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- Real Nurse
>> Nursing Resources
- Medical Dictionaries
- NetDoctor.co.uk
- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Health-e (South Africa)
- Applesforhealth.com
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Mediwarp - "Intelligent health search"
- National Medical Network (USA)
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Healthlinks.net
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Hydrocephalus Foundation
- International Society for Stem Cell Research
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The Australian Stem Cell Centre
- The Institute for Stem Cell Research (UK)
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The Stem Cell Research Foundation (USA)
- MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
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Ethnomed - ethnic medicine information
- Discover Health and Wealth
- International Advocates for Health Freedom
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Health Informatics Glossary
- United States National Library of Medicine
- Medscape
- Web MD
- WHO - World Health Organization
- The Merck Manual - Home Edition
- Virtual Hospital
- The RMO's Online Handbook
- Marine-Medic.com
- The Mayo Clinic and
Mayo Health
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Scripps Health Center
- Executive health risk assessment
- drkoop
- British Medical Journal
- Intelihealth
- Health on the Net Foundation
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Martindale's Health Science Guide
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WebMD
- Speech Delay
- MSN Health & Fitness
- Medical prescription - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Medpage Today
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The
Visible Human Project
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The Australian Survivalist
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NCPS - the National Center for
Patient Safety
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MI-WAY... Medical Information Super Highway
- Medicine Online
- News-Medical.Net
- SunSmart - a key education program of
The Cancer Council Victoria with the aim to lead, co-ordinate, implement and evaluate
action to minimize the human cost of skin cancer
- Struck by Lightning
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Transhumanism - World Transhumanist Association (WTA)
- RACGP - Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Australian General Practice
Accreditation Limited (AGPAL) - "make a safe choice when looking for a General Practice"
- Save Your Sight
(Australia) - "aims to raise awareness of the importance of eye health
among the general public, health and community sectors and government"
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Healthopedia
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Health Insite
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The Better Health Channel
- Doctor's Reference Site
>> List of Australian medical sites
- NSW Government Health site
- Medical Assistant.net
- Australian Federation of
Men's Health and Wellbeing Associations
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Andrology Australia -
The Australian Centre of Excellence in Male Reproductive Health
- Mensheds Australia ...
"Every man needs a shed." -- A not-for-profit Australian organisation dedicated as the peak body,
to resourcing and supporting "Men's Sheds."
The growing problems with men's health, isolation, loneliness and depression are now looming
as major health issues in Australia. Men’s Sheds can play a significant and practical role in addressing these
and other men’s issues and at the same time act as a catalyst in stimulating their community's economic activities.
"A place where loneliness ends and inspiration starts."
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Medical myths -- Mixed messages - Sometimes even doctors are duped.
>> PDF format
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Does your doctor know for sure? - Drink eight glasses of water a day. Don't read in dim light or you'll ruin your eyes.
Eating turkey makes you tired. Shaving your hair makes it grow back coarser. Tried and true medical advice, right?
- Food Safety Information Council (Australia)
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Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
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Connects - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Portal
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PatientsLikeMe -
goal is "to improve the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases ...
by providing a better, more effective way for you to share your real-world health experiences in order to help yourself,
other patients like you and organizations that focus on your conditions."
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Be medicinewise - Know what's in your medicines
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Parents, Babies and Children ...
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KidsHealth - Nemours Foundation
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Kids Health Info - Royal Children's Hospital of Victoria (Australia)
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Kids Health - Children's Hospital at Westmead (NSW, Australia)
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Real Mums - the realities of parenting!
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Saving Mum
>> About the Saving Mum website
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Today's parent
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ParentBest - Discussion forums and information portal for parents with children
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The Humour Foundation - "Laughter is the best medicine" - Humour for sick children
- The Osteopathic Center for Children
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A Usable Web for Long-stay Hospitalised Children
- Children's Intensive Caring
- "medical answers to help prevent sickness and illness in your babies, children, adolescents and young adults!"
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KidSource - the focus is primarily on health and education related
issues
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Keeping Babies & Children Safe
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Zero to Three
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Exploring Natural Solutions For Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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Australian College of Midwives
(midwifery)
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iwant2Bhealthy
>> Mother & baby -
Youths -
Adults -
Seniors
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Your Baby's Health — All About
Allergies - Children need more protection than adults do
- OzProspect
>> Perceptions of Parenthood Need an Overhaul -
Confidence the Key to Having Kids -
The reality of imperfection
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Idolising Children (book) -
orderable from UNSW Press ...
