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HEALTHLINKS
- 10
Things You Need to Know About Anthrax
- About
Breast Cancer
- About Kids
Health - Site provides doctor-approved health information about
children from before birth through adolescence with areas for kids,
teens, and parents offering hundreds of in-depth articles and
features.
- ACSH - American
Council on Science and Health - health information reference page.
- Access
Health Online
- Achoo - The
Global Healthcare Community At Your Fingertips
- adam.com -
includes information on diseases, symptoms, therapies, tests,
treatments, drugs, and news.
- Addiction
Resource Guide - directory of treatment programs, alcoholism,
addictions substance abuse and chemical dependency.
- Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- AIDS
News on the Net
- AIDS Resources
- a multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource
- ALS Association -
Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
is a disease in which degeneration of nerve cells that control the
muscles leads to eventual paralysis.
- Alcoholics
Anonymous Quiz - Do you have a drinking problem? Take this
Alcoholics Anonymous quiz for an answer.
- Alcohol-Medication
Interactions - Many medications can interact with alcohol, leading
to increased risk of illness, injury, or death. This Alcohol Alert
issued by the National Institutes of Health, notes some of the most
significant alcohol-drug interactions.
- All About
Health News Magazine - health news, facts, and columns from
medical pros
- AllAllergy.net
- directory of links to allergies, asthma, and intolerance and related
resources on the Internet. The articles are organized by subjects and
identified with content ratings, the target audience, and the type of
originator. The databases are searchable by keywords or categories.
- Mayo
Clinic: Allergy & Asthma Center: Mayo ClinicAllergy &
Asthma Center - This site produced the Mayo Clinic Allergy and Asthma
Center provides information about causes of allergies and asthma along
with the latest news and research on treatment and prevention.
- Allergic
Reaction: What Is It? - Allergy facts and information from
InteliHealth designed to educate on the diagnosis, treatment, and
future prevention of allergic reactions that occur within minutes of
exposure to an offending substance.
- AL-ANON
and ALATEEN
- AltMed
Register
- ADEAR
Center- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral - National
Institute on Aging
- Alzheimer's
Disease Review
- Alzheimer
Research Forum
- American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- American Academy of
Ophthalmology - site provides the latest information and
innovations about allergies and asthma. Information on allergy
specialists, diagnosis and treatment, and support organizations are
available in the patient/public resource center menu.
- American Academy of
Neurology - information on a variety of conditions and procedures.
- America's
Best HMOs - U.S. News Online's state-by-state rankings of 271 of
the nation's managed-care plans. It also provides the scores for 28
measures of quality covering the categories of prevention, adults'
access to care, member satisfaction, physicians' credentials, and
children's access to care.
- American Council for
Drug Education
- American
Heart Association
- American Hospital
Directory - This site provides on-line data for over 6,000
hospitals. The database of information is built from Medicare claims
data, cost reports, and other public use files obtained from the
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly HCFA).
The directory also includes AHA Annual Survey Data licensed from
Health Forum, an American Hospital Association company.
- America's
Housecall Network - useful and comprehensive search tool for all
health issues. You can look up any number of ailments and diseases.
- American Lung
Association - Topics include asthma, tobacco control, emphysema,
asbestos, radon, ozone.
- American
Prostate Society
- Aneurysm
Information Project
- Anthrax
A Medical Guide: Time Magazine
- Anthrax
as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management -
Article from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
- Anthrax
- General Information: Center for Diseases Control
- Anthrax:
Encarta Encyclopedia
- Anthrax
Fact Sheet
- Anthrax:
Yahoo! Health - overview of the disease including definitions,
alternative names, and related resources.
- Applied
Informatics--Using the NII to Coordinate Healthcare We are using
electronic medical records, wireless telecommunications, expert
systems, and the World Wide Web to address the coordination of health
care in Northern Manhattan.
- Arbor Nutrition
Guide -- Guide to Nutrition Resources
- Arc - National
Organization on Mental Retardation, The
- Arthritis
News on the Net
- Asimba - Online
resource for all things sports, fitness and nutrition. Check in here
for all the tools and information you need to live an active, healthy
lifestyle.
- Ask NOAH
About: Pregnancy
- Ask the
Pharmacist
- Asthma
Attacks: Information and Advice - This site by the American Lung
Association provides asthma information and advice on when to use
medications to treat symptoms and when to seek medical help.
- Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - NIMH
- Autism
Society of America (ASA) - The official ASA Web site provides
basic description of the disorder, its causes, diagnosis, and
definitions of relevant terms.
