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Free Medical Journals.com

BreakThrough Digest
This site delivers the latest health news and medical information.

Annals of Internal Medicine
Studies, facts, stats, etc.

Duke Medical News
A great site featuring news stories, medical controversies and expert databases. It's a slow download with flash, but be patient. It's worth it.

Global Health Reporting
Updated daily, this site offers an easy and efficient way to stay on top of breaking news, new reports and data, and events about HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. This free site is operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

American Medical News
Full online text of the print weekly newspaper for physicians.

BreakThrough Digest
This site delivers the latest health news and medical information.

Reuters Health Information Site
A super site. News stories, research and several resource links for health and medical reporters.

Journal of the Agriculture Department
Lists 117 nutrient categories for more than 6,000 foods.

Health Affairs Journal
A medical and nursing journal.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

MDTV Medical News Now Inc.
A New Jersey-based organization that presents a television medical news program that airs on cable in about 20 states.

Stanford University's Highwire Press
Links to databases of 150,000 articles from medical and scientific journals. Many full text articles are free.

MDTravelHealth
List of clinics, global diseases, inoculations, helpful links.

Annals of Internal Medicine

JPGM Online: Biomedical Periodical
A peer-reviewed biomedical periodical, official publication of the Staff Society of Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Mumbai, India, indexed with MEDLINE and EMBASE with free full-text access to articles from basic and clinical sciences.

Medline: Medical Journals
More than 4,500 journals in the United States and 70 other countries.

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
The site provides free access to full text since 1980, and includes articles, current issue, search page, etc.

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: Neurology India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

ActionBioScience.org: Ethics on Human Cloning

Archives of Internal Medicine Abstract

Health Behavior News Service
Provides free stories and experts for interviews on the latest research on the subject coming from peer-reviewed academic journals. The News Service is an arm of the Center for the Advancement of Health.

American Journal of Public Health
Database for free searching (full-text available for late 2001 only).

Medical/Health News Index Page
A great reference site with easy-to-find links to several helpful sites.

Yahoo! Medical Malpractice News
Great for quick-reference.

PBS Bloodlines
This is an independent discussion site that accompanies the show about how conflicts at the intersection of science and the courts are defining the ways Americans will deal with the ethical, legal and social dilemmas created by new life technologies. The official site for the show is at PBS.org.

Washington Post's Health Page
A great section for trend pieces, studies and federal legislation news. Features several Web-only features and columns.

Enewswire.com's Health News
Updates every 15 minutes.

The Lancet Medical Journal
Cancer research and other kinds of studies.

Alternative Health News Online
Links to news on many topics, including diet and nutrition.

Healthleaders.com
Look up archived news stories on a variety of topics.

The Medical News

Medical Science Monitor

Modern Medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine (UK)

Pharmacy Times Magazine

Pharmacy Week Magazine

Drug Topics

Access-able Travel Source
Search by state and country in this database on disability travel.

Med-Line Plus: Disabilities
U.S. National Library of Medicine explains managed care.

National Institute of Health HIV/AIDS Site
This page is full of research, history and other details of the battle against HIV and AIDS.

Annals of Internal Medicine

Medical Liability Monitor
A monthly online publication on trends and issues in medical malpractice.

American Psychological Association Journals
An easy-to-use index of journal articles and studies.

Media Awareness Product
Offers a permanent information resource on drug policy issues that benefits journalists, authors, researchers, and the public. Posts hundreds of drug-related articles from several newspapers.

AllHealth.com

Med Help International

Oncolink.org
In-depth explanations of cancer treatments.

Physician's Weekly Magazine

CNN.com's Health Page
Good packages on health issues and trends.

Centerspan.org
Transplant News Network site features articles, abstracts, studies, listservs and discussion groups.

HealthDay News

Ear, Nose and Throat Net

Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts
A database that compares everything from health financing to legislation.

PBS: The Gene Hunters
Companion site to the documentary on the mysteries of human disease.

Harvard Health Letter
Search by state.

CDC: Obesity in America Map
Use this cool interactive map, along with a PowerPoint presentation of many more, to track obesity in the United States.