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We have created Marcoplus HealthWorld Online to act as your 24-hour health resource center--a virtual health village where you can access the information, services and products to help design a wellness-based lifestyle. You will meet many of the leaders in natural health, wellness, self-care and alternative medicine as you navigate our Internet health network, experts who have dedicated their lives to educating consumers and professionals in the health care of the future--Integrative Health--blending the best of conventional and alternative/ complementary medicine.

Recognizing that the individual is primarily responsible for maintaining their own health and well-being, we have developed our Health Network to be consistent with our philosophy of Self-Managed Care™.

Where do you begin? Well, first, let's find out why you have come to HealthWorld Online..........


I Want to Live a Healthier Life.....
If you are looking for resources to help you live a healthier life, you are in the right place. HealthWorld Online offers vast resources in nutrition, fitness, self-care and mind/body approaches to maintaining high-level health. At this point you will want to take our tour to familiarize yourself with the resources in HealthWorld Online. You will be interested in visiting the Fitness Center, Nutrition Center, Wellness Center, Marketplace (Bookstore, Health Food Store), and Self-Care Central in our Health Village on our home page. You may want to check out "Today's Healthy News" a daily health news feed from a leading news service. For a guide through HealthWorld Online content and services, please take our Tour.



I Have a Health Problem.....
If you have an existing health problem and are looking for information and resources to help you better manage your condition, your first destination in our Health Village should be our Health Clinic. Here you will find over a thousand articles on over one hundred health conditions in our Disease Center, extensive women's health, children's health and cancer centers, an online professional referral network, natural medicine audio clinic, consumer laboratory services, and an unparalled Alternative Medicine Center. (You can also access our Alternative & Complementary Medicine Center, directly from our home page.) To discover how to best research a health condition in HealthWorld Online visit Tips for Researching a Health Condition. Finally, to discover resources in HealthWorld Online to help you develop and maintain a higher level of health and wellness, please take our Tour.



I am a Health Professional.....
If you are a health professional or researcher, please take this opportunity to read our Guide for Professionals Using HealthWorld Online to familiarize yourself with the many professional-level reference resources, products and services offered in our Internet Health Network. In addition to being the first site on the Internet to offer free Medline worldwide, HealthWorld Online offers exclusive resources to professionals -- natural medicine textbooks, nutritional reference texts, botanical and Chinese Medicine research reports, as well as alternative and complementary medicine journals. After exploring our Professional Center, please take our tour to become more acquainted with HealthWorld Online.



I am a Journalist.....
HealthWorld Online offers a compelling resource for consumer health journalists as well as medical journalists covering the fields of consumer health, medical self-care, alternative and complementary medicine and the emerging field of integrative medicine. Our Self-Managed Care approach to health and medicine parallels the rise of the empowered health consumer and the health information revolution. For a guide to resources for journalists in HealthWorld Online, visit our Media Resource Centertour to become more acquainted with HealthWorld Online.



I am a Researcher.....
HealthWorld Online is a vast resource for health and medical researchers. Your first destination will be our Library of Health & Medicine where you will find our HealthWorld Online Search, Free Medline search, our Medical Cybrarian Service, daily health news feed, online natural medicine textbooks, nutritional research texts, alternative medicine professional journals, natural medicine audio library and interviews with experts in health and wellness. Our Alternative & Complementary Medicine Center and Disease Center are also two excellent research resources For a guide to resources for Researchers in HealthWorld Online, visit our Research Center and then take our tour to become more acquainted with HealthWorld Online.




Searching in HealthWorld Online
We use the Excite search engine to perform the Site Search of the over 3,000 pages of HealthWorld Online. The Excite Search allows you to search by keyword or concept. Our online Bookstore and Health Food Store also have advanced search functions. We offer free Medline search for more in-depth medical research and for those who lack either the time or expertise to perform complex Medline and Internet searches, our Medical Cybrarian Service will provide answers to your health queries for reasonable fees.



Free and Premium Content/Services
HealthWorld Online currently offers over 30,000 pages of free information to consumers and professionals worldwide. Our information is provided by recognized experts in the fields of nutrition, fitness, medical self-care, wellness, natural health and alternative and complementary medicine. Our free services include free Medline, Today's Healthy News (Daily health newsfeed), global health calendar, professional referral network, discussion forums, speaker's network, and our Healthy Update electronic newsletter.

We also offer premium content and services in HealthWorld Online to enable both consumers and professional users to access more unique and proprietary information and resources. Our premium content includes professional research texts such as Nutritional Influences on Illness, research reports and online, full-text alternative and complementary medical journals. Premium services include our Medical Cybrarian Service, Consumer Laboratory Services, online courses, Cancer Prevention Assessment (Coming Soon), Wellness Gateway Assessments (Coming this fall), and specialized medical information services.



Online Shopping
HealthWorld Online's Marketplace offers thousands of products in our Bookstore and Health Food Store for online purchase via secure credit card transaction. Our Bookstore contains a comprehensive selection of 2,500 books and audios on natural health, complementary medicine, and medical reference. In our Health Food Store consumers have online access to over 3,500 natural health products. Our Healthy Travel Center offers healthy vacation getaways, and in our Health Insurance Center you can receive free quotes for health/dental/life insurance policies. Our Healthy Outlet Mall, offering manufacturer to consumer direct service, will debut in Winter 1998.



Thank you for taking the time to visit our welcome center. Our philosophy of "Self-Managed Care" encourages you, the individual, to become the central player in managing your own health and to work in partnership with your chosen health professional to achieve a higher level of health and vitality -- your birthright.

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The Marcoplus HealthWorld Online Team