Internet
Resources on Alzheimer's Disease
Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD
Intermedic: A Journal
on Internet and Medicine
Alzheimer's
disease is now a major public health problem for certain age groups in
many countries, due to the advancing longevity of the population. Internet
has a huge number of information resources on this disease, for patients,
care givers and health professionals, as well as many educational resources.
In this article we list the
best international and Brazilian sites. More complete and up-to-date on-line
catalogs may be found in the Searchable Indexes
section of the paper. In order to facilitate access, we provide a "search
box" for each of these indexes, already preloaded with the keyword
"Alzheimer". Just click on the "Search"
button to get a complete listing from the on-line catalog. In case you
wish to refine the search (for example, treatment of Alzheimer's with
tacrine), just add the keywords to the search box, separating them
by AND or ORs (in the example: Alzheimer AND treatment AND
tacrine).
In the Web
Sites section we list several sites of Alzheimer's associations,
diagnostics and treatment centers througout the world, on-line newsletters,
repositories, etc. Finally, the section on Discussion
Lists and Newsgroups contains a listing of these interactive resources.
Searchable
Indexes
MedWeb: Alzheimer's
Disease.
Yahoo:
Alzheimer's Disease
Achoo: Alzheimer's Disease
WebDoctor: Alzheimer's
Disease
Cliniweb: Alzheimer's Disease
HealthAtoZ: Alzheimer's
Disease
Doctor's Guide: Alzheimer's
Disease Information & Resources
Mental Health Net:
Geriatrics
Internet
Mental Health: Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Including Internet
Resources List
Infoseek's
Resources on Alzheimer's Disease
Medical
Matrix: Alzheimer's Disease
Medical World Search
Alzheimer's Disease Direct Search
Neurosciences on the Internet
Alzheimer's Disease Direct Search
European Alzheimer Clearinghouse (EACH)
Multimedia Medical
Reference Library
MedScape
Alzheimer's Disease
Direct Search on Full Text Articles
Direct Search on Discussion Groups
Neuroscience Web Search
MEDLINE PubMed Medical Literature Search
On-Line Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Alzheimer's Disease
Web
Sites
- Neuroimaging of Dementia
Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, University of California
at Irvine. Alzheimer's MRI Comparison; Vascular Dementia MRI Comparison;
A Sample SPECT Image and Plaque
- The Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia Alzheimer's Disease Tutorial
- The Whole Brain Atlas: Alzheimer's Disease Cases
Harvard University. MRI, CT and SPECT images of three clinical cases.
- Alzheimer's Disease
International
- Research News on
Alzheimer's Disease
National Institute of Aging.
- Diagnostic
Center for Alzheimer's Disease, University of Oklahoma, USA
Scientific information about the disease, includes neuropathology
slides.
- Alzheimer's FAQ
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS),
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
- Alzheimer's Disease
National Institutes of Mental Health
- Alzheimer
Web
A list of resources for researchers in the field (Australia)
- Alzheimer Europe
This European non-governemental organization represents the national Alzheimer associations in Europe.
- Alzheimer's
Disease Information Supplements
A series of pamphlets produced by Kenneth Hepburn, Ph.D., Geriatric
Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) of the Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The University of Washington, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
Information on health care resources, educational resources and community support for patients and families.
- HealthGate: Alzheimer's
Disease
- The Alzheimer's Association
Medical information is available along with some brochures designed
to help the patient's family.
- The Alzheimer's Disease
Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)
A service of the National Institute
on Aging, publishes articles and reports on Alzheimer's Disease and
other related dementias.
- The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Northwestern University Medical School
The center provides information for patients, caregivers and investigators. Healthcare providers can have questions
answered online by the Alzheimer's Disease Core Center.
- Alzheimer's Disease Research
Center, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA
- Institute for Brain Aging and
Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease Center,
Nortwestern University, Chicago, USA
Neuropathology Laboratory Core, with pathological images
- Alzheimer's Disease Review
A WWW review journal covering research on Alzheimer's disease.
- Alzheimer Research Forum
a non-profit organization established for the purpose of supporting
the information needs of researchers and to promote openness and collaboration
with colleagues worldwide to accelerate their common search for effective
treatments for Alzheimer's disease. With a
list of WWW
Resources
- Ask NOAH About: Alzheimer's Disease
Discussion
Lists and Newsgroups
Brazilian
Resources (In Portuguese)
Published by:
Center for Biomedical Informatics
State University of Campinas
Brazil
© 1997 Renato M.E. Sabbatini
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