Nutrition

Keep your students on the right nutrition track with help from games that educate them as they play. Teach solid nutrition principles, and help students develop habits that can serve them well throughout their lives.

1. Food Fury: Create chains of related foods using the tiles. You need to be fast, so that you can beat the timer. Levels become progressively hard. A fun way to learn about food, and how it relates to other foods.
2. Brain Gain: This is a more advanced game that focuses on healthy foods, and understanding portion size. You answer questions, and find out if you are right. You get extra points for answering questions faster. A fun way to test your knowledge of good nutrition.
3. Tell the Tooth: Learn about healthy snacks. This game from Colgate focuses on helping you choose snacks that are better for your teeth. Stay away from the high sugar snacks!
4. Nutrition Sleuth: This fun game helps you learn more about nutrition. Identify the missing nutrient to help the detective get to the bottom of poor nutrition. A good way to learn how to take better care of your body.
5. Combo Kitchen: Learn about combination foods, and learn about their impact on health and nutrition. A fun way to learn about nutrition, and how to create healthy meals.
6. Mission Nutrition: Take this nutrition challenge to learn more about healthy choices. You can look inside a refrigerator and in the cabinets to find food that will help your body be healthy and strong.
7. MyPyramid Blast Off Game: The USDA offers a fun game designed to help kids learn about the Food Pyramid. Learn how the right fuel can launch your rocket to Planet Power.
8. Drop & Catch: Learn about how you can avoid saturated fat. This game is about catching the fruits and vegetables and avoiding the stuff that makes you unhealthy.

Exercise

Another important component of health is physical fitness. Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. You can use games to help children and others learn more about the benefits and importance of physical fitness.

9. Fat Pants Game: Learn about how you can keep the weight off. Answer a few questions, and test your ability to be committed to exercising right and losing weight.
10. Health and Fitness Quizzes: Learn about health and proper fitness. Answer questions and get points a great way to learn more about better fitness.
11. Fitness Dash: You need Windows to play this game, but it is a fun way to learn about fitness, and test your knowledge of good practices.
12. Fitness Challenge: Learn about fitness, proper exercise, and what you can do to be healthier. A cool fitness challenge that gets you involved.
13. Fitness Frenzy: Learn more about taking good care of your body with the help of physical exercise. Fitness frenzy will educate you while you have fun.
14. Weight Watchers: Interestingly, it is possible to turn Weight Watchers into an online role playing game. Here is an interesting look at how to do this — and lose weight.
15. Kalorie King Weight Loss Game: Learn about how to burn off those calories with this game. Also includes information on avoiding high calorie foods.
16. Sports Crafts: Create cool crafts related to different sports. A cool way to get interested in physical activity and sports.

Learn About the Body

Understanding how the body works, and what its different systems accomplish is very helpful. It can provide students with a number of desirable insights. These games are educational and fun.

17. Match a Muscle: This cool game from Anatomy Arcade offers a look at different muscles in the body, and lets you use a matching game to learn more about the muscular system. Anatomy Arcade also offers a number of other cool games that can help you learn about the body.
18. Water and Your Digestive System: See the parts of the digestive system, and see how water travels through it, with help from this fun game from the National Institutes of Health. A good primer on the digestive system, and how it works.
19. Neuro-Jeopardy: Learn about the nervous system with help from this fun game. Great Jeopardy! style way to learn about what goes on in the brain, and how the brain controls the body.
20. Skeletal System Game: Learn the different bones in the skeletal system. Fill them in and see whether you are right. A great click and drag game. See how fast you can fill in the blanks to label all the parts of the skeleton correctly.
21. Neuron Navigator: This game takes you through the development of a neuron. A great way to learn about how the connections in your brain are made. See what neurons look like, and help them grow.
22. Sail the Circulatory System: Learn about how the heart pumps blood through the body with this cool game. Watch out, though! If you don’t get the oxygen to where it needs to go, your sailing trip will end rather abruptly.
23. Respiratory System: This educational game times you as you look at different areas of the respiratory system. A great way to learn how this system works, and how we breathe. You can even customize the game to suit your needs.
24. Discover the Human Body: Explore different parts and systems in the human body. A fun activity and interactive way to learn.
25. Medical Jargon: This advanced game is more for teens and adults. The idea is to learn medical jargon, and get a better understanding of what different health words mean. A great way to learn more about the body — and about caring for it. Compare your scores with others.

