Internet for Health Professionals

Internet for Health
Professionals

Discussion Lists
and
Newsgroups

What is on the Internet?

Example:

What information is available on effective treatment of Helicobacter pylori infections and stomach ulcers?

1. A full-text consensus statement from the National Institutes of Health on H. pylori in peptic ulcer disease.

http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/94.html

2. The Helicobacter pylori Foundation Home Page where you read about the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, look at a list of the most frequently asked questions and their answers, and participation in a discussion forum.

http://www.helico.com/

3. A list of current clinical trials that are currently taking place on H. pylori. Each trial cited details its nature and objective, and provides contact names and e-mail addresses where further information can be found.

http://www.centerwatch.com/studies/CAT76.HTM

4. A true/false self-assessment test on diagnosing H.pylori infections.

http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/uhs/topics/helico.tf.html

5. A full text-article from the evidence based medicine journal Bandolier on the effectiveness of antibiotic regimens in eradicating H. pylori infections.

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk:80/Bandolier/band12/b12-2.html

6. Endoscopic views of a man's stomach showing a bleeding duodenal ulcer. From this image you are asked to diagnose the condition, Helicobacter pylori gastritis.

http://www.gi.ucalgary.ca/endoquiz/29_Jun_1995.htm