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[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

10. _Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition_


Merck & Co., Inc. has just placed online the home edition of their
celebrated medical reference text. Based on _The Merck Manual of
Diagnosis and Therapy_, the home edition is a new publication from
Merck geared for the layperson but still containing the same "vital
information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment."
Users can perform a simple or advanced search, but clicking on
results often leads to a long page where readers may need to use
their browsers's "find" functions to locate what they are looking
for. The book's table of contents is organized and detailed enough to
be quite useful with eighteen sections devoted to various disorders
(Mental Health Disorders, Skin Disorders, Immune Disorders, Cancer,
etc.); sections on men's, women's, and children's health issues;
information on Drugs, Accidents and Injuries, and Fundamentals
(genetics, anatomy, etc.), and more. Readers who suffer from a
particular disorder may want to check out the appendix devoted to
Resources for Help and Information. [TK]

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