How to
Get the Most Out of OmniMedicalSearch.com
OmniMedicalSearch.com is divided into 4 main
sections:
- Search Options
- Reference Desk
- Conditions & Diseases
- Local Directory
A. Search Options
1. Web:
Our Web search option is the first place our visitors go to
find authoritative, consumer-oriented health and medical information.
Powered by HealthLine.com's Medically Guided Search™
user experience is enhanced through a consumer health taxonomy
that encompasses nearly one million medical terms and synonyms
that translates everyday language and precisely matches it
to complex medical information.
2. News: Our health and medical news
search option can keep you on top of the news & medical
discoveries reported from around the world. With the power
of Google Custom Search, we present the news you need to know
from the top 25 sources.
3. Images: New Medical Image
Search Engine. Search for medical images only via
our index of 150,000 images from more than 100 sources. Read
about it more from LibrarianInBlack
4. Forums: Discover what other patients,
caregivers and health professionals are discussing about the
conditions, diseases and treatments that concern you most.
Communicating with others about the progress and mutual support
you all share may be one of the most underestimated aspects
of your recovery. Increase your circle of friends and lift
your spirits by using this often overlooked search tool that
queries over 120 different health and medical forums.
5. MedPro: As it's name suggests, our
Google powered MedPro option is for Medical Professionals,
as well as patients and caregivers who want to go a little
deeper in their research. The resources programmed into this
search tool are comprised of medical professional, peer level
resources which include: Pubmed, National Institute
of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Cancer.gov, MedPageToday.com,
FDA, Merck, Ovid, Intute, Guideline.gov, Journal Watch, ClinicalTrials.gov,
CenterWatch.com, eMedicine.com, RxList.com, and Oncolink.com.
6. Shopping:
Not pictured above. When you shop and compare prices on health
and medical products, you can save money. Sometimes, up to
50 percent. In these recessionary times and high medical costs,
it makes sense to comparison shop and save.
B. Reference Desk:
Our Reference Desk section was designed and
assembled to help the consumer-researcher and medical professional
access highly useful tools and hard to find resources.
Acronym Search: Since many health
and medical articles contain acronyms (words formed from the
first letter a multi-word name), we have included an Acronym
Search box powered by Medilexicon. With the first search box,
you can just type in the acronym or abbreviation in question
(ie - APHA) and press Go. The second box allows you to type
in keywords and returns a list of all possibile abbreviations.
Medical Associations: When
researching a condition or disease, sometimes it's good to
get information directly from the horse's mouth, as the old
saying goes. Our recently updated Medical Association directory
features more then 230 medical academies, associations, organizations,
foundations, and societies from the United States, and in
some cases, Britain, Canada and Australia and reaches across
112 different categories. Associations are categorized by
an alphabetical/subject combination.
Searchable Databases: Although we
incorporate many of these sources in our Web, News, and MedPro
search results, we've compiled this serendipitous list of
searchable databases to provide you with direct access to
these authoritative health and medical information sources.
Dictionary: This
search box powered by OneLook searches an amazing 1,065 different
online dictionaries at once and guarantees you'll never be
in doubt to a word's exact meaning ever again.
Health and Medical Forum Directory:
When facing a health crisis, patients and caregivers
often look to others for support and encouragement. They want
to connect with people under similar circumstances and become
part of a community that advances each other's goals, and
prevents mistakes. OMS users can now achieve these goals with
the help of our health and medical forum directory which assembles
more than 120 great chat rooms and forums all together in
one place. Includes 58 general and specific subject forums.
Medical Journals:
Medical Journals are the one place doctors, students, researchers
and other medical professionals go to keep up to date on the
latest breakthroughs in medical research. With our medical
journal mini-directory, we've compiled approximately 250 links
to medical journal websites in 55 categories. You can search
for any journal by subject.
Medical Image Directory:
You can read a 1,000 word article on myocardial infarctions
(heart attacks) and yet, nothing puts it all together in your
mind like a good illustration. Filled with links to websites
offering 3D, color coded, animated, microscopic and video
illustrations, our collection of 40 links to the top medical
image collections in the world. This is your gateway to literally
tens of thousands of different pictures that are worth more
than a 1,000 words. You can also try our easy to use Medical Image Search Engine which has recently been
released.
C. Conditions & Diseases
Although there are many good resources on the
internet for information about various conditions and diseases,
many of those sources don't put all the information together
in the best possible way that makes it easy for consumers
to understand. With the goal of putting it all together in
an easy to understand format, OmniMedicalSearch.com has slowly
been releasing informative articles on the most common Conditions
and Diseases. OMS currently offers 400 subject specific articles
under 8 different categories.
D. Local Directory
Doctor Directory: Our multi-speciality
doctor directory helps users find specialist doctors, clinics
and professionals in their area in the United States and Canada
for listed categories. OmniMedicalSearch.com offers this medical
practice location information for convenience purposes only
and assumes no responsibility for the firms listed in this
directory.
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