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“北美医学与健康” 杂志简介

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“北美医学与健康”是针对北美及全球华裔人群的大众医学科普中文期刊。本刊于2008年6月创刊，已由美国国会图书馆收藏，国际标准书号ＩＳＳＮ１９４４－０９３６(印刷版）ＩＳＳＮ１９４４－０９４４（电子版）。我们编辑部的同事们被众多的反馈所感动和激励, 从深切的期盼到热烈的鼓舞。我们真实感到, 北美医学与健康正在成为大家的健康之友及医患之桥。

 1，刊物组织: “北美医学与健康 ”以 “美中医学交流协会 ”（American Chinese Medical Exchange Society，www.acmes.net ）为依托而创立并出版发行，该学会是由美中医学界专家及权威人士共同组成的学术交流为主的501C(3)非营利性医学协会。该学会发起并扶持的另一全英文的医学专业期刊 “North American Journal of Medicine & Science” www.najms.net 为“北美医学与健康”的姊妹刊。

 “北美医学与健康”编辑部由在北美行医多年的华人医生和医学相关领域的专家学者所组成, 其编委会成员包括在哈佛及其它著名的美国医学院及附属医院任教的临床讲师或教授及研究人员。编委会成员名单及其简介发表在本刊网站 www.najmh.org , 欢迎查阅。

 ２, 刊物宗旨：  本刊的主要宗旨是以美国现代实证医学 (Evidenced Based Medicine) 为基础, 向北美乃及全球华裔人群包括中国民众介绍北美医学进展, 最新健康理念及保健知识, 以增进中美医学交流及中西医结合, 提高华裔人群的健康水平。在科学性的前提下力求实用性及趣味性。

 ３，刊物性质: 　 大众医学科普期刊

 ４，出版周期: 　 双月刊

 ５，文版语言：　中文

 ６，刊物对象：　北美及世界各地华裔人群

 ７，出版地点：　美国波士顿

 ８，出版方式：　印刷版（全彩色１６Ｋ杂志类）；电子版（供阅读及下载）

 ９，客户方向：   印刷版：针对北美地区各医院, 诊所, 护理院, 图书馆, 中文学校等, 及中国大陆, 台湾, 香港的相关部门, 医院及医学院校；电子版：发表在本刊网站 www.najmh.org 供阅读，并电子邮件发送.　　　　

 １０，主要栏目：

本期刊的主要栏目包括：

医学新闻：向读者报道美国最新额医学新闻和短讯

医学进展：介绍北美医学前沿，包括临床或基础研究综述

医学人物：每期介绍一名北美华裔医生或医学科学家简历，工作，生活趣事及随感，欢迎热心的读者推荐或自荐

医疗体系：北美医疗系统，保险制度，名院风采，名医点评，医林史话

医学教育：包括北美医护教育，医护考试，专业执照，进修，留学等方面的知识和注意事项

病例讨论：每期结合一个带有普遍意义的病例进行分析讨论，聚焦社区健康问题

法律顾问：通过实例与读者探讨医学方面的法律问题，医患关系及 法庭诉讼

预防医学：健康饮食，减肥美容，心理卫生，保健常识，养生之道

咨询门诊：医生和专家回答读者的问题，欢迎读者踊跃来稿提问

药物讯息：新药或常用药简介，临床使用心得，注意事项，药物上市条例

环球医学：华裔健康焦点，中美医学对比，海外会诊实例，中西医接轨探讨

每期特讯：每一期将通报和讨论时事新闻有关的医学知识

实证医学：介绍实证医学概念及专题讲座

分类广告：医用产品，招聘求职，寻找事业伙伴，使本栏目为你的事业和生活开辟新的窗口

此外，每期还将穿插有医学小游戏，小魔术和小测验，以及不定期举办医学知识竞赛及有奖征文活动，让您和您的孩子们也在娱乐中和我们分享与互动。

我们所呈献给你们的“北美医学与健康”，凝聚了诸多华人医生及医学科学家回馈同胞服务社区的多年夙愿，以及编辑部全体成员的大量心血。我们殷切的盼望着各位读者的热情反馈和慷慨献计。我们深信，大家的共同努力一定能将“北美医学与健康”真正办成华裔社区及中国同胞的健康顾问及良师益友。

“北美医学与健康” 编辑部   2008 年6月　       

主编　孔学君， MD

*本刊声明： 本刊保留所有文章及图片版权，如需转载请来信通知。注意：本刊所提供的医学建议仅供参考。

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Introduction to  North American Journal of Medicine & Health

North American Journal of Medicine & Health (NAJMH) is a health educational journal, targeting Chinese population in North American, and worldwide. It was founded in June 2008, collected by The Library of Congress of USA, ISSN 1944-0936 (print) 1944-0944 (online).