"Obsessed with our own youth and wanting perfect, genius children who live in a world of designer clothes
and toys, Idolising Children says it’s time for us to find new ways of parenting and a new kind of childhood.
We need to remove the guilt that comes with trying to be perfect parents."
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Baby, you make me sad (or, Kids are no fun)
- Marriage will make you happy, and money won't hurt. But if you want
joy in your life, it's best not to have children, Harvard University
psychology professor Daniel Gilbert says.
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It's My Body ...
For Teens -
Dealing with Body Change (Puberty) -
For Parents: Supporting Your Teenager -
Women's Health Issues
(including periods,
incontinence and
thrush) -
Resources for Schools
(including student information sheets)
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Reach Out!
(Australia) -- a web-based service that inspires young people to help themselves through tough times.
- Lifeline telephone ... 131 114
- Kids help line ... 1800 55 1800
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helpful.com -
an online guide for young people with information and helpful solutions for everyday issues, with hundreds of articles
covering health problems, love, employment advice, lifestyle, beauty, animals, electronics and computers,
sports, travel plus much more.
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American Psychological Association - APA
- Children, Adolescents, and the Internet
Developmental Psychology (journal), Vol. 42, No.3, March 2005 ...
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OLPC - One Laptop per Child Australia -
established to further the goals and aspirations of the One Laptop per Child initiative
and those inherent in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
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Junior Puzzles - Australian handmade wooden educational puzzles, designed for early childhood development and
catering to children's differing needs and educational requirements.
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Protecting Your Child from the Ill-Effects of Passive Smoking (University of Minnesota) -
Nonsmoking children can be exposed to cigarette smoke in two ways: secondhand smoke and sidestream smoke.
These situations are sometimes referred to as passive smoking.
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Autism / Technology Addiction ...
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Science Outpaced by Autism -- What Are the symptoms of Autism? -
Autism continues to baffle scientific researchers around the world.
Although many likely causes have been suggested, none have proven to be the cause.
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Center for the Study of Autism
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Music Therapy and Language for the Autistic Child
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Aspiritech -
a non-profit organization with a mission to provide a path for high functioning individuals on the Autism Spectrum
to realize their potential through gainful employment. They harness these individuals' unique abilities –
attention to detail, precision, an affinity for repetitive tasks, outstanding technology skills –
to provide competitively-priced software testing services. They do this by providing their
software testers
with a combination of intensive training, structure, and support to mitigate potential workplace challenges.
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The Geek Syndrome - Autism, and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome, is surging among the
children of Silicon Valley.
Are math-and-tech genes to blame?
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Ten signs you're tech obsessed
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Center for
Internet Addiction
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Internet Addiction Gaining Credibility
- 'Info-mania' dents IQ more than marijuana -
The relentless influx of emails, cellphone calls and instant messages received by modern workers can reduce their IQ
by more than smoking marijuana, suggests UK research. Far from boosting productivity, the constant flow of messages
and information can seriously reduce a person's ability to focus on tasks, the study of office workers found.
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Are You Addicted to Email? -
results of AOL's third annual Email Addiction Survey (2007)
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Poisonous Plants
- Symptoms to recognize and First Aid ...
Classes of toxicity, with pictures of the plants:
- Danger, don't plant - Asthma or stick weed, Rhus, Yellow oleander ...
- Avoid these plants if you have children - Cactus and many succulents (all species with spines),
Chillies (especially hot varieties), Dumb cane, Mushrooms and toadstools
- Poisonous, treat with caution - Angels trumpet, Cycads, Grevilleas, Oleander, Poinsettia,
the leaves of Rhubarb (the stem is edible), White cedar, Yesterday today tomorrow
- Poisonous, but not usually a concern - Agapanthus, Amaryllis, Arum lily, Azaleas and rhododendrons,
Daffodils and other narcissus, Foxgloves (Digitalis), Lily-of-the-valley
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Asthma and Allergies ...
- Food / Weight Control / Obesity / Overweight / Underweight / Eating Disorders / Bulimia / Anorexia ...
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Center for Weight and Health
- The female fat trap -
"While overall in Australia there are more men carrying excess weight than women ... women are gaining
weight more rapidly than men. ... The fact that females are now
starting to fill out much earlier in life than in the past is a worry
on its own. But it's particularly troubling for those women who become
mothers, as this is a life event recognised as a 'danger time' for
long-term weight gain."
