MedicineNet
{{Short description|Healthcare information website}}
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{{Infobox company
| logo = MedicineNet Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| name = MedicineNet
| foundation = October 1996
| hq_location_city = San Clemente, California
| hq_location_country = United States
| type = Health information
| homepage = {{URL|medicinenet.com}}
| parent = WebMD
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MedicineNet is an American healthcare information website launched in 1996. The website provides a medical dictionary and information about diseases, conditions, medications and general health.{{cite news |last1=Baig |first1=Edward |title=The Doctor Is In Cyberspace: Myriad sites offer feedback and support |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1997-02-16/the-doctor-is-in-cyberspace?leadSource=uverify%20wall |work=Bloomberg News |date=1997-02-16 |access-date=2023-05-29}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/20899Z:US#xj4y7vzkg |title=Medicinenet.com |website=Bloomberg News }}{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12510 |work=MedicineNet |access-date=2023-05-26}} In partnership with Veritas Medicine, it connects site users with appropriate clinical trials.{{cite press release |url=https://www.pharmaceuticalonline.com/doc/medicinenetcom-veritas-medicine-sign-contract-0001 |title=MedicineNet.com & Veritas Medicine sign contract to provide clinical trials to MedicineNet.com site visitors |author= |publisher=Pharmaceutical Online |date=2001-03-13}}
For those seeking general information, MedicineNet (www.medicinenet.com) is an extensive site from Information Network that provides a medical dictionary; databases on pharmaceuticals and their side effects, and diseases and treatments. In the "ask the experts," section you can query online physicians.
Personnel
Dr. William C. Shiel co-founded MedicineNet to provide the public with current, comprehensive medical information, written in easy-to-understand language. He was Chief Editor until July 2020 and authored or edited over 15,000 articles for the website.{{cite web |url=https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6882 | title=William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR |website=MedicineNet |access-date=2023-05-26}} He continues as Chief Medical Editor/Author on the site's medical editorial board.{{cite web |url=https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=128 | title=MedicineNet Medical Writers & Editors |website=MedicineNet |access-date=2023-05-26}}
Dr. Melissa Stöppler also serves on the MedicineNet editorial board and is the chief medical editor of eMedicineHealth.com, another WebMD subsidiary.{{cite web |url=https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=41529 | title=Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD |website=MedicineNet |access-date=2023-05-26}}
Shiel was co-editor-in-chief of the first three editions of Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, with Stöppler joining as co-editor-in-chief for the edition.{{cite book |title=Webster's New World Medical Dictionary |editor-first1=William C. |editor-last1=Shiel, Jr. |editor-first2=Melissa Conrad |editor-last2=Stöppler |date=2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNrjwl5HCF0C |isbn=978-0-470-37343-9}}
Privacy policy and certification
MedicineNet, as part of the WebMD Consumer Network, adheres to the same privacy policy as WebMD.com, and shares their participation in the TRUSTe Enterprise Privacy & Data Governance Practices Certification program.{{cite web |url=https://privacy.truste.com/privacy-seal/validation?rid=07326333-3522-463d-81bf-f00fd7171fff |title=WebMD LLC |website=TRUSTe |access-date=2023-05-26}} MedicineNet was formerly certified by the now-defunct HONcode to be in compliance with the Health on the Net health website principles.{{cite web |url=https://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html?HONConduct594277 |title= HONConduct594277 - MedicineNet HONcode certificate |quote=The health website respects the eight HONcode principles |website= Health On the Net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630094910/https://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html?HONConduct594277 |archive-date=2021-06-30 |url-status=live}}
Popularity
MedicineNet was ranked # 5 in the July 2017 eBizMBA Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} In April 2018 the site was ranked # 8 in the Health – Health category.{{cite web |url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/medicinenet.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512002202/https://www.similarweb.com/website/medicinenet.com/ |title=medicinenet.com |website=SimilarWeb |archive-date=2019-05-12}} {{As of|2023|04|post=,}} the site was ranked # 90 in the Health – Other category.{{cite web |url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/medicinenet.com/#overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529140605/https://www.similarweb.com/website/medicinenet.com/ |title=medicinenet.com |website=SimilarWeb |archive-date=2023-05-29 |url-status=live}}