Government Information and Resources

One of the best places to go is the government if you are looking for up-to-date information on pandemics and tools to track outbreaks. Here are some government and public health information resources that can help you in the event of a pandemic.

1. PandemicFlu.gov: Just what it sounds like, this site is set up to help you keep up with the latest developments in a pandemic flu situation.
2. Office of Medical Services Pandemic Influenza Plan: This site provides the plan for dealing with widespread illness, developed by the U.S. State Department.
3. Department of Health and Human Services: Turn to the HHS if you are interested in the latest news and tips for dealing with any current public health emergency.
4. Centers for Disease Control: This site contains tips for protecting yourself and includes outbreak maps for pandemics.
5. UN Pandemic Influenza Contingency: See the United Nations plan for pandemic preparedness, and get tips on personal protection.
6. World Health Organization: This site offers alerts on global pandemics and coordinates worldwide responses. You can get helpful tips on protecting yourself, as well as helping to organize relief efforts.
7. Public Health Agency of Canada: Get information from Canada about public health threats and how to protect yourself from pandemics.
8. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: The European Union has its own web site devoted to helping to track pandemics and provide information.
9. American Red Cross: This is not a government resource, but the Red Cross does have valuable public health information and tips for what to do in a pandemic situation.

General Pandemic Preparedness

Be prepared for a pandemic, or any other health emergency. These sites offer helpful insights and tools for general emergency preparation.

10. Ready America: This is a U.S. government site that is devoted to emergency preparedness, and can help you get yourself ready in advance for the next pandemic.
11. Top 20 Ways to Prepare for a Pandemic: This helpful tip sheet is from the British Columbia Ministry of Health Services.
12. Pandemic Influenza: What You Can Do To Be Ready: The Minnesota Department of Health offers a handy list of things you can do to prepare for a pandemic.
13. Answers to Swine Flu Questions: Get the answers to the most important H1N1 questions from CNN.
14. Swine Flu FAQ: Not everything is covered in the CNN list, so you can read this FAQ from WebMD to get a little more information.
15. Oregon Public Health Emergency Preparedness: This site, while aimed at Oregonians, also provides helpful information for anyone else interested in tools and tips. Check your own state for something similar.
16. Flu Checklist: Use this checklist from the Red Cross to determine if you are ready for a pandemic.
17. Questions About Swine Flu: The New York Times provides a video about swine flu and how you can protect yourself from a pandemic.

Family Preparedness

You want to make sure that your family is properly prepared for a pandemic. Here are some helpful resources to help you make a plan for family preparedness.

18. Pandemic Influenza Planning: A Guide for Individuals and Families: Get help on how to create a plan, and learn the differences between protecting yourself from seasonal flu and a strain of pandemic flu.
19. Make a Plan: This emergency preparedness site helps you make a plan for emergencies, including a form to help you get started.
20. Family Emergency Planning: While this is aimed at members of the LDS Church through the Provident Living site, the tools and tips can help any family with emergency planning.
21. How to Swine Flu Proof You and Your Family: This is a helpful guide from eHow on how to get your family prepared for and protected from pandemic flu.
22. Talking with Children about a Flu Pandemic: Helpful tips and resources on explaining a pandemic to your children.
23. Preparing for Pandemic Flu: A Family Checklist Video: This video is helpful for families who are interested in preparing for pandemics.
24. Let’s Get Ready!: This resource from Sesame Workshop helps you get ready for emergencies with your family.
25. Pandemic Flu…What to do, what to do!: This is a kids’ page from the National Institutes of Health aimed at helping children learn about public health emergency preparedness.

Online Tools

Interested in keeping track of pandemics online? Want the latest information and emergency tips? You can use these online tools to stay updated during the next pandemic.

26. Google Alerts: Set up alerts using desired keywords to help you get the latest information delivered right to your inbox.
27. QuickShare My Emergency Information: This tools helps you create an email message with emergency information that can be easily and quickly shared with the important people in your life.
28. Twitter: Everyone is on Twitter. And it can also help you find tips and news updates on pandemics. Search keywords and use hashtags to find the latest.
29. Global Map of Pandemic Risk: This offering from Maplecroft is accessible through docstoc and can help you see where the biggest pandemic threats are.
30. CDCemergency: This is the Twitter account for the CDC’s emergency updates. Follow to get tips and resource hints from the Centers for Disease Control.
31. HealthMap: This global disease map offers an interactive resource to keep you updated on pandemics.
32. Where You Live: This interactive map from Flu.gov helps you find out what is happening where you are right now.
33. Widgets from HHS: The Health and Human Services deparment has widgets that can direct readers to the latest pandemic information.
34. Google Maps: Where there is a pandemic, there is a Google Map that can help you plot it out. Most recently, there was a Swine Flu map with confirmed and probable cases.

iPhone Apps

You can track disease outbreaks and pandemics with the help of your iPhone.

