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Medical Research Made Easy

 In this day and age it has become most important to be an active participant in our own healthcare. The best way to do this and to make good choices is to be well informed. There are so many health sites that make our searches confusing, to say the least.

At some point in your life, you will probably have to consider having an operation or develop other health issues. The good news is—the more you know about what to expect, the better your surgical outcome or treatment will be; and the more satisfied you'll be with your results! That goes for any type of procedure or treatment you may have, from cataract removal, to a gallbladder operation or a prostatectomy.

For this reason I have compiled the best medical sites possible;for those of us with no formal medical training as well as the professional provider.

I was able to distill my search down to 6 wonderful databases. My selection criterion was as follows:

1- The comprehensive nature of the information provided

2- User friendly or ability to access information easily

3- Organization

4- Loading quality

5- Unique benefits to using the site

6- They must be established, medical/pharmaceutical data bases

7- They must be Free

The data bases are outlined in the posts below and can be found permanently listed on the side bar of this site. For easy access each icon is connected to the proper database. Just click the icon and experience "Medical Research Made Easy"

If you have comments, concerns, suggestions,or wish to include other subject matter, please leave me feedback
here in the comment section or email me at
carlsvilleprojectgroup.gmail.com.

dLife

dLife is a wonderful site devoted to diabetes exclusively. dLife is tabbed , equipped with search capacity and is beautifully organized and all benefits are free.

Information on dLife includes:
1- Diabetic recipes
2- Healthy eating
3- dLife TV
4- A Diabetic Community
5- Diabetic forum
6- Expert Q & A
7- Bolgabetes
8- Diabetic Supplies
9- As a member you will have access to an e-cookbook, support, weekly updates for cooking, tips and much more.
This is a great site with a wealth of information for everyone seeking awareness information about diabetes.

The Internet Drug Index

The RX List's primary focus is  pharmaceutical information. However,it is much more than just a drug index and is enormous in scope. In spite of its breadth it is very user friendly and is very well designed.

1- This site includes a data base for pill identification by appearance.
2- Dietary supplements to include vitamins and herbs.
3- Slide shows as an educational tool and also depicts visual problems such as bites, ringworm, skin problems, etc.
4- This site includes a segment on “Pet Health”
5- Incorporated is a huge database for diseases & conditions A-Z (very impressive)
6- Also a dictionary of terms and conditions.

PDR Health

PDR Health’s material is focused upon diseases /conditions as well as drugs/supplements. PDR Health is equipped with search and is clearly tabbed. This site is extraordinary having organized multiple data bases in a manner that is very user friendly. PDR Health includes Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Children’s Health, and Senior Health in addition to about 40 other categories such as:



1- High blood pressure
2- Thyroid & Hormonal
3- Bones & Joints
4- Mental Health


5- Pregnancy & Breast Feeding
6- Infections
To name only a few.


• There is also a specific link for Health Professionals.

Discovery Health

Discovery Health was developed by the famous Dr. OZ. It is well designed and loads easily. This site has great graphics. This site is also very user friendly and is comprised of numerous stacked data bases. All subject matter is tabbed for easy access.

This site provides for a broad concept of health, addressing such areas as:
1- Diseases & Conditions
2- Diet & Fitness to include a recipe index
3- Health Living to include Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Plastic Surgery, Stress Management, Blogs, and Sleep, to name a few.
4- Mental Health including addictions
5- Pregnancy & Parenting
6- Sex and Relationships
7- Health Tips
8- TV schedules for health related topics

WebMD

WebMD is very broad in terms of health information available. This site provides information regarding:



1. symptoms
2. Health A-Z including “find a drug” and “pill Identifier”
3. Healthy Living- including Living Green, Skin and beauty, Pet, Men’s and Women’s categories.
4. Eating and Dieting to include a planner, cooking, BMI calculator to only name a few
5. Parenting & Pregnancy to include children’s vaccines, pregnancy, Parenting, New Born and Baby.
6. Mental Health
7. Pet Health including Dogs and Cats ..Complete with message boards and independent search.


This is an excellent site with too many features to outline.

Drugs.Com

Drugs.Com is complete with its own search engine with an A-Z search. This is an excellent site for drug information. It contains the following categories some unique and some overlapping.


1. This site will search drugs by condition. i.e. plug in “cancer” and it will pull up all drugs associated with this disease.
2. Side effects for any drug
3. New Drugs on the market
4. Warnings for drugs
5. Natural Products
6. THIS SITE HAS A PHANETIC SEARCH WHICH IS A WONDERFUL FUNCTION.
7. Veterinary product data base
8. Health Professionals category
9. Community section for Discussions & Questions
10. Medications notes to keep track of meds for one person to a family
11. Free Sign up


This is another huge data base but is very user friendly

Now that you have an overview of each Medical  Site give them a try.   It may be easier than you ever thought!

Explore each one and you will be able to use them over and over again.

If you have questions just email me and I will be of assistance if possible. Thanks,

Carl