, nurses and staff. Dr. Weinberg has been recognized by New York Magazine, Westchester Magazine and the Castle-Connolly Guide for his ongoing professional work.

He currently resides in Millwood, New York with his wife Meryl and daughters, Jaime and Victoria.

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Dr. Weinberg's Guide to the Best Health Resources on the Web

Chapter One

General Health Resources

**Search these databases for all clinical topics**

Up to Date

Expansive clinical information covering Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology and Hypertension, Neurology, Obstetrics-Gynecology OB/GYN and Women's Health, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Rheumatology.
Subscription required only for access to professional content.

eMedicine

Expansive clinical information covering Clinical Procedures, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Hand Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Orthopedic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Sports Medicine and Surgery. Refer to "Specialties" And "Resource Centers."
Free to use.

Medscape

Expansive clinical information covering Allergy and Immunology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Hematology-Oncology, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Lab Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, OB/GYN and Women's Health, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Primary Care, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, Radiology, Rheumatology, Surgery, Transplantation, Urology, and more. Refer to "Specialities" and "ResourceCenters."
Registration required.

MDConsult

Expansive clinical information by Elsevier covering medical books, journals, patient education, medications, practice guidelines and more.
Subscription required.

MDLinx

Professional site for medical news and journal article reviews organized by subspecialty.
Registration required.

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

This is the world's largest medical library.
Free to use.

PubMed
National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Search the world's medical literature for any clinical topic. Free to use.

Medline Plus
National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Search "Health Topics" for conditions, diseases, and wellness. Free to use.

Medical Rounds: Multimedia On-Demand Medical Education

Extensive clinical presentations covering Cardiology, Critical Care, Endocrinology, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, Respirology, Rheumatology, and Surgery.
Registration required.

Collections by Disease or Topic

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

Extensive clinical materials grouped in published articles since 1996 in the NEJM.
Register, purchase, or subscribe.

Topic Collections

British Journal of Medicine (BMJ)

Clinical and nonclinical topic article collection in the BMJ since 1998.
Subscription or purchase required.

Journal Watch

Search the literature covering General, Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, GI, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Pediatrics And Adolescent, Psychiatry, Women's Health, AIDS, And More.
Subscription required.

STAT!Ref

Extensive online health care references from medical publishers and medical societies providing essential health information.
Subscription required.

ConsultantLive
Cliggott Publishing Group

Extensive clinical information but also reviews from Cancer­Network, Diagnostic Imaging, Psychiatric Time, and Applied Neurology.
Free for healthcare professionals with registration.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Institutes, Centers, and Offices

Comprehensive listing of all NIH institutes and centers.
Free to use.

Merck Medicus

Comprehensive clinical information reviewing over 7000 topics of common medical conditions.
Registration required.

BioMed Central: The Open Access Publisher

Extensive clinical topics in medicine published as journal articles.
Free to use.

Clinical Care Options

Review academic resources covering HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Oncology.
Registration required.

Healthlinks
University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries Seattle, Washington

Comprehensive health resource
Certain sections have restricted access. User must search.

Aerospace Medicine

SPACELINE
NASA Human Research and Technology

Review of selected recent publications of interest in the space life sciences.
Free to use.

Aerospace Medicine Association

The international leader for excellence in aerospace medicine.
Membership required.

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