This Web site from Amedeo, a medical information service, provides convenient literature updates free of charge via email. The registration process is quick and easy: simply select a research area of interest from an extensive list of options, choose from a list of relevant pre-selected journals, and fill out the contact information form. You will then receive a weekly email newsletter that lists...

_Annual Reviews: Biomedical Sciences_ covers 28 series ranging from Biochemistry to Public Health, and provides "systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in a number of fields of science through critical authoritative reviews." The on-line edition includes full text and abstracts for 1997-Present; abstracts only for 1990-1996; and tables of contents only for 1984-1989. The free...

The British Medical Association provides free and unrestricted access to all British Medical Journal articles, job announcements, editorials, and a fully searchable archive of the journal. Currently, archives extend back to 1997 but these will eventually date to 1994. Subjects range "from asthma through aging to end of life decisions." Users can also register for a free, weekly email service...

EurekAlert, a service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, presents the latest news on research in science, medicine and technology. News releases are submitted by academic institutions, journals, government sources, and non-profit agencies. The site is designed to be used by journalists, research institutions and members of the public. EurekAlert is updated daily and...

Folks looking for medical journal articles available for free online can be frustrated by the multiple interpretations of "free" -- some journals offer free trials, others only certain back issues, some have free abstracts but not full text, etc. This new metasite, Free Medical Journals.com, has organized the growing list of online medical publications into the following categories: free full...

_Gut_, a leading international journal in gastroenterology, which contains original papers on the alimentary tract, the liver, biliary tree, and pancreas has been made available online. Online full-text content of each journal article, including all figures and tables, is available in a searchable (by keyword) format. Online issues begin with January 1998; online abstracts begin with the 1975...

HealthCentral (formerly HealthScout), a news service provided by Rx Remedy, Inc., posts fifteen to twenty short, easy-to-understand articles each day on a variety of medical and health topics in the news. Articles are based on interviews with experts and reports from medical journals, and HealthScout cites sources and provides links to related resources for each. HealthScout also summarizes...

Your Health Daily offers daily updates on health and medical news in a well-organized and easy-to-use format. Provided by The New York Times Syndicate, Your Health Daily includes news, features, analysis and columns from a variety of news sources in the United States, Asia and Europe, including Medical Tribune News Service. Users can browse the latest news or choose from 15 "Common Topics" for...

Developed by the Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), J-STAGE (The Japan Science and Technology Aggregator, Electronic) is a recently launched electronic journal center that publishes and disseminates Japanese electronic scientific journals. At present, the site hosts four journals (one of which is Japanese only), but expects to add over a hundred in the near future. The three available...

If you've ever had a yen to learn more about the traditional knowledge of wild edible plants used in Palestine or the medicinal plants of southeastern Ethiopia, then the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is for you. The Journal an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by BioMed Central, and visitors can browse through all the issues here and also take a gander at the top ten most...