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Conducting Medical Research
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I need to do some research on a medical condition for a family member. Can someone point me to the best place (preferably online). I've already tried Google, and I'm looking for something more in depth. Something with real journal articles about certain issues.
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If you're at a University, you may have access to UpToDate: Welcome through your library
It might be a little dense for a non-medical person, but they have sections written for patients as well.
Harrison's is good too:
AccessMedicine - TOC
What are you looking for in particular?
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Originally Posted by alligator
I need to do some research on a medical condition for a family member. Can someone point me to the best place (preferably online). I've already tried Google, and I'm looking for something more in depth. Something with real journal articles about certain issues.
Thanks!
I'd try the Merck Manual ( http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sections.jsp ) and then the New England Journal of Medicine ( http://content.nejm.org/ )
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by medicineman
The New England Journal of Medicine probably won't help you very much.
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mdconsult.com is a very good resource that I use often.
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The Centers for Disease Control website has many articles about all sorts of diseases and conditions. You might want to check there.
Wikipedia shouldn't be trusted directly for information on diseases, but you may want to look up its entry on the disease in question (if it has one) and skip straight to the bibliography. Those links can be of much more value than the article itself.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Go to a medical library of a university, you will out more than asking questions to a doctor. I found out a lot more on blood pressure with yahoo.com
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No-one seems to have mentioned PubMed for searching for medical papers.
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It seems as if he is looking for general info about a condition. ie: treatment, pathology, symptoms, etc. Pubmed, New England Journal, etc, will give you specific studies, which most likely are not what you are looking for.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
It certainly could, if he knows the symptoms or possible diseases. Articles older than 6 months are free, it's searchable. It is somewhat technical however. But interesting. Check out that image of the week!
Nope. Unless a review article has been published on the topic he's looking for, NEJM is not likely to be of help.
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Hmm, most of these require a subscription. How about something just for the average user doing some detailed research?
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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what specifically are you looking up?
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PubMed is free and open to anyone to use. Because it is quite powerful, it can be frustrating to use-much like a search on Google-but at least you can rely on the articles you find because most are published in peer-reviewed journals.
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