MEDI INFO
The E-Mail News Letter of the Medical Informatics Subcommittee
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Vol 2: No 2: 1998 FEBRUARY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN THIS ISSUE
1. THIS MONTHS USEFUL LINKS
2. SLMA ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
3. FROM RAJASURIYA ORATION TO ORGAN FAILURE ON THE WWW
4. HISTORY OF MEDICINE
5. SRI JAYAWARDENAPURA GENERAL HOSPITAL WEBSITE
6. READERS COLUMN
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1. THIS MONTHS USEFUL LINKS
Doctor's Guide to: Menopause http://www.pslgroup.com/Menopause.HTM Diabetes http://www.pslgroup.com/Diabetes.HTM Asthma http://www.pslgroup.com/ASTHMA.HTM Ulcers and other Gastric Disorders http://www.pslgroup.com/ULCERS.HTM
Reproductive Technology Related Sites: Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates 1995 http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/arts/index.htm Fertilitext: A fertility treatment resource. http://www.fertilitext.org/
CancerNet: Cancer information from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
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2. SLMA ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS - March 25 to 28, 1998.
Theme: Qualify Assurance The Way Forward
Dr. Shyam Fernando has once again beaten the printer by making available the details of the sessions through the Internet.
http://infolanka.com/people/shyam/CMJ/session98.htm
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3. FROM RAJASURIYA ORATION TO ORGAN FAILURE ON THE WWW
This years Rajasuriya Memorial Oration on "Organ Failure Management - From Misery to Excellence" was delivered on February 6th, 1996 by Prof. Rizwi Sheriff, Professor of Medicine, University of Colombo. He spoke of Heart, Lung, Liver, Bone Marrow and Renal Failure; and presented a glimpse of what transplant surgery has done to relieve the misery and improve the quality of life of these patients.
We invite you to begin surfing the WWW for organ failure/transplant information at: http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Procedures_and_Therapies/Organ_Transplants/
Information about the Renal Transplant Program of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo is available at http://infolanka.com/clinmed
A comprehensive list of Renal Sites appeared in MEDIINFO Vol 1 No 4. http://infolanka.com/org/mediinfo/mediinfo14.html
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4. HISTORY OF MEDICINE
This years Rajasuriya Oration saw the award of the first Rajasuriya Prize for History of Medicine. The Rajasuriya History of Medicine Prize is awarded by the Faculty of Medicine Colombo through an examination which is open to any medical student or pre-intern doctor. Here are some Medical History site on the WWW.
Images from the history of medicine http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
History of Biomedicine http://www.mic.ki.se:80/History.html
The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. History of Medicine Collections http://www.utmb.edu:80/galveston/universities/utmb/mml/blocker.html
The fist winner of the Rajasuriya Prize for History of Medicine is making an attempt to put Sri Lanka's Medical History on the WWW at http://infolanka.com/org/medicalhistory
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5. SRI JAYAWARDENAPURA GENERAL HOSPITAL WEBSITE
Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital has become the first Sri Lankan Hospital
with its own comprehensive Internet website. This well organized and informative
site is easy to navigate. We congratulate Dr. Ananda Perera and Dr. Asoka
G. Moragoda for a job well done. Visit SJGH at http://infolanka.com/org/SJGH
Do not forget to sign the guest book !!!
Prior to SJGH, a page about the NHSL was available through the clinmed site at http://infolanka.com/people/shyam/ClinMed7.htm. and the Institute of Cardiology - Colombo came up with its own small website at http://infolanka.com/org/cardiology.
If this is not enough find links to hospitals around the world at http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.nclk
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6. READERS COLUMN:
This column is open to you. Please feel free to send in you views/comments
and short articles.
Editors
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