LINKS
Miscellaneous botulinum toxin links:
NIH Consensus conference on the clinical use of botulinum toxin
http://consensus.nih.gov/cons/083/083_statement.htm
Report from Toxin2000 meeting courtesy of wemove.org
http://www.wemove.org/pdf/Toxins2002.pdf
Neuroscience Web sites:
NeuroRehabResource.org
NeuroRehabResource.org is a comprehensive tool containing educational resources on the management of spasticity and muscle overactivity in upper motor neuron syndrome. This site offers CME mentoring programs for practicing neurologists and physiatrists and residents of neurology and physiatry. The goals of these programs are to educate and enhance the skills of the target audience with differential diagnosis, identifying appropriate treatment options, setting therapeutic goals, and reviewing protocols for various pharmacologic therapies.
Neuroanatomy and neuropathology on the internet
Links to numerous sites
www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/
Excellent site from Washington University in St. Louis for neuromuscular content
http://www.botulinumtoxincme.org/
The CME Experience is a resource aimed at improving physician understanding of the clinical applications of botulinum neurotoxin through updated peer-reviewed new and clinical opinion via live CME events and enduring materials.
General Medical Information Resources:
HealthWeb: Homepage
HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Currently there are over twenty actively participating member libraries. This project is supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) under contract #N01-LM-6-3523 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.
National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest repository of biomedical health sciences information. NLM is a leader in biomedical communications and serves as a state-of-the-art research and development center applying advanced computing and communications to healthcare. Most NLM resources, such as PubMed, MEDLINEplus and TOXNET are provided free on the web.
General collection of medical Web sites: Martindale
http://www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalBrain.html
WE MOVE is a rich and authoritative source of information and education on movement disorders provided via the Internet. The organization is dedicated to educating and informing patients, health care professionals and the public about the latest advances in the management of neurologic movement disorders.
http://www.wemove.org/
Miscellaneous multidisciplinary scientific resources:
Digital Anatomist Project
Medscape's Unlimited Free Access to US NIH database
Neurosciences on the Internet
Pharmacy Resources (PharmWeb)
Physiology and Biophysics (a component of the WWW Virtual Library)
Social Science Information Gateway
Whole Brain Atlas
Visible Human Project
Government sites:
2000 Census Data (http://www.census.gov/)
Federal Register (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html)
The United States Code (http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm)
U.S. House of Representatives Library for health care laws.
US Government Printing Office (http://www.access.gpo.gov/)
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/home-page/)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov
Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.gov
Medicare Web site - www.medicare.gov
National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov
Evidence-based medicine links:
Bandolier: Journal for Evidence Based Practice
Cochrane Collaboration Homepage
EBM Journal
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