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Environment in Canada

Canada/MAB (Man and the Biosphere) Home Page
Canadian GEWEX Program
Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
Ecoregions of Saskatchewan

Health in Canada

The Canadian Health Network

3rd Canadian Conference on International Health
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AQUA-L (Rearing of Aquatic Species Mailing List)
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AQUA-L is devoted to discussion of the science, technology, and business of raising aquatic species. Subjects covered include rearing aquatic larvae; diseases, parasites, and pathology; water quality; design and operation of aquatic systems; design and operation of commercial aquatic systems; site selection and environmental impact; new species under culture; computers in aquaculture; public perceptions subscribe AQUA-L

Achoo - Internet Healthcare Directory
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Achoo's objective is to catalog, index, describe, and rate the mountain of healthcare information on the Net. Achoo acts as a jump point for the medical community and all other Internet users interested in healthcare information. Human Life, Practice of Medicine, Business of Health

Angiogenesis Technologies Inc. - Angiotech
Description:
Users will find general information about the company, their product development strategy and products under development mainly for cancer and arthritis. Angiogenesis dependent diseases, Angiofibroma, Neovascular Glaucoma, Arteriovenous malformations, Arthritis, Atherosclerotic plaques, Psoriasis, Cancer, Products, Paclitaxel, Vanadium

Breast Cancer Discussion List
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British Columbia Rehabilitation Society - Canada
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The site describes their rehabilitation services (Alcohol and Drug, Clinical Nutrition , Sexual Health) and medical publications.
Global description

Burnaby Hospital Society
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Burnaby Hospital is a 515-bed community health care centre which offers acute, ambulatory and extended care to the communities of Burnaby and East Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Department Home Pages

Calgary Regional Health Authority (CRHA)
Description:
The Calgary Regional Health Authority consists of the following health care providers in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
Alberta Children's Hospital Calgary General Hospital
Calgary Health Services
Carewest
Foothills Hospital
Rockyview General Hospital

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
Description:
The site supplies a wide range of medical information related to substance abuse (alcohol, drugs), their effect and related diseases (AIDS/HIV, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and effects). Version française: Centre Canadien de Lutte contre l'Alcoolisme et les Toxicomanies (CCLAT)

Canadian Health Economics Research Association
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Canadian Medical Association Online (CMA) Canadian Network on Health in International Development
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Canadian Society for International Health
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CSIH is committed to the promotion of international health and development. Through the mobilization of Canadian resources, CSIH advocates and facilitates research, education and service activities in international health. The Society seeks to further progressive health policy and programming in all fields where global and domestic health concerns meet. Building on the past work of Society members and colleagues, CSIH actively contributes to the evolving global understanding of health and development.

Capital Health Authority
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The Capital Health Authority is the Regional Health Authority in Alberta Canada, resposible for health care in the Edmonton and Area region.

Capital Health Authority - University of Alberta Hospital
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University of Alberta Hospital Site
General Information, Links

Cardiac Gene Unit - Ontario
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The site provides a classification of Cardiovascular Genes, a data listings of known genes.

Health Promotion on the Internet (Discussion)
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Hip
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This tutorial on the hip is a great resource for people having hip pain and (or) interesting on the functionalities, hip diseases with relative description (meralgia paresthetica, gait disorders in hip disease, antalgic gait, trendelenburg gait ...).
The tutorial containing arcticles written by Kenneth G. Marshall MD, associate professor of family medecine (Mc Gill University) may also interest medical students.
Different topics concerning the hip, Hip diseases, Gait disorders

Hopital Sainte-Justine
Description:
The site provides a special page for the Child Health Care Information. This page, in fact, contains a huge range of resources such as a list of french and english search engine links, other lists on medical sites, hospital and journals are also available.

Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montréal
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Research domain: cardio-vascular, breathing, kidney and neurologic diseases.

How to prevent (and treat) trachoma and blindness
Description:
Bacterial and Fungal, Eye Infections, Bacterial, Trachoma

Institut de readaptation de Montreal - Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal
Description:
The Institut de readaptation de Montreal, affiliated with the University of Montreal, is a short term hospital specialized in physical rehabilitation.

