This web site has links to information on the Arthritis Foundation and its online publication, Arthritis Today . This publication provides information in both English and Spanish on arthritis organizations and arthritis-related news and research. Visitors to the web site can also research back issues of Arthritis Today in the online archive. Selected words and phrases are highlighted to allow links to related Internet sites. Visitors to this web site are greeted by a well-organized display of major topic headings and subheadings, all of which link to pages of information provided by the Better Hearing Institute.
Visitors can also download articles full-text.
Visitors type a medication or a disease to be searched and receive brief summaries which provide links to other Internet sources of information. In addition to links to information on medications and diseases, visitors are also presented with lists of links to health-related organizations, hospitals, and medical schools and libraries. Health Finder is a search engine in which visitors to the web site can either type in a topic to be searched or choose from the list of topics provided. The target audience is the general public rather than health professionals. Although much of the web site is geared toward the interests of medical researchers and staff at the institute, the casual visitor will find useful health information and may use the posted phone numbers to speak with staff at the institute to obtain more information.