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From the Townsend Letter
April 2007

 

Web Page Potpourri: A Big List – Part Two
by Marjorie Roswell

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A column devoted to informative integrative health resources on the Internet

This column features many of the best Web resources described in "Web Page Potpourri," from the spring of 2005 until now. Last month, Townsend Letter ran the best Web pages featured from November 2002 through the spring of 2005.


About Stress
http://stress.about.com

Airhead
http://airhead.cnt.org/

AirNow
http://airnow.gov/

American Iatrogenic Association
http://iatrogenic.org/

American Lung Association – State of the Air: 2006
http://lungaction.org/reports/stateoftheair2006.html

The Analyst
http://www.diagnose-me.com/

And a Side Order of Human Rights
http://www.ciw-online.org/schlossernyt.html

Beautiful Farm Photos
http://www.localharvest.org/album.jsp
http://www.fieldsofplenty.com/photography/index.html

Body Care Products
http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/

Braunwald Atlas of Heart Diseases
http://www.braunwaldatlas.com/
(March 2007: Link no longer active)

British Columbia Food Democracy Network
http://www.fooddemocracy.org
http://www.fooddemocracy.org/docs/BCFSN-new.pdf (108KB .pdf)

Browse Drugs
http://www.medications.com/go/drugs

California Asthma Public Health Initiative - Home Environmental Assessment Tools
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/caphi/ea_tools.htm

Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/

The Carter Center Health Programs
http://www.cartercenter.org/health/index.html

Center for Informed Food Choices
http://www.informedeating.org/

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/

The China Study
http://www.thechinastudy.com/

Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress
http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/06jun/IB10137.pdf (94KB .pdf)

The Coalition for Patients Rights
http://www.CoalitionForPatientsRights.org/

ColorBrewer
http://www.ColorBrewer.org/

Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
http://www.HospitalInfectionRates.org/

Common Thread
http://www.PatHumphries.com/CommonThread.mp3 (1.5 MB mp3 file)

Community Food Security Coalition
http://www.foodsecurity.org/

Computed Tomography Angiography
http://www.rochestermedicalcenter.com/CT%20Angiography.htm

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/zm2643.asp

Curezone
http://www.curezone.com/

Digital Atlas of Video Education
http://dave1.mgh.harvard.edu/

Dr. Richard Rahe's Health Assessment Programs
http://www.drrahe.com/

Drug Information Online
http://www.drugs.com/
http://browse.drugs.com/cond-h.html

Eat Grub
http://www.EatGrub.org

Eczema Natural Healing
http://eczema-natural-healing.com/

Election Integrity Blogs
http://www.VelvetRevolution.us/
http://BradBlog.com/
http://FairnessByBeckerman.blogspot.com/

Emergency Preparedness Checklists
http://www.ready.gov/
http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/Supplies2002.pdf (639KB .pdf)
http://theepicenter.com/chklist.html

The Environmental Impact of 9/11 Attacks
http://www.complete911timeline.org/project.jsp?
project=Enviromental_impact_911_attacks


http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution/wtc/wtcinx.asp

EpiQMS
http://app2.health.state.pa.us/epiqms/
http://app2.health.state.pa.us/epiqms/EpiQMSHelp/DGEpiQMSHELP.htm

Exercise as a Stress Management Modality
http://www.OptimalHealthConcepts.com/ExerciseStress.html

Fast Track Financial Stress Questionnaire
http://www.fasttrackproject.org/techrept/f/fsi/

Find a Health Email List
http://health.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Health___Wellness/Health_Care

Fit For Travel
http://www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk/

Fluoride & Cancer: The Firing of Dr. William Marcus
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6263795440459038510

Food and Food Purchasing: A Role for Health Care
http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?ID=1052&type=document

The Food Project
http://www.thefoodproject.org/

Global Malaria Programme
http://malaria.who.int/
http://malaria.who.int/aboutus.html

Green Guide for Health Care
http://www.gghc.org/

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/

A Guide to Community Food Projects
http://www.foodsecurity.org/cfsc_case_studies.pdf (748KB .pdf)

Have Health Concerns About Lariam Been Overstated?
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/1008129.html

Health and Clean Air Newsletter
http://healthandcleanair.org/

Health and Economic Impacts of Air Pollution
http://www.airimpacts.org/

Health Care Without Harm
http://www.noharm.org/

Health Impacts of Air Pollution
http://EduGreen.teri.res.in/explore/air/health.htm