35. Outbreaks Near Me: This app from the Children’s Hospital in Boston helps you find local pockets of disease.
36. FDA Mobile: Get the latest health information and tips for protecting yourself while on the go from the Food and Drug Administration.
37. Mobile World Disaster: If you want to know immediately when disaster strikes, this iPhone app will keep you in the loop.
38. HealthMap: This is an iPhone app that can help you see, on your phone, exactly where health issues are most prevalent.
39. Diagnose the Disease: This app is designed to help you identify diseases. While not a true substitute for a medical professional, it can nevertheless provide some needed help and information.
40. CDC News Reader: Get the latest from the Centers for Disease Control — no matter where you are.
41. PEPID Elements Infections Disease & Travel Medicine: Keep track of where diseases are, and what you can do to protect yourself with this handy iPhone app.
42. Emergency Radio: This iPhone app lets you listen in to emergency radio stations from all around the country in order to get the latest information.

Pandemic Tips

You want to be adequately prepared, and you also want to be calm and collected. Here are some tips that can help you protect yourself in a pandemic situation.

43. Wash your hands: You want to be as clean as possible. One of the best things you can do to protect yourself from a pandemic is to properly wash your hands.
44. First Aid kit: Put together, or purchase, a First Aid kit that can be used in a number of situations, including a pandemic.
45. Have a stockpile: Before a pandemic hits, make sure you have some food storage, as well as emergency money. You should also have other items on hand, in the event you are in the house for an extended period of time.
46. Telecommute: If you have a job that can be performed, at least temporarily, from home, ask about telecommuting to avoid being involved in the spread of a pandemic.
47. Consider a facemask: If you are truly concerned, you can find CDC approved facemasks to help protect you from a pandemic.
48. Stay healthy: Maintaining healthy diet, exercise and sleep habits can keep your immune system in good shape, helping you ward off pandemic illness.
49. Be educated: Learn about what to do, and how to do it. Get information from reliable sources so that you are prepared for a pandemic situation.
50. Don’t panic: It is very important to realize that pandemics have been happening throughout history. If you prepare properly and take precautions, you can reduce your chances of falling victim.

