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Tips For Searching Health Information

By Janet Wan  

When you are sick, it is usually a good idea to search for relevant health information online before you see your doctor. In this way, you can become prepared by knowing in advance both the related medical terminology and the questions that your doctor may ask during your office visit. Nevertheless, this is often a difficult task if you use traditional keyword-based search engines.

For instance, in order to have a rough idea which diseases you are having, both the presence and the absence of certain symptoms can provide important clues (e.g., whether sputum is accompanied by coughing). However, it is challenging to describe the absence of a symptom in a way that traditional keyword-based search engines can understand.

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Medical Training Information in the US

By Marc Willis  

According to the author Marc McCutcheon in his book, 'Everyday Life in the 1800s', most medical students were learning the doctoring 'trade' through the apprentice system. That would mean that young men fifteen years of age or older would move in and live with established physicians and trade labor for education. The arrangement lasted anywhere from two to six years with some students then continuing on to a formal medical school for at least two to four more years of education and to obtain a degree. The majority of physicians at the beginning of the century, however, opened their practices without having obtained a degree. Five medical schools were in operation by 1810.

Another author, Michael Varhola, in his book, 'Everyday Life during the Civil War', makes the following interesting statements:

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Medical Resources - Looking For Relevant Information

By David Urmann  

Medical resources are very important. You will never know when you will need it. It might change lives at the least expected moments. But these resources are expensive. They usually come in the form of thick books, like encyclopedias. And with the advanced medical research of today, it is very easy for these books to become outdated.

With expensive reference materials, people are hassled by going to public libraries to do their research. The medical students most especially are burdened with this problem. Some medical resources come out in the daily newspapers. There are also medicinal magazines that become sources for such publications. There are also announcements posted in the hospitals, clinics, schools and libraries.