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Mill Hill essays 2002 : Rosalind Franklin : the dark lady of DNA
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/mill-hill-essays/rosalind-franklin-the-dark-lady-of-dn
Authored by Katrin Rittinger and Annalisa Pastore, Rosalind Franklin - The dark lady of DNA is an article published as part of the Mill Hill essays 2002 by the National Institute for Medical Research. This article is a biographical piece on the life of Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray photographs of DNA provided the key evidence for Watson and Crick's model of the double helix. The Mill Hill essays cover topical subjects and are aimed at increasing the understanding of medical sciences amongst the general public.
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Mill Hill essays 2002 : the obesity epidemic : fat, fact and fiction
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/mill-hill-essays/the-obesity-epidemic-fat-fact-and-fic
This is an article on the increase of adult and childhood obesity, authored by Randip Bains, and published as part of the Mill Hill essays 2002, by the National Institute for Medical Research. The article discusses the reasons for the rise in obesity, the causes of obesity, and treatment developments. The Mill Hill essays cover topical subjects and are aimed at increasing the understanding of medical sciences amongst the general public.
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Mill Hill essays 2002 : the malaria revolution : from mosquitoes to molecules
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/mill-hill-essays/the-malaria-revolution-from-mosquitoe
Authored by Tony Holder, The malaria revolution: from mosquitoes to molecules is an article published as part of the Mill Hill essays 2002 by the National Institute for Medical Research. This article discusses our current understanding of malaria, including the different Plasmodium parasites, the Anopheles vector, the factors that affect the severity of malaria, drug treatments, molecular biology, and the interaction of the environment. The Mill Hill essays cover topical subjects and are aimed at increasing the understanding of medical sciences amongst the general public.
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Back pain
http://www.radiologychannel.net/backpain/index.shtml
This brief patient-orientated leaflet provides information about back pain. The leaflet describes the structure of the lower back, identifies some causes of back pain, and provides information about imaging tests that may be used to identify the cause of back pain, including lumbosacral spine (LS) X-rays, CT scans, and MRI. This leaflet has been produced for the Radiology Channel website, a Healthcommunities.com medical speciality channel.
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National Institute for Medical Research : Mill Hill essays
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/mill-hill-essays
This section of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) website provides full-text access to the Mill Hill Essays published since 1995. The Mill Hill Essays are written by staff of the NIMR and guest authors and are designed to promote public understanding of science. It is possible to browse the archive of essays published since 1995, browse a subject index, or access current essays only. Subjects covered include a broad spectrum of topics ranging from drug addiction to tuberculosis, obesity to infertility.
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Galen on Hippocrates On the nature of man
http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/tr_GNatHom.html
This Web page provides access to the full-text of a translation of Galen on Hippocrates On the nature of man. The text has been translated by W.J. Lewis and J.A. Beach and is based upon the text in C.G. Kühn's edition of Galen's works (volume 15, p.1-173). The text is presented as a single page with numbers at the beginning of each paragraph referring to the corresponding page numbers from Kühn indicating the corresponding page numbers from the original text. The text is hosted as part of the Ancient Medicine / Medicina Antiqua website dedicated to ancient medicine and maintained by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL.
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Best practice : physical restraint - part 2 : minimisation in acute and residential care facilities
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pdf/BPISEng_6_4.pdf
Physical Restraint: Minimisation in Acute and Residential Care Facilities is one of a series of Best Practice publications that provide evidence based practice information for health professionals. This information sheet, which is based on a systematic review conducted by the Joanna Briggs Institute, covers the following concepts: restraint-free care; restraint minimisation programmes; restraint education; restraint alternatives; management of specific populations; and multiple support activities. Published in 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Asia, and made available on the Web by the Joanna Briggs Institute.
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Management of nipple pain and/or trauma associated with breastfeeding : systematic review protocol
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pdf/protonipple.pdf
This document acts as a guide for the completion of a systematic review that will aim to present the best available evidence regarding the management of nipple pain and/or trauma associated with breastfeeding. The document provides some background information on nipple pain and trauma associated with breastfeeding; sets out the objectives of the review; explains the criteria for inclusion of studies in the review and the search strategy that will be used to identify studies; and describes the methods that will be used for the review. Published September 2002 by the Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery (JBI). A full systematic review was published in the JBI Systematic Review Database, 2003 1 (4), but is available to members of the JBI only.