1. Testicular Cancer (Lance Armstrong): Very people were willing to talk about testicular cancer before Lance Armstrong came along. However, when Lance Armstrong, the famous road racing cyclist, admitted that he suffered from the disease, the condition achieved instant celebrity. Armstrong’s determination to continue excelling at his sport, and his subsequent record-breaking, seventh win at the Tour de France, provides inspiration for cancer survivors everywhere. Since then, Armstrong has become more than a spokesman bringing awareness of testicular cancer; he has started his own foundation, the Live Strong Foundation, for all types of cancer research, and single-handedly started a fashion trend for rubber bracelets to raise awareness of a cause.
2. Colorectal Cancer (Katie Couric): Katie Couric is known for her former role on the “Today” show, as well as for being the first female anchor for a network nightly news program. But she is also known for bringing colorectal cancer to light. It took her many years after her husband’s death to begin speaking about colon cancer, but she began to become more outspoken as her pain began to heal. She put together a special series for the “Today” show on colon cancer, and continues to be a spokesperson for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance, which she helped found. The alliance is one that focuses on efforts to get the entertainment industry involved in spreading the word about this common, but not often talked about, cancer.
3. Sickle Cell Disease (Kiki Shepard): A little-known disease that affects predominantly black women is sickle cell disease. In order to bring awareness to this disease, Kiki Shepard routinely holds a celebrity bowling event to raise funds. Shepard is known as the long-time co-host of the television program “It’s Showtime at the Apollo.” She is also known as the “Queen of Fashion” in some circles. She has done acting and voice acting as well. Sickle cell disease falls into main types, including Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle-Hemoglobin C Disease, Sickle Beta-Plus Thalassemia and Sickle Beta-Zero Thalassemia. Shepard’s bowling evening routinely brings out such stars as Tatyana Ali, James Pickens, Jr., Loretta Devine and DJ MC Lyte.
4. Parkinson’s Disease (Michael J. Fox): This degenerative disease did not get a lot of play on the national airwaves until Michael J. Fox revealed that he suffers from the disease. This is a disease that eventually results in the inability to move, and it also results in an inability to communicate clearly. There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, but there are treatments that can slow its progression. Michael J. Fox made drew even more attention to Parkinson’s — and created a controversy — when he appeared in ads about the disease and stem cell research, as well as appearing before Congress to give testimony, without taking the medication that keeps his tremors in check. He did so in order to provide a visual of what Parkinson’s disease does to the body.
5. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig): You probably still haven’t heard of ALS. But that’s because, for the most part, no one calls it that anymore. Instead, you probably know ALS as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. At the time that Lou Gehrig had to stop playing for the Yankees, due in part to the ravages of ALS, he was one of the most well-known and beloved public figures. As a result, the entire diseased was sub-titled with his name. The ALS Association still works to raise funds to help those with the disease, and ease the symptoms. Like so many other diseases, there is no cure for ALS, but there is hope that Lou Gehrig’s Disease might some day be defeated.
6. Thyroid problems (Oprah Winfrey): Many of us are unaware of the gland in the body known as the thyroid gland. It is large as endocrine glands go, but you would probably be unimpressed by its size. It is located in the front part of the neck. The thyroid and its gland can cause a number of problems, including issues with weight. In 2007, Oprah Winfrey brought awareness of thyroid problems to the forefront by sharing that she had been diagnosed with a thyroid gland problem. While there are different reasons for thyroid problems, the bottom line is that once this is identified, many health and weight problems can be better managed.
7. Craniosynostosis (Jorge Posada): Jorge Posada is one of the best loved and recognizable players for the Yankees baseball team today. He has been acknowledged a great catcher and a fairly consistent hitter. Posada also has a child affected by craniosynostosis. This disease is defect of the brain that involves closure, prematurely, of the joints between the joints of skull. Surgery can be used to help alleviate the problem, but it is expensive. Posada set up a foundation designed to help provide emotional support and financial assistance to families affected by this problem.
8. Neuroblastoma (Tom Hanks): One of the most devastating diseases that affects children and infants is neuroblastoma. This is a type of cancerous tumor that attacks nerve tissue. The disease can cause a number of issues, including abdominal swelling, rapid pulse and breathing problems. Surgery can be attempted in order to help the condition, and other therapies are available. Tom Hanks has long been a spokesperson for raising awareness of neuroblastoma on behalf of the James Fund. Hanks was inspired by a young boy’s fight with neuroblastoma (which ended with his death at the age of eight), and wrote the forward to a book authored by the boy’s father.
9. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (Montel Williams): One of the reasons that multiple sclerosis (MS) is so well-known today is due to the efforts of former talk show host Montel Williams. When Williams shared that he was afflicted with MS, it managed to become more prominent on the national scene. Williams started his own foundation dedicated to fighting MS, and providing funding for organizations and research that attempt to find a cure for the diseases and look at ways to slow the disease. He also wrote a book about his fight with the disease. MS is one of those diseases that cannot be cured, but that can be countered with certain lifestyle choices and actions to help slow the effects of progress.
10. Autism (Doug Flutie): We hear about autism quite a bit these days. But it wasn’t always that way. Diagnosis of autism, and the recognition that there are different forms of the condition, have made leaps since Doug Flutie, Jr., the football player, first started a foundation in an effort to help his autistic son, and others like him. Autism has since become more recognized, and a number of conditions have been put on the “autism spectrum”. Flutie’s foundation provides emotional and financial support for families who are affected by autism. Without Flutie’s efforts, autism may not have the resources that it has today.

1. Outbreaks Near Me

Get the latest information on local disease outbreaks. Right now, the most popular use of this app is to track the swine flu. This iPhone app is a “grassroots” epidemiology effort based on HealthMap. It is possible for you to check the app and see whether a disease outbreak has been reported in your area. You can upload your own information and create your own reports using Outbreaks Near Me.

This app was developed by researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston, along with help from the MIT Media Lab. It does more than track swine flu — it can trace outbreaks from a number of infectious diseases.

2. Mobile World Disaster

If you are looking to keep track of what’s going on in the world, Mobile World Disaster news is a good choice. This iPhone app, developed by Crossgates AC, provides a helpful search feature, and includes Meta tags to make things easier for you. You can receive emergency updates about a number of disasters, from earthquakes to tornadoes to hurricanes.

