Health & Medicine Resources

Aids

http://www.aegis.com/
AEGIS:  Excellent overall source for AIDS and HIV related information

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=KB
HIV Knowledge Base: On-line textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.

Alternative Medical Sites

http://www.healthy.net/index.html
Health World Online offers a fitness center, health clinic, library, nutrition center and wellness center.

http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
Directory is for consumers, professionals, and students who would like to learn more about various forms of alternative health care.

Alzheimer's

http://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer's Association: Patients, caregivers and physicians may access new, information and research, and find local advocacy groups.

http://www.alzheimers.org/
Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center: Current information and abundant resources for health professionals and laypersons, from the U.S. Government's National Institute on Aging.

Arthritis

http://www.arthritis.org/
Arthritis Foundation: Arthritis information, research and advocacy, available in English or Spanish.

http://www.niams.nih.gov/
National Institute of Arthritis and Muskuloskeletal and Skin Disease: Health information, news and events for the lay person, research and grant information for researchers.

Cancer

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
American Cancer Society: An organization "committed to fighting cancer through balanced programs of research, education, patietn service, advocacy, and rehabilitation."

http://cancer.gov/cancerinformation
Find information on types of cancer, treatment, screening tests, prevention, coping support resources and more from the National Cancer Institute.

Consumer Resources

http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/inters.html
Provides a good overview of resources available for consumers on the Internet.  Searchable

Depression

http://www.dbsalliance.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Patient developed, physician reviewed information for developing a greater understanding of depression and bipolar disorders with additional links to support groups and chapters.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
General overview of symptoms and diagnosis of the disease, treatment options and where to seek help, from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Diabetes

http://www.diabetes.org/
American Diabetes Association: The nation's leading nonprofit helath organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy for juvenile and adult onset diabetes.

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/
Children with Diabetes: The on-line community for kids, families and adults with diabetes. Research and legislative information, chat groups, links to diabetes organizations, for living with diabetes.

Drug Sites

http://www.pdrhealth.com/
Find disease overviews, health and wellness advice, drug information and clinical trial updates.

http://www.rxlist.com/
RXList - The Internet Drug Index

General

http://www.familydoctor.org/
This site provides health information for the whole family site and is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians

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. Designed for academic purposes.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/portals/public.html
This site by the National Institutes of Health provides access to MedlinePlus. Use MedlinePlus to find topics on conditions, diseases and wellness. hospitals and physicians. and drug information. Also available is current health news and online health exhibitions.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/
Texas Department of Health

Heart Disease

http://www.americanheart.org/
American Heart Association: Find information about diseases and conditions, lifestyle advice, advocacy opportunities.

http://www.heartcenteronline.com/
HealthCenterOnline: Patient guides about diseases and conditions, procedures and tests, prevention strategies, message boards, clinical trial data. Free registration required.

Learning Disabilities

http://www.ncld.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities: Strives to be an effective, easy-to-use resource for people seeking authoritative information on learning disabilities and advocacy option.

http://www.ldonline.org
Learning Disabilities Online: Resources for parents, teachers and other professionals who work with learning disabled individuals.

Manuals

http://www.merck.com/pubs
The Merck Manuals. A trusted source for medical information available free online.

Medicaid

http://www.kff.org/medicaid/benefits/index.jsp
State Medicaid Benefits - This site contains Medicaid Benefits survey data from 2003 and 2004 with information about benefits covered, limits, co-payments and reimbursement methodologies for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Territories.

Medicare

http://www.medicare.gov/
The site provides databases for comparing nursing homes, Medicare plans and providers, dialysis centers, hospitals, home health agencies, and health plan options. Explains eligibility, what Medicare covers, prescription drug programs, and billing.

National Organizations

http://www.intelihealth.com/
Aetma InteliHealth. Extensive information for healthy lifestyle management. Interactive tools and expert commentaries from trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Find information on diseases and conditions, healthy living, drug information and health tools "to empower people to manage their health." Rated as one of the top ten most useful websites by Medical Library Association.

http://medlineplus.gov/
MEDLINE-Plus:  Designed to lead users to resources to answer their health questions.  Selected by the National Library of Medicine.

http://health.nih.gov
The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. A-Z index of NIH health resources, clinical trials, health hotlines, MEDLINEplus, and drug information

Parkinson's Disease

http://www.parkinson.org
National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.: Reference sources about the disease, groups and chapters, research studies.

http://pdweb.mgh.harvard.edu
Parkinson's Web: Information about the disease, links to patient and family support, medical centers, neurological and advocacy organizations.

West Nile

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/westnilevirus.html
MEDLINEplus West Nile Virus: Latest news, general overviews, diagnosis and symptoms, treatment, organizations, statistics and more from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.

http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov/
Wet Nile Virus Map: Easy to read national, state and county-equivalent maps for reported cases of West Nile Virus in humans, birds and mosquitoes.


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