CZ:Health Sciences Workgroup

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Health Sciences Workgroup
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	Recent changes	Citable Articles (9)
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The purpose of the Health Sciences Workgroup is to coordinate the community of experts and non-experts alike on improving Citizendium articles related to the health sciences, including the practice of medicine and the allied health sciences. All people are invited to help out! Authors interested in this workgroup can add Category:Health Sciences Authors to their user page. Don't forget to look at our forum!

Current members

Editors

• User:Robert Badgett
• User:Gareth Leng
• User:Peter A. Lipson
• User:Ulises Ruiz
• User:Supten Sarbadhikari
• User:Anthony.Sebastian
• User:Andy Wongworawat

Authors

• User:Stefano Bartoletti
• User:Aric S. Campling (talk pages only so far)
• User:Thomas Simmons
• User:Mikael Häggström
• User:Oliver Hauss
• User:Tom Kelly
• User:Trevor Walker (no edits so far, but only registered in August)
• User:Matti Weckström (only one edit)
• User:Greg Woodhouse
• User:David E. Volk
• User: Ditza Katz
• User: Pierre-Alain Gouanvic

Which articles do we need?

Here are some indications of the articles that internet users especially want:

Most popular search terms from Lycos

Most popular search terms from Lycos

Top Ailments	Top Cancers	Top Dental Terms	Top Organs
Cancer Diabetes mellitus AIDS Multiple Sclerosis Autism Arthritis Herpes Stress Lupus Dyslexia	Breast cancer Lung cancer Leukemia Skin cancer Prostate cancer Lymphoma Testicular cancer Ovarian cancer Cervical cancer Liver cancer Bone cancer	dentists cosmetic dentistry teeth whitening teeth wisdom teeth braces dentistry dentures root canal	Heart Brain Liver Eyes Gall Bladder Pancreas Lungs Stomach Kidneys Spleen

WebMD Top Health topics

"WebMD Editors determine the topics and placement on (their) lists..." Information from www.webmd.com from 5/10/07

Men Crohn’s Disease Lyme Disease Sleep Problems Tick Bites Poison Ivy/Oak Cholesterol Heart Murmur Malaria Diabetes Lung Cancer Sun Poisoning Heart Disease

Women Pregnancy Genital Warts Uterine Cancer Missed Period Back Pain Breast Cancer Sleep Apnea Yeast Infections Stretch Marks Multiple Sclerosis Chronic Fatigue Dizziness

Children Tick Bites Fifth Disease ADD/ADHD Poison Ivy/Oak Spider Bite Sleep Time Leukemia Ringworm Allergies Cavities Mononucleosis Strep Throat

Workgroup Spotlight

If you are interested in seeing a particular article in this section being created, improved, or reviewed, feel free to add them to this list.

• Myocardial Infarction
• hypertension
• diabetes
• obesity
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Infant growth and development
• deafness
• Contraception
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV
• Sexually transmitted disease

Tools to help health science editing

Writing tools

• Diberri citation tool
• WikEd add on for FireFox browser. This provides color coding to the wiki markup while it is being edited.

Templates

• Template:Infobox Disease
  • Example of use: Breast cancer
• Template:DailyMed (FDA approved drug labels)
  • Example of use: Warfarin (see external links section)
• Template:ICD9
  • Not needed if Template:Infobox Disease used.
• Template:MedlinePlus
  • Example of use: Allergic rhinitis
• Template:MedMaster (Patient Drug Information)
  • Example of use: Doxycycline
• Template:MeSH
  • Example of use: Biogenic amine receptor
• Template:PubMedCentral