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British Pathe
http://www.britishpathe.com/
The British Pathe website claims to be the world's first digital news archive. It provides free access to preview copies of digital news films from the late 19th and 20th centuries. The collection covers all aspects of social history including sport and entertainment as well as health-related items (the opening of hospitals, royal illnesses, films on vaccination and the National Health Service). Using a powerful search tool it is possible to search for digitised news reels and download them. It is also possible to purchase higher quality copies of the films. The files are available as Windows Media 8 files and the website provides details of where suitable media players may be downloaded from. Users must register to download files and use a shopping basket into which files are placed. These processes can be slightly confusing at times, and are slightly long-winded. The site does however provide general help information and a list of frequently asked questions. The 'beginners guide' in the help section is particularly useful, and includes illustrative screen shots (this is provided in PDF format for which the Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed).
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Cleave's Biographical cyclopædia of homeopathic physicians and surgeons
http://www.homeoint.org/history/cleave/
This website makes available the full-text of Biographical cyclopædia of homeopathic physicians and surgeons by Egbert Cleave (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1873). The text has been digitised by Sylvain Cazalet of Homéopathe International and is broken up into separate sections reflecting the structure of the original work: a preface and introduction, then an alphabetical listing of the homoeopathic surgeons and physicians. The text is straightforward to navigate, although there is some over-reliance on graphics.
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Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health
http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/academicunits/Centre_for_evidence_based_child_healt
The home page of the Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health (CEBCH), which is located at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust. The Centre aims to increase the provision of effective and efficient child health care through an educational programme for health professionals. This site outlines the educational activities and opportunities provided by the Centre, and provides details of relevant courses and conferences.
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Medicina antiqua
http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/
Medicina Antiqua is a resource for scholars and students of ancient Greek and Roman medicine. It is maintained by Dr Jason Davies at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. The website contains a selection of essays that provide short authoritative, up-to-date treatment of specific topics in Graeco-Roman medicine and medical thought. There is also a page of links to additional sites of interest and a selection of hypertext editions of historical texts and translations of ancient medical works including selections from Galen's On the Natural Faculties. The announcements section provides news relating to scholarships and research in ancient medical history. The site also provides information about how to join the MEDANT-L email discussion list. There is an additional page detailing the US-based Society for Ancient Medicine (SAM) which seeks to foster the scholarly study of ancient medicine including medicine in India, the near East, medieval Europe and pre-modern cultures as well as ancient Greece and Rome.
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MEDANT : the discussion list for ancient Greek and Roman medicine and medical thought
http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/medant
MEDANT is an unmoderated email discussion list affiliated to the Medicina Antiqua website and aimed at scholars, students and others with an interest in medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. Archives dating back to April 2004 can be browsed through subject, author or date. MEDANT is hosted by University College London and administered by Jason Davies.
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Bibliography : science in the age of Victoria
http://www.victorianweb.org/science/scibib.html
This single Web page contains a short bibliography relating to science during the Victorian era, which has been prepared by John van Wyhe of Cambridge University. The bibliography, which contains a selection of both secondary and primary resources, forms part of the Victorian Web provided by the National University of Singapore.
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Physiotherapy for hyperventilation
http://www.physiohypervent.org/
The Physiotherapy for Hyperventilation website was set up by the Physiotherapy for Hyperventilation group which is a clinical interest group of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). The website describes the work of the group, defines hyperventilation which is over-breathing and lists symptoms and treatment including breathing control, speech, diet, sighing, yawning, irritable cough, clearing your throat, relaxation, posture correction and complementary techniques. A list of books and references is included as well as contact details and links.
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Management of acute confusion in hospital : systematic review protocol
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pdf/protoconfusion.pdf
This is the protocol for a systematic review that aimed to present the best available evidence regarding the management of the confused patient during hospitalisation. The document provides some background information about patients' acute states of confusion; sets out the objectives of the review; explains the criteria for inclusion of studies in the review and the search strategy used to identify studies; and briefly discusses the assessment of methodological quality, data collection and data synthesis. Published in September 2002 by the Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery in Australia.
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Mill Hill 2002 : tuberculosis in man, cattle and badgers
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/mill-hill-essays/tuberculosis-in-man-cattle-and-badger
Tuberculosis in man, cattle and badgers by Jo Colston is one of seven essays forming the eighth collection of the Mill Hill Essays series on topical science issues produced by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), part of the Medical Research Council. The essays are published annually to promote public understanding of science, and were originally inspired by a series of BBC radio lectures given by eminent scientists in the 1950's. In this essay, Jo Colston explains current attempts to unravel the links between tuberculosis in badgers, cattle and humans.
