The not-so-instant Internet
Tags: INTERNET searching; MEDICINE -- Research
Related Articles
- How to research a medical topic. // Consumer Reports on Health;Oct2000, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p7
Provides tips for searching medical topics on the Internet in the United States. Advantages and disadvantages of Internet searching for patients; Accuracy of information on commercial Web sites; Recommendation for the use MEDLINEplus, the official Web page of the National Library of Medicine;...
- PLoS Medicine-- A Medical Journal for the Internet Age. Eisen, Michael B.; Brown, Patrick O.; Varmus, Harold E. // PLoS Medicine;Oct2004, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p002
Focuses on the open-access publication for medical journals. Discussion on the Internet access for search of medical information; Launch of the medical journal "PLoS Medicine"; Advantage of the journal for medical research; Information on limitations of publishing medical literature.
- German tobacco papers reveal lump sums for health experts. Schiermeier, Quirin // Nature;6/16/2005, Vol. 435 Issue 7044, p866
The article presents information about tobacco industry in Germany. The tobacco industry is now notorious for its attempts to influence the public-health sector in recent decades. An analysis of millions of industry documents reveals just how successful companies were at enlisting Germany's top...
- Is the Web Good For One's Health? Dolliver, Mark // Adweek;11/13/2006, Vol. 47 Issue 42, p24
This article discusses whether the Web is used for your health research. Nearly 10 million adults search the Internet for health each day according to a study done by Pew Internet & American Life Project. 82% 0f online and 77% of online men have done so at some time. Those who do the most health...
- Self-tests, fortified milk and methadone. Hunter, Suzanne // GP: General Practitioner;2/9/2007, p24
The article presents information on some developments related to medicine that was published in various journals. By doing a simple Internet search, researchers identified 104 unique self-test kits for 24 named conditions that a resident could buy over the Internet in Great Britain. Using heroin...
- Protestant medicine. Strauss, Stephen // New Scientist;8/8/2009, Vol. 203 Issue 2720, p22
The article argues on the need for medical journals to express their research in a language that people can relate to. Studies revealed that medical articles often have a readability score equal to that of legal documents, and one result is that the information people get from the Internet is...
- Stumped? Turn to a search engine. // Pulse;11/16/2006, Vol. 66 Issue 43, p4
The article reports that a study by doctors from the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, revealed that general practitioners (GP) should turn to Internet search engines in helping them diagnose certain conditions. The study found that web searching could identify the correct...
- Strange But True…. // AARC Times;Mar2009, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p85
This section offers news briefs related to medical research. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) claim that Googling may be a good way to exercise the brain and protect it from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The University of Utah has developed a...
- Diagnostic tips from the internet. Gardner, Martin // GP: General Practitioner;4/13/2007, p30
The article focuses on the author's views on the use of the Internet as part of diagnosis. He refers to a paper published in the December 2006 issue of the "British Medical Journal," which discusses the use of a general-purpose web search engine as a diagnostic aid. The author says that as most...
