Internet Resources for Consumer Health
Try
this first:
MEDLINEplus
from the National Library of
Medicine, includes current health topics,
links
to dictionaries, encyclopedias, drug info and
directories. A highly respected resource.
NOAH : New York Online Access to
Health presents definitions, care and treatment, and lists of health care
information including English and Spanish resources.
Top 100 Sites from
The
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical
Library Association; web sites you can trust.
Familydoctor.com from the American Academy of Family Physicians
Health Finder from
the federal government, an excellent resource for health information A - Z,
special health topics, information about health care providers, and a directory
of health care organizations.
KidsHealth
Medem Consumer
health information provided and approved by a cooperating group of medical
specialty societies. NIH Health Information includes
NIH Health Information Index 2000 as well as other useful, authoritative health
links.
Quackwatch
UptoDate Patient Handouts
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AMA
Patients
Asian
Language
Health Information
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Clinicaltrials.gov
Dietary Supplements Labels Database
Doctor Finder
from the American Medical Association
Effective and
Safe Prescription Drugs from AARP.org
Environmental Protection Agency
Find a Physician
from the Pennsylvania Medical
Society
Food and Drug
Administration
Hardin
Library Consumer Health Resources
Health A to Z
Health and Nutrition at FirstGov
Healthcentral
Health Information 2000
HealthLinks
Household Products Database
Intelihealth
JAMA Patient Page
Lab Tests
Online
Mayo Clinic's Healthcare Site
MedicineNet
Michigan
Electronic Library Health Information Resources
-click on Health, Medicine &
Wellness
Netwellness
NIH News in Health
NORD - National
Organization for Rare Diseases
Spanish Language Health Resources
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Wake Forest Baptist University
Medical Center Consumer Site
Web MD Health
Women's Health
National
Women's Health Information Center:
www.4woman.gov
Women's Health Resources from the NIH Office of
Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
:
http://orwh.od.nih.gov/nat_lib_med.html
Women's Health Resources from the NLM:
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/womenshealthoverview.html
Specific health problems
American Diabetes
Association : http://www.diabetes.org
Cancer.gov
from the National Cancer Institute
Oncolink
From the University of Pennsylvania; cancer detection and treatment.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
HIV InSite
Mental Health
Electronic Consumer Health Books
Print Collections
The Consumer Health
Book Collection
Books on health care
written for the patient and the lay public and for
health professionals working with
the public are located in the Harrell Library as
part of the Reference Collection. Material can be
easily
identified by the orange
label indicating "Consumer Health" on the spine
Lois High Berstler
Community Health Library
located on the second floor of the University Physicians
Group, 670 Cherry Drive
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