And it’s not just natural disasters. Mobile World Disaster can help you stay on top of epidemics and pandemics. If you are concerned about travel to distant places, you can check to see what kinds of diseases you will have to worry about. This app also helps you track the spread of pandemics, and keeps you informed with the latest news. It’s no surprise that, right now, the most recent version has been updated with helpful information on Swine Flu.

3. Swine Flu News Tracker

Concerned about swine flu? Well, now you can keep track of the latest news with regard to swine flu. Crossgates AC has taken the same type of technology used for the Mobile World Disaster iPhone app and applied it specifically to swine flu. If you are more concerned about what is being considered the next pandemic (especially this fall as back to school is expected to see an increase in swine flu), this app can help keep you abreast of what is going on.

Swine Flu News Tracker includes information on where the latest outbreaks are, and what others are doing to combat the disease. Additionally, this iPhone app includes helpful information on how to protect yourself and your family from swine flu, and tracks where the disease is most prevalent in the world — so you can avoid it.

4. Influenza A (H1N1) Tracker

This is another iPhone app based on the public’s desire to keep up with the swine flu. This is a very simple application from Web it Up. This application is designed to help you keep track of where the swine flu is, how many people have been infected, and how many deaths there have been. It’s actually rather helpful, since the information is arranged by country.

For the United States, the information is further broken down according to state. If you are interested in knowing where the swine flu is most active, and where it is doing the most damage, it is relatively easy to find that information in a very simple format. This application also includes the assessment level offered by the World Health Organization.

5. FDA Mobile

This is a neat application straight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If you are looking for the latest health news and disease outbreak information, you can have delivered straight to your iPhone. It is possible to get the latest on disease epidemics, and to track smaller outbreaks. Right now, of course, the main focus for many people is the swine flu. However, the FDA Mobile app can provide information for any disease that threatens to go pandemic. Updates with press reports of the spread of the disease, along with the latest WHO assessment, can be had quickly and easily.

You can also get access to non-outbreak related information. Find FDA warnings (searchable) on products and services. Find human clinical trials data, look for drug shortage information and get the latest news and releases, including the latest medical devices and treatments to be approved. This app is helpful on a number of levels that have to do with your health.

6. CDC News Reader

The Centers for Disease Control is one of the places to go if you want the latest disease outbreak information. You can get all of the latest happenings in the world of infectious diseases right on your iPhone. This news reader takes the top stories issued from the CDC, and sends them to you. This includes outbreaks, such as a multi-state E. Coli outbreak, and even the swine flu. If you want to track diseases and see where the danger lies, the CDC News Reader can keep you informed. A share feature can help you keep those you love in the loop as well.

In addition to tracking diseases, the CDC News Reader also provides other useful information, including emergency preparedness, environmental health alerts, travel notices and other updates. The application also includes a landscape mode, so that you can get a better view.

7. PEPID Elements: Infectious Disease and Travel Medicine

This iPhone application is ideal for the traveler. If you are concerned about what sort of disease you might get when you travel overseas, you can consult this iPhone app for an idea of what’s out there. Not only can this application help you figure out where you are most likely to catch something, but it can actually help you identify whether or not you have it. You can get advice on how to manage infectious diseases, and steps you can take to curb its spread.

This iPhone app also offers dynamic medical calculators and provides information on drug interactions, possibilities and more. The Platinum version, designed for physicians, also has helpful features that can help those who practice medicine better perform their duties.

8. Swine Flu Tracker

IntuApps has the Swine Flu Tracker. This can help you keep track of where the swine flu, and where it might be going. This application is aimed specifically at travelers who still want to globe trot — but in relative safety. Swine Flu Tracker makes use of Google Maps to help you monitor the spread of the disease.

In addition to providing travel warnings and information about the global spread of swine flu (including World Health Organization data), this app also includes helpful information on symptoms of swine flu, what to do if you think you have become infected. This interactive application also features information from the CDC and other respected sources, helping you sift fact from fiction when it comes to the most recent pandemic.

9. The Swine Flu Tracker

This final swine flu app is available from GPS Kit developer Garafa. The company uses its GPS savvy to create a disease outbreak tracker that can help you keep tabs on a number of diseases. Right now, swine flu is quite understandably the focus. However, the app is not limited to swine flu. Other infectious diseases can be tracked using this application, and it also includes information on the disease in question.

Using a map, you can visually see where there have been confirmed cases of the disease in question, as well as see where deaths have taken place. The application works world wide, so you can check up on different countries, and see the places you should avoid.