Health Information for International Travel
http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybBrowseO.asp

Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Project
http://hphp.us/

Healthy People 2010
http://www.healthypeople.gov

Herbal Medicine Garden
http://www.hebes.mdx.ac.uk/teaching/learning/Garden/index.htm

Herbal Treatment for Malaria
http://www.mercola.com/2004/dec/1/malaria_treatment.htm

HICPAC/SHEA Guidelines Debate
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hicpacshea.html

Hospital Infection Society
http://www.his.org.uk/

How to Cube a Mango
http://phrogz.net/MangoCubes/

How to Cut an Avocado
http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=15471
http://www.wikihow.com/Cut-an-Avocado-Without-Touching-the-Flesh

How to Filet a Watermelon
http://www.rawtimes.com/food/watermain.html (450KB of photos on page)
http://www.hormel.com/templates/template.asp?catitemid=113&id=838

How to Harvest Your Worm Bin: The Movie
http://www.cityfarmer.org/moviewormharvest.html (2MB Quicktime movie)

How to Open a Coconut
http://www.howtoopenacoconut.com/
http://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Open-a-Coconut
http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/crackcocl.html
http://www.rawguru.com/html/openyoungcoconut.html
http://www.rawlifeline.com/resources/

How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria
http://www.iamat.org/pdf/ProtectYourself.pdf (167KB .pdf)

How to Travel and Stay Healthy
http://www.itg.be/itg/Uploads/MedServ/egezond.pdf (236KB .pdf)

Integrative Medicine Service's Herbs and Botanical Information
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11571.cfm?RecordID=650&tab=HC

Interactive Health Atlas
http://www.leeds.nhs.uk/professional/healthatlas/

International Travel and Health
http://www.who.int/ith/en/

The Internet Drug Index
http://www.RxList.com/
http://www.RxList.com/cgi/generic/albut1_ad.htm
http://www.RxList.com/cgi/generic/advair_ad.htm
http://www.RxList.com/top200.htm

Keep Antibiotics Working
http://KeepAntibioticsWorking.org/

Lecture Notes on Nosocomial Infection
http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/biol2053.htm

Life Cycle of Malaria
http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/malaria/lifecycle.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/Malaria/biology/life_cycle.htm

Lobbying Guide
http://www.klgates.com/newsstand/Detail.aspx?publication=3083

Lyme Disease Web Page Potpourri Column
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_244/ai_111271907

Making Changes: Turning Local Visions Into National Solutions
http://www.winrock.org/agriculture/files/makingchanges.pdf (510 KB .pdf)

Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/index.html

Making Yourself Heart Attack Proof
http://www.vegsource.com/video/ess.htm

Malaria Light Microscopy: Creating a Culture of Quality
http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/BA269B30-65EC-4A64-9784-
FCE1787E509C/0/malaria_light_microscopy.pdf
(297KB .pdf)

Managing Stress
http://www.utexas.edu/student/cmhc/booklets/stress/stress.html

Mandatory Reporting of Infection Rates: Where Does My State Stand?
http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/GovernmentAdvocacy/
MandatoryReporting/state_legislation/state_legislation.htm

Maps of Malaria Risk Using Climate Data
http://www.mara.org.za/mapsdownload_bmp.htm

Medical Images and Illustrations
http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html

Medical Pictures
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/

Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

MilkSucks.com: Got Zits?
http://www.milksucks.com/zits.asp

The Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
http://www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu/MSDG/scoring.html
(March 2007: Bad Link. Use http://www.msbg.umn.edu/)

Molecular Expressions
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/

Mosquito Bite Prevention
http://www.natureskills.com/mosquito_bite_prevention.html

MRSAWatch
http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Referral and Resources
http://www.mcsrr.org/

National Center for Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/NNIS/members/members.htm

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/airpollution.html

National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/SURVEILL/NNIS.HTM
(March 2007: bad link. Use http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/nnis_pubs.html)

Natural Treatments for Parasites
http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/conditionsitoq/a/Parasites.htm
http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/conditionsitoq/a/ParasitePrimer.htm

New York Times "On The Brink" Series Examines Control, Eradication
http://www.cartercenter.org/doc2321.htm (March 2007: Bad link.
Use http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc2321.html )
Beyond Swollen Limbs, a Disease's Hidden Agony [Filariasis]
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/world/americas/09lymph.html
Dose of Tenacity Wears Down an Ancient Horror [Guinea worm]
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/international/africa/26worm.html
(Note: Reader must sign in to access New York Times articles.)

