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MedlinePlus: Diets [pdf]
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diets.html
In this section of their website, Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, tackles the subject of diets. The information is divided up into half a dozen labeled boxes near the top of the page, and includes “Basics”, “Research”, “Learn More”, and [...]
There are new ways to search for health conditions on Google.com. By typing in a condition (asthma, influenza) into the search box, you will find a new “health search result snippet” with an image and a summary of the condition with links to popular health sites like Google Health, Mayo Clinc and WebMD. If you [...]
MedlinePlus now has a search cloud that displays the top 100 search terms typed into the MedlinePlus search box. The search cloud is usually updated every week day. The terms appear in alphabetical order, and their size represents their relative frequency. The bigger the term, the more often it is searched by people who visit [...]
Biomedical Beat
http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/biobeat/
Keeping tabs on the research endeavors and findings from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is much easier with Biomedical Beat. Started in January 2005, the publication serves as a monthly digest of research news from NIGMS, and it’s a fine resource for scientists, science journalists, and those who just might be [...]
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