Health Information on the Web

United States Government Health Research:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Care (http://www.ahrq.gov)
• Centers for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov)
• HealthFinder (http://www.healthfinder.gov) – Produced by the US Dept. of Health & Human Services; searchable.
• Medicine in the Americas, 1619-1914: A Digital Library (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/americas/americashome.html)
• MedlinePlus (http://www.medlineplus.gov) – Quality health care information from the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
• National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov)
• National Institute of Health (http://health.nih.gov)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr)
• National Library of Medicine Gateway (http://nnlm.gov)
• National Mental Health Information Center (http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs)
• Toxnet (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov) – Hazardous materials and safety

Nongovernmental General Health Research:

• Galenicom (http://www.galenicom.com/es/) – Spanish-language medical search engine.
• Go Ask Alice! (http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu) – (University of Columbia) - One of the longest-running health question and answer web sites.
• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (http://www.bartleby.com/107/)
• Health on the Net (HON) (http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt) – HON searches specifically for medical sites, and indicates those which follow a strict code of ethics for providing medical information.
• Hardin MD (http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ehardin/md/) – Offered by the University of Iowa
• Human Anatomy Online (http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html)
• Intelihealth (http://www.intelihealth.com) – Supported by Aetna
• Mayo Clinic (http://www.mayoclinic.com)
• McGill University Virtual Stethosocpe Project (http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/mvsteth.htm)
• MedInfoRus (http://medinforus.homestead.com/MedInfoRus.html) – Medical information in Russian
• MedPage Today (http://www.medpagetoday.com) – Offered by the University of Pennsylvania
• NOAH: New York Access to Health (http://www.noah-health.org) – Available in English & Spanish
• Nutrition and Health from University of Illinois Extension (http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/nutrition/index.html)
• On-Line Medical Dictionary (http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/)
• Public Library of Science (http://www.plos.org)
• StateHealthFacts.org (http://www.statehealthfacts.org/) – Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation
• Trust for America's Health (http://healthyamericans.org/)
• World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/en)
• Virtual Health Care Team -Case Studies (http://www.vhct.org/index.shtml) – Offered by the University of Missouri, Columbia

Bioethics:

• Bioethics.net (http://bioethics.net) – The moral implications of science, medicine, and research.

Diseases:

• Alzheimer's Association (http://www.alz.org)
• American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp)
• American Diabetic Association (http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html)
• American Heart Association (http://www.americanheart.org)
• Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Network: HIV, STD, & TB (http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/hiv/index.asp)
• The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 (http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic)
• GlobalHealthFacts.org (http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/) - Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation. It provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators.
• HIV InSite: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu) – University of California San Francisco
• National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov)
• Oncolink (http://www.oncolink.com) – Offered by the University of Pennsylvania

Disabilities:

• disAbility Information and Resources (http://www.makoa.org)
• Women with Disabilities (http://www.4women.gov/wwd)

Drugs and Medications:

• RxList - the Internet Drug Reference (http://www.rxlist.com)
• Merck Manual (http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual)
• PDR.net (http://www.gettingwell.com) – the Physician's Drug Reference. Search by drug name for side effects, dosages, etc.

Multicultural Health Issues:

• Asian Health Reference Guides (http://www3.baylor.edu/%7ECharles_Kemp/asian_health.html)
• Asian American Health (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html)
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (http://www.aapcho.org/site/aapcho) – This is a San Francisco Bay Area Organization.
• Infectious Diseases of Refugees and Immigrants (http://www3.baylor.edu:80/~Charles_Kemp/Infectious_Disease.htm)
• GlobalHealthFacts.org (http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/) - This is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
• Medical Care for Immigrants and Refugee (http://www.aafp.org/afp/980301ap/gavagan.html)
• Refugee and Immigrant Health (http://www3.baylor.edu:80/~Charles_Kemp/refugees.htm) – Excellent site with links to resources for numerous specific cultures, mental health, and relief organizations.
• SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (http://spiral.tufts.edu) – A joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center (Boston) and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library. Provides resources in the following languages: Chinese, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese.
• World Health Organization Statistics (http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm)

Medical Journals and Databases:

• BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/home)
• Health Promotion International (http://heapro.oupjournals.org)
• New England Journal of Medicine (http://content.nejm.org)

Nursing and Allied Health:

• BioMed Central: Nursing (http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcnurs)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Care (http://www.ahrq.gov/about/nursing) – Nursing Research
• Allnurses.com (http://www.allnurses.com)
• American Nursing Association (http://www.nursingworld.org)
• California Board of Registered Nursing (http://www.rn.ca.gov)
• California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov)
• California Licensed Vocational Nurses Association (http://www.clvna.org/core)
• Cybernurse (http://www.cybernurse.com)
• National Coalition for Ethic and Minority Nurse Associations (http://www.ncemna.org)
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing (http://www.ncsbn.org)
• National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (http://www.nflpn.org)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr)
• National League for Nursing (http://www.nln.org)
• Nursingcenter.com (http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/index.as)
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin)
• International Council of Nurses (http://www.icn.ch/index.html)
• RN Central (http://www.rncentral.com)

Women's Health Issues:

• International Women’s Health Coalition (http://www.iwhc.org)
• MEDLINEplus: Hormone Replacement Therapy (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hormonereplacementtherapy.html)
• OBGYN.net (http://www.obgyn.net) – the Universe of Women's Health
• Ovarian Cancer (http://www.ovarian.org)
• National Women's Health Information Center (http://www.4women.gov)
• Women's Health in Primary Care (http://www.womenshealthpc.com)

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