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Health & Medical Sciences Reference

Dealing with the condition of an organism -- its freedom from disease or the diagnosing and treating of disease or other damage to body or mind.

Alcohol, Drugs, & Tobacco

Health effects of mind-altering and mood-altering substances

Anatomy

Information about the human body and its functions.

Consumer Information

Health and health care information for the consumer/patient.

Disabilities

Incapacitation conditions and the period of such a condition; a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement.

Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes

Pathological conditions of a part of an organism resulting from causes such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.

Exercise & Fitness

Activities that require physical or mental exertion, usually performed to develop or maintain physical fitness.

First Aid

Emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available.

Geriatrics

Branches of medicine dealing with the care of senior citizens and the elderly, and the treatment of their diseases.

Health Care Management and Policy

Sites about health-related public policy and the provision of health care plans and services.

History of Medicine

Sites to help you learn about the practice of medicine throughout history.

Men's Health

Health matters unique to male physiology.

Mental Health

Symptomatology and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.

Medications & Pharmaceuticals

The use of chemical agents to promote recovery from injury or ailment.

Non-Traditional Medical Practices

Systems of medical care that are based on methods of treatment or theories of disease that differ from those taught in recognized western-oriented medical schools.

Nutrition & Diet

Foods and their role in nourishment; the evaluation of food substances according to medical criteria.

Occupational Health & Safety

Health matters occuring primarily in the workplace.

Pediatrics

Branches of medicine dealing with the care of infants and children and the treatment of their diseases.

Preventive Medicine

Branches of medicine dealing with preventing illness or its spread.

Sexuality

Sex education issues and concerns.

Specializations

Sites devoted to particular practice areas; e.g. podiatry, proctology, ophthalmology, ear-nose-throat, etc.

Women's Health

Health matters unique to female physiology.

Professional Resources

Sites of interest to professionals and practicioners in health, medical science, and related fields.

News and Headlines

Current events, recent research findings, and other news in the fields of health and medicine.

Resources in this category are:

Achoo

http://www.achoo.com/

"Our primary objective in designing Achoo 3.0 is to bring to our readers the most comprehensive healthcare information site on the Internet...For the purposes of our web site, we have chosen to adopt a wider and more comprehensive interpretation of "health". We have included all aspects of healthcare, such as clinical medicine, alternate medicine, as well as the business aspects of medicine. We envision the new Achoo to be the meeting place for consumers, professionals as well as people involved with the business of healthcare."

Author: Achoo Online Services (gkapur@achoo.com)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Resources

AMA Physician Select

http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?2852326399

"Provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 650,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). All physician credential data have been verified for accuracy and authenticated by accrediting agencies, medical schools, residency training programs, licensing and certifying boards, and other data sources." You can search by physician name or specialty.

Author: American Medical Association Department of Data Survey and Planning (Kevin_Kenward@ama-assn.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Health & Medical Sciences--Consumer Information

Keywords: Physicians; United States

Atlas of United States Mortality

http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm

"Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death." The book is divided up into sections in PDF format, which require the Adobe Acrobat Viewer.

Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (nchsquery@cdc.gov)

Subjects:

Reference--Geography--Maps & Atlases

Health & Medical Sciences

Social Sciences--Social Issues & Services

Keywords: Mortality; Death; Heart Disease; Cancer; Stroke; Motor Vehicles; Accidents; Pneumonia; Influenza; Diabetes; Suicide; Firearms; HIV; AIDS; Liver Disease; Homicide

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service

http://www.centerwatch.com/

"An international listing of clinical research trials. You can use this listing to search for clinicaltrials, find out information about physicians and medical centers performing clinical research, and to learn about drug therapies newly approved by the Foodand Drug Administration. You may also sign up for an E-mail notification service, which will inform you of future postings in a particular therapeutic area."

Author: CenterWatch (cntrwatch@aol.com)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Clinical trials; Drug trials; Clinical research; Drug therapy

Doctor-assisted Suicide: A Guide to Web Sites and the Literature

http://web.lwc.edu/administrative/library/suic.htm

Site compiled by librarians listing resources on euthanasia and doctor assisted suicide, including legal issues, news broadcasts, a chronology, and a search engine for finding additional materials on end of life issues.