10. iEmergency

It isn’t exactly a disease tracker, but if you succumb to something, iEmergency can help. This iPhone app by KAVAPOINT is designed to provide your health and emergency information to others if you are incapacitated. The idea is that you can store your allergies, an emergency contact and other information on you iPhone, to be seen if there is a problem. You can even create a lock banner if your iPhone is password protected. There is also one touch emergency calling to make things easier to get in touch with your emergency contacts.

There really is no substitute for peace of mind. You never know when an emergency will come, and you can use this app to make sure you are prepared — and make sure that your loved ones are contacted and know what happened.

Medical Job Blogs

These are blogs that focus on helping you find a job in the medical field.

1. Non-Clinical Medical Jobs, Careers and Opportunities: Looks at different aspects of non-clinical medical work. Provides opportunities and leads, as well as helpful and information articles.
2. Jobs-2o: Blog, forum and job board that provides postings on medical job openings and career helps.
3. Premier Health Careers: Looks at medical and health care careers and includes job openings.
4. BioJobBlog: Features information on what is happening in the world of medical and clinical careers. Special emphasis on pharmaceutical careers.
5. Healthcare Executive Careers Blog: Offers insight into healthcare executive careers, as well as providing insight into job openings and how to find a job as a health care exec.

Doctor Blogs

Learn about what it’s like to be a physician, and get insight into what it takes to be a successful doctor.

6. Physician Careers Blog: Learn about how to prepare your materials and market yourself as a doctor. What it takes to get hired as a doctor.
7. GruntDoc: Looks at everyday doctoring — from the perspective of someone who once a doctor in the military.
8. Doctor Anonymous: Follow the life of a family care physician living in Ohio.
9. Surgeonsblog: Find out what it’s like to be a surgeon, and explore some of the issues involved in health care.
10. KevinMD: One of the best blogs focusing on the medical and health care world and the issues that doctors face.

Nursing Blogs

Learn about what it’s like to be a nurse, and how to become a nurse.

11. madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: Get a down and dirty look at what it’s like working as a nurse in the emergency room.
12. St. Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst – Male Nurses: An interesting look at male nurses and what goes on in their world, with an Australian perspective.
13. Misadventurous Melissa: Follows the adventures of someone who is a nurse and an attorney. An interesting career path.
14. Nurse Healers: Blog that highlights the healing aspect of nursing.
15. Psychonurse’s Padded Cell: Critical care nurse shares the ins and outs of her day.
16. Nurse Practitioner’s Place: Focuses on what it is to be a practicing nurse.

Dentist and Orthodontist Blogs

Working on teeth can be an interesting career. Learn about it first time from these dentists and orthodontists.

17. The Tooth Booth Dental Blog: Learn about what is happening in the world of dentistry, and about a day in the life of a dentist.
18. Marty Jablow DMD: Find out about dentistry and what the issues involved in working with teeth.
19. About.com Dental Care: A great blog that focuses on different aspects of dental care and dentistry.
20. The Dental Implant Blog: Learn about what it’s like working with dental implants and how to use it as a career.
21. Exceptional Dental Practice Management: Learn about properly managing your dental practice.
22. Ask Dr. Straight Orthodontic Blog: Find out more about orthodontics and what goes into it as a career.

Radiology Blogs

One of the medical careers in highest demand is radiology. Learn about this exciting career path.

23. Dave’s Places in Radiology: A blog for imaging professionals, focusing on how you can do your job better.
24. Why?: The thoughts of an x-ray tech on life and radiology.
25. Radiology 101: Learn more about radiology as a career, and what it takes to make it.
26. Aunt Minnie: Keep up to date on the latest in radiology, and issues facing health care.
27. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Medicine Podcast: Listen to the latest news in radiology and nuclear medicine, and learn about career tips and issues.

Alternative Medicine Blogs

Find a career in alternative medicine. Holistic healing and wellness can make a great career.

28. Next Generation Chiropractor: Looks at what it takes to be a chiropractor today, and offers helpful career and practice hints.
29. The Chiropractic Blog: Helpful information on how to improve your chiropractic practice.
30. Massage Geeks: A blog about massage therapy and how you can enhance your skills and practice.
31. Acupuncture Health Blog: Takes a look at practicing acupuncture and how it can enhance health.

Medical Assisting Blogs

Learn about becoming a medical assistant, and the health careers involved. Hygienists included in this batch of blogs.

