General Medical Topics
Screening - Physical Examination
Loyola University maintains this web site that provides a brief descriptions of medical examination for the different body systems.

Clinical Pictures
A wealth clinical images showing pathological conditions, categorized by body region. From the University of California, San Diego.

Disease-related Topics
Dermatology
The New Zealand Dermatological Society maintains this web site that includes a wealth of images that allow you to identify most common skin disorders. Go to information about skin diseases and their treatment.

Abdominal Pain
Virtual Hospital explains the characteristics of abdominal pain, and the differential diagnosis.

Urogenital Conditions
The American Urological Association web site is a source of well-organized and readable information on urogenital conditions.

Endocrine Disease
From Washington University in St. Louis, this website discusses the neuromuscular manifestations of endocrine diseases.

Pharmacology
Drug Information from RxList
Here you can look up drugs by either brand names or generic names. Note that the information on each drug is presented under many tabs, such as “description, clinical pharmacology, indications and dosage, and side effects.”

Medline Plus from NIH
This site provides drug information aimed more at the general public. When you query for a specific drug you will get a wide array of information on that class of drugs and the diseases treated with the drug. For information about just the drug you asked for you have to scroll down to the heading Drug Information

FDA Drug Page
This site not only lets you search for specific drugs but also provides wide array of information under headings, such as Drug Review Process, Clinical Trials, and Buying Drugs on the Internet

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