- BBA:
Review of Cancer Online
- BCOM -
Baylor College of Medicine Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and
Communicative Sciences
- The BLONZ Guide to
Nutrition, Food Science and Helath
- Baldspot
Homepage, The
- Bereavement
and Hospice Support Netline
- Best Doctors
- worldwide healthcare services
- Best
USA Hospitals 2000 - Site assists you in your search for the
highest level of medical care. Also provides top hospitals by
geographic region.
- Better
Homes & Garden's Guide to Colds, Flu, and Allergies
- Biological
Threat Fact Sheets: St. Louis Univ.
- BioWEB -
Biorhythms on the Web
- Blindness
Resource Center - Has hundreds of links related to computer
technology for persons with visual impairments and blindness
- BloodPressure.com
- This site supplies information, tools, and resources to help
individuals make the lifestyle changes needed to control their blood
pressure.
- Dr. Frank Boehm's
Essays
- Breath
of Life - Online exhibition at the National Library of Medicine
examines the history of asthma, the experiences of people with asthma,
and contemporary efforts to understand the disease.
- Blue Cares -
Blue Cross Home Page
- CDC National AIDS
Clearinghouse
- CDC
Health Advisory: How to Handle Anthrax Threats
- CDC Diabetes
- features state contacts, articles, a Diabetes Fact Sheet and an
opportunity to ask about diabetes.
- Calculate
Your Body Mass Index (BMI) - This site by the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute, allows you to calculate your body mass
index (BMI). To calculate your body mass index at this site, insert
your weight in pounds and select your height. Click on the Compute
button to see your body mass index. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered
overweight and one 30 or above is considered obese. Site also provides
BMI
tables.
- California
Emergency Medical Services Authority Home Page
- CancerNet -
National Cancer Institute
- Cancer News on
the Net
- Cancerpage.com
- "Created for patients and their loved ones, we are your trusted
source for the latest news, research, and information on prevention,
detection, and treatment. We're here as a complete cancer information
and community resource to help at a time when you or your loved ones
may be frightened or uncertain."
- Cancer-Pain.org
- "Connect to the latest and most accurate information on
state-of-the-art management of cancer pain for patients, caregivers
and healthcare professionals."
- Captioned Media
Program - Site provides captioned media on a free loan basis to
deaf and hard of hearing persons, their families, teachers, and others
who work with this population.
- Cardiac
News on the Net
- Cardiovascular
Institute of the South
- Caregiver
Network - An online resource center for caregivers of the ill
and/or elderly. Find information on government agencies, in-home care,
products/services, support groups, medical information, and bulletin
boards
- Center for the
Advancement of Health - "An independent nonprofit
organization funded by foundations and public agencies to promote
greater recognition of how psychological, social, behavioral, economic
and environmental factors influence health and illness."
- Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
- Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Center for
Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
- Certified
Doctor - verify that your specialist is board certified or search
for a physician in your area.
- Children's
Medical Center of Dallas - As one of the country's most highly
regarded pediatric facilities, Children's offers diagnosis and
treatment for a wide spectrum of childhood diseases and disorders.
- Deepak Chopra -
"melding modern theories of quantum physics with the timeless
wisdom of ancient cultures."
- Chronic
Illness
- Clinical Pharmacology
2000 - has information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs,
herbs, and nutritional supplements. It includes new and
investigational drugs. Entries cover use, interactions, dosage,
adverse effects, and off-label uses.
- Combined Health
Information Database, The - provides titles, abstracts, and
citations for health information and health education resources.
- The Common Cold
- This site provides a comprehensive, updated and referenced source of
information on the common cold. The goal is to provide a framework for
critical thinking which will allow informed decisions about medical
care for the common cold.
- Complete
Home Medical Guide - 3rd Edition, 1995
- Consumer
MedHelp - Home of Consumer-Oriented Medical Products,
Publications, & Services
- Coronary
Heart Disease Explained - This site by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute provides information on coronary heart disease and
explains the cholesterol-heart disease connection. Information
includes: What does cholesterol have to do with heart disease? The
benefits of cholesterol lowering. What makes blood cholesterol high or
low? Risk factors and heart disease. Measuring your blood cholesterol.
How you can lower your cholesterol levels three ways: heart healthy
lifestyle changes; therapeutic lifestyle changes, and cholesterol
lowering medicines.
- CyberDiet -
site for nutrition and diet information. Calculate your target heart
rate, ideal weight, the number of calories you burn while performing
various activities or use CyberDiet's 'Daily Food Planner' to plan
healthy meals. Nutritional information for fresh and packaged foods,
recipes, sample menus, and exercise tips are also included.
