In This Issue:
See also: Brazilian Catalog of Internet Resources in Medicine and Health
http://members.aol.com/hpleite/index.html
A very nice on-line publication, Sua Saúde (Your Health)
is produced entirely in Portuguese by a Brazilian physician, Dr. Helena
Leite. Addressed to the lay public, it contains news, articles on common
health problems and prevention, tips on health care, etc.
Society of Cardiology of the State of São Paulo
http://www.socesp.org.br/
Official site of the largest regional society of cardiologists and cardiac
surgeons in Brazil. Has lots of information on the society, its continued
medical education program, conferences, etc. Includes downloadable copies
of its major conference proceedings, as well as the on-line edition of
its official publication, the Journal of the SOCESP (Revista da SOCESP)
(http://www.socesp.org.br/revista/)
, with full text and images.
Unidade
Radiológica Paulista
http://www.urp.com
This is one of the best examples of a private clinic's WWW site. The
Unidade Radiológica Paulista (São Paulo Radiological Unit)
is a large and well known imaging diagnostic center, located in the city
of São Paulo, Brazil. This well-organized and attractive site includes
the description and location of all the clinics' branches, available services
(with a full description, pictures of the equipment and typical images),
as well as personal home pages for almost all the physicians who work in
the Unit. As an additional and interesting bonus, it offers "Case
of the Month" clinical discussions in medical imagenology, with awards
to the users who are able to diagnose correctly.
http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.nclk
Excellent site maintained by the Massachussetts General Hospital, affiliated to
Harvard University Medical School. It contains the WWW addresses of thousands
of hospitals in the USA and in other countries. Curiously, at the time of this writing,
not a single Brazilian hospital was listed (but for this you can have a look in Intermedic's
Catalog
http://www.nejm.com
One of the oldest and most traditional medical journals in the world (it has
recenty completed its 184th anniversary !), as well as one of the most
read and respected. It has now its on-line weekly edition. Free access
is provided to all paper abstracts. In order to read full papers on the WWW
you must pay a subscription fee.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
This is a fascinating on-line gallery featuring medical images, historical photographic
exhibits and medically-inspired art, with constant additions. Among the current
exhibits you will find: Islamic Culture and Medical Arts; A Brief History of the Cesarean
Section, The Art of Medicine in the 21st Century; Images of the History of Public Health
in the USA; Paracelsus: Five Hundred Years; and Perez on Medicine (beautifully
painted and humorous illustrations on several medical specialties). Do not miss it !
http://www.transweb.org
A complete site containing lots of information about organ transplantations. It is divided into
six sections: News, Transplantation Patients, Information for Medical Professionals, Donations of Organs
and Tissues, Internet Resources on Transplantations and Table of Contents. It includes hundreds
of links, papers, etc. It has also a keyword search engine.
Preview the Heart
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html
The Franklin Institute has developed this wonderful site. It has a multimedia exhibit
about the heart, its anatomy, physiology, diseases, etc. It contains a large number
of excellent illustrations, videoclips about the cardiovascular system, heart
surgery and sound clips with heart sounds. Although the site has been made
especially for laypersons, it should be visited by all professionals.
Breast Cancer Information Center
http://nysernet.org/bcic/
One of the best and most informative sites about this disease. It aims at the lay public,
but it has a large amount of sites with professional information, too.
Published by:
Center for Biomedical Informatics State University of Campinas © 1997 Renato M.E. Sabbatini |
Sponsored by:
Searle Brazil |