<p>Hello, first of all, I’m sorry if this is the forum to post on, but I wasn’t sure. Anyway, I am a high school student who really enjoys medicine. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here knew any good.informative medical magazines that keeps people up to date to the most recent forms of research, treatement, etc. Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>I guess the most obvious answer is that you can find most of that information on websites now, such as the one the Mayo Clinic runs. With so many hard publications going the way of newspapers (folding), websites are going to be the best way to keep up to date, and websites that are affiliated with reputable research institutions are the best.</p>
<p>The closest thing for what you appear to want is a good medical blog that discusses important issues in medicine.
All the latest research and whatnot is found in the peer-reviewed medical journals, of which there are a ton.</p>
<p>The New England Journal of Medicine is widely read and respected. You can read some articles free online. It’s quite technical though (“Genomes of Microbes”).</p>
<p>The Tuesday issue of the New York Times has a science section, and there are many articles about medical issues. I think that would be a good source for you. I learn a lot from reading it.</p>
<p>If you need something more advanced than the Mayo Clinic articles, here are some places you can turn to:</p>
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<li><p>Use Pubmed to search for topics of interest. Some journals have free acess, such as PloS: [Public</a> Library of Science](<a href=“http://www.plos.org/]Public”>http://www.plos.org/), a web based free peer-reviewed journal. Science and Nature are the two leading scientific journals, and some articles are free to read online.</p></li>
<li><p>There are some nice blogs that deal with medical and pharmaceutical news. One of them is Corante In the Pipeline (google it, since we are not allowed to link to blogs).</p></li>
<li><p>If you are leaning towards the business side of medicine, Genomeweb, Xconomy, Biospace, GEN are good sources of such information.</p></li>
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<p>If I think of more, I will add tomorrow!</p>
<p>Medscape is pretty user friendly, but you may not be able to access the MD stuff without proving you are a physician. Be aware much of it may be industry sponsored, and therefore should be interpreted with a grain of salt.</p>
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[Medscape:</a> Medscape Access](<a href=“Medscape Drugs & Diseases - Comprehensive peer-reviewed medical condition, surgery, and clinical procedure articles with symptoms, diagnosis, staging, treatment, drugs and medications, prognosis, follow-up, and pictures”>Medscape Drugs & Diseases - Comprehensive peer-reviewed medical condition, surgery, and clinical procedure articles with symptoms, diagnosis, staging, treatment, drugs and medications, prognosis, follow-up, and pictures)</p>
<p>Family Practice
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<p>Cure is a magazine for cancer survivors and their families, it gives many research updates and has layman’s terms for much of the info</p>
<p>Science News is an excellent magazine that covers a wide range of the sciences; it features research updates regularly. Most libraries have it.</p>
<p>This isn’t a magazine specifically dedicated to medicine but to science, and MUCH of the information is medically relevant: Scientific American.</p>
<p>H, a scientist, has been receiving it for year, and I occasionally read through it as well.
D, who was a biology major and now has a doctorate in physical therapy is also a subscriber and enjoys it–she asked for a subscription! Lots of interesting articles. It might be a great first choice as it’s a bit broader. Look for discounts too.</p>
<p>Here is one more site:</p>
<p>[Medicine</a> Archives - ScienceNOW](<a href=“http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/medicine/]Medicine”>http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/medicine/)</p>
<p>And one more:</p>
<p>[Medical</a> News Today: Health News](<a href=“http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/]Medical”>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/)</p>
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