- Building a Healthy, Active Australia -
addressing the growing problem of declining physical activity and poor eating habits
- The Go for 2&5 website
(2 types of fruit and 5 types of vegetables per day) - provides families with reliable, practical and consumer
friendly information on the importance of healthy eating and physical activity to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
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Dietriffic - a blog that helps you achieve a healthier lifestyle!
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Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
- The Butterfly Foundation (Australia) -
"dedicated to changing the culture, policy and practice in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders"
- Eating Disorders Foundation Inc. (EDF Inc - NSW, Australia)
- Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria (EDFV - Australia)
- Australian National Centre of Excellence in Functional Foods (NCEFF) -
undertakes the scientific substantiation of benefits from "functional foods" --
those that that support human health and wellbeing, providing health benefits beyond basic nutrition
- JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
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Study -
Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity (Katherine Flegal
et al.) -
CONCLUSION: "Underweight and obesity, particularly higher levels of obesity, were associated with increased mortality
relative to the normal weight category. The impact of obesity on mortality may have decreased
over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care."
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New Study Crushes CDC's Obesity-Death Statistic
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Studies Show Being Fat is Not So Bad -
Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the
nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC
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Dangers of being overweight overstated
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CDC links extra pounds, lower death risk
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Fewer than expected dying from obesity
- CDC overstated risks of being overweight
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COFFEE & TEA
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Coffee may spell heart trouble for some -
Research on more than 4,000 people in Costa Rica found that among "slow caffeine metabolizers",
those who drank two or more cups of coffee daily were at least 36% more likely to have a non-fatal heart attack
than those who drank little or no coffee.
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The Health Benefits of Coffee versus Tea -
There's growing body of research to suggest that both are good for you in different ways.
- Academy of Health Education of Victoria (AHEV)
>> Drink Driving program:
.05.com.au (and other programs) -
"A Drug Called Alcohol" - What is a "standard" drink? - Myths about sobering up -
Effects of alcohol in society - Interaction of alcohol and drugs -
Procedures to follow when re-applying for your driver licence, etc
>>
"Today Tonight" TV program story on The Effects of Alcohol
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Food Intolerance Network - "Fed Up with Food Additives
- Information about the effects of food on behaviour, health and learning ability in both children and adults.
- Support for families using the low chemical elimination diet recommended by the Australian Royal Prince Alfred Hospital -
Free of Additives, Low in Salicylates, Amines and Flavour Enhancers ("FAILSAFE").
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Fish could fight diabetes
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High carbs and low Glycemic Index (GI) are tops
- Study concludes: Eat fast! Eat until full! Get fatter!
- The Fitness Jumpsite
>> 10 Tips To Healthy Eating
- The Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity
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- Computer-related & Technology-related Health Issues ...
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IT workers -
How that desk job wears your body down
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Are You Searching Yourself Sick -
Are you an Internet hypochondriac? -
Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search
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Online banking creates "bankaholics"
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Keys to happiness - "A
seemingly innocuous activity, typing is in fact the cause of many a bung wrist."
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Taking your life in your hands - Keyboards spread disease
- EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information
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When your computer can kill you ... e-Thrombosis
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5 Ways To Avoid Letting Your Computer Kill You
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Safe Computing Tips - Stay healthy and avoid injury while working long hours at your PC
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HealthyComputing com
- How to Avoid Keyboard Fatigue (carpal tunnel syndrome)
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Use Two Thumbs to Avoid RSI When Texting, Says Study
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Stop Squinting: Combat Computer Eye Strain -
"Ever had dry, irritated, inflamed or sore eyes, headaches or blurred vision after prolonged computer use?
Then you might have suffered computer vision syndrome
(CVS). Check out these tips from Microsoft for combating computer eye
strain including how far to sit from your screen, reducing lighting and
glare and swapping your contacts for glasses when at your PC."
- Keeping Fit While Working ...
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Your Computer Is Bad for You
- ""Toxic dust" (brominated flame retardants on the surfaces of common
devices in homes and offices) found on computer processors and monitors
contains chemicals linked to reproductive and neurological disorders,
according to a new study by several environmental groups.
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NewTreatments.org
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Computer-related injuries
- long periods of working at a computer can cause musculoskeletal
problems, eyestrain and overuse injuries of the hands and wrists.
- The Dvorak Keyboard and You
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Wrist pain? Try the Dvorak keyboard
- around 60 to 70 percent of typing in English can be performed on a
Dvorak keyboard without ever leaving the home row, while only 30 to 35
percent of typing on a QWERTY keyboard can be done on the home row.
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Folding@Home - a distributed computing project which studies
protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and
related diseases.
You can help by
downloading and running their client software.
