Health Resources

• Achoo Healthcare Directory - Healthcare directory covers all the bases.
• Complete Home Medical Guide--CUCPS - Thorough medical reference, organized by chapters written by specialists. Helpful figures.
• Health A to Z - Tidy, up-to-date, and searchable directory comprised of health and medical sites.
• Mediconsult.com- Contains a pop-up menu of illness and diseases organized in an A-Z format. Includes community health, news, and drug information sections.
• Merck Manual - You get big results when you search for a disease or a treatment here.
• Rx-List Internet Drug Index - Searchable index of pharmaceuticals, plus peruse the Top 200 prescriptions.

Other Health Resources

• AAFP Health Advice for Patients - Hosted by the American Academy of Family Physicians with comprehensive information on family health, and illness.
• ABMS Certified Doctor - Check your doctor's certification status or search for a doctor in your area.
• Accenthealth.com - Create a profile to evaluate your own personal wellness or submit a health question, read news and articles, and find a guide to drugs and tests.
• Alternative Health News Online - Be aware that alternative health and healing covers everything from pure hogwash to promising and proven therapies.
• The AMA Physician Select - Online doctor finder.
• America's Health Network - Offers access to a team of physicians, as well as details about 24-hour live stream of AHN's programming. Requires RealPlayer software.
• American Medical Association - Informative homepage for the AMA.
• Ask Noah - Alphabetical listing of topics and resources for the city, county, and state of New York.
• Better Health - Super site with a searchable database of articles, chat, and message forums by topic.
• Better Health & Medical - One stop advice on health and medical needs that includes news headlines. Easy to use index helps find info on specific diseases quickly.
• beWELL.com - Features highlighted topics, electronic magazines, news, and a diagnostic procedures resource.
• Black Health Net - Health news and information for African Americans.
• California Medical Association - Californian Medical Association's coverage of the health issues includes community health news, a Doctor Finder service, and resource links.
• Case Management Resource - Searchable guide of over 110,000 specialty healthcare services, facilities, businesses, programs, and organizations.
• Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation - Locate a hospital that's part of this national home care agency, or search for specific documents or information.
• The Daily Apple - One a day keeps the doctor away, as the song goes. Super site has news, healthful tips, boards, and a disease database to search.
• Dana Brainweb - Info on the foundation and links to notable brain related Web resources.
• Diagnostic Doc - Enter symptoms for a possible diagnosis of abdominal, bowel, or urinary conditions. Includes treatment advice and info on specific diseases.
• Dictionary of Orthopedics - Provides a short description of clinical features of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
• Discovery Health - Find health news and tips for the whole family including personalized reports and daily stories. Features Q&A with a doctor.
• DocInfo - Searchable listings of doctors, medical services, organizations, jobs, etc. Fees for listing, free to user.
• Docs Online - Partial directory of dentists, doctors, health providers, hospitals, and products.
• Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Gives medical news and alerts, new drug advice, medical conference details, publications, and patient information and resources.
• Drug Database - Searchable database covers generics and trade names; maintained by PharmInfoNet.
• Drug InfoNet - Read up on the drugs in your life, from Pepcid to amoxicillan.
• EMedicine - Online textbooks for doctors and patients. Great information that can be hard for the layman to understand.
• Fitness Partner Jumpsite - A comprehensive fitness site complete with informative articles, bulletin boards, forum, and related resources.
• FitnessOnline - Training, nutrition, advice, and searchable workouts for the buff set.
• Fraudulent Health Claims - Don't Be Fooled - Federal Trade Commission offers a advice guide to consumers on how not to be taken for a ride when it comes to fraudulent health care claims.
• Freeality - Medical Information - Directory of health information. Find major health organizations, dictionaries, and medical publications.
• Go Ask Alice - Interactive question and answer service from Columbia University Health Services in Manhattan.
• Good Medicine - Concise and informative health stories, interactivity with expert medical advisers, health tips, fitness advice, cosmetic surgery, alternatives.
• GymAmerica - Very detailed health and exercise site. Look at proper workout form, vitamins, diet, and tips from the pros.
• HandiLinks - Health Directory - Information guide indexed in an alphabetical format. Find resources on interesting and unusual topics including blood banks and bee pollen.
• Health Answers - Health news, database of conditions, symptoms, prevention and treatments, e-mail Q&A.
• The Health Authority - Are you confused by the daily barrage of conflicting health news? This site offers a practical perspective on health issues such as tobacco addiction and weight loss.
• Health News & Information Directory - Comprehensive resource indexed by medical condition. Gives current news on the condition or illness and provides links to further information.
• Health Resource Center.org - Share motivating words from people who have become healthier, thinner, and better partners and parents. Better living books are featured.
• Health Risk Assessment - Hosted by Beth Israel Medical Center, this self-assessment quiz provides simple health and fitness advice.
• Health-Center.com - A guide focused mainly on mental health topics and medications.
• HealthCentral - Find health news, advice, and trivia, and info from revered doctor Dean Edell. Features a personal health profile and searchable library.
• Healthfinder - Quick and easy way to get information, from the U.S. government.
• HealthGate Home Page - Includes drug and journal databases, medical software reviews, and CME information. Requires fee and registration to access some areas.
• Healthology - Read articles, find webcasts, join discussion, or visit the bookstore to get information and advice about health, nutrition, dieting, and cancer.
