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CDC Health Topics A-Z       http://www.cdc.gov/az/a.html

The CDC A-Z Index lists topics with relevance to a broad cross-section of CDC.gov’s audiences. The items are representative of popular topics, frequent inquiries, or have critical importance to CDC’s public health mission. The index will continue to evolve as additional topics are added. There is a subset of Diseases and Conditions A-Z also.

 

Drug Informtion Portalhttp://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp

Quick access to the drug information from the National Library of Medicine

 

Genetics Home Reference      http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes related to those conditions

 

Intelihealth        http://www.intelihealth.com/

This comprehensive site is associated with Harvard Medical school and has lots of resources including Adult Health, Pediatrics, Allergy, Nutrition, Fitness, and more; Ask-the-Doc: searchable answers to thousands of questions; Medications: a drug database - the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, including (when available) educational leaflets, photographs of pills, and information from medicine charts that show dosage variations; and even more information from the National Institutes of Health and the National Health Council.

 

MerckMedicus      www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_home.jsp

This advertising-free medical portal for today's healthcare professional combines breaking medical news, a wide variety of online learning resources, cutting-edge diagnostic tools, and even the patient's perspective on the world of medicine.

 

National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/icd/index.html

 

The  NIH comprises of  27 Institutes and Centers the full list is at the website some examples are : National Cancer  Institute ;National Eye Institute ; National Heart,Lung,and blood institute;National institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

 

 

 

Nutrition.gov      http://www.nutrition.gov 

A service of the National Agricultural Library, USDA.  This searchable site includes information about nutitrion, foods, and a very helpful page on dietary supplements. 

 

PDR.net for Consumers        http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/index.html

The main sections of this resource are Disease Overviews, Treatment Options, Drug Information and Clinical Trials.  Disease overviews are listed by category  The treatment options section focuses on cancer, heart and lung diseases.  Drugs can be searched by keyword or by browsing lists.  Clinical trials offers information on what they are and where to find them.

 

TOXNET        http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Guide to commonly encountered toxic chemicals, environmental health risks, and the public's health. From the US National Library of Medicine.

 

Tox Town http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

Environmental health concerns and toxic for kids.

 

The Virtual Body       http://www.medtropolis.com/

This site requires Shockwave technology. This is an interactive presentation of four parts of the human body: brain, digestive system, heart and skeleton.

 

Web MD         http://www.webmd.com/

This site provides credible information, supportive communities, and in-depth reference material about health subjects. Good source for original and timely health information as well as material from well known content providers.

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Medicine

Medical Device Recalls      http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfTopic/medicaldevicesafety/recalls.cfm

This site, from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, explains about Medical Device recalls, and lists recalls for the last two years.

Medicine Online       http://www.medicineonline.net/

Full service medical site with health topics, hospital and physician search, and medical references.  Users can sign up for a monthly newsletter.   Topics are logically arranged in a left hand menu bar.

MEDLINEplus       http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

This directory site is designed to lead the user to resources containing information that will help with researching their health questions. It includes information from MEDLINE, links to self-help groups, medical dictionaries, directories of doctors and hospitals, access to National Institute of Health consumer-related organizations, clearinghouses, health-related organizations, and a search databases section with dozens of databases on topics such as clinical trials, nutrition, AIDS, cancer, etc. Has 2 drug dictionaries to look up medications.  Also has a Spanish versions and for some states a Go Local search to find resources locally.

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Doctors  

 

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)       http://www.abms.org/

See the Certified Doctor Verification Service, which tells whether a doctor is certified by one of the 24 approved medical specialty boards in the United States. Can be more up-to-date than the print version, the Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists.

 

DocFinderPlus       http://www.docfinderplus.com/

Search for U.S. doctors by state, metro area or zip code, and name. You can further limit the search by specialty, hospital, and HMO. This database is a "product of National Physicians DataSource LLC (NPDS), publishers of The Little Blue Book."

Medical Board of California        http://www.medbd.ca.gov/

Use this site to determine if your doctor is licensed to practice in the state, and if they are certified in their specialty. Also has information on how to choose a doctor.

 

Physician Select - AMA Online Doctor Finder       http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html

AMA's searchable database contains credential information on all US licensed physicians. Contains over 690,000 MDs and Doctors of Osteopathy, searchable by physician's name and state, or any of over 30 medical specialties and state. See also the Reference Library leads to information on about 20 medical conditions, from asthma to migraines to strokes.

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