Tips for Talks

We’re always looking for new, cool data for our presentations—that perfect bioscience “factoid” that sets the stage for our talks. These links get you to loads of data in a hurry:

The CDC’s A to Z: http://www.cdc.gov/az.do
Alphabetical catalogue of US government fact sheets on the epidemiology of diseases, along with related topics like risk behaviors and treatment patterns.

Medem: http://www.medem.com
Want to know what a US medical society has to say about a health-care issue? Medem catalogs the statements of medical societies, which contain data as well as consensus opinion. Just enter the disease term in the Search box at the upper right of the home page.

WAICENT portal: http://www.fao.org/waicent
This page links you to mountains of facts on world food supplies and agriculture, gathered by the World Agricultural Information Centre of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.