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Medical Dictionaries & Databases
Overview
- HIV/AIDS Drug Database (Regularly Updated)
A search engine designed to provide basic, non-technical information about HIV/AIDS medications -- links to more technical information and to information in Spanish are included with each drug listing.
From AIDSinfo
- Drug Interactions: Glossary of Terms (August 2004)
To read PDF, click here
From Project Inform
- Basic Tips on Understanding Medical Terminology (January 2001)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms (June 1999)
A thorough source of easy-to-understand definitions relating to HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections
To read PDF, click here; for PDF in Spanish, click here.
In Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms, Third Edition, from AIDSinfo
- The Power of Words -- Re-Thinking HIV/AIDS Terminology (April 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- The Encyclopedia of AIDS: : A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the HIV Epidemic (1998)
Select entries from each of the eight major topic sections of the Encyclopedia, including Basic Science and Epidemiology, Transmission and Prevention, Pathology and Treatment, Impacted Populations, Government and Activism, Policy and Law, Culture and Society and The Global Epidemic.
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS, from Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Databases
- ClinicalTrials.gov (Regularly Updated)
Provides regularly updated data about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers, including information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and contact info.
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- DIRLINE -- Directory of Health Organizations Online (Regularly Updated)
A searchable database of national and local health organizations, with contact information.
From National Library of Medicine
- HighWire (Regularly Updated)
A searchable database of news and research in the life sciences -- many abstracts (and some full-text articles) available for free.
From Library of the Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University
- National Database for Anti-HIV Compounds (Regularly Updated)
Brief technical information on HIV/AIDS medications and classes of medications, available alphabetically or through a search engine -- also, information on the HIV life cycle, viral targets and cellular targets.
From National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- NLM Gateway (Regularly Updated)
Allows users to search for citations of medical studies in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
From National Library of Medicine
- POPLINE (Regularly Updated)
The world's largest bibliographic database on population, family planning, and related issues, is now available free of charge on the Internet; all 280,000 citations, representing published and unpublished literature, can be accessed.
From InfoforHealth.org
- PubMed (Regularly Updated)
A search engine providing access to citations (as well as many abstracts and full-text articles) of biomedical research going back to the mid-1960s.
From National Library of Medicine
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- AIDSinfo Drug Database for Palm PDAs (Regularly Updated)
View information on HIV-related drugs in technical or non-technical language, and search for drugs by name, class, or FDA-approval status.
From AIDSinfo
- Glossary of Medical, Statistical and Clinical Trials Terminology (Regularly Updated)
From Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS
- HIV/AIDS Glossary for Palm PDAs (Regularly Updated)
From AIDSinfo
- HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory Glossary (Regularly Updated)
From American Foundation for AIDS Research
- MedTerms Medical Dictionary (Regularly Updated)
From MedicineNet
- Thésaurus des Traitements VIH/SIDA -- HIV/AIDS Treatment Thesaurus (English-French) (Regularly Updated)
Synonyms of HIV/AIDS-related terms.
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Drug Names and Manufacturers (April 13, 2008)
To read PDF, click here
From AIDS InfoNet
- M.D., D.O., P.A., R.N.: What Do All Those Letters Mean, Anyway? (Winter 2004/2005)
Explanations of some of the abbreviations that follow the names of U.S. healthcare providers.
To read PDF, click here
In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Definitions (October 2003)
To read PDF, click here
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Managing Drug Side Effects: Glossary (August 2002)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Glossary (Summer/Autumn 2001)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Buzz Words: Definitions of Treatment Terms (March 15, 2001)
To read PDF, click here
From PositiveWords
- HIV Drug Resistance and Resistance Testing: Glossary (2001)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- HIV Vaccine Glossary (May 2000)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- A Comprehensive Look at Clinical Trials: Glossary of Terms (2000)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- HIV/AIDS Terminology Media Guide (2000)
An intriguing look at what Australian media considers appropriate and inappropriate terms to use when reporting on HIV.
From Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
- Pediatric Antiviral Glossary (Winter 1999)
In Women's Treatment News, from PWA Health Group
- AIDS on Its Own Terms (July/August 1999)
In FDA Consumer, from U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Planning Ahead: Glossary of Terms (1999)
A brief guide to financial terms relevant to HIVers.
In The Bulletin on Personal Finances and Serious Illness, from Affording Care
- From AZT to ZDV, a Glossary for People With HIV (December 1997)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
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