PDR Health Portal

PDR Health

From the Physicians Desktop Reference, an online health Web site for the more than 80 percent of consumers that use the Internet to search for health information. Developed for consumers, PDRhealth.com is based on the same information platform that Thomson Healthcare uses to create the world’s largest and most trusted database of prescription drug information, Physicians’ Desk Reference.

2007 UN AIDS Epidemic Upate

UN 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2007

New data show global HIV prevalence—the percentage of people living with HIV—has levelled off and that the number of new infections has fallen, in part as a result of the impact of HIV programmes. (60 pages PDF)

District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2007

District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2007

From the District of Columbia Department of Health. The first ever data on HIV in the District of Columbia and updated AIDS statistics. (136 pages, pdf)

New Institute of Medicine Report, Knowing What Works in Health Care

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12038#toc

Even the most sophisticated clinicians and consumers struggle to learn which care is appropriate and under what circumstances. Knowing What Works in Health Care looks at the three fundamental health care issues in the United States–setting priorities for evidence assessment, assessing evidence (systematic review), and developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines–and how each of these contributes to the end goal of effective, practical health care systems. This book provides an overall vision and roadmap for improving how the nation uses scientific evidence to identify the most effective clinical services. Knowing What Works in Health Care gives private and public sector firms, consumers, health care professionals, benefit administrators, and others the authoritative, independent information required for making essential informed health care decisions.

Health Care in the 2008 Presidential Primaries

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/4/414

“This analysis find that the sharply contrasting health care platforms of the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates reflect dramatic differences in the perspectives of their primary voters. The article analyzes a newly released Kaiser/Harvard survey of likely primary voters in 35 states (and the District of Columbia) with January or February primaries or caucuses, as well as data from 10 other recent surveys by national media polling organizations.

Daily Med Drug Label Updates

 http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm 

DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. Drug labeling on this Web site is the most recent submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and currently in use; it may include strengthened warnings undergoing FDA review and minor editorial changes. A good site for prescription drug information warnings. From the National Library of Medicine.

Social Security Disability

Social Security Disability: Better Planning, Management, and Evaluation Could Helpt Address Backlog

Full report PDF

The Business of Health in Africa:Partnering with the Private Sector

 Business of Health in Africa

Health care in Africa is the worst in the world as repored in the Internatinal Financial Corporation World Bank Group.

The Maturing of America Getting Communities on Track for an Aging Population

The Maturing of America

Report on how communites can deal with the aging society. 36 page report in pdf.

Source: National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, in partnership with the International City/County Management Association, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities and Partners for Livable Communities (via Smart Growth Resource Library)