Directorios

GENERALES

 

	Biblioteca y Museo Historicomédicos
		Universitat de València y CSIC. «El Museo Historicomédico fue fundado por José María López Piñero hace tres décadas con instrumentos, aparatos y otras fuentes materiales e iconográficas procedentes de la Facultad de Medicina. También se ha enriquecido a partir de entonces gracias a donaciones de instituciones y particulares, hasta llegar a reunir más de tres mil objetos.» España

	Bionet
		«Bionet é o nome de um sítio Internet sobre Ciências da Vida, realizado pelo Museu de Ciência em colaboração com outros museus e centros de ciência europeus. No Bionet poderá encontrar informações – em língua portuguesa – sobre os temas mais actuais da investigação genética e biotecnológica, como por exemplo a clonagem, os transgénicos, as células estaminais... O Bionet é um sítio dinâmico, vivo, onde a informação é constantemente actualizada e onde pode participar em debates, dar a sua opinião, votar em questões importantes e efectuar a sua própria pesquisa. Pode também comparar as suas opiniões com as de outros cidadãos europeus.» Europa Portugal

	Country Doctor
		Life. Photographs by W. Eugene Smith. EEUU - inglés

	Eat less and live healthier
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «...the only reliable way to extend the lifespan of rodents, spiders, guppies and water fleas is to drastically cut calories without skimping on essential nutrients. It's a technique scientists call undernutrition without malnutrition.» EEUU - inglés

	Frente a la oscuridad
		Museo Zumalakarregui. Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa. «La modernidad tiene muchas caras. A lo largo del siglo XIX, a la par que las revoluciones económicas, sociales y políticas, se va a ir imponiendo una nueva percepción: la vida humana, adquiere mayor valor. El hombre consigue vivir más, consigue vivir mejor, la fotografía hace que su imagen -su verdadera imagen, no la ficción de un artista- se prolongue más allá de su vida.» España

	Getting Better
		University Health Network Artifact Collection; Canada Science and Technology Museum. «Getting Better is an online exhibit structured on the departments of a hospital, featuring artifacts and archival images illustrating the people, practices, and technologies associated with hospital health care in the 20th century. It is aimed at students aged 10 to 15 and their teachers, and intended to be used to support and enhance other classroom activities. It includes online games, bibliographies, and a sample lesson plan.» Canadá

	Great American Quacks
		The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. EEUU - inglés

	HealthSpace Cleveland
		The Health Museum of Cleveland. «The first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, The Health Museum of Cleveland was founded in 1936 by the president of Cleveland’s Academy of Medicine and a dedicated group of physicians, dentists and community leaders. The museum opened its doors to the public in 1940 and since that time has provided health education and information in a museum setting.» EEUU - inglés

	Hospital Architecture in Montreal: A Digital Resource
		McGill University. Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. Social and architectural evolution of hospitals. Canadá

	John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science
		«The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science is Houston's only interactive science center and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. Located in the heart of the city's rich and varied Museum District at 1515 Hermann Drive, the museum offers an exciting "inner body experience."» EEUU - inglés

	Minding the Body
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «Remember when "mind and body" were distinct? Today we know the mind affects the body and vice versa. Hardly quacks, today's "mind-body" researchers are getting hard data.» EEUU - inglés

	Museo Virtual de la Sanidad en España
		Instituto de Salud Carlos III. «Una disciplina no adquiere solera ni consistencia hasta que tiene su propia HISTORIA. A través de la Historia se consolidan los saberes y los "haceres". La Sanidad Española ya tiene, por lo menos, 150 años de trayectoria, por lo que ya existen suficientes autores y materiales para ir formando un fondo histórico que permita, por un lado rendir homenaje a las instituciones sanitarias y a los sanitarios ilustres, y por otro, facilitar el conocimiento a las generaciones venideras de la evolución de la Sanidad o Higiene Pública. (fr. Santé Publique. ing. Public Health) El objetivo del Museo, es pues, ofrecer una visita cronológica y temática por los aspectos más significativos de la historia de la Sanidad en España. Siempre desde este punto de vista, de prevención de la enfermedad y de promoción de la Salud Pública. No se trata, por tanto, de un museo de las enfermedades, con información acerca de síntomas, diagnósticos y terapias; se trata básicamente de un Museo de la Salud.» España