- CyberPump
- Cyberspace
TeleMedical Office
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- Dead
Runner's Society
- Dental
Information - Consumer information from the Univ. of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine. Topics include root canal, gum surgery,
crowns, filings and implants.
- Dental
Related Resources
- Dentist
Zone, The
- Dermatology
Cases - Indiana University
- Dessert
Wizard - Did that hunk of cherry cheesecake really blow your diet?
How many extra miles do you have to run? Forget the guesswork and the
guilt: The dessert wizard reduces it to a science by calculating for
you.
- Diabetes.com
- Diet News on
the Net
- The
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2000 - Guidelines for
scientifically grounded suggestions for diets that promote good
health. Safe food handling guidelines along with emphasis on physical
activity, not just for weight management, but as a key to healthy
living in general.
- Digestive
Diseases - Information about treatments, symptoms, and causes of
digestive diseases; how your digestive system works, diagnostic tests,
statistics, and a dictionary of terms. From the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
- Diseases,
Disorders and Related Topics - collection of Web sites related to
diseases, health conditions, and disorders
- Doctor-Assisted
Suicide - A guide to Web Sites and the Literature, this is an
extensive bibliography of resources about physician-assisted suicide
from ethical, legal, religious, psychological, philosophical, and
public policy points of view.
- doctorpage.com
- More targeted links to more actual doctors & physicians websites
than any other source.
- DocsOnline
- Locate a dentist, physician, or hospital
- Doctor
Directory
- Doctor Search
- Site provides information on doctors. With over 650,000
listings, Doctor Search will help you make informed choices by
providing thorough information on any medical doctor with an active
license to practice in the United States.
- Dole 5 A Day
- Down Syndrome:
Health Issues
- Dr.
Gil Med Links - links page for physicians
- Dr. Koop -
"The Best Prescription is Knowledge"
- Dr.
Pribut's Running Injuries Page
- Dr. Ruth's Sexnet
- Dr.
Weil's Vitamin Adviser
- DrugChecker
- Use site to access information about your medications.
- Drug
InfoNet - Site is one-stop resource for all your healthcare
informational needs, providing both information and links to areas on
the web concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical-related topics.
- Duke
University Diet and Fitness Center
- Ebola
Fact Sheet - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Edmund's Home Page
- ER Watch -
searchable database of real emergency room cases from 100 US hospitals
using the latest government data.
- Environmental
Diseases from A to Z - This presentation (one disease for each
letter of the alphabet) provides basic information on environmental
diseases. It's written for the middle and high school student and
includes pronunciation. The site also provides factsheets, pamphlets,
a questions and answers section, and an extensive library of resources
on the topic.
- eSkeletons
Project, The - site provides valuable anatomical information to
medical students and zoologists . Besides offering a complete human
skeleton (that rotates), the eSKeletons Project lets you investigate
the difference between human and baboon skeletons.
- Evaluation
of English and Spanish Health Information on the Internet - In
response to concerns about variation in quality of health information
on the Internet, the California HealthCare Foundation asked RAND to
design and conduct a large study to that described and evaluated
English and Spanish health information on the Internet. This study
represents a major step forward in rigorous evaluation of web-based
health information.
- Eye
Disorder Channel, The - "Both eye injury and disease can
effect your vision. Our Eye Disorders channel was created to provide
you with a guide the more eye disorders, their signs and symptoms, and
treatments."
- Family Caregiver
Alliance - A source for long term care, resources and services for
"caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, traumatic
brain injury, Parkinson's disease, ALS and related brain
disorders." There are factsheets on a variety of diseases,
diagnosis, and research. There are also statistics, a section on
public policy issues, and links to related sites.
- familydoctor.org
- Health information for the whole family fromt the American Academy
of Family Physicians. All of the information is written and reviewed
by physicians and patient education professionals. Over 500 medical
topics from Abdominal Pain to Yeast Infections, regularly reviewed and
updated.
- The
Family Village Project The Family Village Project is a virtual
community constructed on behalf of children with disabilities or
special health care needs and their families.
- Find
Lowest Prescription Prices - Site allows you to compare
prescription prices and to find the lowest prices online for your
prescription.
- Fitness
Matters
- Fitness
Partner Connection Jumpsite
- Fitness Zone,
The
- Food and
Nutrition Information Center
- Foot and
Ankle Web Index
- For
Goodness Snakes - Treating and Preventing Venomous Snake Bites -
provides basic information about poisonous snakes and their bites
along with first aid tips for bites and some brief facts and
statistics.
