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See Also:

• health
• health → education → patient education
• health → news and media
• health → public health and safety → indigenous health
• health → resources → consumer information
• society → philosophy → ethics → applied → bioethics
• society → support groups

Links

American Council on Science and Health 
http://www.acsh.org/

A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.

What Doctors Don't Tell You 
http://www.wddty.co.uk/

Monthly magazine informing patients of little-known side effects of drugs, and allegedly "proven" alternative remedies.

Partners In Health 
http://www.pih.org/

Research, advocacy and publications related to health, worldwide. Focus upon the poor. Partners with projects in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, United States, with a goal of neither development or charity, but "pragmatic solidarity".

Case Western Reserve University - Program on Society and Health 
http://www.cwru.edu/med/society/home.htm

Interdisciplinary group which studies the impact of biomedical technology, health policy, and demographic shifts on society. Mission statement, upcoming events, past events, future plans, and faculty listing.

Safety Links 
http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/index.htm

Directory of links to information and articles on safety.

Antibiotic resistance 
http://whyfiles.org/038badbugs/

From the Why Files.

HealthWatch UK 
http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/

Promotes the assessment and testing of treatments, whether 'orthodox' or 'alternative'.

Health Facts and Fears 
http://healthfactsandfears.com/

A news site promoting sound science and combating the hype and junk science. The issues covered include food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.

PBS - Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/

Series about the most critical and emerging threats to global public health, and the leaders who deal with them. Includes information about the television series, the book, how to get involved, background information and teaching resources.

Newsgroups

• talk.politics.medicine

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