Here are some links I hope you'll find helpful. Some go to web pages “inside the U of M” -- other UM schools, other course pages, etc. The rest are to the real world (anything not part of the U of M, which often doesn't even come close to reality). Here's an overview: “Student/Class-Specific” Links Nursing Medical Dental PharmD-ACNP Don't Miss --- Links For All Health-Related Reference Humor-Get A Life Miscellany Search the Web with Google SafeSearch® Local and Midwest Weather Updated 12-30-08 Have an educational link you'd like to see here? Find one of my links that doesn't work? If so, send E-mail to me at: mshlafer@umich.edu. Don't forget to include a complete, accurate and valid URL for new links.

CurtinCalls	Discussion boards; hosted chats; editorials and case studies; discussions with nursing and health care educators; and much more. Sometimes irreverant and provocative, but try it!
NurseStat.com	Proclaims itself as the “most comprehensive nursing site on the internet”
Nursing at Michigan	Learn more about Nursing at the U of M Health System: job opportunities, educational resources, research, nursing management leadership, and more.
NursingCenter.com	Links, content, for many journals, other resources; find CE offerings, full text articles, and more, on pharmacology
University of Michigan School of Nursing	The School's Home Page
American Academy of Family Physicians	Find information about the journal, other good stuff, on the organization's home page
National Board of Medical Examiners	Important resource for USMLE 1 and 2
UM Medical School Home Page	Our med school's “home”
UMMS Learning Resource Center - MD Curriculum "Front Page"	Your entry point to our med school's Learning Resource Center and all that's there.
UM Medical Student Council Home Page	Finally updated
University of Michigan School of Dentistry	The Dental School's Home Page
Pharmacology 659 home page	For Fall 2008; access only to registered UM students or other authorized folks
Pharmacology 660 home page	The URL for the Winter, 2009, term, is here. Authorized access only.
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy	The College's Home Page
Most links are health-related, some of general interest, some more focused... and some just for fun! Surf, dudes!
Cyberounds	...interactive grand rounds [and more] ...for docs, med students, and other health professionals; sign up (free). It's good.
Drugs that prolong the QT interval	A comprehensive site, with many useful tables that include lists of drugs that may prolong the QT interval and/or induce Torsades de Pointes.
EKG Reviews On-Line	A super site from the Univ of Utah Health Sciences Center: introduction to the ECG and electrocardiography; a library of ECGs, self-tests, more!
Facts and Comparisons	Probably my most turned-to site for info on drugs, Rx and OTC; lots of good information about actions, uses, and all the other good stuff; great information on drug interactions. Free if you log on from a UMMS/UM Hospitals computer (LRC, CAI, etc.), a "modest" $300 - $500/year if you want your own account.
Family Practice Notebook	“An ongoing compendium of the diagnosis and management of common medical problems in Family Practice...” is what the site title states. Highly recommended; take a look.
FDA Drug Approvals	Visit for monthly updates of new drugs approved by the FDA
Healthweb	Comprehensive web-based site with links to all sorts of info (education, research, jobs, much more)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices	Comprehensive coverage of causes and ways to prevent med errors; alerts, urgent advisories, error reporting, more; a must see for anyone with patient care responsibilities
Lexi-Comp Clinical Reference Library	Drab looking but useful guide to info on drugs, dosage schedules; lab tests; diagnostic procedures; more
Medical Matrix	“An Internet Guide to Computerized Medical Resources”
Medscape	Claimed to be the #1 free internet medical site. Tons of info on a host of topics from AIDS to Women's Health; health news; clinical pearls; a daily case study to solve; and more — all well done. A must see!
MedWatch	The FDA's safety information and adverse reporting program; how and what to report re: adverse drug effects; latest warnings that are a “must read -- and often” -- for every health care provider
MedWeb	Emory's comprehensive health info site
MedWeb Plus	A spin-off from the above site, with an arguably better search engine
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary	Try this if you need the definition of a medical term, or learn how to pronounce it; brought to you by InteliHealth
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database	Herbal and dietary supplement information; authoritative, scientific; synonyms, uses, safety, efficacy, interactions, much more; by paid subscription, but you can log in free from a U of Mich computer
The Natural Pharmacist	Info on herbals and other natural products, but be careful in trusting what you read; this is a redirect from a no longer existing site
QuackWatch	“Your guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions”
RxList	Need info about a drug? You might try here. Useful, but I'd give it only a B grade.
Taubman Medical Library	The UM med library's gateway
Taubman Medical Library Electronic Journals	Free log-in from U Mich workstations
Top 200 prescriptions	...from RxList
University of Michigan Health System	The gateway to our fine health system, or whatever it's being called today
U. Mich Med School Dept. of Pharmacology	My department's home page.
Women's Health Information Resources	...from the Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Columbia University; a great place to start a search on the subject of women's health issues
Drugs that prolong the QT interval and/or induce torsades de pointes	This link, to a PDF file, is about an important topic in that it identifies many drugs that may cause a life-threatening arrhythmia in susceptible patients.
Grapefruit juice: interactions with selected drugs	A handy table published by University of Michigan Hospitals' Pharmacy Services (Acrobat PDF file); posted with permission
Herb-Drug Interactions	...from the U. Michigan Health System Drug Information Service. A must-see, given the growing use of herbal remedies nowadays (PDF file); posted with permission
Herbs & "Natural" Substances in Weight-Loss Products	Another reference from the U Mich Drug Info Service. Lists ingredients in weight-loss products; their potential effects; evidence about weight-loss efficacy; more; rich text format file; posted with permission
Several years ago a med student told me, after one of my lectures, “...there's no place for humor [in class]; medicine is a 'serious business of facing death and saving lives.'” Lighten up! Get a Life!
Darwin Awards	Read about how hapless (ok, just plain stupid) human beings cleanse the gene pool and make the world a better place for the rest of us by doing themselves in -- in some of the most incredible (and incredibly dumb) ways
Hot Air	The Annals of Improbable Research home page; just for fun!
Weird Nursing Tales	...strange, funny, “you won't believe it” medical stories; humor; cartoons; and more... and definitely not just for nurses.
Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary	...just in case your spelling checker isn't good enough, not to mention the possibility you might learn something by using a real dictionary
Michigan Daily	Read the latest news, sports, and scuttlebutt during the Fall and Winter terms, from the U Michigan student rag.
Roget's Thesaurus	For when you're searching for that perfect word. And then you'll need....
The Elements of Style	Strunk & White's classic. Let's face it, dunce: even if you find the right words in the thesaurus you need help putting them all together correctly so you'll pass as literate.

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