Author: Calvin Boyer (cboyer@longwood.lwc.edu)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Social Sciences--Social Issues & Services

Keywords: Right to Die; Death with Dignity

Family Medicine Online

http://www.aafp.org/family/

"This Web site is provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) as a resource for anyone interested in the medical specialty of family practice." The Patient Information section includes Patient Information Handouts

Author: American Academy of Family Physicians (fp@aafp.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Family Medicine

Free MEDLINE: PubMed and Internet Grateful Med

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html

"MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences." It provides bibliographic citations and author abstracts to articles from over 3800 journals published in the United States and over 70 foreign countries. This site provides free access to two ways to access MEDLINE, PubMed or Grateful Med. Each has unique features.

Author: National Library of Medicine

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Database; PubMed; Grateful Med

The Global Health Network (GHNet)

http://info.pitt.edu/HOME/GHNet/

"The Global Health Network (GHNet) is an alliance of experts in health and telecommunications who are actively developing the architecture for a health information structure for the prevention of disease in the 21st century. The professionals involved in GHNet bring together expertise from the essential areas of government, international organizations, business, and academia. All are dedicated individuals, recognized in their fields, who have donated large amounts of time to this project." The site has information about the organization and a variety of resources related to public health - including news, travel info, publications, and employment and funding information.

Author: The University of Pittsburgh (brenena@ghnet.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html

"Hardin MD is a "list of lists" - Its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. It includes subject listings in large "one-stop-shopping" sites, such as MedWeb and Yahoo, and also independent discipline-specific lists. Hardin MD subject pages indicate the length of lists in each subject, making it easy to see at a glance which lists are most comprehensive - These are often not the lists from the"one-stop-shopping" sites, but those developed by people within the field, which are well-known and frequently cited within the field, but not well-known outside it." The site also features links to health news online, the University of Iowa Virtual Hospital and other major index sites.

Author: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa (hardin-webmaster@uiowa.edu)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Health & Medical Sciences--Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes

Keywords: Resources

Health Canada Online

http://hwcweb.hwc.ca/

"Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. In partnership with provincial and territorial governments, Health Canada provides national leadership to develop health policy, enforce health regulations, promote disease prevention and enhance healthy living for all Canadians. Health Canada ensures that health services are available and accessible to First Nations and Inuit communities. It also works closely with other federal departments, agencies and health stakeholders to reduce health and safety risks to Canadians."

This searchable site has every information on health status of Canadians such as "Health Care", "Public Health", "Health Factors", "Regulated Products", "Health Research", "Regulation and Policy", etc.

Author: Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (charles_reynolds@hc-sc.gc.ca)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Canada; public health; health regulation; health policy

HealthAnswers

http://www.healthanswers.com/

A large and well organized collection of health related information from The American Academy of Family Physicians and HealthAnswers' own knowledge database, organized by subject, alphabetically, and searchable. Also includes daily updated health news and a section for medical professionals.

Author: Orbis-AHCN, L.L.C.

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: News

HealthAtoZ

http://www.healthatoz.com/

A hierarchical subject guide to Internet resources in health and medicine, including Web sites, mailing lists, and newsgroups. All entries contain abstracts, and some are rated. Searchable. There's also free access to the Medline article database.

Author: Medical Network Inc. (info@healthatoz.com)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Resources; Medline

Healthtouch

http://www.healthtouch.com/

"Healthtouch is your one-stop source for health information, health products, and health services." Contains a drug information database, a health resource directory, and brief, informative articles on health topics ranging from allergies to STDs and AIDS.

Author: Medical Strategies, Inc.

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

HealthWeb

http://www.healthweb.org/

"HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs." More than 50 subject areas include: AIDS, anatomy, family medicine, genetics, geriatrics, nutrition, oncology, pediatrics, and rheumatology.

