MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESOURCES
All Nurses - formerly World Winde Nurse
AllRefer - includes: medical encyclopedia, medicine, diseases and condtions, symptoms quide, health news, diet and nutrition.
Reference from AllRefer
American Academy of American Physicians - This site has a public section, "Family Medicine Online" which contains information on 200 topics.
Americas Doctor - provides pharmaceutical and biotech companies and contract research organizations - provides a broad range of services fundamental to executing sound clinical trials expeditiously and economically.
American Medical Association Physician Selection Page - "AMA Physician Select" is compiled and published by the American Medical Association ("AMA") as a reference source of demographic and professional information on individual physicians in the United States.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - The official BIA site offers links to information on law enforcement, social services, education, housing issues, and many other topics.
Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington - information on complementary and altrenative medicine topics such as: herbs, chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, massage therapy, midwifery, yoga, and vegertarian eating.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - A wealth of information from the federal government on health topics from A to Z, diseases, drugs, statistics, traveling and much more. Their online publications are numerous and include health alerts and advisories.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Children, Stress and Natural Disasters
Combined Health Information Database
Discovery Health - Discovery Health Page.
Dr. Koop - a company led by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, and others who are dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives by empowering them to improve their health.
EBSCO Research Databases
Family Doctor - Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians
Family Doctor's Office Activities for children.
healthfinder, just for you - an easy-to-use consumer resource provides carefully reviewed links to up-to-date health information of special interest to American Indians
and Alaska Natives.Health World Online - a comprehensive global health network that integrates both alternative and conventional health information into a synergistic whole.
HIV InSite - comprehensive, including the latest news and research on HIV/AIDS
Indian Health Service (IHS) - the federal agency responsible for providing health services to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Includes information about medical programs, area office locations, and a kid's page.
InteliHealth - InteliHealth's expert editors "consumerize" health information to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. To ensure the highest quality, information provided by InteliHealth is reviewed and approved by the experts at Johns Hopkins. More than 150 top health care organizations contribute to InteliHealth's online and off-line ventures, including the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies, major non-profits, other publishers and news media.
Internet Drug Index - prescription information, even if you don't know exactly how to spell the name of the drug.
Internet Mental Health - offers information on mental health disorders, diagnoses, research, treatments and more.
Kids Health, Children's Health and Parenting Information
MEDEM - provides an online medical library and the Physician Finder, a tool for locating doctors who are members of the AMA.
MEDLINEplus - health information.
Mental Help Net - lists symptoms and treatments as well as links to newsgroups, and articles.
Mundt Library Online - Guide to Research for Health Information Management Courses, Dakota State University, Madison, SD
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
National Cancer Institute - The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training. The National Cancer Act of 1971 broadened the scope and responsibilities of the NCI and created the National Cancer Program. Their home page has links for CancerTrials, CancerNet, and other information for patients, professionals and the public.
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research - focuses on research, training, information dissemination, and technical assistance relating to the mental health of Native peoples. Provides links to local mental health centers, publications, and research findings.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Health Information Center - links to organizations and associations devoted to specific health issues.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Library of Medicine - home page.
National Library of Medicine - Specialized Information Services - TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
National Women's Health Information Center
Patient's Guide to the Internet
PubMed Central - Search the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database containing over 11 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. There is an excellent online tutorial available.
Rapid City Regional Hospital Health Information Center
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
WebMD - offers searchable information about diseases and conditions, genetics, drugs and herbs, pregnancy, and healthy living issues such as nutrition and exercise.
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