Psychiatric News July 16, 2004
Volume 39 Number 14
© 2004 American Psychiatric Association
p. 45
NIH Expands Web Information For Public
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has implemented a substantial
expansion of its health information Web site at
<http://health.nih.gov>.
In addition to existing lists of health topics and search functions that
allow visitors to browse topics by body location and by symptoms, the new
features provide visitors with an opportunity to test their knowledge of
health-related topics and expand the links to other information on Web sites
of NIH's 27 institutes and centers.
The added features target topics to a variety of age groups including
children, teenagers, adults, and seniors and will supplement information
already on the site that is geared to researchers, clinicians, and
educators.
The highlights of the expanded Web site, according to NIH, are three new
sections—Healthy Lifestyles, Research in Action, and Now Online.
Healthy Lifestyles will link visitors to timely topics such a seasonal
health concerns and weight-loss and nutrition information.
The Research in Action section links to "cutting-edge scientific
information" on topics in the news such as stem-cell research and
introduces readers to scientists who may be teenagers or leading lights in
their field. Recently, it spotlighted Ryan Patterson, a college student who
several years ago designed "a glove that translates the `fingerspelled'
signs of American Sign Language into letters that can be read on a computer
screen or small handheld display."
Now Online contains interactive features and special Web exhibits, such as
a recent program on the Milk Matters campaign, which hopes to boost calcium
consumption among children and adolescents. 
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