Table of Contents
FORWARD …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1
CHAPTER 1. STUDIES ON LOW BLOOD PRESSURE…………………………………………………………………..3
Overview………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
The Combined Health Information Database……………………………………………………………………… 3
Federally Funded Research on Low Blood Pressure…………………………………………………………….. 5
E-Journals: PubMed Central …………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed …………………………………………………………………….. 10
CHAPTER 2. NUTRITION AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE ………………………………………………………….27
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27
Finding Nutrition Studies on Low Blood Pressure …………………………………………………………… 27
Federal Resources on Nutrition ……………………………………………………………………………………… 28
Additional Web Resources …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28
CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE………………………………………31
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine………………………………………….. 31
Additional Web Resources …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 37
General References ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 41
CHAPTER 4. CLINICAL TRIALS AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE …………………………………………………43
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Recent Trials on Low Blood Pressure ……………………………………………………………………………… 43
Keeping Current on Clinical Trials ………………………………………………………………………………… 45
CHAPTER 5. PATENTS ON LOW BLOOD PRESSURE………………………………………………………………..47
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 47
Patents on Low Blood Pressure………………………………………………………………………………………. 47
Patent Applications on Low Blood Pressure…………………………………………………………………….. 64
Keeping Current ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 68
CHAPTER 6. BOOKS ON LOW BLOOD PRESSURE …………………………………………………………………..69
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 69
Book Summaries: Federal Agencies…………………………………………………………………………………. 69
Chapters on Low Blood Pressure ……………………………………………………………………………………. 70
CHAPTER 7. PERIODICALS AND NEWS ON LOW BLOOD PRESSURE ………………………………………..77
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 77
News Services and Press Releases…………………………………………………………………………………… 77
Newsletter Articles ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 79
Academic Periodicals covering Low Blood Pressure………………………………………………………….. 80
CHAPTER 8. RESEARCHING MEDICATIONS………………………………………………………………………….81
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 81
U.S. Pharmacopeia……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 81
Commercial Databases ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 82
Researching Orphan Drugs …………………………………………………………………………………………… 83
APPENDIX A. PHYSICIAN RESOURCES ………………………………………………………………………………..87
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 87
NIH Guidelines……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 87
NIH Databases…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 89
Other Commercial Databases…………………………………………………………………………………………. 93
APPENDIX B. PATIENT RESOURCES …………………………………………………………………………………….95
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 95
Patient Guideline Sources……………………………………………………………………………………………… 95
Finding Associations…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 99
APPENDIX C. FINDING MEDICAL LIBRARIES ……………………………………………………………………..101
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 101

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Preparation………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 101
Finding a Local Medical Library…………………………………………………………………………………… 101
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada……………………………………………………………………… 101
ONLINE GLOSSARIES…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 107
Online Dictionary Directories ……………………………………………………………………………………… 107
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE DICTIONARY…………………………………………………………………….. 109
INDEX ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 165

 

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