What's New on NetWellness – October 2001

NEW Feature of the Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In our feature, you can find answers from our experts, ask a new question, learn about our Breast Cancer experts, and read more about Breast Cancer

New Experts Joins NetWellness

Nancy Elder, MD, G. James Short, PhD, and Charles Webster, MD have all joined NetWellness as experts, reactivating two Ask an Expert topics. Drs. Elder and Short are answering questions in the Anxiety and Stress Disorders (Adult) questions area. Dr. Webster is answering questions in the Sports Medicine area of NetWellness. They are all members of the Department of Family Medicine at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine.

Health Illustrated Encyclopedia Integration – You’ll be Seeing More of It

We have started integrating the content from Health Illustrated Encyclopedia into the NetWellness Health Topics. Kidney Diseases and Alzheimer’s disease are the latest topics to have the Health Illustrated Encyclopedia content added. More will be integrated in the coming months.

Current Health News

If you have been a reader of our "In the News" feature you may have noticed a change. In addition to the name change to Current Health News, we now include links to further information regarding these featured articles that can be found on NetWellness.

Content and Web links Review

Providing current quality information is the goal of NetWellness. To insure this all our content and web links are reviewed on an annual basis to ensure that the information you need is the most current and relevant possible. All our web links have been reviewed this year as well as a substantial amount of our current content. This is an ongoing process ensuring that you, the consumer, with only the most current and accurate information we can provide.

New Documents Article - Kidney Pain

Dr. Phillip Hall, 3^rd, MD, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has written a new article titled "Kidney Pain". Learn all about kidney infection (pyelonephritis) and kidney stones (nephrolithiasis).

Let Us Let You Know – Ask an Expert Notification

You may have noticed something different when you Ask an Expert a question. You now have the option to enter your email address and receive an email notification – with a link directly to your question and the expert’s response – when the response is posted. It’s strictly optional, and of course is completely private. We do not use email addresses for any other purpose. In fact, we delete all such email addresses from our system as soon as notifications are sent. See our Privacy Policy.

Enhanced Easy Printing!!

Tired of using several sheets of paper to print a single sheet of text? NetWellness is now in the process of has added a printer friendly option to all our content pages. Look for the printer icon at the top of the page to access use this new feature.

Let Us Know How We're Doing

We're always interested in learning what you have to say about the site. What's good and what can be better? Please send your comments through our "Feedback" feature and we'll get them into the right hands. Thanks again for using NetWellness!

About NetWellness

NetWellness is a non-profit consumer health Web site that provides high quality information created and evaluated by health professions faculty at Case Western Reserve University, The Ohio State University, and the University of Cincinnati. Started in June 1995, NetWellness was one of the first health sites on the Internet.