For every computer that joins the project, they get a commensurate increase in simulation speed.
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Heavy computer use linked to glaucoma
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Laptops can be risk to fertility -
Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert says.
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Helpless as a ... (about tracking and monitoring technology, reliance on technology,
loss of identity) - Surveillance and monitoring of one kind or another is here to stay. ...
"by embracing identity technology we lose our identity." ...
Many technologies offer instant solutions. Our reliance on these is changing the way we deal with frustration.
"We have come to expect that when we need a piece of information we can get it instantly."
Over time, frustration with technology can erode self-confidence.
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases -
the first open-access journal devoted to the world's most
neglected tropical diseases.
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Ability Technology (abilitytech) -
WHAT DO THEY DO? ...
"Working with you to choose best way for you to use a computer. We look at ways in which you can
CREATE TEXT. We explore comfortable options for you to undertake MOUSE FUNCTIONS.
We identify options that will maximise your independence." -
HOW? ... "Our expert staff will assist you to use a computer productively and comfortably.
We draw from Australia's widest range of keyboards, trackballs, joysticks, special software and other Sales." -
WHO FOR? ... "Spinal injury, cerebral palsy, MS, brain injury, stroke, RSI -
whatever your disability, we have the solution. All age groups are catered for.
We also prepare expert reports for rehabilitation, insurance or medico-legal situations."
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Internet fuels the risk of
suicide pacts
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Tech rage an office problem (survey)
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SOHO:
Are you working comfortably? - People don't usually think of computers as being dangerous,
but they can have a nasty bite resulting in carpal tunnel syndrome or repetitive strain injury (RSI).
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Ewww! Don't touch that mouse!
- Computer mouses (sic) found in cyber cafes have been ranked as the
second most bacteria-infested items in a list of commonly touched
objects.
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- Deafness & Blindness /
Hearing / Eyesight ...
- Blind Citizens Australia
>> Assistive Equipment & Software Suppliers
- The Doctors' Reference Site - "Helping doctors help patients"
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eMedical - Australian Doctors & Pharmacy Online
- Med411.com - medical portal and search engine
- e*pub
>> Intermedic : A Journal on Internet and Medicine -
Journal of Medical Informatics -
The Online Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine -
The Online Life & Health
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The Challenge of Translating Chinese Medicine
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Java Breakthrough:
Code That Helps Blind People To Read Maps -
"Take Java computer code that can translate images into sound, via a rudimentary software program
capable of converting pixels of various colors into piano notes of various tones, and
what you have is a technology that enables blind people to read maps."
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39dollarglasses.com - an interesting way to order inexpensive eyeglasses and sunglasses
- Ear3
- "a miniature, personal hearing threat detector that can immediately
signal the user when a sound source exceeds safe listening levels. Ear3
can be used with iPods, MP3 players, boom boxes, stereo systems,
automobile audio systems, rock concerts, discos, orchestras and other
sound sources. When used properly, Ear3 can dramatically reduce
opportunities for sound induced hearing trauma."
- Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia ...
- Ageing / Aging / Ageism / Senior Citizenship ...
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UN Programme on Ageing
>> UN Principles for older persons
- COTA - Council on the Ageing (Australia) -
Outside Australia -
Sociology of Aging - Age Inequality, Ageism, Gerontology
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seniors.gov.au - Information for Senior Citizens in Australia
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Office of Senior Victorians
>>
Useful links to other resources for seniors
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YOURLifeChoices -
Seniors, this is your site! (Health Wellbeing and Family, concession cards, computing, lifestyle,
leisure, travel, finance and retirement planning, discounts and deals, government, and lots more)
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Retirement and Aged Care in Australia -
a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to addressing the needs and interests of Australians aged 55 and older.
(Through information and education, advocacy and service, seeking to enhance the quality of life for all
by promoting independence, dignity and purpose.)
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The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Seniors
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The Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA) -
a site for for Seniors, particularly those who are interested in using a computer.
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Thriving Wisdom - "Live long, live well"
- Assuage age
- Fight memory loss: Be healthy, wealthy, and wise
and
Trends in the prevalence and mortality of
cognitive impairment in the United States: Is there evidence of a compression of cognitive morbidity?
and
NNew study links falling dementia rates, education
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Philosophy for Old Age -
an inspirational PowerPoint presentation, with beautiful music (so turn on your speakers).
You'll need Microsoft PowerPoint installed -- else here's a page to download Microsoft's free
PowerPoint Viewer -- or you can use the free
OpenOffice.
