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New York, New York, October 16, 2007
Current Issues in Health—a new H.W. Wilson database based on the winning format and editorial approach of Library Journal Best Reference Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus—is now available on WilsonWeb.

Current Issues in Health offers thorough information on top-of-the-mind subjects, in collections of articles hand-picked by Wilson editors. The database also encourages independent exploration and provides updated information, in targeted searches for new and related articles from thousands of periodicals. This practical resource is designed to meet educational and research needs at public, school, and college libraries--including the needs of vocational students preparing for careers in health care.

From eating disorders to food safety, from alternative medicine to cloning, from euthanasia to travel and health, here's where library users can turn for information to enrich their understanding of issues at the leading edge of health and medicine. The database presents more than 60 topics to start, and will grow by some 20 topics annually.

Each topic is covered in about 30 full text articles, hand-picked to ensure unbiased coverage. Articles come from a wide range of leading sources, from peer-reviewed journals to popular newsstand magazines. PDF page images deliver all the illustrations, charts, graphs, and other graphical content essential to research. Links to primary sources and helpful web sites enhance topic coverage.

Initial topics include:
Adolescent Health ● Alcohol Abuse ● Allergies ● Alzheimer's Disease ● Asthma ● Autism ● Becoming a Physician ● Biomedical Engineering ● Bioterrorism ● Birth Defects ● Body Image ● Brain Diseases ● Breast Care and Mammography ● Cancer in Men ● Cancer in Women ● Cloning ● Complementary and Alternative Medicine ● Cosmetic Surgery ● Depression ● Diabetes ● Diet Trends ● Doping in Sports ● Drug Addiction and Treatment ● Drug Market ● Drugs in America ● Eating Disorders ● Elder Care ● Emergency Medicine ● Euthanasia ● Eye Care ● Food and Drug Administration ● Food Safety ● Gastrointestinal Health ● Global Epidemics ● Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa ● HIV-AIDS ● Issues in Mental Health ● Legalization of Drugs ● Medicare and Medicaid ● Midwifery ● Obesity ● Organ Transplantation ● Pediatric Care ● Physical Fitness Trends ● Smoking ● Sports Medicine ● STDs ● Stem Cell Research ● Stress Disorders ● The Cost of Health Care ● The Debate over Universal Health Care ● The Immune System ● The Pharmaceutical Industry ● The World Health Organization ● Transgenic Medicine ● Travel and Health ● Uninsured Americans ● Vaccination and Immunization ● Women's Health

Free 30-day trials are available at www.hwwilson.com/trial. For more information Current Issues in Health, visit http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/current_issues_health.htm. 

Contact: 
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email: rsky@hwwilson.com

Frank Daly

Phone: (800) 367-6770, x2312

Email: fdaly@hwwilson.com