	Nicotine Junkies
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «In the midst of a battle royale over tobacco, nicotine and smoking, scientists have found striking evidence that heroin, cocaine and nicotine affect the same part of the brain.» EEUU - inglés

	Obesity: it could break your heart
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «...the American Heart Association raised obesity to the exalted status of "independent major risk factor" for heart disease. Translated, that means being obese raises your chances of having a coronary heart disease -- even if your blood cholesterol is normal and you run a marathon every week.» EEUU - inglés

	Occupational Health and Safety
		Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada. «Occupational Health and Safety is a means of controlling workplace hazards, by reducing or eliminating occupational injuries or illnesses.» Canadá

	Odyssey of Life
		PBS NOVA Online. «The history of man for the nine months preceding his birth would probably be far more interesting, and contain events of greater moment, than all the three score and ten years that follow it.» Samuel T. Coleridge EEUU - inglés

	One Pill Makes You Smaller
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «Because CLA is a natural nutrient that seems to enhance the immune system, prevent cancer, and burn fat. In animal tests, it has few side effects.» EEUU - inglés

	Secrets of Aging
		Museum of Science. «Explore the different ways scientists study aging and view some of the results of decades of aging research.» EEUU - inglés

	The Air We Breath
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to clamp down on ozone and fine-particle air pollution that, it says, are causing disease and early death among thousands of vulnerable people.» EEUU - inglés

	The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
		The Science Museum of Minnesota. «...collection of the hilarious, horrifying, and preposterous medical devices that have been foisted upon the public in their quest for good health.» EEUU - inglés

	Truth About Impotence
		PBS NOVA Online. «It is estimated that impotence affects up to 30 million American men, most of whom could be treated, and yet only 5% of men who suffer from the condition seek treatment. Now, with the recent FDA approval of an oral medication, the nation is talking and learning about a subject that was formerly considered taboo.» EEUU - inglés

	Tutoriales interactivos de salud
		«Los tutoriales interactivos enumerados a continuación han sido creados por el Patient Education Institute (Instituto para la Educación del Paciente). Estos tutoriales ofrecen información acerca de diferentes enfermedades, medidas para su prevención, procedimientos médicos y promoción de una vida sana. En cada tutorial se presentan gráficas animadas y se utiliza vocabulario fácil de entender. Además, se puede escuchar la narración del texto de cada uno de ellos.» «Bienvenido a la versión en español de MedlinePlus, el portal de Internet de información de salud para el público de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina, la biblioteca médica más grande del mundo. Los profesionales de la salud y el público en general pueden depender de su contenido confiable y actualizado. MedlinePlus ofrece información proveniente de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud y otras fuentes de confianza sobre más de 600 temas de salud.» EEUU - hispano

	Viendo, oyendo y oliendo el mundo
		Howard Hughes Medical Institute. «Sin embargo, todo lo que vemos, sentimos, olemos o saboreamos requiere que millones de células nerviosas envíen mensajes urgentes, a lo largo de vías que se entrecruzan, y que retroalimenten a los circuitos de nuestros cerebros, llevándose a cabo cálculos intrincados que los científicos tan sólo han empezado a descifrar.» EEUU - inglés

	Visible Embryo
		«This spiral represents the 23 stages occurring in the first trimester of pregnancy and every two weeks of the second and third trimesters. Use the spiral to navigate through the 40 weeks of pregnancy and preview the unique changes in each stage of human development.» EEUU - inglés

	What's Your Beef?
		University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. «A trade war -- a fracas in the feedlot -- is looming in the transatlantic tussle over beef. The European Union has branded beef that was raised with synthetic hormones as unhealthy and bans imports. That fences out most beef producers in the United States where most beef is treated with hormones to speed growth.» EEUU - inglés

	William H. Welch, A Tribute Exhibition
		Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. «William Henry Welch (1850-1934) is a major figure in the history of medicine and public health. The collection of his personal and professional papers in the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives consist of approximately 200 boxes which include correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia. This online exhibit provides a glimpse of this important leader, his accomplishments, and the significant and extensive collection of papers he left behind.» EEUU - inglés

	Otras secciones de Ciencias de la Salud
	Medicina	Farmacia