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An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics .
Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion forums, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards), fora (the proper Latin plural) or simply forums.
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Internet forums are prevalent in several developed countries. In terms of countable posts, Japan is far in the lead with over two million posts per day on their largest forum, 2channel. The United States does not have any one large forum, but instead several hundred thousand smaller forums, the largest of which are GameFAQs, Gaia Online, and IGN. Other countries such as China, the Netherlands, and France are also home to hundreds of independent forums. Some countries such as Finland and Sweden do not have many prevalent forums despite having open and easily available Internet access. As of yet no study has been done on the prevalence of forums in countries around the world. It is also dubious as to whether any country has its own fora, as - especially in the English language - contributors to a forum often come from outside the country in which the forum is hosted. There is often not a 1-1 relationship between languages and countries: for example, English language fora are contributed to by people all over the world, whilst Japanese language fora are likely to be contributed to only by Japanese people, but Japanese people also contribute to English language fora, so there is no 1-1 relationship between Japanese language fora and Japanese people contributing to fora. More on [ Internet forum ]
Chats and Forums :: Conditions and Diseases
Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:45:00 -0400
A trio of genome-wide studies -- collectively the largest to date -- have pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in part, to the same chromosomal neighborhoods.
Imaging Technique Allows Researchers to Monitor Protein Changes in Mouse Tumors
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:00 -0400
A new imaging technique can monitor, in living mice, the HER2 protein found in above-normal amounts in many cases of breast cancer as well as some ovarian, prostate and lung cancers. This new approach, once validated in mice and pending further experiments, could provide a real-time noninvasive method for identifying tumors in humans who express HER2 and who would be candidates for targeted therapy directed against this protein. It may also provide real-time information that will help clinicians optimize treatment for individual patients. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, was conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, both parts of the National Institutes of Health.
Dynasty: Influenza Virus in 1918 and Today
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:10:00 -0400
The influenza virus that wreaked worldwide havoc in 1918-1919 founded a viral dynasty that persists to this day, according to scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. In an article published online on June 29 by the New England Journal of Medicine, authors Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Jeffery K. Taubenberger, M.D., Ph.D., and David M. Morens, M.D., argue that we have lived in an influenza pandemic era since 1918, and they describe how the novel 2009 H1N1 virus now circling the globe is yet another manifestation of this enduring viral family.
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Police: Hospital worker swiped shots, spread hep C
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:42 -0400
A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds or thousands of surgical patients to hepatitis C when she replaced clean needles filled with the powerful painkiller fentanyl with her own dirty needles filled with saline solution.
Health.com picks top beach, lake getaways
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:47:40 -0400
We know your summer vacation time is precious: You want to land where you can truly relax, breathe fresh air, get in some exercise and eat well -- without breaking the bank. That's why we teamed up with a panel of travel and health experts to help us find the healthiest of the nation's most popular beach and lake towns.
MD-List - Mailing list to provide support for people affected by all different forms of Muscular Dystrophy.
Meta Description: [ MD-List: Support and discussion of Muscular Dystrophy ]
Christians With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Mailing list for Christians who have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Meta Description: [ ChristiansWithDuchenneMuscularDystrophy: Christians with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ]
DMD Pioneers Mailing List - A mailing list/support group for people living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Family, caregivers and friends of those affected by DMD may also participate.
DMD Support List - Mailing list to provide support for people affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Meta Description: [ dmdsupport: DMD Support List ]
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Support eGroup - International Rare Disease Support Network (IRDSN) eGroup for making friends, sharing information and providing support for persons affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Meta Description: [ Duchenne_Muscular_Dystrophy: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ]
Dysferlin - Discussion group intended to give patients, families, researchers, and others the opportunity to share information, experiences, and advice about Dysferlin deficiency, which causes Miyoshi Distal Myopathy and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy type 2B.
Meta Description: [ dysferlin: Dysferlin Deficiency ]
FSH Friends Forum - Mailing list for people affected by and having an interest in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy as well as other types of Muscular Dystrophy.
Meta Description: [ FSH_Friends: FSH Friends FORUM ]
FSH Muscular Dystrophy - Discussion group for people who have Facioscapulohumeral (FSH) Muscular Dystrophy, as well as family and friends.
Meta Description: [ FSHmusculardystrophy: This is a place for people who have FSH Muscular Dystrophy. Family and friends welcome! ]
Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy - Discussion group open to anyone interested in making friends, sharing information and providing support for persons affected by Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
Meta Description: [ Limb_Girdle_Muscular_Dystrophy: Limb_Girdle_Muscular_Dystrophy ]
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MDA All the Way - Discussion group where anyone affected by a neuromuscular disease can meet old friends and make new friends.
Meta Description: [ mdaalltheway: MDA All The Way! ]
Muscle Disease - Discussion group for parents with children that have a Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, whose child was born with a muscle disease that does not fit any of the other Muscular Dystrophy Association's 40 identifed neuromuscular diseases.
Meta Description: [ muscledisease: Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (not Myotonic) ]
Myotonic Dystrophy 2 - Discussion group for those who have genetically confirmed cases of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy type 2 or who have received a preliminary diagnosis for it.
Meta Description: [ MyotonicDystrophy2: Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy 2 - PROMM ]
PROMM (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy) - Discussion group for people with proximal myotonic myopathy (myotonic dystrophy type 2) or people associated with them. Discussions center around symptomology, adaptation and variant manifestation.
Meta Description: [ PROMM: PROMM_proximalmyotonicmyopathy ]
The Muscular Dystrophy Forum - An online support group for people affected by any neuromuscular condition.
Meta Description: [ The_Muscular_Dystrophy_Forum: A Non Profit Organization ]
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