Nosocomial Infection Photographs
http://www.margieroswell.com/nosocomial/bennettwound.pdf (286KB .pdf)

http://www.AmericansMadAndAngry.org/pdf/
Single%20level%20spinal%20fusion.pdf
(61KB .pdf)

Nosocomial Links
http://www.margieroswell.com/nosocomial/

Nutrient Density Data
http://www.vegsource.com/harris/food_comp.htm
http://www.orgsites.com/hi/hawaii5aday/_pgg5.php3
http://www.vegsource.com/harris/ten_categories.htm

Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, Vegetables, and Grains
http://www.organicts.com/organic_info/articles/downloads/organic.pdf (174KB .pdf)

Obesity Trends Among US Adults
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/

A One-Dollar Compound Microscope
http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/ucomp1/ucomp1.htm

Online Class on the Dangers of Vaccination
http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm

Organic Volunteers
http://www.growfood.org/

PigeonBlog: (Pigeons Map Air Pollution While Flying)
http://www.pigeonblog.mapyourcity.net/test_flight.php

Professor T. Colin Campbell, PhD -- Animal Protein (Meat and Dairy) Causes Cancer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1308977765978236346

Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases
http://www.promedmail.org/

Rachel's Democracy & Health News
http://www.rachel.org/

Raw Family
http://www.RawFamily.com/

Raw Food Before and After Photographs
http://www.rawfoodwiki.org/index.php?pagename=Photographs
http://www.IBeatObesity.com/SuccessStories.php
http://www.rawreform.com/material/photogallery.htm

Removing a Colon Polyp
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7495322754392621279

Resolving the Coronary Artery Disease Epidemic Through Plant-Based Nutrition
http://www.vegsource.com/esselstyn/resolving_cade.htm
http://www.vegsource.com/esselstyn/cardio1.jpg

Resources for Creating Public Health Maps
http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/maps.htm

Roots of Change Fund
http://www.rocfund.org/
http://www.vividpicture.net/documents/

Shirley's Wellness Cafe
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/sitemap.htm

Six Ways to Avoid an Asthma Attack
http://www.doctoryourself.com/asthma.html

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
http://www.shea-online.org/publications/shea_position_papers.cfm
http://www.shea-online.org/pdfs/SHEA_MRSA_VRE.pdf
(March 2007: Bad link)

Stereo Images
http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/wagart/anaglyphpage/anaglyph.html

Stop Hospital Infections
http://StopHospitalInfections.org

Stressed Out? Have Some Cold Vegetable Soup
http://www.foodreference.com/html/art-gazpacho-health.html

Strong Bones
http://www.strongbones.org

Sunlight, Nutrition And Health Research Center
http://www.sunarc.org/

Survivor and Funeral Checklists
http://www.historic-woodlawn.com/attimechklst.html
http://www.tva.gov/retireeportal/forms/checklist.pdf (97 KB .pdf)

ThinkTwice Global Vaccine Institute
http://www.thinktwice.com/

This American Life – "After the Flood"
http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/05/296.html

To the Heart of the Matter
http://www.stubaker.com/heart/

A Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/toolkit.htm (March 2007: Bad link.
Use http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/preventadultfalls.htm )

Traditional Herbal Medicines for Malaria
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/329/7475/1156

Travelers' Health
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/destinat.htm

US Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/

Walkable America Checklist: How Walkable Is Your Community?
http://www.nsc.org/walk/wkcheck.htm

Washing Away
http://www.nola.com/washingaway/
http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/essays/tpnoseries02.pdf (1.73MB .pdf)

The Water Cure
http://www.watercure2.org/

Wil Bullock's Wonderful Song at Bioneers
https://secure.bioneers.org/files/secure/bullock_2005_sample.mp3 (720KB .pdf)

World Immunization Chart
http://www.iamat.org/pdf/WorldImmunization.pdf (111KB .pdf)

World Malarial Risk Chart
http://www.iamat.org/pdf/WorldMalariaRisk.pdf (141KB .pdf)

Worm Composting
http://homepage.mac.com/cityfarmer/PhotoAlbum23.html

Worm Digest
http://www.WormDigest.org/

Worm Woman
http://www.WormWoman.com/

 

Marjorie Roswell
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Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
410-467-3727
mroswell@gmail.com

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