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Healthopedia.com partners with the best, most credible companies in the health-care industry to provide its users with current, comprehensive, and up-to-date information. Healthopedia.com also contains material created by news services, government agencies (such as the National Institutes of Health), non-profit organizations, and other content partners.

• Medical Encyclopedia and Health centers:
Healthopedia.com has licensed medical encyclopedia and health centers content from The Patient Marketing Group, Inc., a Pennington, New Jersey, based award-winning publisher of medical information. Since its formation in 1991, the organization has been widely recognized for its leadership in designing educational programs of value to patients and their physicians.
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The Online Medical Encyclopedia, a winner of prestigious industry awards, is a comprehensive consumer health content library featuring more than 1,500 in-depth articles and more than 450 detailed online medical illustrations and images. The Online Medical Encyclopedia offers information on a wide range of topics that touch on a broad range of health issues and reviews almost any condition imaginable, including:
• Health Centers
• Diseases and Conditions
• Medical Tests and Procedures
• Infections
• Surgeries
• Nutrition & Diet
• Medical Symptoms
• Injuries & Wounds
• Special topics such as:
   —Anesthesia
   —Sports safety guidelines
   —Stress management
   —Exercise
   —Disabilities

The award-winning Online Medical Encyclopedia provides comprehensive health information offering the most current information on a wide variety of topics, the Online Medical Encyclopedia allows our users the opportunity to benefit from:
• In-depth coverage on over 1,500 health topics written, edited, researched, and reviewed by experienced healthcare professionals
• Over 450 illustrations and graphic images to enhance understanding
• Simple searches using title, alternate name, keyword, or health topic area
• User-friendly indexing to make researching easier
• Over 21,000 links within articles that help the readers uncover additional information
• Nonmedical terminology that makes articles easy to read and comprehend
• Authors and reviewers who reflect a cross section of the medical community, bringing their expertise in a number of disciplines and specialties such as general physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physical therapists, neurologists, podiatrists, dentists, cardiologists, psychologists, oncologists, and others

Winner of following awards:

• Time Inc.'s "FREDDIE" award for Best Consumer Healthcare Site
• Prevention/Consumers Internet Leadership and Achievement Award
• Forbes "Best of the Web"

The electronic version is updated each quarter.

• Drug Information Database:
Healthopedia.com has licensed drug information content from Thomson MICROMEDEX, a Greenwood Village, Colorado, based provider of world's most trusted information for healthcare, safety, and the environment.
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Healthopedia.com contains two drug information databases:
• DrugNotes (Quick Drug Information)
• USP DI® Volume II: Advice for the Patient® (Detailed Drug Information)

• DrugNotes (Quick Drug Information)
DrugNotes offers a complete set of concise patient-oriented drug summaries, covering both brand and generic drugs, of close to 1,000 most frequently prescribed drugs. The documents offer consumers straightforward information on indications, contraindications, usage, precautions, interaction warnings and side effects for prescription and nonprescription drugs.

DrugNotes documents are frequently reviewed by a team of experts to keep the documents accurate. The electronic version is updated each quarter.

Summary of Contents:
- Brand Name(s)
- When This Medicine Should Not Be Used
- How to Use This Medicine
- How to Store and Dispose of This Medicine
- Drugs and Foods to Avoid
- Warnings While Using This Medicine
- Possible Side Effects While Using This Medicine

• USP DI® Volume II: Advice for the Patient® (Detailed Drug Information)
USP DI® Volume II: Advice for the Patient® (Detailed Drug Information Database) is the most comprehensive consumer drug education material on the market, providing accurate, in-depth, unbiased information on labeled and off-label uses for more than 11,000 U.S. and Canadian drugs and medications.

This respected reference is written in consumer-friendly language and explains drug information in easy-to-understand terms to help patients understand and successfully follow their drug regimens. Provides direct, reassuring guidance on proper use, precautions, side effects, special considerations such as age, allergy information, pregnancy warnings and more.

More in-depth than any other patient information resource available, Volume II is written at the 12th grade reading level for discerning patients wanting more information than provided by typical pharmacy/patient education leaflets.

The information is reviewed and evaluated by respected healthcare experts to keep the documents accurate. The electronic version is updated each quarter.

Summary of Contents:
- Title section: lists common brand name drugs used in the United States and Canada.
- Description: tells how to pronounce the drug’s name, what the drug is used for, what dosage forms are available, and if a doctor must prescribe the drug.
- Proper use of this medicine: tells how to store and use the drug, including usual doses and information such as what to do if a dose is missed.
- Before using this medicine: explains what patients and their healthcare professionals should consider in advance such as allergies and special diet restrictions.
- Precautions: explains what to avoid or be careful of when using the drug, and when medical supervision is required.
- Side effects: lists common and rare side effects of the drug and any required medical attention.
- Additional Information: details other uses not shown in the product labeling.

USP DI® and Advice for the Patient® are registered trademarks of USP used under license to Micromedex, a business of Thomson Healthcare Inc.

• Health News Content:
Healthopedia.com has licensed health news content content from HealthDay, a division of ScoutNews, LLC, a daily consumer health news service headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. The HealthDay editorial staff combines more than 120 years of editing and reporting for some of the largest media companies with expertise in health and medical journalism.
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The HealthDay editorial staff combines more than 120 years of editing and reporting for some of the largest media companies with expertise in health and medical journalism. HealthDay editors and writers have won most of the major journalism awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Headliners Award, and top prizes from Associated Press Managing Editors.

HealthDay's daily consumer health news stories are fair and accurate, reflecting the highest standards in American journalism. In fact, many of the country's major news and media companies subscribe to HealthDay. Additionally, HealthDay stories are syndicated through the New York Times syndicate in print to more than 40 newspapers and broadcast outlets every day.

HealthDay's award-winning reporters produce up to 15 stories on weekdays, and 4 stories on Saturday and Sunday. These articles cover the latest developments in medicine and health, based on primary sources and interviews with medical researchers and experts. Among the types of stories in our daily feed:

• Latest News -- We publish between 8 and 10 hard health news stories a day, with multiple daily news feeds. HealthDay reporters write under the direction of veteran editing staff. Each story undergoes extensive review and copyediting.
• Today's Health Highlights -- We sum up the day’s health and medical world in a four-to- seven story “Health News Roundup.”
• FYI’s -- We offer three-to-four paragraph health tidbits, including helpful and/or amusing bits of information about your health
• FDA Approvals and Actions -- We report the latest approvals from the Food and Drug Administration on drugs and medical devices and include links to sites that explain how these drugs or devices work and what the side effects and hazards are.
• Archives -- We supply a 12-month archive of more than 4,500 HealthDay articles on our Web site with a searchable database of the latest information sought by patients

The health news are updated daily.