Knee
Description:
The functionalities , the anatomy description and relative injuries (ligamentous injuries , bursitis, tendinitis, iliotibial band friction syndrome) are presented in detail.
The tutorial containing arcticles written by Kenneth G. Marshall MD, associate professor of family medecine (Mc Gill University) may also interest medical students.
A questionnaire is available to test your knowledge (specialy for medical students) on the functionalities, diagnostic and diseases relative to the knee.
Tutorial on different topics concerning the knee, Knee diseases

MNI Home Page (Montreal Neurological Institute)
Description
This is the WWW home page of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at McGill University. This page offers links to staff, graduate students, and researchers' home pages and directories, as well as phone numbers for the Institute's facilities and offices. Information about the Institute's projects will soon be available.

MaisonNeuve - Rosemont Hospital

Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta
Description:
General information. Links and documentation available online.

Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH)

Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) - Hopital de Montréal pour Enfants (HME)
Description:
Specifically devoted to children's parent, the site supplies a list of web links on paediatric hospitals and neonatolgy medications.
Children's activities, Children's art gallery

NURSENET - A Global Forum for Nursing Issues
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News from the York Centre for Health Studies
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Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network
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Pediatric Database (PEDBASE)
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A Pediatric Database containing descriptions of over 500 childhood illnesses. One may either search for individual diseases or download the entire database. (Windows or MS-Dos software)

Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Locus Database PAHDB
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Nutritional and Metabolic, Metabolic, Phenylketonuria

Prince George Regional Hospital

Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG)
Description:
We, the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, in partnership with our clientele and their communities, provide quality service in the areas of specialized physical rehabilitation and mental health services. We will strive to assist clients to identify and meet their needs through excellence and leadership in care, education, research and advocacy.

SURGINET - General Surgery Discussion List
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Saint Michael's Hospital

St. Mary's Hospital Center - Montreal
Description:
Provides:
a complete document on the Health and social actions of the Government
a National Forum on Health including discussion papers and themes
Determinants of Health
Evidence-based Decision Making
an Internet doctor service .

St.Joseph's Health Centre - Canada
Description:
Global description of their services (Ambulatory Care, Perinatology) and the Lawson Research Institute.
includes St.Joseph's and St.Mary's Hospital, and Lawson Research Institute.

Student SocandIntlHealth
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Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Toronto Hospital
Description:
To provide exemplary patient care and foster excellence in health care delivery, research and teaching.
To provide world leadership in our Priority Programs (Cardiac, Neurosciences, Oncology and Transplant), and excellence in those programs essential to their support.

University of Alberta Hospital
Description:
The University of Alberta Hospital is a major Health institution within the Capital Health Authority in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is heavily involved in teaching and research.

University of Toronto Department of Biochemistry
Description:
The University of Toronto Department of Biochemistry page contains information about its faculty, graduate courses, researchfacilities, research programs and research groups. The department performs research in bioenergetics, blood biochemistry, glycobiology, protein synthesis, and more. There is a link to the Bioinformatics Laboratory, which is a gateway to such other labora

University of Toronto Hospital Management Research Unit
Description:
The Hospital Management Research Unit, in partnership with Sunnybrook Health Science Centre since 1989, carries out a wide range of health services research activities as part of its mandate:
-to bring about improvements in the organization and management of hospitals in Ontario
-to enhance the hospital system's ability to deliver effective health services to the public
-to help Ontario maintain its place among the best health services systems in the world.

Vancouver Hospital Health Sciences Centre
Description:
The Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre is the second largest hospital in Canada, the hospital is a provincial referral centre for Alzheimer's, burns, multiple sclerosis, oncology, ophthalmology, transplantation, orthopedics, psychiatry, sleep disorders, spinal cord injury, sports medicine and trauma. Research emphasis is on four areas: oncology, neurosciences, immunology, transplantation, and trauma.

Victoria Hospital London

WWW Virtual Library - Earth Sciences
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The Earth Sciences index in the WWW Virtual Library is maintained by the University of Calgary. Earth and Geosciences encompass a broad range of study, including geology, mineralogy, mining, paleontology, energy sciences, sedimentology, morphology, soil and sedimentation resources, volcanology, atmospheric science, oceanography, and geological surveys. Separate listings are offered for organizat

Welcome to London Health Sciences Centre
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London Health Sciences Center is one of Canada's Largest teaching hospitals. We are dedicated to excellence in patient care, teaching and research. Each year our staff of 7,497 care for more than half a million patients.