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Description

Health & Wellness InSite provides current health information on a wide range of health-related topics including diseases, treatments, drug information, pregnancy, fitness, nutrition, alternative medicine and much more. It combines information from a variety of source types, including journal articles, medical pamphlets, reference books, and general overviews of diseases and treatments as well as directory information on today's fastest growing companies. Health & Wellness InSite can be used to track consumer health trends, evaluate the market potential for new drugs, and to examine recent clinical findings.

Specifications

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Company directory records typically provide the following information:

Source Coverage

Health & Wellness InSite offers an in-depth collection of health and medical sources. More than 70% of the articles, plus all the reference books, pamphlets, and overviews, are available in full text:

• 170 of the world's leading professional and consumer health publications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine to Business & Health to FDA Consumer and Nutrition Today
• Health-related articles from more than 3,000 other publications indexed by Gale Group, including popular magazines, newspapers, and trade journals
• 550 hard-to-find health and medical pamphlets published by leading foundations, associations, and agencies such as the American Lung Association, The American Cancer Society, and The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Six acclaimed medical reference books: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide; Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary; Consumer Health Information Source Book; The People's Book of Medical Tests; USP DI-Vol. II Advice for the Patient: Drug Information in Lay Language; and The Complete Directory for People With Chronic Illness
• 1,800 topical overviews about many different diseases, medical conditions, symptoms, treatment alternatives, surgical options, and preventive measures published by Clinical Reference Systems, Ltd., especially written for easy comprehension
• 140,000 international companies, 95% of which are privately-held. Directory records for the more than 30,000 non-U.S. companies contained in Health & Wellness InSite are derived from Graham & Whiteside's series of company directories published in the United Kingdom.

Sample Applications

• Explore new health insurance options for small businesses
• Analyze how aspirin sales are affected by the introduction of new pain relievers
• Find some commonly used brand names for antihistamines
• Monitor the success rates of certain kinds of anti-cancer therapies
• Look up the side affects of popular prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications
• Find out how recent changes in health legislation will affect the price and quality of health care
• Determine which medical test kits have proven to be the most reliable
• Identify which companies are conducting biomedical research in the rain forests of Central and South America
• Find out how to start a company wellness program

Searching Health & Wellness InSite

Easy Search and Advanced Search features are available in Health & Wellness InSite. Easy Search enables you to search keywords, words appearing anywhere in an article, and a browseable list of topics, company names, and see references. Advanced Search allows you to search specific fields such as article title, company name, trade name, name of person discussed in an article, ticker symbol, author, publication type, target audience, publication name and date, etc.

Health & Wellness InSite also features special sub-topics to help you increase the precision of your search. For example, if smoking is the topic or main subject, "risk factors" is the sub-topic that helps you narrow your focus.

Also featured in Health & Wellness InSite are Margin Links which help you find related articles and other information- simply by clicking on them! With Margin Links, you can:

• Link from one article to another through an indexed company name, topical term, trade name, person's name, and more
• Link from a company name mentioned in an article to the directory record of that company
• Link from a company directory record to articles about the company
• Link from a parent company directory record to a subsidiary directory record
• Link from a directory record to an SIC record describing the industry for that company
• Link from an SIC record to a list of companies in the industry or articles about the industry

Publication Type and Target Audience

Every publication in Health & Wellness InSite is assigned a Target Audience and Publication Type. Target Audience lets you focus your search on either general consumer-oriented health information or professional medical information. Publication Type allows you to target your search to a particular kind of publication so that you can quickly locate and review the appropriate article. Publication Type includes dictionaries, pamphlets, reference books, newsletters, newspapers, and magazines/journals.

The material contained in Health & Wellness InSite is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Consult an appropriate health professional for advice relating to a medical problem or condition.

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