MEDICAL

HARVARD - Harvard Medical School (founded in 1782) is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medical education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clinical disciplines are unsurpassed.
TUFTS - For more than one hundred years, Tufts University School of Medicine has been a national leader in medical education. Today, it continues to offer one of the most substantive and innovative medical curricula in the country, including training in business, communication, public health and technology
PUB-MED - Search engine for medical literature.
MEDSCAPE - Weekly updates for published papers by email.
COUNTWAY - Harvard library of medicine, the largest collection of medical literature in the world. Many journals are available online with a Harvard ID.
GOOGLE - This search engine is not specifically medical, but it is works great and is very fast.
WEB-MD - This site provides information about all kinds of diseases and treatments, explained in laymans language.

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HOSPITALS


MGH - Massachusetts General Hospital, the oldest hospital in the United States and third best ranked in US in 2004.
NEMC - New England Medical Center; A world-class, academic medical center offering outstanding patient care to both adults and children, teaching generations of future physicians the most advanced medical science and breaking new ground with ongoing, innovative research.
BRIGHAM and WOMAN'S - Brigham and Women's Hospital, a world leader in patient care, medical education, and research, is consistently named one of the top 10 hospitals in America.
BIDMC - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a Harvard teaching hospital and a leading medical institution in Boston. Third most funded research hospital in the US.
DANA FARBER - As an affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute, the Institute provides training for new generations of physicians and scientists.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - Children's Hospital strives to be the leading source of research and discovery, seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, as well as educating the next generation of leaders in pediatric health care.
U.S. NEWS - Here you can find last years ranking of the best hospitals in the United States sorted by specialty.

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RESEARCH

BIO-RAD - Bio-Rad laboratories is a world leader in life science research products, clinical diagnostics, analytical instruments, process control, chemical databases and modeling software used in healthcare, scientific investigations and industry.
AMBION - Ambion has become the leading supplier of research tools for RNA analysis and is greatly regarded for it's high quality, innovative kits and reagents.
SIGMA - Sigma-Aldrich develops, manufactures and distributes the broadest range of high quality biochemicals, organic chemicals, chromatography products and diagnostic reagents available in the world.

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FINANCE AND FUNDING

NUFFIC - Nuffic is the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education.
NACEE - The NACEE (Netherlands America Commission for Educational Exchange) provides information on study, research and internships in the United States of America and promotes the exchange of students, scholars and teachers between the Netherlands and the United States.
GRANTSNET - GrantsNet is an Internet application tool created by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Grants Management (OGM) for finding and exchanging information about HHS and other Federal grant programs.
KWF - Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds, the dutch cancer research foundation. (site in Dutch)
MLDS - Dutch gastroenterology foundation, specializes in stomach, liver and intestinal research. (site in Dutch)

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BOSTON

GENERAL
BOSTON - General site about Boston, with information about the weather, news and festivities.
ZAGAT - Zagat tells it like it is for more than 20,000 restaurants, bistros, cafes, coffee-houses, diners, hotels and takeout joints in the city of your choice.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE - Check out the exhibits at the Boston Museum of Science. More than 1.6 million people visit the museum each year to see its more than 400 special exhibits.

SPORTS
RED-SOX - The popular Bostonian baseball-team where Babe Ruth hit his first homeruns. Last year they won became world champion. An accomplishment they waited for the past 86 years. They are playing in Fenway Park, also knows as the 'Green Monster' because of its ugly green wall.
PATRIOTS - The New England Patriots, the world champions American Football. Four times in five years, a real dynasty.
CELTICS - The basketball team that made Larry Bird famous.
BRIUNS - Until a few years ago the Boston Bruins were leading the ranks in the NHL. It even performed in two Stanley Cup Finals in 1988 and 1991.
RUGBY - NERFU is the governing body for over 160 rugby union clubs in the northeast United States. The New England Union is one of three local area unions in the Northeast Rugby Union (NRU) Territory, and one of the largest in the United States Rugby Football Union (USARFU).

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LIVING


BOSTON APARTMENTS - Apartments for rent & properties for sale throughout Massachusetts & New Hampshire!
DWELLINGS - Boston's Housing Resource. Whether you need a house or a studio apartment, to live in or as a vacation rental, dwellings.com is a resource.
EASY ROOMMATE - Find roommates in and around Boston. Learn about your potential roommate before moving.

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TRAVEL

EXPEDIA - Expedia combines several other travel search engines.
CHEAP TICKETS - Online flight tickets search engine.
TRAVELOCITY - Not only can you book your tickets here online, but you can also rent cars and book total holiday packages.
AIRFAIR - Air fair is a Dutch site for tickets and holidays, departing from the Netherlands. Cheap deals!!
ORBITZ - This travel site brought to you by the World's Leading Airlines. Designed with the traveler in mind, Orbitz gives you access to the most low airfares on the Internet, plus great values on rental cars, hotel rooms, and more.

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PDA

TUCOWS - Software downloads for all operating systems including epoc (psion) and palm os.
DOWNLOADS - Software downloads for all kinds of OS, also for Windows CE and palm.
PALM BOULEVARD - Software and news for all PDA's.

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