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Evidence-Based Medical Resources

Medical Dictionaries and General Healthcare Resources

The following evidence-based medical websites provide additional resources on the background, development, and practice of evidence-based medicine.

Ask NOAH about Evidence-Based Medicine
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.

Netting the Evidence
A U.K.-based resource, Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals.

HIRU Health Informatics Research Unit
The Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) at McMaster University conducts research in the field of health information science and is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge about the nature of health and clinical information problems, the development of new information resources to support evidence-based health care, and the evaluation of various innovations in overcoming health care information problems.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
The Centre has been established in Oxford as the first of several centers in the U.K. whose broad aim is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
At the University of Toronto, the goal of the Centre’s website is to help develop, disseminate, and evaluate resources that can be used to practice and teach evidence-based medicine for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education for health care professionals from a variety of clinical disciplines.

Centre for Health Evidence
The Centre for Health Evidence, a not-for-profit Canadian organization, promotes evidence-based health care by presenting knowledge-based resources to health professionals in ways that facilitate their optimum use.

Doctor Evidence is committed to helping our clients fully understand their healthcare choices. The following free resources can help you better understand the medical evidence that Doctor Evidence provides to you.

MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary from MedlinePlus
The MedlinePlus dictionary is powered by the Merriam Webster online medical dictionary. MedlinePlus is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health that includes full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.

MedTerms Dictionary from Medicine.net
MedTerms online medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com, containing easy-to-understand explanations of over 13,000 medical terms. This online medical dictionary provides quick access to hard-to-spell medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing.

Dictionary of Cancer Terms from the National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute's Web site provides accurate, up-to-date information about many types of cancer, information about clinical trials, resources for people dealing with cancer, and information for researchers and health professionals.

On-line Medical Dictionary from CancerWeb
Dictionary of over 46,000 terms that serves as a one-stop source of information about all medical and scientific terms and includes many useful cross-references and pointers to related resources elsewhere on the Internet, as well as bibliographical reference to paper publications.

Disclaimer: These resources are provided for general informational and educational purposes only. Doctor Evidence does not endorse, warrant, or promote the material on these websites. You should not use material from these websites as a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.







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