- Betty Ford
Center - alcohol and drug dependency treatment services.
- Free
Medical Journals - Site is dedicated to the promotion of free
access to medical journals over the Internet.
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- Galter
Health Sciences Library - Northwestern University
- GenBank
- NIH's genetic sequence database
- Generic Drug
Information - This site by the U.S. Food and Drug Admin. - Center
for Drug Evaluation provide information on generic drugs.
- GenLink
- GeroWeb
- Global
Health Network
- Go
Ask Alice - Columbia University
- Gray’s
Anatomy of the Human Body - Site features 1,247 vibrant
engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as
well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of
Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
- Growth
Charts - From the Centers for Disease Control, pediatric growth
charts for infants, children, and adolescents in the United States.
- Growth House,
Inc. - international directory of the "best of the net"
sites related to terminal illness, hospice and home care, suicide,
death with dignity, and related topics
- Guidelines
for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals: Who
Health Oranization
- HIN - Health
Information Network - Your primary resource for biomedical and
health information.
- Harvard
World Health News -site covers public health issues from around
the world. It contains both original content and a digest of relevant
stories from international news media.
- HeadLice.org
- Covers various treatments, preventative measures, and diagnosis of
head lice. Also has current news and developments relating to lice,
information on the biology of the louse, information on scabies, a
discussion of lindane, and much more.
- Healingpeople.com
- "Your source for complementary and alternative medicine."
- HealthAtoZ
- HealthAnswers.com
- Resource for patients offers news stories, related links, and drug
information. With descriptions of tests and treatments for various
symptoms.
- Health
and Fitness
- Health
and Science News - Nando News Service
- Health Care Reality
Check - a volunteer network of healthcare professionals working to
provide the public with convenient and reliable information about
alternative medicine claims, products and services.
- Health
Education - Health Education Tool for High School and College Age
Students
- Health Finder
- A gateway to consumer health and human services.
- HealthFrontier
- A virtual health center connecting patients to the healthcare
industry.
- Healthfront
- HealthGate -
Welcome to your source for health, wellness and biomedical
information.
- HealthGrades.com
- Savvy site that provides information to consumers that helps them
select the best quality providers of medical care. You'll find info on
over 5,000 hospitals, 600,000 physicians and numerous health plans.
- Health
Ink - Features a health quiz, fitness advice from an NFL trainer,
alternative medicine information, and a medical glossary.
- Health Links -
Courtesy of Yahoo
- Health Mall -
searchable database of over 4,800 retail health food stores
- Health News
on the Net
- HealthSeek
- Health Status
- basic health calculators, calories, bmi, smoking costs, as well as
the leading causes of death. Additionally, you may take a FREE health
risk assessment, which based on your areas of risk and responses will
generate a personalized report and links to other web resources.
- Healthology.com
- live, interactive audio broadcasts and original, feature articles.
- Healthtouch
- Offers consumers accurate information on dozens of health topics and
diseases.
- HealthyWay
(Sympatico) - Over 9,000 links to the best Internet sites and over
6,100 links to Canadian health\medical associations.
- Healthwise
- Columbia University
- Health
Web Sites You Can Trust - The Consumer and Patient Health
Information Section of the Medical Library Association refers
healthcare consumers to the selected medical resources.
- Health World
Online - A resource for health information, blending natural,
alternative, and conventional health information.
- Healthy Devil
Online - Duke University Online Health Forum
- Healthy Ideas
- Prevention Magazine
- Healthy Weight
- featuring an interactive BMI calculator, news about weight
management and information for a healthy lifestyle.
- Health on the Net
- Heart,
The - a virtual tour by Franklin Institute of Science
- Heart Information
Network
- HeartCenterOnline
- information and resources for patients and cardiologists.
- Heartland
Institute, The
- HeartWeb
- HerbMed - an
interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked
access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.
- HIV InSite
- information on treatment, policy, research, epidemiology, and
prevention
- HIV Positive
- a comprehensive and focused resource.
- Hidden
Killers: Deadly Viruses - site that explores virus basics,
profiling thirteen of the most common viruses known to man -- HIV,
influenza, hepatitis, measles, polio, ebola, etc. In addition, the
site discusses how the body fights these viruses and explores the
potential military uses of them.
- History
of Contraception (Birth Control Through the Ages) - history of
major forms of birth control from ancient times to the present. Links
to appropriate sites for information on present-day methods.
- Holistic Internet
Resouces
- Hospice
Web
- HospitalWeb
- How
Biological and Chemical Warfare Works
- Human Anatomy
Online - over one hundred illustrations of the human body with
animations and thousands of descriptive links.