Author: Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), Greater Midwest Region of the National Network Libraries of Medicine (healthweb@umich.edu. )

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: AIDS; Anatomy; Family Medicine; Genetics; Geriatrics; Nutrition; Oncology; Pediatrics; Pharmacy; Substance Abuse; Toxicology; Rheumatology

INFOMINE - Comprehensive Biological, Agricultural & Medical Internet Resource Collection

http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/bioagsearch.phtml

Large annotated collection of Internet resources related to biology, agriculture and medicine. Resources have been determined to be "'of use' as a scholarly information resource in research or educational activites at the university level." Collection can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword or title. Part of The Library of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.

Author: Steve Mitchell (smitch@ucrac1.ucr.edu)

Subjects:

Sciences & Technology--Biological Sciences

Health & Medical Sciences

Sciences & Technology--Agriculture

Mayo Clinic Health Oasis

http://www.mayohealth.org/index.htm

Health information from the famed Mayo Clinic. Includes centers for allergy and asthma, alzheimer's, cancer, children, heart, medicine, men, nutrition, and women. There's also a library of articles and features that allow users to ask questions of a Mayo physician or Mayo dietician and view previous questions and answers.

Author: Mayo Clinic

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Cancer; Diet; Nutrition; Heart; Pregnancy; News

MedHunt

http://www.hon.ch/cgi-bin/find/

"A search engine plus catalog for Web sites and documents related to health and medicine. Some sites are picked by hand, others are chosen by a robot.." This site also available in French.

Author: Health on the Net Foundation

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Medical Ethics: Where Do You Draw the Line?

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/medicalethics/

"In this exhibit, you will learn about current medical research and trends and the complicated ethical questions they raise." This site allows you to explore "real-life scenarios--living with cancer, understanding cloning or handling headaches--and take part in the medical ethics decision making process."

Author: Annenberg/CPB Project (exhibits@learner.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Sciences & Technology--Controversial

Keywords: Ethics; Ethical; Cloning; Clones; Euthanasia; Assisted Suicide

Medical Humanities: Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/topview.html

"Annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film and art developed as a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in medical humanities."

Author: New York University Hippocrates Project (aullf01@popmail.med.nyu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Book Lists & Awards

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Bibliography

Medicine Net

http://www.medicinenet.com/

This site is recommended by Consumer Reports for offering valuable information online. The site is created by "a network of U.S. Board Certified Physicians working together to provide the public with current, comprehensive medical information, written in easy to understand language." It offers extensive information about diseases and treatments, prescription and non-prescription drugs, an archive of over 6000 answered medical questions organized by speciality, information about first aid, ad directory of poison control centers, medical news and an online medical dictionary.

Author: William Shiel, M.D. (mnieditor1@fia.net)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Health & Medical Sciences--Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes

Keywords: Diseases; Pharmacy; Dictionary; First Aid; Poison Control; News

Medscape

http://www.medscape.com/

"Medscape is the leading interactive, multi-specialty, commercial Web service for clinicians and consumers. Medscape pools information from clinical journals, medical news providers, medical education programs, and material created expressly for Medscape." This site was recommended by Consumer Reports for offering valuable medical information online. This searchable site provides news articles, articles of interest to each speciality, access to a number of online journals, online patient information brochures, and extensive information aimed at clinicians. Library services include MEDLINE access, a medical dictionary, clinical tips, practice guidelines from the CDC, and a drug search database that provides dosage, indications and interactions for over-the-counter and prescription medications.

Author: Medscape, Inc.

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Drug Interactions; MEDLINE; Practice Guidelines; Dictionary; Journals; News

Medsite Navigator

http://www.MedsiteNavigator.com/

A guide to Internet resources relating to medicine, aimed at professionals, both scientific and clinical. Includes a guide to places where you can search the Medline database.

Author: Richard Peters & Robert Sikorski (rpeters@tiac.net)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary

http://www.medterms.com/

Online publication "written entirely by physicians but not just for physicians, nurses or allied health professionals. It was designed to be of use to everyone concerned about health -- their health and the health of those that matter to them." Browsable and searchable interface.

Author: MedicineNet, Inc. (dwhyte@medicinenet.com)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Health terms; Medical terminology

MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources

http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/

MedWeb is a cataloged collection of over 8000 links to health science resources on the Internet, sponsored by Emory University Health Sciences Library. Included among the many topics are: anatomy, cardiology, emergency medicine, health care reform, history of medicine, nursing, pediatrics, radiology, sports medicine, surgery, and tropical medicine.

