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Health Resources on the Web |
These sources are all extensive and authoritative. They have all been reviewed by Medical Journals or Choice. All feature up-to-date information for patients and medical professionals as well.
In Response to Current Events:
Biodefense & Bioterrorism (NLM)
Chemical Weapons (NLM)
Pandemic Flu Information - Managed by the US Department of Health and Human Services
SARS information (CDC) - This site also links to WHO information.
Topics are updated daily with news items, press releases, and new information.
Reference Tools
AllRefer Health Encyclopedia - has extensive information from trusted sources on over 4,000 topics including diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, nutrition, poisons, and special topics. There is also focus on family and community health. AllRefer Health is updated daily.
E-anatomy.org - Very cool, online interactive anatomy.
Healthopedia - a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications. Somewhat commerical.
HubMed (PubMed Rewired) - An alternative Medline Search Engine.
Medem Network Medical Library - established by seven professional medical associations including the AMA.
MedicineNet Medical Dictionary - Extensive, authoritative hyperlinked dictionary of medical terms. Fully searchable.
Medical History through the National Library of Medicine.
National Center for Health Statistics - This is the primary agency and source of American health statistics.
Consumer's Checkbook -- Doctor Competency. - A recommended site that offers information regarding physician disciplinary action. Basic information is free, supplemental information may cost.
Health on the Net Foundation - This site, sponsored by a non-profit Health Group, will help you assess if a Web site follows the ethical principles highlighted by HONcode.
Databases:
PubMed is a free service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Health Consequences of Smoking - Database has been developed in collaboration with the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health. The database includes abstracts of more than 1,600 key articles cited in the 2004 Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking.
*ABLEDATA - provides objective information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States. We serve the nation's disability, rehabilitation, and senior communities.
AEGIS - Arguably the most comprehensive HIV-related site on the net.
*AIDSinfo - via National Institute of Health.
Alzheimer's Association - in-depth coverage of a devastating and little understood disease.
American Academy of Pediatrics - A comprehensive and authoritative site dedicated to children's health.
American Heart Association - Extremely comprehensive site for heart related symptoms, illnesses & treatments.
*Autism Information Center - CDC. Also check Autism Collaboration.
CancerNet - Features a wide range of accurate, credible cancer information brought to you by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). CancerNetinformation is reviewed regularly by oncology experts and is based on the latest research. See also the American Cancer Society.
Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET ) - Although this site is Oregon specific, there is a wide range of subject-specific information here.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - A vast electronic library of health and medical information. Particularly good for infectious disease, travel and statistical information.
Center for Healthy Aging - encourages and assists community-based organizations serving older adults to develop and implement evidence-based health promotion/ disease prevention programs.
Center for Infectious disease research & policy - is a member of the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, which aims to support work on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of problems in health, environment, and the life sciences. The Consortium coordinates among and builds on the strength of 17 centers and programs at the University of Minnesota.
ConsumerLab - An independent testing organization that compares contents, particularly of herbals, between brands. There is a lot of variability.
Critical Path AIDS Project - was founded by Persons With AIDS (PWAs) to provide treatment, resource, and prevention information in wide-ranging levels of detail--for researchers, service providers, treatment activists, but, first and foremost, for other PWAs who often find themselves in urgent need of information quickly and painlessly. Critical Path provides easy access to the full range of potentially life-extending or life-saving AIDS prevention, treatment and referral information. Critical Path makes it easier for individuals and their health care providers to make informed treatment decisions, based on the very latest, most complete and accurate treatment information and clinical trials findings available
DrKoop.com - Former Surgeon General's site. Reliable medical information for the consumer.
Drugs@FDA - A catalogue of FDA approved prescription and over-the-counter drugs, complete with ingredients, approval history and consumer information.
EthnoMed - Provides medical and cultural information on immigrant and refugee groups. Jointly sponsored by the University of Washington Health Sciences Library and Harborview Medical Center.
Food and Nutrition Information Center - A US Department of Agriculture directory of nutritional information.
FoodSafety.gov - The federal government's food safety site. Features news, safety alerts, consumer information and much more.
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook (FDA)
*Globalhealthfacts - via Kaiser Family Foundation, health information and statistics.
HealthWeb - An extensive and comprehensive directory of health information on the web.
HerbMed - Provides access to the scientific information underlying the use of herbs for health.
HIV/Aids Treatment Information Service (ATIS) - Provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and Aids.
InteliHealth- Partnered with Harvard Medical School and Columbia College. A non-commercial alternative to Web-MD, etc.
Mayo Clinic - Authoritative consumer health
information. Centers of specialization include: allergy&
asthma, Alzheimer's, cancer, children's, heart, men's, nutrition
and women's.
MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other
trusted sources on over 700 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of
hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary,
health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and
nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands
of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily. There is no advertising on
this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.
MedScape - A favorite of MDs. Also the sponsor of CBS HealthWatch.
MedWeb - Hosted by the Health Sciences Library at Emory
University MedWeb organizes and permits searching of biomedical
information on the Web. A stellar and highly reputable site.
Menopause/Hormone Replacement - This site is hosted by the FDA, and
contains up-to-date information on hormone replacement therapy for treating the
symptoms of menopause.
Mental Help Net - a free service to mental health care professionals and laypersons. The information is valid and valuable, the barrage of ads, annoying.
National Center for Environmental Health - a branch of the CDC that contains numerous data resources concerning environmental health. Includes disaster resources.
National Council on Patient Information and Education - This site provides direct links to timely, authoritative guidelines, tips and resources to help people use medicines (prescription and over-the-counter) safely and appropriately.
National Institute of Health - Publications & fact sheets, Clinical Trials, health hotlines, A-Z topic index, MEDLINEplus, other resources.
NutritionData (ND) generates nutrition facts labels and provides
simplified nutritional analyses for all foods and recipes.
ND tells you what's good and bad about the foods you eat, and helps you select
foods that best meet your dietary needs.
Oncolink - is a comprehensive web resource maintained by the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
PeaceHealth - The parent organization of St. Joseph Hospital sponsors this site, which recently won an award for interactivity. Among features is an online "Ask Our Expert" where people can e-mail a doctor directly.
Public Health Image Library (PHIL) - photographs and images pertaining to disease, nutrition, and so forth.
QuackWatch - Your guide to health fraud and quackery both on the web and off. If you suspect something you heard regarding helath is untrue, this is an excellent place to check. They will also respond to your questions.
RXList - Search for information on more than 4,500 popular drugs written in plain English and more than 3,000 in plain Spanish.
SupplementWatch - a corporation consisting of a small group of
scientists, physiologists, nutritionists and other
health professionals dedicated to educating people about the pros and cons of
dietary supplementation.
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment - Toxicology issues and human risk factors to toxic substances.
ToxMap: Environmental Health E-Maps - Environmental toxicology information via an interactive map (continental U.S. and territories only).
Travel Health tips - Several sites are recommended here including: CDC travel health page, World Health Organization infectious disease information, and US State Department warnings & information.
University of Michigan Health System - Reliable medical information for the consumer.
Virtual Medical Center - Provides information to patients about 60 different chronic health conditions.
WebMD - The self-proclaimed leader in providing services that help physicians, consumers, providers and health plans navigate the complexity of the healthcare system.
World Health Organization - The premiere organization involved in global health work and information dissemination. Charts global disease outbreaks, and gives comprehensive information on infectious disease. Also see World Health News sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health.
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This page was created by Paul S. Piper
3/18/00; Updated 7/7/2008