- The Human Genome
Project - The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international
research program designed to construct detailed genetic and physical
maps of the human genome, to determine the complete nucleotide
sequence of human DNA, to localize the estimated 50,000-100,000 genes
within the human genome, and to perform similar analyses on the
genomes of several other organisms used extensively in research
laboratories as model systems. This is the official site of the
National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of
Health.
- Humor
Skills for the Health Professional - learn how to use humor in the
healthcare setting.
- HyperDOC
- Imaginis -
resource for information on medical imaging, wellness and healthcare
issues.
- Independent Living
USA - complete website of disability, and medical conditions. This
site is a resource for empowering people to live independently
- Infectious
Disease News
- Influenza News
on the Net
- InteliHealth
- comprehensive collection of consumer health information from Johns
Hopkins.
- International
Health News
- Internet Fitness
Resource
- Internet Health
Resources
- It's
Epidemic - The main topic of the site is Epidemic diseases, but
there is a lot information that relates to many different topics in
education and life in general.
- Ivanhoe News:
Medical Breakthroughs - Highlights three news reports each week on
groundbreaking medical procedures and discoveries.
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- Join Together
Online: Linking Communities Fighting Substance Abuse - Join
Together Online (JTO) is a resource center and meeting place for
communities fighting substance abuse, the nation's number one health
care problem.
- Joslin Diabetes
Center - News alerts and announcements, a catalogue of
publications, and discussion groups enlarge the sense of online
community here.
- Junk Science-
examines questionable "scientific developments", focusing on
the public health research arena.
- Keep Kids
Healthy - "A Pediatircian's guide to your children's health
and safety."
- kidsDoctor
-
- KidsHealth.org
- Site provides doctor-approved health information about children from
before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's
Center for Children's Health Media, there are separate areas for kids,
teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate
content, and tone.
- C. Everett Koop
Institute - founded by the former Surgeon General and dedicated to
the improvement of medical education and health care.
- Learn
CPR - Explains how to do Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on adults,
children, and infants using illustrated diagrams. Includes a QuickTime
video, CPR links, and facts about CPR. Interesting questions about CPR
are answered by the medical doctor who researched and designed the
site.
- Learning
Resource Center
- LOCATORplus
- This is the Web-based catalog that replaces the telnet-based online
card catalog of the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest
medical library. Users can search to see if NLM owns a particular
journal title, book, audiovisual, or report.
- Longevity
Game, The - calculate how long you can live based on life
insurance industry research; created by Nortwestern Mutual Life.
- MD4sure.com -
Medical Mnemonics - A new generation of clinical mnemonics and
study guides for USMLE, CSA exam preparation.
- MIOTI - Medical
Information on the Internet.
- a href=http://npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/apr/rxcards/index.html>Managing
Prescription Drug Costs - In the United States, it's the elderly who
most use prescription drugs. More than a third of them, on any given
day, have no insurance to pay for those medications. So many seniors
turn to discount drug programs. There are scores of these drug cards,
and now, some drugmakers are offering big savings on their own
medications. But using the discount cards can be confusing and the
benefits are limited. This site by National Public Radio provides
helpful information on prescription drug discount cards.
- Massachusetts
Physician Profiles - A comprehensive look at over 27,000
physicians licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts.
- Mayo Clinic Homepage
- Med
Help International
- Mediconsult.com
- medical information for the well informed
- Medical
- Courtesy of Yahoo
- Medical
Glossary - AMA
- Medical Images
with MediClip - This site provides searchable and browsable access
to thousands of color, greyscale, and black and white images from
eight collections that include cardiology, human or veterinary
anatomy, and clinical Ob/Gyn.
- Medical
Matrix - Guide to Net Medical Resources
- Medical
Resources Online - A selected listing of Web resources providing
health information for the consumer. These resources are starting
points for the general public searching for health-related
information.
- Medical/Surgical
Word Glossary
- MedicineNet
- MedicineNet
Medical Dictionary
- Medicine OnLine
- Medicine
through Time - Covers history of medicine from pre-history to the
modern world. Each era includes links covering disease and treatment,
anatomy and surgery, hospitals and training, public health, and
alternatives to medicine.
- Medical World
Search - If medical resources are what you're looking for online
this search engine should be right at the very top of your hotlist
- Medicare: The
Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information
- MEDITOPIA -
Oriental Medicine - Contains a wealth of information on Oriental
medicine and its uses to treat a variety of diseases
- MedExplorer
- Health/Medical Information Center
- MedLine
- Free MEDLINE access.
