The top five Q4 general medicine-related searches by medical
professionals were:
1. Hypertension (Q3-'07 - cortisol)
2. Osteoporosis (Q3-'07 - HbA1c/glycated hemoglobin)
3. Diabetes (Q3-'07 - dopamine)
4. MRSA (Q3-'07 - aphthous ulcers)
5. Hypothyroidism (Q3-'07 - hypertension)
The top five Q4 psychiatric searches by medical professionals were:
1. Bipolar (Q3-'07 - mood stabilizer)
2. Borderline personality disorder (Q3-'07 - unipolar vs. bipolar
depression)
3. OCD (Q3-'07 - asperger's)
4. ADHD (Q3-'07 - hypomania)
5. Depression (Q3-'07 - bipolar)
SearchMedica provides clinicians with a specialist's view of the Web and an easy-to-use interface leveraging the medical expertise of thought leading medical editors as well as practicing physicians to ensure that every result is clinically sound.
For instance, a Google search on the term "bipolar," a mental disorder frequently in the news as of late, returns approximately 21 million results, most of which are inconsequential to clinicians. The same search nets a more manageable 40 thousand results on SearchMedica Psychiatry from some of the most credible online sources of medical literature for physicians and practitioners. The results can be even more targeted by allowing clinicians to refine the search via content category -- peer-reviewed research, evidence- based medicine, etc.
According to Finnie, healthcare professionals who register may receive
updates about new content and tips on how to use various advanced tools
within SearchMedica. In addition to ranking search results according to
relevance, SearchMedica also organizes results into categories such as
practical articles and news, research reviews and editorials,
evidence-based articles and meta-analyses, practice guidelines, clinical
trials for patients, continuing medical education, and
alternative-complementary
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