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........ BMJ BestHealth Direct Link—http://besthealth.bmj.com/x/index.html Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ Cochrane Informed Health Online A group called Informed Health Online based in Melbourne, Australia provides evidence-based information for patients, clinicians and others. It is a non-profit foundation found at http://www.informedhealthonline.org This is a nice website for consumers because it summarizes systematic reviews from Cochrane (abstracts of Cochrane Reviews are available without charge). The nice thing about this site is that you can get to the abstracts of Cochrane Reviews and the consumer summaries from one website and it is free. Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ Consumer Reports "Best Buy Drugs" The mission of the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs project is to provide consumers and their doctors with information to help guide prescription drug choices–based on effectiveness, a drug's track record, safety and price. This appears to be a good source of information since it is based on the work of the Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center which uses a rigorous approach to evaluating science. Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ Delfini Rx Messaging Scripts ™ Delfini Messaging Scripts™: See Samples for evidence-based messages for patients on specific clinical topics. Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ Illness information for patients, including patients talking about their experiences with illness, can be found at this site. Many of the modules are produced by professionals involved with the Cochrane Collaboration. The site provides patients with information by condition, but also through interviews with patients that you can hear directly online. It also provides information about other resources available to patients. http://www.healthtalkonline.org/ Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ Medline Plus for Patients MEDLINEplus Medline Plus provides extensive, “authoritative” information from National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. Included are a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. There is no advertising on the site, nor does MEDLINEplus endorse any company or product. Although the site uses criteria, it should be noted that there is no critical appraisal of the information for validity. Key criteria for information and links include:
Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ New Zealand Guidelines Group Risk Calculator for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 03/18/09: Here is the New Zealand Guidelines Group risk calculator for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Typically, a cardiac risk calculator provides an estimate (either 5 or 10 years) of an individual's risk of experiencing an adverse cardiac event based on specific risk factors. For example, the New Zealand risk tables provide a 5-year assessment based on an individual’s sex, diabetic status, smoking history and age. It also provides an estimate of benefit (CVD events prevented per 100 people) treated with blood pressure agents, aspirin and lipid-lowering agents for 5 years based on risk level. Avoid ones that present data for 10 years — they are extrapolated from 5-year evidence and, therefore, are not valid. This is the real thing. You can find it through our weblinks at New Zealand Guidelines Group or Cardiovascular Disease Primary Prevention Risk Calculator. http://www.nzgg.org.nz/guidelines/0035/CVD_Risk_Chart.pdf Click here to share this page. If you are at an entry URL (#title), copy URL, then click "share" button to paste into body text of your message. ........ |
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