- MEDLINEplus
- "information pages are designed to direct you to resources
containing information that will help you research your health
questions."
- MEDguide
- 'The Internet's Premier Medical and Health Search Engine.'
- MedNews
- Medref -
indexes hundreds of medical sites on the web and functions as a
starting place to begin a web search.
- Medscape
Health for Consumers - Medscape Health provides free health
information on hundreds of topics. Produced by Medscape, it is a
companion site to Medscape.com, the most widely used Web site for
doctors and healthcare professionals.
- MedSeek
- MedSite -
database of healthcare related site on the Internet
- Medsite
Navigator
- MedWeb
- Biomedical Internet Resources
- Men's Fitness
Online - guide to fitness, health, sports and oh so much more.
- Men's
Health Daily
- The
Merck Manual Home Edition - The complete Merck Manual of Medical
Information, Home Edition is available at this content-rich site.
- The
Merck Manual of Geriatrics - Site provides information on nursing
care, pharmacy issues, discussions of the best drugs for the elderly.
Also included are chapters on dementia, Alzheimer's disease,
rehabilitation, respiratory failure, and managed care.
- Meydrech
Family Home & Herbal
- Modern
Healthcare
- Monterey
Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts - research
institute and clinic dedicated to scientific verification of psi
healing.
- Mount Sinai School of
Medicine
- Mr. Long-Term Care -
Provides long term care news and information. Includes resources for
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and other long term
illnesses.
- Muscle and
Fitness - not just muscle, not just fitness.Both. Includes audio
clips of a celebrity interview, features on training, nutrition and
sex, and muscle-aneous (their word) other things.
- Museum
of Human Disease
- MyAsthma -
Site is dedicated to assisting you in managing your asthma.
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- Names Project,
The - AIDS Quilt
- National Breast
Cancer Coalition- a grassroots effort formed in 1991 with one
mission: to eradicate breast cancer through action and advocacy.
- National Cancer
Institute
- National Center
for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Site provides
information about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). It
is designed to give you a quick overview of NCCAM efforts to advance
CAM research.
- National Center
for Human Genome Research
- National
Center for Infectious Diseases - helping to prevent poliomyelitis,
malaria, smallpox, toxic shock, Legionnaire's, Lyme disease, hospital
infections and more.
- National
Center on Sleep Disorders Research - site offers information on
sleep disorders and related resources for both the general public and
the scientific community. Patient and public information includes fact
sheets, HealthBeat Radio News audio clips, public service
announcements, an interactive quiz, and related resources.
- National Coalition On
Health Care - for America's health.
- National Eye
Institute - This site by the National Eye Institute provides a
wealth of health information of care and protection of your eyes,
including: Diseases and Disorders, Basic Eye Anatomy, Eye Care
Resources, and much more.
- National
Headache Foundation - This web site discusses a broad range of
headache symptoms, medications, and treatments in an effort to inform
and educate readers and it is not meant to substitute your doctor's
advice.
- National
Health Security Plany
- National Institute of
Health
- National
Institute of Health: Online Consumer Health Publications - over
250 health related articles
- National Kidney
Foundation
- National Library
of Medicine
- National
Network for Immunization Information - Site provides the best
possible science-based information to everyone who needs to know the
facts about immunization.
- National
Organization for Rare Disorders - The largest non-governmental
clearinghouse for information on rare disorders and disabilities.
Search the Rare Disease Database and read NORD newsletters.
- National
Physique Committee
- Natural Pharmacist,
The - "The Natural Pharmacist "cuts through the hype and
tells you what is known and what remains to be scientifically proven
regarding popular natural treatments. Here you will find the balanced
information necessary to make informed decisions about your health
needs."
- Nemours
Foundation Health Tip of the Day, The
- Nephron Information
Center, The
- NetWellness
- The value of consumer health information on the Web increases a good
bit with the addition of NetWellness. Developed by the University of
Cincinnati Medical Center and other well-regarded partners, the site
not only offers info on various health topics but also a helpful
"Ask an Expert" section.
- NeuroNet
- New England Journal
of Medicine - The online version of the weekly medical journal.
- Nutrition4Living
- "The goal of this site is to assist in improving the health
and well-being of the Older American through provision of vital
information about nutrition screening and assessment, nutrition
services, and lesson plans for education."
- Nutrition
Strategies - by Dr. Art Ulene
- OBGYN.net - The
Universe of Women's Health
- Obesity.com -
news, information and online community support for people concerned
with health, fitness, and weight issues and weight loss.
