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Presents the website of the week. Sites which discuss the effect that corporate downsizing can have on health; Finding that most sites favored the company policies rather than the worker; Highlight on Timesizing.com that pushes for the downsizing of the workday rather than the workforce; The Job Stress Network organization which looks at job strain and work stress; The Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety which is a giant site covering the occupational health resources of the Baltic states.

Presents web sites dealing with organ donation. The United States Living Organ Donor Network which allows information regarding living kidney donors to be placed in a common database; Living Donors Online! which is a community for living donors, potential donors, their families and medical professionals; Shortage of organs for transplant which has also spawned sites of dubious ethics such as Liver4you.org out of the Philippines.

Presents information about a website that focuses on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Suggestion that the Internet is a good source for advice from health professionals; Consideration of the website produced by the World Health Organization.

Offers a look at various web sites created to express British public opinion on London Mayor Ken Livingstone's congestion charging. Statement that civil leaders around the world will be monitoring the progress of the congestion charge to see whether they can implement something similar; Internet sites on car free cities and how they can be built; Social and environmental issues.

Presents information on Web sites concerning medical history. Abundance of sites on medical history; Discussion of the three best sites, including the United States National Library of Medicine, the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Medicine; Services available at each site.

Presents information on Internet Web sites related to diabetes.

Reviews several Internet Web site that provide information on the health concerns of adolescents.

Profiles several Internet Web site which deals with health inequalities.

Reviews the Internet Web site, huntingdon.com, the official site of the Huntingdon Life Sciences.

Presents information on web sites which provide details on drugs for Alzheimer's disease. Purpose of the Alzheimer Research Forum; Materials regarding medical treatments and organizations; Difficulty in determining whether web sites are marketing drugs or providing consumer information on them; The web site of Natural Land which gives information on drugs which are of natural origin.