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The Health/Medical Resources are divided into these groups:

Mega Sites
Drug Data Bases
Government Sites
Texas Sites

Nutrition
Mental Health
Sports Medicine
General Sites

Specific Sites
Journals
Organizations

Mega Sites

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry---Database of information on hazardous substances and their health effects

Combined Health Information Database---Provides titles, abstracts, and citations for health information and health education resources

drKoop.com

DynaMed---A Medical Information Database with over 2000 diseases--you will have to register

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources--- Hardin Meta Directory pages have pointers to the most complete and frequently cited lists in each subject

Healthfinder---a gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government

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

Infomine-Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences---Searches for internet resources-from University of California

InteliHealth---From Johns Hopkins

Mayo Health O@sis---Searchable site from the Mayo clinic with links to many resources

Medical Encyclopedia---from the National Library of Medicine

MEDICAL MATRIX---Searchable site-updated clinical medicine resources

Medscape®For health professionals and interested consumers, features thousands of free full-text, peer-reviewed articles, medical news, MEDLINE, and interactive quizzes. Updated daily! This site has searchable databases:Medline, Aidsline, Toxline and a full-text archive of articles. It is free; but requires that you register.

MedWebPlus

The Merck Publications---Lets you search the Merck publications

Merck Manual---17th edition

Merck Manual Home Edition

Mind/Body Medicine

National Guideline Clearinghouse---a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

PEDINFO: A Pediatrics WebServer---dedicated to the dissemination of on-line information for pediatricians and others interested in child health

ThriveOnline---dedicated to informing and empowering you each day with a rich selection of expert information, message board topics, chats, interactive tools, and programming in six major areas: medical, fitness, nutrition, serenity, sexuality, and weight

The WWW Virtual Library-Medicine---Searchable mega site

World-Wide Medical Search---Search engine

Drug Data Bases

Clincial Pharmacology--Free but you must register

Drug Database---Nurse's PDR Resource Center

Drug Information---From Healthtouch

Drug InfoNet

Drug Product Database---From Canada

Drug Information Page---currently contains free drug databases. This site contains 6 international drug databases

Interaction Checker

PharmWeb---Searchable site dealing with all aspects pharmacy information for the patient and the professional

RxList---Internet Drug Index-searchable

Virtual Library Pharmacy Page---Databases and Other Links

Vitrual Pharamacy Center---From Martindale's Health Science Guide 2001

Government Sites

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research---Consumer Health Links

CDC WONDER---provides a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and even numeric public health data

Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition---FDA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Clinical Trials---The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies

Department of Health and Human Services

FDA Site---Food and Drug Administration

Indian Health Service Home Page

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report---Need to have Adobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) Reader to read PDF files

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Institute of Health

National Library of Medicine

Texas Sites

Board of Nurse Examiners

Texas Cancer Data Center Online

Texas Commission for the Blind

Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Texas Department of Health Web Site

Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Texas Department on Aging

Texas Health & Human Services Commission

Texas Rehabilition Commission

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

Texas Medical Association

Nutrition

Dietary Guidelines For Americans---From the USDA

Food & Nutrition Center---Searchable site with information on all aspects of nutrition-nutition guidelines, food borne illness, much more

Food Finder---Provided by Olen Publishing. Food Finder allows users to search any of 19 fast food restaurants for information on fat content, calories, sodium and cholesterol.

National Food Safety Gov---gateway to government food safety information

Nutrition Analysis Tool--- Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT) is a web based program that allows anyone to analyze the foods they eat for various different nutrients. This tool is completely free and quite easy to use

Nutrition Navigator---From Tufts University. Evaluates and lists the best of many sites that provide nutritional information on the internet

Nutrition Pages---comprehensive guide to internet nutrition resources

USDA Nutrient Database---Does broccoli have fat? Find out by searching the USDA nutrient database

Mental Health

Habit Smart---Provides information on addictive behaviors and models for change

Mental Health Net---comprehensive and fun guide to mental health, psychology, mental disorders, cybertherapy and psychiatry online

Psychology/Counseling Resources on the Internet---Resource site listings from the library's home page

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services---Can be slow to load

Web of Addictions---dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions.

