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Chapter 1 Activities


 * Health Care IT**

Many websites support dissemination of health-related information. Check out these sites and see what they can do for you. Pick two of the following illness' and give the recommended treatment. Check out the additional information at the other sites shown. [|www.webmd.com]

to research the following illnesses and recommended treatments. Cold Swine Flu Migrane Fever Broken leg Diabetes Additional Information Some online health sites: [|www.thehealthresource.com/] [|www.mayoclinic.com/] [|www.dipex.org/] [|www.nexcura.com] [|www.healthdialog.com/]


 * Information Age**

Go to Google, Bing or Yahoo! Then look up the following following. Answer the questions to each item you are looking up.

Visit a local newspaper’s website. What is the URL? What is the name of the paper? Find a list of all movies with actor Scarlett Johannson. How many movies has she been in? Find a currency exchange website. What is the URL? Convert $10 USD to Euros Find the latest Elvis Sighting. When was it and where? Find a stock quote website. Microsoft, Google, & Apple stock quotes? Find two new electronic toys or gadgets that will be available for sale for the Valentine's Day holiday season. What are they? Find a popular magazine website. What is the magazine? What does it report on? What is the URL? Find the names of two people who have climbed Mount Everest. What are their names and when did they do it? Find a home repair website. What is the URL? Pick a home repair you would like to do, how would you do it? Find the latest Bigfoot sighting. Where was it and when?