 1. Organization: “North American Journal of Medicine & Health” is a publication of a non-profit medical organization, American Chinese Medical Exchange Society (www.acmes.net). This organization also founded, publishes and sponsors another medical publication “North American Journal of Medicine and Science” www.najms.net which is a peer reviewed sceintific journal in English.

 “North American Journal of Medicine & Health” was founded by senior Chinese American physicians and medical scientists in USA.  The editorial board members are mostly attending physicians, professors, and faculty members of Harvard Medical School and other high ranking medical school and their teaching hospitals.

2. Mission Statement: North American Journal of Medicine & Health is guided by “Evidence  Based Medicine” principal, aiming at introducing frontline medical advances and newest health concept and knowledge of North American to Chinese population in USA, and worldwide; reinforcing health care delivery in Asian community; promoting medical exchange between North America and China, between Western and Eastern Medicine

3. Feature of the Journal: Health Educational

4. Circulation: average 2 millions

5. Cycle of Journal: Bi-monthly

6. Language: Chinese

7. Target population: Chinese population in USA and worldwide

8. Publishing Location:  Boston, MA, USA

9. Publishing Format: 　Print (full color 8×11 magazine); Electronic version on website and email file in PDF

10. Custom Direction: Print:  distribute to Chinese population worldwide; Electronic format: www.najmh.org

11. Columns and Contents:

Medical News: Frontline medical news report (3-5 piece of news per Issue)

Medical Advances: Frontier of popular topic of all medical areas (1 review article per issue)

Case Report: A case report and discussion focusing on major health problem in Chinese population

Physician of the month: Introduce a physician per month, his/her career, work and life story, major interest, and personal thoughts

Healthcare System: Introduce medical system, insurance, famous hospitals, nursing homes or medical service in North American

Medical Education: Introduce medical education system; physician and nurse licensing exam or continuing medical education; medical career as physician, nurse, visiting scholar or postdoctoral research fellow in North America

Legal Issues:  Targeting medical legal issue, physician-patient relationship, patient’s right and medical legal procedure in North American

Preventive Medicine: Health and diet, weight management, beauty and Skincare, mental health, vitamins, health screening, etc

Consultation Clinic:  Questions and answers of common medical problem, readers directly send their questions via email to info@acmes.net , answer by our physicians

Drug Information:  Every issue introduce some common or new drug information, including indication, side effects, precautions, etc

Global Medicine:  Focus on Chinese population’s major and unique health issue, international consultation and case discussion to compare the  difference of medical management between North American and China, explore the integration of acupuncture, Chinese herb or other form of alternative medicine, etc

This Month Special: Illustrate the medical knowledge related to news, for example, we outlined earthquake medicine in our first issue

Evidence Based Medicine: Introduce the concept of “Evidence Based Medicine”, clinical guideline and related research, in the form of review or expert forum

Class field and Advertisement: All advertisements should be medically related and appropriate in medical and ethical terms. Information must be accurate out of good faith. The publisher should not be liable for the inaccuracy of the content of the advertisement. We reserve the right to refuse any advertising we deem inappropriate

 “North American Journal of Medicine and Health”,  the medical educational journal of Chinese population, is published by a group of American Chinese physicians and medical scientists, with their dreams and passions of better serving their community, with their expertise of different medical areas, with their hearty devotion and great joint effort.

We are so proud of our achievement, however, we deeply understand that there are many areas needed to be improved, your inputs and advice are greatly appreciated. We strongly believe that, we together will make “North American Journal of Medicine and Health” a countable health consultant and a true friend of our Chinese community.

Editing Committee

“North American Journal of Medicine and Health”

 Editor-in-Chief: Xuejun Kong, MD

 June 2008

*Announcement: all medical advice in this journal is for your reference only; you need to discuss your specific medical issue with your healthcare providers.

* All copy right preserved.