32. Medical Assistant Net Career Blog: Get helpful hints on being a better medical assistant and finding job openings.
33. The American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistant’s Blog: Review job openings and post your own seeking employment wishes on this blog. Also includes helpful and informative articles.
34. the musings of a modern hygienist: Learn about what it’s like to be a dental hygienist.
35. Medical Assistant Jobs: Get a job in medical assisting. Learn helpful career tips, as well as see job postings.
36. American Dental Hygienists’ Association MySpace Blog: Find out about networking events and receive helpful information on being a hygienist.

Medical Billing, Coding and Transcription

There are jobs in the administrative end of the medical profession. This includes billing clients, doing insurance coding and transcription for doctors. Some of these jobs can even be done from home.

37. Medical Billing Blog: Provides career advice and tips on being successful as a medical biller.
38. Medical Coding and Billing Blog: Information about coding and billing, as well as helpful information on getting started in the business.
39. Your Medical Coding Career: Looks at how you can improve and sell yourself as a medical coder.
40. Medical Transcription Blog: Follow a career path as a medical transcriptionist.
41. Medical-Transcriptionist-Specialist.com: Learn about job openings and helpful tips to help you start a career in medical transcription.

Medical Sales

One career path you can follow in the medical field is to sell supplies and drugs to doctors and hospitals. Provide needed equipment.

42. Specialty Medical Sales Blog: Learn about how to be more successful at medical sales.
43. Medical Sales Recruiter: Find out what hiring managers are looking for in a salesperson.
44. Pharmaceutical Sales Blog: Sell pharma for a learning. Learn what employers are looking for, and improve your technique.
45. CafePharma: Provides insight into the pharmaceutical industry. Aimed at pharma sales professionals.

Student Blogs

Learn from students pursuing various medical careers.

46. Mexico Medical Student Blog: Follow the adventures of a medical student in Mexico.
47. Medical Student Blog: Learn about how to be a better student and about issues facing the health care profession.
48. RNLife.com: This nursing student blog looks at health care issues and addresses better practices.
49. Not Another Nursing Student Blog: Humorous look at what it’s like as a nursing student.
50. Ashley’s USF Blog: A helpful look at what it’s like to be a radiology student.

Introduction to the Body

Before you dive into the minute workings of the body, it helps to have a basic overview of how the body functions. These classes will help you build a foundation with regard to the body’s development.

1. Human Growth and Development from Tufts University offers helpful information on the way the body grows and develops from birth to death.
2. Adolescent Health and Development from Johns Hopkins University provides an insightful look at how youth develop.
3. General Human Anatomy from the University of California Berkeley focuses on the basics of the body’s systems, and what goes on inside of it.
4. Introductory Biology from MIT provides an overview of biology. This is necessary for understanding how the body works as a biological entity.
5. Introduction to Cardiac Care from Columbia University offers a look at how the heart works, and a basic foundation for understanding heart disease.
6. Introduction to Clinical Pain Problems from Tufts University looks at the issue of pain and how the body deals with. A course that can help you learn about evaluating and treating paid.
7. Introduction to Health Policy from Johns Hopkins University can give you a basic understanding of how policy affects the way the body is treated in medical settings.
8. Issues in complentary and alternative medicine from The Open University provides an overview of health practices that fall outside the Western medical tradition. Also addresses how these practices work with the human body.

Body Systems

The human body is made up of different systems that have separate functions. Get an idea of what system is designed to do.

9. A Clinical Approach to the Human Brain from MIT offers a look at how the brain works. Includes information on the differences between a healthy brain and an unhealthy brain.
10. Gastroenterology from MIT provides a look at the gastrointestinal system and how it works.
11. Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology from Tufts University is designed to help you learn about diseases that affect the digestive system.
12. Renal Pathosphysiology from Tufts University explores the importance of the renal system — especially the kidneys. Provides an overview of how the renal system works, and how it can be affected by disease.
13. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology from Tufts University looks at the way the heart and the rest of cardiovascular system work.
14. Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology from Tufts University provides information on how the muscles and the skeleton work together. Also explores the effects of degenerative diseases on the musculoskeletal system.
15. Opthamology Grand Rounds from Tufts University provides interesting insight into how the eyes work. There is also special cases of eye care and disease from the New England Eye Center Grand Rounds.
16. Molecular Biology for the Auditory System from MIT provides a look at how the ears work.
17. Acoustics of Speech and Hearing from MIT looks at the ways the human ear transforms sound into something intelligible to the hearer.

