Internet Guide to Anti-Aging and Longevity (Hayworth Internet Medical Guides) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789028603 ISBN 13: 9780789028600

Publisher: CRC Press, 2006

Synopsis

Quickly and easilyfind anti-aging and health strategies on the Internet

Even the most sophisticated Web surfer can become frustrated searching for specific health information on the Internet. The Internet Guide to Anti-Aging and Longevity tackles this problem by providing a comprehensive compilation of annotated links on health, aging issues, and longevity. This easy-to-use reference gives health professionals, researchers, or anyone looking for health and aging-related information a full-range listing of Web sites relating to anti-aging and health-related issues, including those with information on disease, longevity research, and experimental health approaches.

Beyond the actual listing of Web sites, the Internet Guide to Anti-Aging and Longevity also provides complete and clear explanations of Web addresses; instruction on evaluating Web content; using search engines and search directories, discussion groups, Web forums, and blogs; and instruction on using the ’invisible Web’content not easily accessed through regular search engines. The guide includes screen captures, a glossary of health and Web terms you may encounter, a table of site types and geographic suffixes, a list of helpful health organizations, and a bibliography.

The Internet Guide to Anti-Aging and Longevity lists Web sites according to the different types of information you may be searching for, including:

• general health
  
• aging and seniors
  
• anti-aging and longevity
  
• diseases and conditions of aging
  
• conditions that have an effect on longevity
  
• experimental/futuristic approaches
  
• research on aging
  
• institutes, clinics, organizations, and societies
  
• publications
  
• statistics
  
  

The Internet Guide to Anti-Aging and Longevity is a thorough, one-stop reference for health professionals; health educators; public, academic, health sciences, or special librarians; or anyone interested in learning how to find the information to stay young and vital.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Connor, MLS, AHIP, is Assistant Professor of Library Science and Science Liaison at the Daniel Library of the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, and is a distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. Ms. Connor spent several years in leadership positions at major teaching hospitals and academic medical centers in Maryland, Connecticut, South Carolina, Saudi Arabia, and the Commonwealth of Dominica.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789028603
• ISBN 13: 9780789028600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Connor Elizabeth