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Good health sites

Going to the doctor can be a pain. Even though I’m not yet in the medical field, people would rather ask me or other health-bound students questions before seeing the doctor. I never assume that I know the answer (which I think is a problem with many students), but I usually search the Internet for possible solutions. The list below is of websites which I found useful for most of the problems that students have. If symptoms get worse, please see a doctor, but usually these links are good enough for everyday questions.

 

· http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/ChooseDrugs/1,4109,,00.html
What many students want to know is whether the pills they take are safe with other pills or food, etc. This website has a program that allows you to input all the medicines you take and see potential negative interactions. This site is easy to use and can additionally check for interactions with food and alcohol.

· http://www.webmd.com
This is one of the most well-known medical websites. WebMD is great, but under certain conditions. It should be used only to look up things the doctor tells you, such as conditions you may have or procedures you may receive. Some health professionals do not like WebMD simply because by looking at it, patients tend to think that they know what’s wrong with them and know what’s best for them more than the professional. I’ve heard doctors say that a patient will argue with them on having a certain condition and talk about all the symptoms they have and treatments they can do, when in fact, they don’t even have that condition.

 

· http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com

This site is one of my favorites. I personally think it’s even better than WebMD. It can tell you almost all the possible medical conditions which are associated with a symptom, rather than a select few. So when you look up “lump,” it won’t just tell you that it’s cancer, but also that it could be a cyst or abscess. I like it because it gives different perspectives, which are not all life threatening.

 

· http://www.doctorslounge.com/ask.htm

This site is for those who won’t feel at ease unless they ask a professional. This forum lets you ask medical questions and they are answered by real doctors. It might take some time, but the answers are really helpful.

 

· http://www.medherb.com

· http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html

Lastly, here are two herbal medicine links since many people are moving towards natural healing. I like these particular two since it has warnings on how much of the remedy you should use and when it’s bad to use them.

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Hey every one! I will not be posting any posts for a couple of days until my web designer friend is done upgrading the site! Which should be in a couple of days! In the mean time, visit the "links" on the side bar, they're very great resources.

Have a wonderful weekend!
-Ed

It's Business Baby!!

Who here hates looking for things in the phone book?  I do. Every time I tried looking for things in those text directories, I feel like gouging my eyes out. Last night I wanted to do a search of screen printing/graphic design companies in the local area to scope out my competition for Incarnate Clothing, and I was thinking to myself...there's gotta be a better way than flipping through these pages.

And then...BAM! I found www.itsbusinessbaby.com. IBB (itsbusinessbaby) is a virtual compilation of business cards. Companies sends IBB their business cards and IBB scans them and put it in their directory. Their Directory is really attractive, user-friendly, fun to use and more importantly I didn't feel like gouging my eyes out when I'm searching for things. To show you how easy it is, I'll show you.

The home page, very attractive.

 

 

 

I chose Newport and then I did a search for Graphic Design.

 

 

and poof! Graphic designers in Newport.

In easy 3 simple steps, I was able to look up things with half the time that would be spent flipping through text based directory.

Now, I'm not saying that IBB is perfect. IBB is still missing cities and a couple of professions. However, that problem will eventually fixes itself as more and more companies send in the business cards to IBB.

I e-mailed Lawrence Lugar regarding the use of his site and he responded in a very timely manner to me:

instead of flipping through a phonebook...or searching a typical text
directory site, http://www.ItsBusinessBaby.com allows you to find what
you're looking for locally via the tagged Business Card images of local city
businesses.Not text, or a phone book...but a visual image of Business Cards, to get
your local lead and chat about your local city in out city-specific forums.

Lawrence was really friendly and suggested that if me or any of my readers want to contact him or drop him a line, they can. Contact Lawrence, on that link, there are the different e-mails that you can use to advertise, contact him, or even to have small talk!

happy hunting everyone!
-Ed