- Official Mad Cow
Disease - 7,021+ articles on mad cow and new
variantCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prions, bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, scrapie, BSE, CJD, CWD, TME, and TSE.
- Office of
the U.S. Surgeon General - the nation's leading spokesman on
matters of public health.
- OncoLink -
U. of Penn. Cancer Resource Center
- Oncology
Tools - Site presents cancer-related drug info by disease
category. Also includes listings of clinical trials and reference
works.
- Online Health
Network
- Online
Medical Dictionary
- Operation
Lifesaver - prevent deaths and injuries at highway-rail grade
crossings and along railroad rights-of-way.
- Osteopathy
- Medicine
- Ounce of
Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away - Scientists at the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention have identified some simple things you
and your family can do to prevent getting infectious diseases. But
first, you may be wondering, what are infectious diseases? Learn them
at this informative site.
- Patient's
Guide, The - links to medical terminology, support groups and
reference sites.
- Patient's
Guide to Medical Tests - By Faculty Members at The Yale University
School of Medicine
- People Living with
Parkinson - "People living with Parkinson's working together
to make a difference...helping each other along the way."
- Pharmacy
Web Guide - for pharmacy students and pharmacist. Structured links
to sites of Interest and Importance. An Extensive Links Centre.
- Pharmacist's
Web Guide, The - links to pharmaceutical companies and
associations, ACPE approved online CE courses, and more.
- Pharmacy
- WWW Virtual Library
PharmWeb
- database of information on the Web for patients and health
professionals
- Physician's
Guide to the Internet
- Physician
Information - Several states provide information on medical
malpractice and disciplinary proceedings. This site tells you how to
access this information in what it calls 'Physician Profiles':
Information About Physicians Including Education, Training, Specialty,
Malpractice and Disciplinary Proceedings.
- Physician's
Licensing Boards - listed by state
- Physician's
Speciality Licensing Boards - listed by speciality
- Poisoning
First Aid - This site by WebMD delivers a comprehensive listing of
symptoms and causes of poisoning as well as explaing what to do, what
not to do, and how to prevent possible issues with poisoning in the
future.
- Poison
Center Answer Book - site has information about common poisons
including insect bites, lyme disease, snake bites, mushrooms,
pesticides, and food poisoning. It also includes a babysitters guide,
poisoning prevention tips, emergency first aid information, and a
section on pet poisoning.
- Pollen.com -
Click on the U.S. map or enter your ZIP code to see pollen alerts for
your area, the predominant type of pollen, and a four-day forecast
based on 1,470 biological and meterorological factors.
- Post-Polio-Med
- a forum for questions and answers to and from post-polio syndrome
researchers, physicians and other post-polio syndrome medical
professionals, polio survivors, family, friends, students and others
who are interested in post- polio syndrome.
- Praxis.MD
- "Practical answers for patients and physicians."
- Premedical.com
- Prescription
Drugs Guide - Comprehensive information about more than 1,000
prescription medications, including side effects and possible food and
drug interactions. Data supplied by the Physicians Desk Reference
Family Guide To Prescription Drugs.
- PREVLINE -
Information on drugs, alcohol, drug abuse, prevention, treatment and
education from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information.
- Priorities
for Health Magazine
- Pritikin Logevity
Center
- Priorities
for Health Magazine
- Prostate
Cancer InfoLink, The
- Prostate
Cancer - What You Need to Know - This National Cancer Institute
site contains important information about cancer of the prostate.
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the United
States (other than skin cancer). Of all the men who are diagnosed with
cancer each year, more than one-fourth have prostate cancer.
- Protecting
Yourself Against Biothreats - Special report from Consumer
Reports.
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- QuackWatch
- site's purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and
fallacies.
- Quick
Medical Resource Center - featured topics each month with online
and scholarly resources provided for further information.
- QuitNet
- a free resource to quit smoking
- Reader's Digest
Health - "ReadersDigestHealth provides the information you
need to achieve optimal wellness. In this era of ten-minute doctors'
appointments and conflicting medical headlines, you can use RDHealth
as a valuable tool to manage your health."
- Christopher
Reeve's Circle of Friends
- Reuters
Health Information Services
- RxList - The
Internet Drug Index - Includes brand and generic names and
category (antiviral, antitussive, etc.) for everything from
amoxicillin to maalox to zantac
- RxTV - online
prescription for good health, featuring current medical stories,
RealVideo clips, and links.
- Safemedication.com
- Today’s medications are more complex and powerful than ever
before. This site helps you find information you need to use your
medications safely and effectively.
- Salt
Institute - to satisfy any salt craving.
