Some useful websites

Orphanet is a database of rare diseases. It contains information about more than 5000 conditions. You can search for research and trials being undertaken across Europe, as well as details of clinics and patient organisations. Click here to view the portal: http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/index.php

Martindale’s Health Science Guide is useful for multimedia resources, and has a wide variety of images and video clips in many medical specialties. http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html

OTIS: The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists is a not-for-profit association based in North America and it provides evidence-based clinical information about exposure to any type of drug, disease, etc., during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Its website includes details of ongoing and completed research, as well as patient-friendly factsheets. View it here: http://www.otispregnancy.org/hm/

The Drugs and Lactation database (LactMed) is an American peer-reviewed database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It is supported by the US National Library of Medicine. Topics include the possible effects of each drug on mothers and infants, as well as alternative medication, and are fully referenced. It is freely accessible here: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT