New web sites
New web sites
• Bayer Inc.’s (Toronto) Healthcare Division has launched its Health Solutions web site at www.bayerhealth.com. The site offers Canadians the opportunity to participate in a variety of discussion forums aimed at facilitating public dialogue on the future delivery of healthcare in that country. Derek Williams, general manager and executive vice president of the Healthcare Division, said providing the forum for healthcare debate is part of his company’s commitment to "improving the healthcare system for all Canadians." In addition to discussion topics, the site will provide a variety of healthcare information on cardiovascular disease management, diabetes care, infectious diseases and biologics.
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland) has launched a web site to provide Helicobacter pylori information for physicians and pharmacists. The site, www.ccf.org/education/cme/hpylori, includes case studies, resource materials and an interactive online examination.
• CSSinfo (Ann Arbor, MI), a distributor of industry standards information, has launched a web site www.cssinfo.com to provides bibliographic standards information from more than 300 standards-developing organizations worldwide. The site is a bibliographic database of safety, quality and design standards covering a broad range of industries, including IT and medical devices.
• LaserMedia Communications (Toronto) has launched Phase I of what it calls "the Internet’s first interactive health and fitness web site." The site, www.actfit.com, includes an innovative graphic interface that LaserMedia said will provide full-motion effects and interactivity.
• Medtronic (Minneapolis) is sponsoring a new web site, www.fainting.com, that offers information on possible causes of syncope, frequent, unexplained fainting spells. The site also provides information on Medtronic's Reveal Insertable Loop Recorder an implanted monitoring device that helps physicians determine the cause of such fainting.
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