• Healthtouch - Extensive directory with sections on child and teen health, dental health, healthy recipes and poison prevention and safety.
• Healthtouch - Drug Information - Searchable database with information on medications, including uses and possible side effects.
• HealthWeb - Comprehensive guide to medical libraries based in the U.S. by health topic or state.
• Healthwise: Go Ask Alice - Health education and wellness program of Columbia University.
• HealthWorld Online - Colossal collection of alternative and conventional health information.
• Healthy Choice - Table One - Interactive tour of the eating light lifestyle, featuring recipes, exercise, and advice.
• Healthy Eating at Foodwatch - Provides information on the relationship between good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. With recipes for good health and a food quiz.
• History of Medicine Division - NLM - Browse the collection, view images, find out about seminars, or read FAQs on library services. Hosted by the National Library of Medicine.
• HomeArts: Body & Soul - Stylish magazine style presentation of advice for those who exercise regularly and "newbies". Includes info on weight management.
• Infomedical - Medical Resources - Contains about 1,400 entries of medical terms with explanations and links to resources on the Internet.
• Information Please - Find historical events on this online dictionary, Internet encyclopedia, and almanac reference. Includes a listing of famous birthdays.
• InnerBody.com - Check out this place for interactive and educational views of the human body. Click on the area of the body that you're interested in for info.
• Kaiser Permanente California - Feeling stressed out? Overwhelmed? Check out the stress and your health issue in this webzine. Includes sports and nutrition advice.
• Karolinska Institute Library
• Martindale's Health Science Guide - Gigantic resource containing medical cases, databases, and multimedia tutorials, courses, and textbooks.
• Mayo Clinic Health O@sis - Comprehensive health news site covering a range of issues and updated daily.
• MD InterActive
• Med Help - Virtual Medical Center - Patient information via virtual medical center. Features searchable medical library, Q&As, forums, news, and patient to patient networking.
• MedAccess
• Medetail - The Home Doctor - Got a symptom and you want to check out what it could be before you visit your doctor? Enter your symptoms and search the database for an answer.
• Medicine Box - Medical reference for both humans and animals.
• MedicineNet - Extensive reference with news and articles about various diseases, plus first aid, and poison control.
• MediScene - Physicians offer advice on health and consumer products, medical education, and legal issues. With info on MVP, and details of MediLegal courses.
• MedSeek - Consumer-oriented directory of physicians, hospitals, services, forums, and publishing services.
• Multilingual Medical Glossary - List consists of 1,830 terms which are translated into seven other languages. Terms and glossary may be browsed by language.
• MyHealtheon.com - Get news updates about health issues, browse the directory of diseases and symptoms, see info about nutrition and drugs, or search the site.
• Neuroscience for Kids - Explore the brain and nervous system, with activities and experiments. Created for elementary and secondary school students.
• NIH Office of Alternative Medicine - Program areas and information resources for alternative health.
• OnHealth Columns - Expert columns on core medical topics including men's health, women's health, sexual health, managed care, and healthy lifestyles. not loading
• Operation Cure.all - Press release from the Federal Trade Commission that presents info on the campaign to cut down on bogus health treatments sold over the Internet.
• Patient's Guide to the Internet - Step-by-step guide to assist patients in locating and understanding medical information. With terminology, database, and glossary.
• PersonalMD.com - Get advice and news about alternative health, cancer, heart disease, and nutrition. Find out about the newsletter and the emergency card.
• Physical Advisor - Articles about melatonin, weight loss, selecting a physician, popular medical topics, and choosing medical insurance.
• Prevention - Subscribe to this magazine offering advice on natural healing, weight loss, cooking, and children's health. With search facility and ideas forums.
• Preview the Heart - Discover how the cardiovascular system works. Includes explanations of the techiques used to monitor the heart's performance.
• Pubmed - Search millions of citations.
• Reuters Health Information - Breaking news on health and medicine.
• Sapient Health Network - Information service for people with serious illnesses including asthma, heart disease, depression, CFS, and cancer.
• Search for Medical Information - Offers step by step instructions for finding medical information in medical libraries and organizations on the Web.
• SelfCare - Health directory offers searchable guides to conditions and illnesses, shopping for health products, and message boards for community support.
• Siegel, Bernie - Find this doctor's guide for better living, read survivor stories, and find survivor resources. Browse the community boards.
• Thrive - Articles on health and fitness, expert advice, quizzes, health library, weight management tools. Surprise awaits reader in the Wild Card section.
• Tward's Multimedia Medical Library - Medical information and resource catalogue.
• US National Library of Medicine - Access to announcements, databases, current research, publications, and grants.
• VAB Online Healthcare Community - This resource offers detailed information and even a bookstore for patients.
• Virtual Hospital - Digital health sciences library which provides patient care support and distance learning to practicing physicians.
• Virtual Naval Hospital - Library of authoritative medical info covering health issues pertinent to naval service. Includes safety, drug issues, dental, and diseases.
• VistaLink Medical Communications - Offers medical content plus free services like online consultations, lectures leading to CME credit, and a chance to create a personal profile.
• WebDoctor - Comprehensive index of medical resources that provides physicians with peer-reviewed information. Also contains sections for patients.
• WebMD - Read medical news, search the database of medicines and medical conditions, or join in the chat groups in a number of health-related topics.

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