Allergies
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: News, information, research activities.
Arthritis/Rheumatology
Arthritis Foundation: News and information from the Arthritis foundation.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: Health information from the National
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Associations and Organizations
The American Dental Association
Blood Conditions
Bones, Muscles and Joints
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: Health information from the National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Cancer
The Prostate Cancer InfoLink
American Brain Tumor Association: ABTA is a global
organization making major strides by funding brain tumor research and
providing the information patients need to make educated decisions about
their healthcare.
American Cancer Society: News and
information from the American Cancer Society.
Cancer Forum: This is an Internet resource that
will help people living with cancer cope with their disease. It is also
meant to encourage people to take charge, to seek out information, and to
fight their cancer.
Leukemia: News and information
from the Leukemia lymphoma.
National Cancer Institute: News and information
from the National Cancer Institute.
OncoLink: This is The University Of
Pennsylvania's Cancer Center.
Children
American Academy of Pediatrics: The AAP is an
organization of over 53,000 pediatricians, dedicated to the health, safety,
and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Dole 5 A Day Homepage: Dole's food and nutrition
site for kids. Learn cool facts about cauliflower and listen to the cauliflower rap song.
Timmy The Tooth: Fun interactive story using your child's name and age.
Dental and Mouth Conditions
The American Dental Association
Dental Bytes Magazine: Links to find information
for common questions.
Dental Care For Pets: Learn how to keep your
pet's teeth healthy.
Dental Globe: Dental professional and industry
resource.
The Global Dentist News Journal: Interactive
news journal.
Timmy The Tooth: Kids fun interactive story using your child's name and age.
Diabetes and other Endocrine Conditions
NIDDKD: The National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases.
Digestive Conditions
NIDDKD: The National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases.
United Ostomy Association: The United Ostomy Association
is a volunteer-based health organization dedicated to assisting people who
have had or will have intestinal or urinary diversions.
Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions
Emotional/Mental Health & Sexuality
American Psychiatric Association: The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose
40,500 physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of
mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: News and information from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: PREVLINE offers electronic access to searchable
databases and substance abuse prevention materials that pertain to alcohol,
tobacco, and drugs.
National Institute on Drug Abuse: News and information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
National Institute of Mental Health: The National Institute of Mental Health.
National Mental Health Association: News and information from the National Mental Health Association.
Environmental Health
National Institute of Environmental Health: The
National Institutes of Health's outstanding institute for basic research on environment-related
diseases.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sciences: News and
information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eye Conditions
National Eye Institute: Information for researchers,
health care professionals, public and patients, educators and media.
Food, Diet & Recipes
American Dietetic Association: News and information
from the American Dietetic Association.
Arbor Nutrition Guide: A thorough collection of
resources for health professionals and the public.
Ask the Dietitian: Questions and answers to
nutrition related subjects.
Nutribase: This site features an interactive
on-line database of 19,344 food items (primarily USDA SR10 data) and their
associated nutrient information... food items that you can view, rank,
query and search by food names.
Dole 5 A Day Homepage: Dole's food and nutrition
site for kids. Learn cool Facts about cauliflower and listen to the cauliflower rap song.
Food and Nutrition Information Center: FNIC
has many publications on nutrition and also provide an excellent "jumping off point" for other good
sources of nutrition information.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Your Electronic Source
of Information about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Vegsource: News, information, and discussion site
for all things related to vegetarianism, family, animals, the environment
and more.
Genetics
National Center for Human Genome Research: News
and information from the National Center for Human Genome Research.
Government
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Library of Congress WWW/Z39.50 Gateway
Health News
Intelihealth, Home to Johns Hopkins University
Heart and Blood Vessels
American Heart Association: The official Web site of
the American Heart Association.
Hospitals
Humor
Dilbert Zone: Read the Dilbert
comic strip from United Media.
Readers Digest Laugh Lines: Enjoy a joke from Readers Digest and E-mail one
to a friend.
Infectious Disease
Centers for Disease Control: News and information from
the Centers for Disease Control.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: News and information from the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Kidney & Urinary Tract
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases: To provide users with information to better
understand their health and their diagnosed disorders.
National Kidney Foundation: News and information from
the National Kidney Foundation.
Lung Conditions
American Lung Association: News and
information from the American Lung Association.
Magazines
The New England Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Nursing
Dental Bytes Magazine: Links to common questions.
The Global Dentist News Journal: Interactive news journal.
Prevention's Healty Ideas
Mailing Lists
Liszt: Searchable Directory of e-Mail Discussion Groups
Medicines
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Your Electronic Source
of Information about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia: USP (United States Pharmacopeia),
established in 1820, is a private, voluntary, not-for-profit, healthcare organization.
Medical Databases
Healthfinder: Healthfinder is a gateway
consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government.
Home Pages of Network Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals
National Network of Libraries and Medicine: Dedicated to making the world's biomedical information available to all
U.S. health professionals.
PubMed: NLM's search service to access
the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to
participating on-line journals), and other related databases.
Medline
Welcome to Ovid
Welcome to PubMed
Neurologic Conditions
Alzheimer's Association: News and information from the
Alzheimer's Association.
National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke: News and information from the National Institute
of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: News and
information from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Nursing
WORLDWIDE NURSE Home page. The Nursing index
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc
NIH Clinical Center Nursing Department Home Page
Obstetrics & Gynecology
March of Dimes: The March of Dimes is your source
for information about how to have a healthy baby and what to do if there is
a problem.
Patient Education
Healthfinder -- a gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government
OncoLink, The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
QuackWatch Home Page
Pharmacies
Podiatry
American Podiatric Medical Association
Florida Podiatric Medical Association
Prevention & Wellness
Centers for Disease Control: News and information from
the Centers for Disease Control.
Wellness Councils of America: WELCOA is a national
nonprofit membership organization dedicated to promoting healthier
lifestyles for all Americans, especially through health promotion
activities at the worksite.
The Wellness Web: Created by and for patients.
Reference
HealthAnswers: Homepage
Healthfinder - Medical Dictionaries and Glossaries
MapQuest! Interactive Atlas
Switchboard Home Page
My Virtual Reference Desk - Welcome
OneLook Dictionaries, The Faster Finder
On-line Dictionaries
HealthWeb
Skin Conditions
National Institute of Arthritis and Muscolskeletal and Skin Disease:
The NIAMS conducts and supports basic, clinical,
and epidemiologic research and research training and disseminates
information on many of the most debilitating diseases affecting the
Nation's health.
Sites of General Interest
Consumer Information Center: CIC has full text
versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available.
All are FREE!
National Institutes of Health
National Organization for Rare Disorders: NORD
is a unique federation of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health
organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities.
TransWeb Transplantation and Donation: An Internet
Resource Devoted to Transplantation and Donation
Search Engines
Florida Hospital Association
MetaCrawler Searching
AltaVista Technology, Inc.
Infoseek
Seniors
National Institute on Aging: The NIA promotes healthy
aging by conducting and supporting biomedical, social, and behavioral
research and public education.
Women's Health
Women's Health
Women's Wire - Guide page
Women's Wire
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