"Ask Dr. Weil" Web Site Provides Home-Remedy Database; The HotWired Network Adds "Doc Weil Database" to Its Popular Health Site.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996--The HotWired Network and bestselling author Andrew T. Weil, MD, today launched a comprehensive database of natural treatments for common ailments. From athlete's foot athlete's foot: see ringworm. athlete's foot Form of ringworm that affects the feet. In the inflammatory type, the infection may lie inactive much of the time, with occasional acute episodes in which blisters develop, mostly between the toes. to chocolate addiction addiction: see drug addiction and drug abuse. , the new database will enable Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f to get quick and easy access to information on hundreds of maladies. The "Ask Dr. Weil" Web site (www.drweil.com) is produced by the HotWired Network, a community of Web sites created by Wired Ventures Inc. "The purpose of the Doc Weil Database is to help people treat many common ailments on their own, with methods that are safe, natural, effective, and not as expensive as standard medical treatments," said Dr. Weil. "We have compiled only the most useful and relevant information for this database, so that users will consider it a truly helpful tool in their quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the health and wellness." The Doc Weil Database is the result of an exclusive licensing arrangement between Dr. Weil and the HotWired Network and consists of the material from Dr. Weil's bestselling book, Natural Health, Natural Medicine: A Comprehensive Manual for Wellness and Self-Care, as well as the questions and answers from the Ask Dr. Weil program. Accessing the database is simple: users enter a simple word query, which can be the name of a disease, condition, treatment or remedy. If a user is unsure how to spell a particular word or just wants to browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. , an alphabetical index is also provided. "We've spent a great deal of time making this database as easy-to-use as possible. It's extremely user-friendly," says Steven Petrow Steven Petrow, an award-winning journalist and author, has covered the health beat for nearly twenty years for print, online, radio and television outlets. Mr. Petrow started his career at The Wall Street Journal, and has since held senior editorial positions at Life Magazine (Time Inc. , HotWired's producer for Ask Dr. Weil. "From acne acne, common inflammatory disease of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands characterized by blackheads, whiteheads, pustules, nodules and, in the more severe forms, by cysts and scarring. The lesions appear on the face, neck, back, chest, and arms. to zinc zinc, metallic chemical element; symbol Zn; at. no. 30; at. wt. 65.38; m.p. 419.58°C;; b.p. 907°C;; sp. gr. 7.133 at 25°C;; valence +2. Zinc is a lustrous bluish-white metal. It is found in Group 12 of the periodic table. , you'll find it all in the Doc Weil Database." In keeping with his belief that the database should continually function as a value-added resource to its users, Petrow has posted his staff's email addresses See Internet address. and telephone numbers on the Web site's help page should readers have problems using the database. "This medium is about being connected. If there's praise or a problem to share, I want to know about it," he says. About the HotWired Network The HotWired Network (www.hotwired.com) is the interactive programming arm of Wired Ventures Inc. Launched in 1994, the HotWired Network is one of the premier developers of news and entertainment sites on the Web, featuring original content on politics, travel, arts, technology, media, entertainment, health, and careers, as well as online reporting for WIRED magazine (www.hotwired.com/wired/). Sites include Ask Dr. Weil (www.drweil.com); Cocktail (www.cocktailtime.com); Dream Jobs (www.dreamjobs.com); Net Surf Central (www.netsurfcentral.com); The Netizen (www.netizen.com); Packet (www.packet.com); Pop (www.pop.com); Webmonkey (www.webmonkey.com); the search engine, HotBot (www.hotbot.com); and Suck (www.suck.com). CONTACT: HotWired Nicol Davis, 415/276-8594 voice Judy Twersky, 718/263 6633 JudTwersky@aol.com Steven Petrow, 415/276-8534 petrow@hotwired.com |
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