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All About Malignant Mesothelioma Accredited by Health on the Net Foundation.


LA JOLLA, Calif. -- All About Malignant Mesothelioma (http://www.allaboutmalignantmesothelioma.com) has been recognized for observing ethical standards of conduct in how health information is presented on the Internet by the non-profit Health on the Net Foundation Health On the Net Foundation (HON) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995 and based in Switzerland. The stated mission of the foundation is to help both laypersons and medical practitioners find useful and reliable medical and health information online. , based in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
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, Switzerland.

The HON Foundation strives to help consumers and healthcare professionals identify those Internet sites that provide credible health information. The Foundation was established in 1995, following a conference on use of the Internet in health care and unanimous approval of the accreditation concept from participants including famed U.S. heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, M.D. It now boasts about 4,000 accredited accredited

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 health sites worldwide.

All About Malignant Mesothelioma received accreditation for observing the HON's Code of Conduct for responsible health reporting that includes compiling carefully researched, credible information for consumers, respecting the physician-patient relationship, and clearly designating authorship and funding.

"Given the critical nature of health information and the unregulated environment of the Internet, web surfers need all the help they can get to make sure the sites they visit have been checked by an independent authority," stated Foundation executive director Celia Boyer in a news release.

The most popular sections on All About Malignant Mesothelioma are:

--Types of Mesothelioma Mesothelioma Definition

Mesothelioma is an uncommon disease that causes malignant cancer cells to form within the lining of the chest, abdomen, or around the heart. Its primary cause is believed to be exposure to asbestos.
:

http://www.allaboutmalignantmesothelioma.com/ types-of-mesothelioma.htm

--Mesothelioma Cancer Cell Types:

http://www.allaboutmalignantmesothelioma.com/ mesothelioma-cancer-cells.htm

--Mesothelioma Treatment:

http://www.allaboutmalignantmesothelioma.com/ mesothelioma-treatments.htm

--About Asbestos:

http://www.allaboutmalignantmesothelioma.com/asbestos.htm

--Asbestos Exposure:

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 in full Uniform Resource Locator

Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program.
 address field.)

All About Malignant Mesothelioma, a one-stop health resource providing more than 100 pages for consumers and patients who have been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases, is published by Ceatus Media Group LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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