A deep site with data and statistics. American Medical Association Journals JAMA, American Medical News and speciality journals. American Medical Writers Association Founded in 1940 to help medical authors. A library of information on general health, disabilities, diseases and disorders, fitness and nutrition, medical specialties, medicine, and sexuality and reproduction. This young organization helps journalists who cover health care and health policy.
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Members-only area includes info on jobs, fellowships and a newsletter. Berkeley Mortality Database Data on mortality rates and life expectancy rates from 1900 to 1995, and also projections to 2080. Information organized by age, race and gender. By Prof. John R. Wilmoth from the University of California-Berkeley supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging. This bibliographic database provides access to more than 1.3 million citations and abstracts from cancer literature.