Sports Medicine

American College of Sports Medicine Web Site---The largest, most respected sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world

American Sports Medicine Institute

Anatomy and Physiology Links

Gatorade Sports Science Institute---Information targeted toward trainers, physicians,coaches, nutritionists, and others interested in the fields of sports medicine, sports nutrition

Kinesiology, Sport & Exercise Science

National Athletic Trainers' Association---Information about the organization and links to topics related to sports medicine

Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma---Information about the insititute and sports medicine in general

Sports Medicine---Breakthrough Medical News from the world's leading medical centers and research labs

General Sites

Allergy Basics Center

Alternative Medicine---Resources from Yahoo!

AMA Physician Select--- 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)

Ann Rose's Ultimate Birth Control Links Page---extensive links to as much information as possible for individuals of all ages to make informed decisions about sexual activity and potential childbearing

Botanical.Com---many links to sites about herbs and contains a copy of the Modern Herbal

ElderCare Help Page---Information on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Retirement communities, Home Health Agencies, Elderly Law

Genome-Blueprint of the Body---From CNN

Grief And Bereavement ---listing of bereavement support services

Health Policy Page---offers a variety of full-text articles and reports from public policy organizations and journals

Hospital Web---List of Hospitals on the Web

International Travel Medicine---University of North Texas-Fort Worth providing the most up-to-date counseling and preparation of travelers to foreign countries

KidsHealth.Org---KidsHealth is the mighty Web site devoted to the health of children and teens

Minority Health Net---world wide web based information source for individuals interested in the health of minority groups

National Health Information Center---health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers

NOAH---NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased--Some focus is on New York state resources but has many links to other medical resources

Online Medical Dictionary-Graylab CancerWeb---Over 46,000 breif definitions of terms related to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. Can be browsed alphabetically or by topic.

Online Medical Reference Library---Library of the National Medical Society

Prevention Center---From Prevention Magazine

Six Sense---Healthcare and medical web site review program

Tobacco BBS---free resource center focusing on tobacco and smoking issues-you have to register & works best with Internet Explorer

Travel Medicine Service---University of Washington Medical Center-info about their clinic but also travel medicine information

Wellness Interactive Center

Wellness Web---Information about clinical trials, community health, drug dosages and compliance, treatment options and research, how to select a health care provider, reports on dozens of illnesses and conditions, tips about healthy lifestyles, complementary treatment alternatives and options, and many more topics

Specific Sites

You may want to check the Organizations section for links to various organizations/associations

All The Virology On the Web---virology related Web sites that might be of interest to our fellow virologists, and others interested in learning more about viruses

Alzheimer Page---Washington University-St. Louis

Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Links

Attention Deficit Disorder Resources

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder---From the National Institutes of Health

Autism

CancerNet

Deaf World Web---deaf-related information on all subjects from Socio-Cultural resources to references around the world

Dentistry OnLine

Doctors Guide to Aids Information and Resources

Doctor's Guide to Breast Cancer Information Resources

Euthanasia Corner

Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer---Many resources are listed and site is updated

Medicine Online---Provides cancer related educational content discussion group & links to other related information services

Oncology Tools---Cancer and approved cancer drug therapies

Resources for Death and Dying Courses

Repetitive Strain Injury Resources

Typing Injury---wide variety of information about repetitive strain injuries (RSIs)

Virgil's Prostate-Online

VIROLOGY/bionet.virology Newsgroup Archive

WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES---Extensive site of links regarding all aspects of women's health

Journals

Free Medical Online Journals

Alternative Health News Online

Bandolier---Evidence-based health care

British Medical Journal

CV Surgery Online---online compilation of articles pertinent to the cardiothoracic and vascularsurgeon from the 5 American Heart Association Journals: Circulation, Circulation Research, Hypertension, Stroke, and Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Surgery

Emerging Infectious Diseases---Peer reviewed journal

Highwire Press---Archive of full-text science/medicine journals--Stanford University

Journal of Family Practice POEMs Home Page

Journal of Rheumatology

Medical Breakthroughs---news from the world's leading medical centers and research labs-updated weekly

The Medical Reporter

Medical Sciences Bulletin

New England Journal of Medicine---Online journal

Prevention Report---Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reuters Health Informations Services

WebMedLit---Currently tracking 18 medical journals