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General Topics

Consumer and Patient Health Information Section

Consumer health topics that have been authorized by the Medical Library Association.  Include their top 10 medical sites.  http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide updates

The faculty update their 1999 Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide (in our reference collection, R 610 Harvard) through this website so the book is always up to date.   http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/

Health Information Resource Database (NHIC)

A collection of resources gathered by the National Health Information Center about health topics; includes links to toll-free health information.    http://www.health.gov/nhic/AlphaKeyword.htm

HealthWeb 

A one stop medical source to medical information sites.   http://www.healthweb.org  

MayoClinic.com

Consumer oriented site built with the help of over 2000 medical staff and scientists at the Mayo Clinic.  http://www.mayoclinic.com

Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia

Over 4000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries and surgeries from the National Library of Medicine.    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Merck Manuals

A long and respected publisher in the medical field.  Search and read online:
Merck Manual of diagnosis and therapy (R 616.07 M537 1999 in the Library) OR
Merck manual of medical information - Home edition (R 616.024 MERCK 2003 in the Library)  http://www.merck.com/pubs/

National Cancer Institute

Provides information about cancer types, clinical trials and related topics.   http://www.nci.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine and Medline

The premier source of medical information, with links to Medline (index to medical journal articles), health topics, health organizations, and much more.        http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html

Drugs & Chemical Safety

Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs

The Consumers Union brings its research to the web via this website to help consumers save money on drugs.   www.crbestbuydrugs.org

HealthTouch 

Sponsored by the Medicine Shoppe, a large pharmacy chain, this site provides pharmaceutical information for both prescription and over the counter medications.  It also includes medical directory information.   http://www.healthtouch.com/default.asp

Houehold Products Database

Information provided by the National Library of Medicine about over 2,000 ingredients contained in over 5,000 common household products.   http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov

RxList

Though it has more ads, this site from RxList has some very useful features, including drug information in Spanish as well as English; Taber's Medical Encyclopedia of medical terms; information on the top 200 alternative drugs; and much more.      http://www.rxlist.com/

Medline Plus Drug Information

A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications based on the US Pharmacopoeia.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

US Food and  Drug Administration

A user friendly site maintained for the public with current information about all drug issues that fall within the scope of the FDA.      http://www.usda.gov

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Wellness & Fitness

Alternative Medicine

This site is created and maintained by the Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh.  It provides links to many alternative health programs and systems.       http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/about.html

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

Latest best eating plan from Health and Human Services and the Agriculture Department.  http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/

Fast Food Facts

Find out how much fat is in your fast food hamburger.  Olen Publishing provides information linked to the Minnesota Attorney General's Office on the  nutritional makeup of all of the major fast food menu items in the United States.   
http://www.all-weightloss.net/fastfood.htm

Food and Nutrition Information Center

This is the National Agricultural Library's website specifically about food and nutrition facts including dietary supplements.  
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

Medline Plus Wellness

A subsection of the NLM website which focuses on how to maintain wellness.    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/wellnessandlifestyle.html

Tox Town

A site maintained by the National Library of Medicine to report on research on toxic chemicals and environmental health risks.    http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

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Locate  Doctors, Clinical Trials, Journals,  Organizations & Hospitals

AMA Physician Select: Online Doctor Finder

Locate doctors (both American Medical Association (AMA) and non-AMA members) by specialty or name. Includes information about education, certification and office. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html

Certified Doctors (ABMS)

The American Board of Medical Specialties is an umbrella group for the 23 boards which certify physicians.  To use the site, you must register, but it is free.  Other site information provides answers to questions about physician complaints and malpractice.  http://www.abms.org/login.asp

Clinical trials

This National Institute of Health website provides information about current on-going clinical trials and trials that are open for participation.    http://www.cc.nih.gov/

DIRLINE (Directory of Health Organizations)

Provided by the National Library of Medicine, this is a directory of over 8,000 health and biomedical organizations.    http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov

Idaho Board of Medicine

Includes physician license verification site and consumer related information and links.   http://www.bom.state.id.us/

Hospital Directories

American Hospital Directory

http://www.ahd.com/freesearch.php3

American Hospital Association (on the AMA website)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html

St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

http://www.saintalphonsus.org

St. Luke's Health System

http://www.stlukesonline.com/

 

Last Updated:10/04/2007 Author:grr, updated by R.J.