Reproduction and Genetics

Learn about reproduction, as well as learn more about how genetics form the building blocks of the body and determine how it works.

18. Human Reproductive Biology from MIT looks at both the female and male reproductive systems. Looks at reproductive development, and diseases that can result.
19. Biology of Sex from San Diego State University provides materials that help you understand how sex works from a biological standpoint.
20. Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemology from Johns Hopkins University tracks how reproduction works, as well as devotes time to addressing issues related to infertility, contraception and public policy.
21. Preventing Infant Mortality and Promoting the Health of Women, Infants, and Children from Johns Hopkins University addresses the issues of how to better take care of those directly involved in child bearing and rearing.
22. Gene Expression an its Regulation from the University of Alberta probes genetic function, as well as the biological processes behind the way genes are put together.
23. Genetics from Tufts University focuses on genetics and how they can be applied to modern medicine. Also includes information on how genetic diseases work in the body.
24. Genomic Medicine from MIT addresses the concept of using genes to enhance medicine. Also addresses the latest genomic technologies.
25. Genomics and Computational Biology from MIT looks at the relationships seen in genes, and how to model them using computers.

Conditions, Illness and Disease

Different conditions of illness and disease can change the way the body works. Learn how diseases and other adverse conditions affect the human body.

26. Microbiology from Tufts University looks at the microbes that cause diseases. Learn how microbial pathogens work in the body.
27. Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases from Johns Hopkins University provides a look at understanding infectious diseases and looks at the development of acute infections.
28. Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases from Tufts University follows the development of diseases, and the courses they take in the human body.
29. Images of Memorable Cases: 50 Years at the Bedside is a collection resource from Connexions that provides a look at medical diagnosis, providing interesting case studies in illness.
30. Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnoses and Pathophysiology from Tufts University provides helpful insights into diabetes and how it works in the human body. Looks at both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
31. Impact of Pandemic Influenza on Public Health from Johns Hopkins University looks at the development of different kinds of flu in the human body, as well as its rapid spread and how it affects societal response.
32. America’s Battle for a Cure: The Culture and Politics of Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment from Columbia University provides a look at breast cancer, and the issues surrounding it. Also addresses the progression of the disease.
33. Biography of the AIDS Epidemic from Columbia University looks at the development of AIDS as a disease, as well as how it affects the human body.
34. Malariology from Johns Hopkins University looks at malaria and how it affects humans. Also looks at parasitic diseases in general.
35. Brain injury: Recovery from Psychology Wiki looks at he impact of brain injury, and treatments for helping someone recover.
36. Confronting the Burden of Injuries from Johns Hopkins University provides insight into the human body and how it (and the mind) reacts to injuries.

Mental Health

The mind is an important part of the body. And, while the brain still remains in large measure shrouded in mystery, it is possible to learn to improve mental health and enhance the working of both mind and body.

37. Mental Health practice: Bonnyrigg from The Open University approaches issues relating to mental health. Also distinguishes mental illness from mental health.
38. General Psychology from the University of California Berkeley provides a good overview of how the brain works, and looks at mental health.
39. Clinical Psychology from the University of California Berkeley offers a look into the theory and practice of psychology and dysfunction.
40. Psychiatric Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University addresses mental illness and psychiatric disorders that can occur and affect the body as well as the mind.
41. Psychology of Personality from University of California Berkeley looks at how personality is developed, and how it works in humans.
42. Challenging ideas in mental health from The Open University provides a look at how mental health is addressed, including policy questions.

Nutrition and Fitness

What we eat and how we exercise impacts our bodies’ function. In order to understand how the human body works, it is important to understand the effects of nutrition and fitness.

43. Introduction to Human Nutrition from the University of California Berkeley looks at how the digestive system and the metabolism work, and how nutrients impact the body.
44. Critical Analysis of Popular Diets and Dietary Supplements from Johns Hopkins University explores how diet fads and the supplements we take affect the human body.
45. Principles of Pharmacology from MIT looks at different pharmacological agents affect the human body.
46. Principles of Drug Development from Johns Hopkins University looks at how drugs are developed, and the kinds of effects they have on the body.
47. Nutrition and Medicine from Tufts University addresses nutrition as part of the medical establishment, and looks at how it affects the human body.
48. Food and Nutrition Policy from Johns Hopkins University looks at how the policies adopted can affect human health.
49. Alcohol and Human Health from The Open University provides a look at how alcohol affects the human body and its function.
50. Improving aerobic fitness from The Open University provides insight into the helpful effects of fitness on the body.