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MEDLINEplus: From the U.S. National Library of Medicine - this one-stop site contains many links to information published by government agencies about different health conditions and links to organizations, directories, dictionaries, and clearinghouses. MEDLINEplus also provides access to PubMed the world's largest database of medical literature.

PubMed (previously known as MEDLINE - Professional database): Is the world's largest database of professional medical literature. It contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Search aids like keyword, subject and related subject searching are provided as well as the ability link to "related articles" when you find an article on your topic. The database also includes citations and abstracts about health care administration, health organizations, and history of medicine databases, plus older records of MEDLINE.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America: Provides basic information on asthma and allergy in written and streaming video form. Also provides information on clinical trials for therapies.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Get up-to-date public health information on communicable diseases (e.g. hepatitis, AIDS, tuberculosis, etc.). Invaluable information can be obtained from the Traveler's Healthsection including travel advisories for specific geographic regions,diseases outbreaks, risks and prevention strategies, plus immunization recommendations. Also provides full-text access to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a weekly publication reviewing current reports on communicable disease.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Home Page: The Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent U.S. Federal regulatory agency, works to reduce the risks of injury or death from consumer products by issuing and maintaining safety standards, educating the public, issuing recalls for dangerous products, and performing research.

Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics; "MeSH Classified" Resources on Internet: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), is the US National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary used to index and catalog bibliographic and other types of biomedical information material.

familydoctor.org: This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Information on a large number of health related topics. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.

Health Central: This is a comprehensive consumer health site with information on topics from A-Z, discussion centers, and the online advice of Dr. Dean Edell. Other features include personalized health profiles and advice about finding and using health information from an online librarian, Rochelle Perrine Schmalz, the founding medical librarian of the first PlaneTree Health Resource Center, which opened in 1981.

healthfinder: The online consumer health information web site is produced by the National Health Information Center's Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). Quick Guide to Healthy Living offers a collection of valuable "prevention information and tools" developed for healthfinder.gov. A collection of fact sheets, reports, indexes and bibliographies, interactive resources, health information news, online discussions, support, and self-help groups as well as some audio and video resources. All information resources and websites are from carefully selected organizations.

InteliHealth: The site provides information on a variety of medical conditions, life style advice, as well as local and global latest health news searchable by subject. It also includes an Ask the Expert feature. Aetna InteliHealth is a subsidiary of Aetna, partnering with Harvard Medical School it "represents an expansion of the work of the Harvard Health Publications division."

Mayo Clinic.Com: Offers a wealth of easy-to-understand information on health and medical topics. New material is added every workday, allreviewed for accuracy by Mayo Clinic experts.

Med Help International: Use the Search engine to locate conditions. Patients can ask questions of doctors -- unlike some "ask the doctor" sites, this one meets high standards -- HON Code approved.

MEDLINEplus: From the U.S. National Library of Medicine - this one-stop site contains many links to information published by government agencies about different health conditions and links to organizations, directories, dictionaries, and clearinghouses. MEDLINEplus also provides access to PubMed the world's largest database of medical literature.

Medscape: This site contains feature articles for health care professionals, patients, and families; and links to related clinical information. Access is free, but a one-time registration is required. They offer free Medline access and some access to full text journals. Updated weekly; email notification of updates is also available.



National Health Information Center: Provides the Health Information Resource Database listing over 1000 organizations and government offices that provide health information upon request. This site also contains synopses from the annual Partnership for Networked Consumer Health Information conference -- great to review for new health information delivery projects.


NetWellness: NetWellness is a Web-based consumer health information service developed by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with many partners. The medical centers at Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University collaborate with the University of Cincinnati to provide the most current and accurate health information.; Anyone with a connection to the World Wide Web can access NetWellness. However, some resources are commercially licensed for specific locations and may be used only from those locations. You can recognize such resources by the statement: "Available only at authorized locations. "Clicking on "authorized locations" gives you a list of sites where you can gain access to the full suite of NetWellness resources.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health: New York Online Access to Health is a unique collection of state, local and federal resources selected by editors with consumers in mind. Searchers may select from a list of Health Topics which are then narrowed to include definitions, care and treatment, and lists of information resources. Many bilingual resources. Includes a Spanish list of resources.

PubMed (previously known as MEDLINE - Professional database ): Is the world's largest database of professional medical literature. It contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Search aids like keyword, subject and related subject searching are provided as well as the ability link to "related articles" when you find an article on your topic. The database also includes citations and abstracts about health care administration, health organizations, and history of medicine databases, plus older records of MEDLINE.
: While PubMed only gives you abstracts of articles, you can order the full-text of the article through PlaneTree for an average cost of $5.00.

Third Age: A site for older adults (the third age follows youth and the middle age) offering an online community for exploration of health and lifestyle issues through web site resources, community forums, chat rooms, personal stories and their own archives. Contains a marketplace of retail items (from books and cards to the gourmet items) and services (travel services, classifieds, real estate).

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Find out safety information for drugs (for human and animal use), cosmetics, food products, and medical and radiological devices. Free full-text of FDA Consumer magazine articles is available on the site (from 1995) and under the Health Professionals section you can access the Bad Bug Book (offering basic facts on food borne pathogenic organisms and natural toxins).The FDA Web Site Index is easy to use and interesting to browse. Check under "Web sites" for interesting links to selected non-government sites.

Your Disease Risk: You can find out your risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, or stroke and get personalized tips for preventing them.