Home: Reference Desk: Health 

General Resources:
Alternative Medicine
Behavior Online
CDC Wonder (Centers for Disease Control)
Center for Medical Information
Combined Health Information Database
Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries Digital Resources
Dr. Koop.com
eMed
FamilyDoctor.org
Go Ask Alice  (Columbia University)
Good Health Directory Alternative Medicine
Health A to Z
Health Cyclopedia
HealthFinder (s)
Health Information Library Your source for tips, facts and guidance on 1,114 healthcare topics. Select a topic to read or access their Audio Library to hear recordings.
HealthLink
HealthWindows Jr. An online medical resource for teens
InteliHealth - Includes health news and content as well as access to trackers, tools and risk assessments and incorporates including Harvard Medical School’s Consumer Health Information
Internet Health Resources
Lifelines Health Page
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Healthcare Publications For Consumers
MedConnect
Medical Education Resources
Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web
Medicine Net
Medical Matrix - Peer ranked & reviewed medical resources Significant! (Requires FREE registration to browse)
MLA CAPHIS - A list of selected and evaluated sites from The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association
Pub Med - A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
RX Fact Stat - HUGE drug resources
RX List - The Internet Drug Index
Safe Medications
WebMD
Wellness Web
World Wide Drugs
Women to Women

Advocacy / Patient Rights:
CDRH
Medicare.gov
Medi-Net - A fee service for obtaining background and medical board disciplinary information on any physician, including DEA and FDA sanctions and convictions for Medicare or Medicaid fraud: site contains no medical malpractice claim history

Associations / Organizations / Publications:
Alzheimer Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pain Management
American Academy of Pain Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives
American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Associations
American Board of Medical Specialties
American Cancer Society
American College of Cardiology
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Diabetes Association
American Heart & Lung Institute
American Heart Association
American Hospital Association
American Institute for Cancer Research
American Lung Association
American Medical Association
American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
American Pain Foundation (Excellent General Medical Links Page!)
American Pain Society
American Social Health Institute
Americans for Better Care of the Dying
Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Institute for Education and Research in Pain and Palliative Care
Homecare Online - National Association for Home Care
National Athletic Trainers Association
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disease
National Institutes of Health
National Mental Health Association
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
National Organization For Rare Disorders  
National Osteoporosis Foundation
National Pain Foundation
National Stroke Association
National Women’s Health Information Center  - From the Office on Women's Health at the USDH&HS, a gateway to Federal and other women's health resources.    
New England Journal of Medicine
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
World Health Organization

Diet / Weight Loss:
Calorie Control Council

Disease:
A Consumer's Guide: Early Breast Cancer
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AHCPR Guidelines
Annals of Internal Medicine
Anthrax Photos (CT College of Emergency Physicians)
Bioterrorism Medical Links (ACEP)
Cancer.gov
CancerLinks
Cardiac Health Web
Doctor’s Guide To Arthritis
Emergency Medicine and Primary Care
Emergency Medicine Informatics (NCEMI)
Handbook of Ocular Disease Management
National Cancer Institute – Surveillance, Epidemiology & End Results
OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center)
Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center (City of Hope Cancer Center)
Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson's Web
PDR.net
Physician and Sports Medicine
Rare Disease Database  (National Organization For Rare Disorders)
Sleep Homepage
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics
Women’s Cancer Information Center
Your Cancer Risk

Family Planning:
Contraceptive Information and Other Related Links
Parenthood.com

Institutions / Government:
Centers for Disease Control
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Food and Drug Administration
Mayo Clinic
MSKCC - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 

Nutrition:
Ask The Dietitian
Blonz Guide: Nutrition, Food & Fitness  - Portal
Center For Food Safety & Applied Nutrition  (FDA-DHHS)
Dole 5 A Day – A site discussing the benefits of fruits and vegetables.  Good for kids too!
Fast Food Facts
Food: Safety, Nutrition, Preparation(University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension)
Food & Nutrition Information Center  (USDA)
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
IPL: Nutrition & Diet Resources
Nutrient Database for Standard Reference  (USDA)
Nutrition Analysis Tool 2.0  (University of Illinois)
Nutrition.gov
Nutrition.org – (Click on Nutrient Information!)  Somewhat technical but good material!
Nutrition & Health  (University of Illinois)
Tufts: Nutrition Navigator – A portal rating 206 nutrition sites!

Study / Academic:
Heart – An Online Exploration 

Miscellaneous:
American Hospital Directory
Quackwatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions 

Health Articles:
Dioxin & Asbestos in Tampons

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