Word: medpedia
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Though the main part of Medpedia is designed to provide objective information, the site will also feature separate pages for debate and commentary among the medical community...
...Komaroff and Clever both said that the interactive features of Medpedia would provide a unique medium for patients to connect online, share their experiences, and offer advice...
...Linda Hawes Clever, a clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and a member of Medpedia's Board of Advisers, called the conflict-of-interest policies an "imperative in progress...
...Although there will be Medpedia pages covering certain treatments and drugs, Currier noted that editors will be prohibited from prescribing treatment...
...Medpedia founders acknowledge that creating and interlinking the Web pages over the next few years for such a large body of ever-changing information will not be an easy task given that there are over 30,000 known diseases and conditions and more than 10,000 drugs prescribed annually...