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Updated Daily. From the world's largest medical library,
the National Library of Medicine. Extensive information from
the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on
over 590 diseases and conditions. There are also lists
of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries,
health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription
and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media,
and links to thousands of clinical trials. Special interest: Alternative
Medicine, Drug
Information, Medical
Encyclopedia, News
by Health Topic, Interactive
Health Tutorials.
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A Department of Health and Human Services Agency. Link to,
read, and download a wide variety of women's health-related material
developed
by the Department of Health and Human Services, other Federal agencies,
and private sector resources.
AHRQ
A Department of Health and Human Services Agency, AHRQ is the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality—the Nation's lead Federal agency
for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety.
Special interest: Consumers &
Patients | U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Alternative Medicine Foundation
The mission of the Alternative Medicine Foundation is to respond
to the public and professional need for responsible and reliable education,
information,
and dialogue about the integration of alternative and conventional medicine.
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AMA Physician Select
From the American Medical Association (AMA), a professional association of
physicians and medical students dedicated to the health of America. AMA Physician
Select provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed
physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 690,000
doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine
(DO).
discoveryhealth.com Discoveryhealth.com is dedicated to providing its users with: credible
and authoritative health information; high quality content that is comprehensive,
accurate and non-biased; and balanced, in-depth coverage of health conditions.
DrWeil.com
Access health information from Dr. Weil, a Harvard Medical School graduate
who also holds an AB degree in biology (botany) from Harvard University,
and is a clinical professor of internal medicine. Dr. Weil is an internationally
recognized expert on medicinal herbs, mind-body interactions, and Integrative
Medicine. Special interest: Food
As Medicine | Health
Conditions | Home
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familydoctor.org
Form the American Academy of Family Physicians. All of the information within
familydoctor.org has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient
education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. The
information is regularly reviewed and updated. Special interest: Dictionary | Health
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your symptoms.
Go Ask Alice! From Columbia University's Health Education Program. This site uses
a question-and-answer format and strives to provide factual information
about physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health.
HealthScout
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Internet. Special Interest: Symptoms.
MayoClinic.com From the world renowned Mayo Clinic. Get information
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covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. This database contains
citations and abstracts of articles in MEDLINE, Pre-MEDLINE, and
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which may or may not be free to access. Special interest: PubMed
Central (PMC) the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital
archive of life sciences journal literature. Special interest: Medline
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Prevention.com
This site is more than just the online version of the print magazine, it is "intended
to heighten awareness of health information." As the name implies, the
emphasis is on healthy living and the prevention of disease and includes information
on alternative treatments. Special interest: Expert
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Remedyfind Remedyfind is a site where individuals and healthcare professionals
can rate the effectiveness of different treatments for specific health
conditions.
Virtual Hospital From the University of Iowa. The Virtual Hospital aims to make the
Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health
care providers and patients. It contains thousands of textbooks and booklets
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