- Department of Health and Ageing (Australia)
- Tufts University
>> Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) -
Aiming to determine the nutrient requirements that are necessary to promote health and well-being for older adults
and to examine the degenerative conditions associated with aging
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Nutrition links -
Aging resources
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Ignore older workers at your peril - Drake International co-founder Bill Pollock says
“Those people in the over-50 age group are some of the best people you could possibly look for.”
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- Stuttering ...
- Dyslexia ...
- Coping with Cancer ...
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- Cloning ...
- Bioethics ...
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Health, Medicine, Biology, and Longevity Information Hub (health.xq23.com)
- GLADNET - Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training
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Strategian
- "The objective of this Web site is to assist you to define, identify,
locate, and critically evaluate the information found in journal and
magazine articles, books, documents, Internet sites, reference
publications, etc. that helps you to understand Science and make it
relevant to your life."
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IBM Introduces
World Community Grid
- a global humanitarian effort that applies the unused computing power
of individual and business computers to help address the world's most
difficult health and societal problems.
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The Brain
/ Coma / Traumatic Brain Injury / TBI / Trauma / Acquired Brain Injury /
Concussion / ABI links ...
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ILLNESS MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR BUSINESSES -
information is for business owners who have a life-changing illness, as well as those
who just want to know about the effects of serious illnesses on a business.
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- Tesla Down Under (Dr Peter Terren - West Australia)
- Green Electronics Council - GEC
-- Stated mission: Inspire and support the effective design,
manufacture, use and recovery of electronic products to contribute to a
healthy, fair and prosperous world.
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Einstein Light - multimedia modules that present the main ideas of relativity,
with background info about mechanics and Galilean relativity; electricity, magnetism and relativity (Maxwell);
the principle of Special Relativity; relativistic mechanics leads to
E = mc2 ;
how relativity implies time dilation, and more.
- The Funneled Web -
"set up to inform those who access it of what's happening in Australia and the rest of the world
that will increasingly affect our standard of living and well being, this year, this decade and beyond."
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Did The Universe Just Happen?
- "Digital physics" ... Ed Fredkin thinks that the universe is a computer. ...
According to his theory of digital physics, information is more
fundamental than matter and energy. He believes that atoms, electrons,
and quarks consist ultimately of bits—binary units of information, like
those that are the currency of computation in a personal computer or a
pocket calculator. And he believes that the behavior of those bits, and
thus of the entire universe, is governed by a single programming rule.
This rule, he says, is something fairly simple, something vastly less
arcane than the mathematical constructs that conventional physicists
use to explain the dynamics of physical reality. Yet through ceaseless
repetition—by tirelessly taking information it has just transformed and
transforming it further—it has generated pervasive complexity. He calls
this rule, with discernible reverence, "the cause and prime mover of
everything. ... There are three great philosophical questions. What is
life? What is consciousness and thinking and memory and all that? And
how does the universe work?
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The Age of Spiritual Machines - When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
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ASF -
Accelerating Studies Foundation
(previously called ISAC - Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change?)
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Accelerating Change audiocasts
- Henry Adams - Law of Acceleration (1904)
- Worldmapper -
"The world as you have never seen it before" ...
A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the
subject of interest ...
Thumbnail Index -
Map Categories:
Basic -
Movement -
Transport -
Food -
Goods -
Manufacturers -
Services -
Resources -
Fuel -
Production -
Work -
Income -
Wealth -
Poverty -
Housing -
Education -
Health -
Disease -
Disaster -
Death -
Destruction -
Violence -
Pollution -
Depletion -
Communication -
Exploitation -
Action
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The Elegant Universe -
a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter.
Brian Greene's excellent 3-hour visual feast, with
outstanding graphical animations explaining string theory (alias "the theory of everything").
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Watch The Elegant Universe ... Three 60-minute episodes (QuickTime or RealVideo streaming format)
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The Book - "Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy,
The Elegant Universe
makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated viscerally accessible
and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works."
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Superstring Theory (web site)
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Wonderlust -
discusses the fate of flooded man-made and natural wonders of the world (such as Egypt's
temple of Abu Simbel and the Aswan High Dam, plus China's Three Gorges Dam).
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Dharma Haven
- The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) -
a community effort to catalog works of fiction [such as "science fiction" -ed.].
It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies,
award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books.
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IBM Research
- IBM Systems Journal
- IBM Think
- Instant JChem
- a desktop application for scientists to manage and work with chemical
structures and data on local and remote data tables. (It is FREE to
download and install Instant JChem Personal to your desktop.)
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