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American Medical Writers
Association
The AMWA, founded in 1940, is the leading professional organization for
biomedical communicators with over 4,000 members.
AMWA
Journal
The AMWA Journal is the official publication of the AMWA. The quarterly Journal
aims to be an authoritative, comprehensive source of information about the
knowledge, skills, and opportunities in the field of biomedical communication
worldwide.
European Medical Writers
Association
EMWA has over 300 members from 20 countries, and includes academics and
professionals working in-house or freelance for pharmaceutical and medical
communications companies, research institutes, and in the field of scientific
journalism.
Explore
Biomedical Writing
A website designed by medical writers to educate high school students and other
people interested in learning more about the field.
Health Writers
Hangout
A resource for health writers providing health writing tips, news and writers'
market information.
Instructions
to Authors in the Health Sciences
Contains links to websites which provide instructions to authors for over 3,000
journals in the health and life sciences.
Instructions4Authors.com
A valuable resource which provides direct links to medical journal author's
guidelines.
National Association
of Medical Communicators
The mission of the NAMC is to unite and support medical journalists and
communicators as they provide health information to consumers via various media,
including broadcast, print and the Internet.
The Health on the Net
Foundation Code of Conduct
The Health On the Net Foundation has elaborated the Code of Conduct to help
standardise the reliability of medical and health information available on the
World-Wide Web.
Advice for Beginning
Science Writers
This article is a record of a discussion that took place on a NASW mailing list
which deals with several issues at the core of the science writing profession.
Article:
Writing Articles for Medical Journals
A report on a workshop at the Biomedical Communication Workshops which provides
information about writing medical journal articles.
Explore
Biomedical Writing
A website designed by medical writers to educate high school students and other
people interested in learning more about the field.
Health
Sciences Writing Centre Handouts
A collection of health writing handouts from the Health Sciences Writing Centre
at the University of Toronto
Writing Case
Reports
An excerpt from the book, Guidebook to Better Medical Writing.
Academic Press
Dictionary of Science and Technology
Contains over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science.
Allergy
Glossary
A glossary of Allergic Disease, Allergic Disorders and Allergic Illness terms.
biotechterms.org
An online glossary of biotech terminology.
CancerWEB Online
Medical Dictionary
OMD is a searchable dictionary created by Dr Graham Dark and contains terms
relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology,
physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
Drug-related
Dictionary
A collection of terms related to addiction
Glossary
of Vision Terms
A glossary of vision terms from the National Eye Institute.
InteliHealth
Health resource featuring consumer health information from the Harvard Medical
School and a searchable Merriam Webster medical dictionary.
Mediaweb
An online medical dictionary covering various topics.
Medical
Abbreviations Dictionary
Defines over 7,000 abbreviations. Also provides links to websites when
appropriate.
Medical Terms
Information Guide
This reference provides definitions for the most common medical terms. It also
provides links to additionla information from the University of Maryland
Medicine.
MedTerms.com
A searchable medical dictionary with over 10,000 terms.
MPIP
Medical Dictionary
A searchable and cross-linked online medical dictionary.
MT Desk
Dictionary
An alphabetical index of medical terminology. Includes terminology for new
drugs/equipment/procedures, etc.
Online
Medical & Science Dictionaries
A collection of links to medical dictionaries including speciality glossaries.
Spellex
Medical spell checking software.
Stat Ref
Stat Ref lets you cross-search 25 medical and drug texts including Stedman's
Medical Dictionary and texts from McGraw Hill, Mosby, Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins and others. Subscription fee.
Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research
Provides information about drug approvals and updates, drug side-effects, drug
uses and much more.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
Provides information about recent outbreaks, data and international health
travel advisories.
Combined Health Information
Database
CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the
Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability
information for health information and health education resources.
Department of Health and Human
Services
The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all
Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are
least able to help themselves.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
The website contains news, information, updates and databases provided by the
EPA
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
Provides news and information about government updates on foods, drugs,
toxicology, medical devices, biologics, cosmetics, and radiation.
Health.gov
A portal to the websites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and
activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal
Departments.
HealthFinder
A searchable guide to health information provided by the the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
National Institutes of Health
The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect,
diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to
the common cold.
National Library of
Medicine
Provides a large amount of medical information including Medline, directories of
health resources, clinical research studies and much more.
Nutrition.gov
Provides easy access to all online federal government information on nutrition
American Hospital Directory
The American Hospital Directory provides online data for over 6,000 hospitals.
BioSpace
Company Directory
An alphabetical index with links to company websites.
Business
Search Engine and Directory Links
A collection of business directories and search engines.
Global
MedNet, Inc. Directory
A directory of medical companies. An alphabetical directory with links to
company websites.