Author: Steve Foote (libsf@emory.edu)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages

http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html

Browse or search medical terms in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

Author: Heymans Institute of Pharmacology (phvtgdv@pophost.eunet.be)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Glossary

Museum of Bacteria

http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/

"The Foundation for Bacteria was founded in March 1999. The corporation's purpose is to promote, advance and advocate the common interest of the scientific community and the general public in scientific research and education related to bacteria, diseases caused by bacteria, and the utilization of bacteria to solve specific problems of humankind."

This site contains "What are Bacterias?", "Pathogenic Bacteria", "Evolution", "Food And Water Safety", and "How We Fight Bacteria: The Immune System, Antibiotics, Vaccination."

Author: Martin J. Blaser (The Foundation for Bacteria) (martin.blaser@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu)

Subjects:

Sciences & Technology--Biological Sciences--Microbiology

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: bacteria

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

http://www.nih.gov/

"The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information." This site contains health information resources for the general public and for the workplace, news and events, and funding information.

Author: National Institutes of Health

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: grants; research

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

The NLM is the world's largest biomedical library. This website provides information about all of its major programs, including medical research, medical history, biotechnology, and HIV/AIDS resources. A wide variety of medical information is available for both professionals and consumers, including access to databases (e.g. MEDLINE and GenBank), fact sheets and newsletters, and toxicology and environmental health information. Searchable.

Author: National Institutes of Health

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Sciences & Technology--Biological Sciences

Keywords: Visible Human; Virtual Hospital; MEDLINE

New York State Department of Health Home Page

http://www.health.state.ny.us/

"Provides health-related information to consumers, health professionals, and researchers, and is an excellent, authoritative reference source for these audience groups. Includes: Adoption Information Registry information; press releases; communicable disease fact sheets; statistics on communicable disease such as rabies and sexually transmitted diseases, vital statistics; data on cancer, heart disease, stroke, environmental health, and HIV; hospital discharge statistics; directory by county of certified home health agencies, diagnostic and treatment centers, hospices, hospitals. long-term home health care programs, mammography facilities and nursing homes; research reports on topics such as coronary artery bypass surgery, cancer, and assisted suicide."

Author: (nyhealth@health.state.ny.us)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Public Health

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

http://www.noah.cuny.edu/

"New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is your guide in Spanish and English to the latest health information and resources from volunteer and local governmental agencies, and from other health sites on the Internet... NOAH is currently focused on nine main health topics:Aging, AIDS, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and Tuberculosis (TB)." Searchable.

Author: Kirsten Dehner (kidbh@cunyvm.cuny.edu)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Keywords: Aging; AIDS; Alternative Medicine; Cancer; Diabetes; Heart Disease; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Sexuality; Sexualy Transmitted Disease; Tuberculosis; Spanish

NSC Crossroads

http://www.crossroads.nsc.org/

"A safety, health and environment search engine and news network that uses subject area experts to answer questions and guide you to information and resources on the Web. The Crossroads Web site was created by the National Safety Council to provide safety, health and environmental (SHE) managers unbiased information, tools and contacts they need to be better informed about SHE issues."

Author: National Safety Council (crossroads@nsc.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Sciences & Technology

Keywords: environmental health; safety

On-line Medical Dictionary (OMD)

http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/index.html

"OMD is a searchable dictionary... and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science." The entries are browsable by letter (the list of words is large, so this option can be fairly slow) or by subject area.

Author: Graham Dark (dark@www.graylab.ac.uk)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Virtual Naval Hospital

http://www.vnh.org/

"The Virtual Naval Hospital is a digital health sciences library designed to deliver expert medical information to providers and patients at the point-of-care in order to help providers take better care of their patients and help patients live healthier lives."

This searchable cite provides information for patients, healthcare providers and Navy Medical Department administrators.

Author: Electric Differential Multimedia Laboratory, University of Iowa College of Medicine (cartographer@vnh.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

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