- Scorecard:
Pollution Rankings - This site allow you to search a zip code to
learn about environmental issues in your community. The site ranks and
compares the pollution situation in areas across the US and also
profiles 6,800 chemicals, making it easy to find out where they are
used and how hazardous they are.
- Seeing,
Hearing, and Smelling the World - This site by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute provides results of current biomedical research.
Included are guides on Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World along
with new findings that help scientists make sense of our senses.
- Shape Up
America
- Share Guide, The
- A holistic health magazine focusing on alternative medicine,
personal growth, and environmental awareness, with loads of great
links
- SleepNet -
"One of SleepNet's goals is to link all the sleep information
located on the internet. As new sites become available they will be
linked here."
- Stanford
University Medical Center
- Stanford
MedWorld
- Stanford
Patient Education Research Center (Stanford School of Medicine) -
develops and evaluates community-based education programs for people
with chronic health problems.
- State
Health Facts - Site offers detailed profiles of each state's
demographics, health needs indicators, health insurance coverage and
medicaid, alongside comparisons with the United States as a whole.
- State
Health Profiles, 2001 - The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a State Health Profile for each State and
the District of Columbia every year. This publication series is
designed to consolidate the most current data on the health of the
U.S. population. Specific "health status indicators" are
used to describe the Nation's health on a State-by-State basis.
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- Thrive
Online.com - This site is about what's good for you. Find out
which foods prevent fatigue, learn about exercise and fitness,
research diseases and drugs, or participate in practical, helpful
message boards committed to healthy living.
- Tourette Syndrome
Association (TSA) - Official site of the TSA, a national
organization dedicated to providing "accurate and up-to-date
information about Tourette Syndrome, its treatment, relevant
scientific research, and consumer services."
- Travel
Health Online
- TransWeb -
announcements, testimonials, reports, press releases, policy changes,
an organ-donation FAQ, newsgroup postings, and other information for
medical professionals, patients, and family members.
- U.S. Dept. of
Health and Human Services
- Univ.
of Oklahoma Pharmacy Home Page
- Univ.
of California San Diego Health Guide - "UCSD Healthcare
offers you concise information on more than 300 health topics, in six
major topic areas," including child & adolescent health;
women's health; senior's health; heart health - cardiology; general
health; and cancer information.
- Univ. of
Pennsylvania OncoLink
- Univ.
of South Florida Health Sciences NEWS
- Univ. of
Texas Trauma Home Page
- Univ.
of Washington - HealthLinks
- Urology
Channel - site dealing with such urological issues as incontience,
impotence, prostate cancer and other cancers of the urinary tract.
Individuals can ask questions and get free anonymous answers from a
board certified urologist.
- Vaccine Page, The
- Vaccine News & Internet Resource
- Veritas
Medicine - Site offers comprehensive information on clinical
trials and treatment options for over 40 serious, chronic medical
conditions, including breast cancer, diabetes, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS,
Alzheimer's and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Vesalius -
This beautiful resource offers detailed interactive models of human
anatomy to the medical community, but it is fascinating and
educational for a general audience as well.
- Virtual
Hospital - University of Iowa
- Virtual
Medical Library - Overlake Hospital Medical Center
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- Web
Doctor
- WebMedLit
- WelchWeb -
Welch Medical Library Johns Hopkins Univ.
- WellNess
Interactive Network - a medically specific search engine accessing
the top Medical Gopher Servers, Medical E-Mail User Groups, Medical
Databases and thousands of health, fitness, and medical information
resources on the Internet.
- WellNessWeb
- World Federation of
Hemophilia
- World Health
Organization
- Worldguide
Health and Fitness Forum
- Worldwide Nurse
- Yahoo! Health
- You First -
free 'You First' Health Assessment
- Your
Cancer Risk - The Harvard School of Public Health launches an
online cancer-risk assessment tool. Just answer a few questions at the
free Your Cancer Risk site.
- Your
Genes, Your Health - Site multimedia guide to genetic, inherited
disorders. This resources attempts to answer questions such as: how is
it inherited, what causes it, how is it treated, how is it diagnosed
and what is it like to have it.
- Your Guide
to Lowering High Blood Pressure - This site by the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute is intended for people who are interested in
learning more about preventing and controlling high blood pressure.
Based on National Institute of Health clinical guidelines and research
studies, it provides up-to-date practical information on high blood
pressure.
- Your
Health Online
- YourSurgery.com
- Site offers multimedia tours of surgical procedures to educate
patients. It has descriptions of operations, information about
possible complications, postoperative care, and alternative surgical
options.
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