Want to practice your database search skills?
Find answers to the questions in the quiz by searching the Health and Wellness Resource Centre.
1. What organ does the herb milk thistle aid?
Hint: click on the Drug and Herb Finder link, and type in milk thistle.
2. What herbal teas help alleviate nausea?
Hint: click on the Alternative Health Encyclopedia link, and find nausea in the index provided. Once you are in the nausea page, find the 'treatment' link.
3. How is malaria spread?
Hint: Use the Medical Encyclopedia link, then use the alphabetised index to find malaria.
4. How many articles written about weight loss in 2006 can you find in international newspapers?
Hint: Use the Health News link, type 'weight loss' in the search box, and limit your search to 2006 using the 'limit the current search' option.
5. How can you find out whether you are at risk for osteoporosis?
Hint:Use the Health Assessment Tools link, and find the link to the 'Your Disease Risk' site.
6. What is peritonitis?
Hint:Type 'peritonitis' in the Search for box at the top of the screen. Don't forget that your search will also provide 'related topics' listed on the left.
7. What is an esophagus?
Hint:Use the Medical Dictionary link.
8. What is the recommended treatment for RSI (repetitive strain injury)?
Hint:use the advanced search option, and enter 'RSI' and 'treatment' as keyword searches. Don't forget you can limit your search to full text articles by choosing the 'full text only' option.
9. How can you find video resources on diabetes?
Hint:search the Health Library by typing 'diabetes' in the search box on the right side of the home page. Alternatively, you can choose from the multimedia library index directly below.
10. What is the herb ginger root used for?
Hint:Use the Drug and Herb Finder link, and type in ginger root.
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