MEDICAL SITES AND JOURNALS
MEDLINE Search for information on medical
conditions
Aetna U.S. Healthcare Includes patient
education leaflets on various medical conditions
American Medical
Association Provides resources for health
care professionals as
well as consumers including links to consumer health
information, AIDS information center, American Medical News,
database of more than 650,000 physicians and more.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Intelihealth Consumer health information site maintained by Johns
Hopkins University and Health System)
MedicineNet Commercial site with interactive groups, ask-the-doctor,
disease-specific information, and links
National Institutes of
Health
World Health
Organization
The National Foundation for
the Treatment of Pain a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to providing support for patients who are
suffering from intractable pain, their families, friends and the
physicians who treat them. We are also a resource for medical
professionals and attorneys concerned with legal issues regarding the
legitimate treatment of pain.
National Institutes of
Health -Office of Rare Diseases
Information on more than 6,000 rare diseases, including current
research, publications from scientific and medical journals, completed
research, ongoing studies and patient support groups.
National Institutes of Health
News, research information and professional and consumer
health information from the multiple Health Institutes that are part of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, among them the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and the National Institute of
Mental Health.
Integrated Neuroscience Consortium
NC is a national network of premier
physician investigators focused exclusively on central nervous system
(CNS) and pain clinical research. INC is a site management organization
(SMO) that conducts and manages
clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
developing drugs and devices to treat disorders of the central nervous
system. Their mission is to expedite the research process to bring new
drugs and medical devices to patients suffering from diseases of the
central nervous system
Better Health
A supportive and helpful health community with 27
interactive community forums. Elin V. Silveous and Allen J. Douma, M.D.
developed the site as a health information and news source for lay
people.Site includes Health IQ test, dozens of message boards, chats
about topics from addictions and allergies to sex and women's health and
also offers a weekly newsletter covering current health
research.
Quackwatch A
member of Consumer Federation of America. This is a nonprofit
corporation whose purpose is to combat
health-related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies. It has extensive
online reports about practices ranging from chelation therapy to weight
control gimmicks and frauds.
Reuters Health Information
Services Over 20 full-text news items
published online every day. The site is a valuable resource for both
health care professionals and consumers interested in the latest news
from the medical world.
National Health Information
Center (NHIC) Developed by
the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, includes over
1000 organizations and government offices that provide health
information upon request.
Medscape Serving primarily health care
professionals, Medscape
features thousands of full-text peer-reviewed journal articles, medical
news, medical databases and interactive quizzes.
healthfindertm healthfindertm is a consumer health and human services
information Web site from the U.S. government. It links to selected
online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support
groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations
that produce reliable information for the public.
EurekAlert! Includes info on the latest research advances in science,
medicine, health and technology. Site is produced by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. About 20 news releases from
universities and research organizations are
posted on a daily basis.
NIH - Consumer Health
Information Page A growing, online
collection of the most requested publications from the National
Institutes of Health.
American Cancer Society The site addresses both the most common and less common types
of cancer, providing information about the nature of cancer, its causes
and risk factors, strategies for prevention, diagnostic techniques and
treatments. It also features news,
research and local ACS resource information.
American Diabetes Association
ADA offers online research and patient information, news,
nutrition information, advocacy and legal resources and journal and
magazine articles for both consumers and health
professionals.
American Heart Association
Includes online materials - the Heart and Stroke A-Z
Guide, a home, health and family section featuring recipes and cookbook
promos, resources for exercise, health news and healthful lifestyle
needs and an interactive risk assessment test for heart disease. A
health care professionals section features updates on scientific
statements, treatment guidelines and other medical
information.
Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research This government site has
resources that include consumer health information, practice guidelines
and outcomes data and news on health policy and research.
Combined Health Information
Database CHID is a database produced by
health-related agencies of the federal government. It provides titles,
abstracts, and availability information for health information and
health education resources.
Maintained by the National Institutes of Health, this database lists a
wealth of health promotion and education materials and program
descriptions that are not indexed elsewhere on the Web.
Health on the Net Health
on the Net Foundation is a non-profit organization, headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland. Dedicated to realizing the benefits of the
Internet, the foundation's site facilitates access to support
communities, medical resources, health care news, health databases and
other support systems for individuals, health professionals and health
care providers.
Mediconsult.com A "virtual medical center," providing high-quality,
patient-oriented medical information and moderated support to patients,
families and health care professionals. Information is organized by
medical condition. Each topic offers unique
condition-specific services that include: medical news, clinical trials,
MediXperts, journal articles, moderated support, educational material,
drug information and outside sources.
Personal Health
Guide An online personal guide from the
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Information to help you and
your health care provider make sure that you get the tests,
immunizations (shots) and guidance you need to stay healthy.
American Academy of Family
Physicians Information for patients
covering more than 250 health topics, arranged into four main
categories: Common Conditions/Diseases/Disorders,The Body,Treatments,
and Healthy Living.
HealthGate A
leading provider of many respected and widely used
medical resources on the Web. HealthGate provides more than 50 resources
for a various audiences, including clinicians, researchers and patients.
Created to facilitate improvements in biomedical research, medical
education, public health, patient education and patient care.
Johns Hopkins InfoNet Web site for Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions. Contains health and health care information
published on the Web by the many affiliate medical departments, groups
and organizations of JHMI.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information A service of Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services. Provides numerous online publications,
databases, resources for treatment organizations, online forums and
special site sections for kids.
HealthlinkUSA free links to 1,000's of health sites, 100's of health topics, featuring treatment, cures, diagnosis, prevention, risk factors, support groups, email lists, personal stories, etc. Updated regularly.
HCN Index of Australian
Health This list aims to provide a
useful collection of links to sites
that are Australian, health related, and content-rich.
The Neurological Resource Centre
NRC is helping people of Australia with
neurological conditions improve their quality of life
The Journal
of the American Medical Association Includes latest news, current issue table of contents, past
issues, new media review index and users can also register to
get the JAMA table of contents via e-mail.
Annals of Internal
Medicine
British Medical Journal
The Lancet
New England Journal of Medicine
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Seventeenth Edition
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