Healthwell
Exchange Company Directory
A searchable directory of medical companies.
HospitalDirectory.com
A directory of American hospitals by city and state.
HospitalSelect.com
Hospital Select is a hospital locator, providing information on virtually every
hospital in the United States.
InfoMedical.com
A medical business search engine. Includes companies, news and resources.
Managed Health
Links
Provides links to managed Health Care company websites and resources.
Achoo
Achoo is a healthcare portal which provides news, communities, resource links
and search engines.
BioMedNet
A comprehensive resource providing access to research tools, journals, links,
reviews and news.
Biotechmedia.com
Biotechmedia.com is a marketing communication resource for the biotech,
pharmacuetical and B2B healthcare industries.
COR Health
COR Health is an information retrieval service for healthcare leaders.
DentalSite.com
Provides information for dental professionals and consumer information for
dental patients.
Doxamed.com
A hub for the medical device industry.
HealthBizNews.com
Frequently updated healthcare industry news.
HospitalNetwork.com
An information resource for the Hospital industry.
InfoMedical.com
A medical business search engine. Includes companies, news and resources.
InPharm.com
Provides executives in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries with news,
views, jobs, directories of services and resource links.
Managed Health
Links
Provides links to managed Health Care company websites and resources.
MedConnect.com
A resource website for medical professionals which includes literature reviews,
cases of the month, featured articles, journal clubs, board reviews, free
Medline, teaching files with ECGs, x-rays, and CAT scans, and more.
Medisite
Medsite, Inc. provides resources and services for Physicians.
OR-Link
OR-Link is dedicated exclusively to providing information about the Operating
Room to the people who either work in or support the Operating Room environment.
PharmaLive
A Pharmaceutical industry news resource.
Physician's Desk Reference
PDR.net is a medical and health-care reference website. The PDR is a reference
book for physicians and medical professionals. The site includes consumer and
industry information.
WebMD.com
WebMD provides products and services for both consumers and professionals.
Yahoo
Health Care Links
Links to Healthcare b2b resources provided by Yahoo.
CNN: Health
Medical news from CNN.
Dr. Koop News
Medical news from Dr. Koop.com, a health resource.
EurekAlert
Provides breaking science, medical and research news.
HealthBizNews.com
Frequently updated healthcare industry news.
Medical
News Headlines
Links to medical news headlines including biotech news, consumer news, general
health news and medical business news.
MedNews
Medical news search engine. Includes news stories from journals, institutes and
Universities.
MSNBC
Health News
Health news from MSNBC.com
PharmaLive
A Pharmaceutical industry news resource.
Reuters Health
Frequently updated medical news provided by Reuters.
World
Health News
World health news stories from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Yahoo
Health News Links
Links to medical news publishers from Yahoo.
American Association
of Dental Editors (AADE)
The AADE was chartered in 1931 and is composed of dedicated people specifically
interested in improving communication within the dental profession and in
elevating the standards of dental journalism.
American Medical Writers
Association
The AMWA, founded in 1940, is the leading professional organization for
biomedical communicators with over 4,000 members.
AMW Northern California
Chapter
The website for the Northern California Chapter of the AMWA, a nonprofit
organization of professionals engaged in medical communications.
AMWA Michigan Chapter
The website for the Michigan Chapter of the AMWA, a nonprofit organization of
professionals engaged in medical communications.
Association of Health Care
Journalists
The AHJC is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing
public understanding of health care issues. Its mission is to improve the
quality, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting, writing and editing.
Council of
Science Editors
The CSE aims to improve communication in the sciences by educating authors,
editors, and publishers.
European Medical Writers
Association
EMWA has over 300 members from 20 countries, and includes academics and
professionals working in-house or freelance for pharmaceutical and medical
communications companies, research institutes, and in the field of scientific
journalism.
National Association
of Medical Communicators
The mission of the NAMC is to unite and support medical journalists and
communicators as they provide health information to consumers via various media,
including broadcast, print and the Internet.
National Association of Science
Writers
An organization for science writers, which provides support for science
reporters including a newsletter and mailing lists.
Nutrition.gov
Provides information about health and diseases including current outbreaks and
cases and an A-Z list of health issues.
The Board of Editors in the
Life Sciences
BELS was founded in 1991 to evaluate the proficiency of manuscript editors in
the life sciences and to award credentials similar to those obtainable in other
professions.
The Drug Information
Association
The Drug Information Association provides a neutral global forum for the
exchange and dissemination of information on the discovery, development,
evaluation, and utilization of medicines and related healthcare technologies.
World Association of Medical
Editors WAME
WAME is a voluntary association of editors from many countries who seek to
foster international cooperation among editors of peer-reviewed medical
journals.
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