The National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education presents LifeWorks, an online guide to exploring careers in the health and medical sciences. LifeWorks offers a number of features such as Career Finder -- a searchable database of over 100 career descriptions. Details include required education and average salary. The site also features interviews with people working in the health and...

Diarrhea has long challenged world health workers. From 1980 to 1995, Healthlink Worldwide published _Dialogue on Diarrhoea_, an international newsletter that provided health workers and managers with practical advice on treating and preventing diarrheal diseases. Produced by the Rehydration Project, this website contains all 60 issues and 16 supplements of the publication over its 15-year run. In...

This award-winning website from Dr. Wellington S. Tichenor “explores the symptoms and treatment of sinusitis, and other sinus diseases, as well as the interrelated problems of allergy and asthma.” Dr. Tichenor’s site contains information about the definition of sinusitis; a sinusitis treatment regimen; fungal sinusitis; surgery; sinusitis in children, and more. The site also includes a sinusitis...

The Stanford Health Library is a "free and open-to-the-public consumer health information library that provides scientifically-based medical information to help people make informed decisions about their health and health care." Users will find a mountain of health-related resources, including an extensive collection of links to informative Web pages from hospitals, research foundations,...

Celebrating the drink that Bach referred to as "lovelier than a thousand kisses," the Web site of the Coffee Science Information Centre has a variety of sections relating different material on the work of the Centre and general information about this occasionally maligned beverage. The prime goal of the Coffee Science Information Centre is "to provide accurate, balanced and consistent information...

The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons provides the Third Revised Edition of this resource, originally published in 1985. The book is divided into 34 chapters in six major sections: using the health care system; wellness; symptoms; first aid; treatment and prevention; and proper use of medications. Chapters include understandable explanations of the topic, and selective...

From Philadelphia's WHYY comes The Pulse, a radio show about "the people and places at the heart of health and science." The show is hosted by Maiken Scott and covers a wide variety of topics including health care, the environment, technology, mental health, disability, and much more. In one recent episode, "The Cost of Diabetes," Scott talks to individuals living with diabetes and the many ways...

Originating from one individual's personal interest in the spinal cord and everything associated with it, this Web site, created and regularly updated by M. Ginop, a quadriplegic, is a non-profit, non-commercial site designed for those who suffer directly or indirectly from spinal cord injuries or diseases of the spine. Well crafted and easily navigable, the site contains helpful information such...