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USEFUL MEDICAL & RELATED LINKS:www.bisswva.org, Brain Injury Services of SWVA. The Mission of Brain Surgery Services of Southwest Virginia is to create and sustain an organization that helps brain injury survivors adn their families in Southwest Virginia. Pam Hall is Case Manager and contact person for our area. You may email her at pam@bisswva.org. Carroll County Autism Resource for Everyone Team (CARE) The CARE Team is one of seven teams within the state of Virgina Trained by T/Tac as a resource for training and information on Autism. The Team includes - Dr. Amy Aussiker, Dr. Laura Goad, Marilyn Blanks, Patty Burgess, Jennifer Dobbs, Keith Hommema and Sharon Hayden . T/Tac members are Diann Eaton and Lora Kingman www.drugdigest.org, is a site where some content is provided by staff physicians from benefit pharmacy manager express scripts. The site's library has detailed information tailored specifically to more than 1500 drugs and remedies. www.fda.gov/cder, The food and drug administration's center for drug evaluation and research is responsible for evaluation drugs before they are sold. It offers consumer medical information sheets based on the package insert, on all prescription and over the counter drugs approved since 1998 www.medicare.gov, This site provides a comparison of drug prices available through the medicare discount card program. It also suggests generic alternatives to brand name drugs. www.oregonrx.org, The site, from the office for oregon health policy and research, provides evidence-based reports and reviews on well-known drug classes such as statins and inflammation-reducing medication. www.webmd.com, is a web site of webmd, a nasdaq listed company, offers news briefs, answers to medical questions, a physician finding function, numerous articles, a guide to understanding symptoms and a medicare approved discount program locator, the specialty home pages provide comprehensive content on major health topics. www.pubmed.gov, Sponsored by the national library of medicine, the site archives more than 14 million medical journals and citations dating back to the 1950s. some of the full text articles that may use different terms for the same concept. www.worstpills.org, Public citizen's health research group offers advice about medication safety, effectiveness and interactions. While some of the content is free, other parts require a paid subscription.
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