{"title":"Fact or fake? Health fraud and quackery","authors":"Kim Gillingham","doi":"10.1300/J138V03N02_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V03N02_05","url":null,"abstract":"From the snake-oil salesman of 100 years ago to the present information age, there have been people touting medicines and machines promising to cure a variety of ailments. Today advertisements can be found in the backs of popular magazines, on cable television, or even on the Internet for products claiming to be the latest miracle cure-all. The best way for consumers to avoid wasting money on quack remedies is to know how to spot these ads. The Internet provides many sites for people who want to learn more about health fraud and how to become a well-informed consumer.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124023509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer net bytes","authors":"K. Wilder","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N04_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N04_10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115434975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Free online access to medical information: MEDLINE Web interfaces","authors":"M. Hansen","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N04_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N04_04","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet has become a valuable resource for providing information to the public on a variety of subjects, especially public health. Lay users everywhere have access to free medical information if they know where to look and understand how to use the different tools they discover. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has made its medical database, MEDLINE, available for anyone with Internet access. The NLM offers two different MEDLINE interfaces for free searching, and a variety of other Web sites also provide free access to MEDLINE. This article discusses several of these free MEDLINE Web interfaces.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121855695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mailing lists for pharmacists and other interested health care professionals","authors":"Lee B. Savino, Jeffery A. Shick","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N04_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N04_05","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Electronic mailing lists are an excellent way for pharmacists and other health care professionals to keep abreast of the newest technologies and share information with other colleagues with the same interests. There are now over 85,000 mailing lists available on a wide variety of topics. This article focuses on mailing lists that would be of interest to pharmacists and other interested health care professionals.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"45 19","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120816776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Huba, C. Kuo, L. Melchior, A. Panter, A. Kawata, T. L. Tharasri, Chermeen A. Elavia
{"title":"The effectiveness of information dissemination about HIV/AIDS on the Internet: an evaluation of the measurement group Web site in its first year","authors":"G. Huba, C. Kuo, L. Melchior, A. Panter, A. Kawata, T. L. Tharasri, Chermeen A. Elavia","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N04_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N04_06","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Web site hosted by The Measurement Group uses the Internet as a tool to disseminate information about innovative HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment models funded by the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program and highlight their effectiveness as models for HIV/AIDS care. The site features project descriptions, reports, presentations, evaluation designs/tools, resources, and conference paper abstracts. Users from major universities, governmental agencies, large computer networks, and foreign countries have accessed the site. The Measurement Group Web site has attracted the attention of many users throughout the world in its goal of disseminating new information about innovative models of HIV services to a wide audience.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115425995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prostate problems? don't shy away from discussion","authors":"Cynthia L. Nicotera","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N04_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N04_09","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129209330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Superman's crusade: spinal cord injury resources on the Internet","authors":"S. Hunt","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N04_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N04_02","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Spinal cord injury is a devastating event, with individuals facing a lifetime of specialized care and rehabilitation. Each year, approximately 10,000 individuals suffer such an injury; there are estimated to be 200,000 spinal-cord-injured individuals in the United States today. Superman actor Christopher Reeve's 1995 injury, along with interesting research being done in this area, has brought this health problem into the public eye in recent years. This article discusses a select list of spinal cord injury resources available on the Internet covering organizations, health care facilities, care and treatment, research, statistics, periodicals, and discussion forums.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123909361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building an HIV Internet network of community-based organization","authors":"S. Normann, D. Rochon","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N02_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N02_04","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The primary goal of the Houston AIDS Information Link (HAIL), a consortium of twelve community-based organizations (CBOs) representing national, state, county, city, and public and private non-profit agencies, is to bring current, scientifically accurate information to HIV-infected patients, their health care providers, and the affected community at places where these individuals are already spending time, such as clinics and libraries. HAIL (http://www.NeoSoft.com/~hail/) represents a working example of using the Internet to create a physical and virtual network of HIV community-based organizations, bound together by a common goal.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124700988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Universal access to the Web: issues involving technology","authors":"P. F. Anderson","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N02_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N02_14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121356821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CDC's HIV/AIDS resources on the Net","authors":"Ann L. Poritzky","doi":"10.1300/J138V02N02_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J138V02N02_10","url":null,"abstract":"Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this devastating disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created an integrated information delivery system to provide information about HIV/AIDS to the public, health professionals, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Consumers can get information by telephone, mail, and via the Internet. This article provides details about CDC's HIV/AIDS information services and how to access them.","PeriodicalId":224930,"journal":{"name":"Health Care on the Internet archive","volume":"10 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120899054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}