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Parenteral and enteral nutrition group
http://www.peng.org.uk/
This site is designed to provide health care professionals, dietitians and those with an interest in Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PEN) with up-to-date information. The PEN group is part of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and promotes the importance of nutritional support in order to improve the nutritional status of patients in hospital and the community. Details of publications; nutrition matters; useful links and conferences can be accessed from this site. Copies of the PenLines newsletter can also be viewed and the website includes the 'Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool' (MUST).
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NSF diabetes : delivery strategy
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolic
The Department of Health's Delivery Strategy for the Diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) sets out national objectives against which local NHS performance can be judged. The 40-page strategy includes an executive summary, an introduction, building capacity; organisational steps in the first year, delivering the targets; the next three years, delivering the standards; the next ten years, ensuring progress and national support for local action. Published in January 2003 additional documents available from here include guidance and policy documents.
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Bryn Mawr classical review
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/
The Bryn Mawr classical review purports to be the second oldest online scholarly journal in the humanities and has published reviews of scholarly work in classical studies since 1990. The journal's website makes available a searchable and browsable archive of reviews published since 1990. The archive also includes reviews from the Bryn Mawr electronic resources review. The archive may be searched by keywords or browsed by year, reviewer or author of original work. In addition there is general information about the journal, its editorial board and instructions on how to become a reviewer for the publication. The review is published by the School of Arts and Sciences Computing, University of Pennsylvania.
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South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
http://www.sajbl.org.za/index.php/sajbl/index
The South African Journal of Bioethics & Law is a twice yearly, peer reviewed, open access journal which began publication in 2008. Its' scope includes bioethics, health law, research regulation, health policy, and human rights in clinical practice. Tables of contents are listed for each issue with links to an abstract and full text of each article. There is also a search function for articles, which can additionally be browsed by author and title.
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Early primate evolution : a survey of geological time and evolution leading to hominins
http://anthro.palomar.edu/earlyprimates/
This resource contains two tutorials covering early and modern methods of dating the earth, the evolution of life on earth and the evolution of primates, as follows: How Old is Old; and The First Primates. Each tutorial provides illustrations and a practice multiple choice quiz. The site also provides crosswords and flashcards, which may be completed online or printed. An additional information section includes a glossary, a chart of the time scale of the earth, a table of isotopes commonly used for radiometric dating, links to related sites and information for disabled users. Produced by Dr Dennis O'Neil of the Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, California.
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Canine models in biomedical research, 1990 - 2009
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/DogModels/models.shtml
This bibliography of references on canine models in biomedical research (1990 to 2009) is compiled by the USDA Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) and published in June 2009. Citations were selected from multiple sources and this resource is aimed at veterinarians, biomedical researchers, and technicians. The bibliography covers aging models, cardiovascular system, dental and oral, digestive system, endocrine system, haemodynamics, molecular genetics, nervous system, immune system, musculoskeletal system, oncology, pharmacology, reproductive system, respiratory system, toxicology, urinary system, and sensory organs. Abstracts are provided where available.
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New microbial world
http://textbookofbacteriology.net/themicrobialworld/homepage
The New Microbial World is a learning resource about the microbial sciences produced and maintained by Dr Kenneth Todar, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. It contains illustrated information based on lectures and lecture fragments from his courses in bacteriology and microbiology at the university. Aimed at students, teachers of microbiology and the general public, the site covers general microbiology and the relationships of microbes with humans in health and disease. Over 50 sections are provided, grouped under the headings: General Microbiology and Bacteriology; Microbial Interactions with Humans; Bacterial Pathogens and Disease of Humans; and Virology.
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Virtual training suite : internet for midwifery
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/midwifery/
A new (July 2009) free tutorial, 'Internet for Midwifery' is one of the Intute Virtual Training Suite tutorials which aim to help university students develop Internet research skills to assist with their university coursework and assignments. This tutorial is divided into four main sections: Tour; Discover; Judge; and Success, with interactive features including quizzes, practical exercises, and a 'links basket' which allows the user to keep a record of all website URLs mentioned in the tutorial. The tutorial takes around one hour to complete, allowing the user to work through the material in their own time and at their own pace.
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