MEDICAL RESOURCES
General Topics | Diseases and Disorders |
Directories
Statistics
and Data
Disclaimer: These websites are not intended
to provide medical advice but to provide general information only. Sites
should not be a substitute for professional medical care.
General Topics
- Health
Finder Site contains a health library covering a wide range of
health and wellness topics such as prevention, diseases, and alternative
medicine. (http://www.healthfinder.gov)
- Health on
the Net Foundation (HON) Non-profit
site created by the International Swiss Organization to aid lay persons and
medical practitioners in finding accurate and reliable online health
resources. (http://www.hon.ch)
- Health
Touch Resource that brings together
drug, pharmacy and health information from a variety of sources. (www.healthtouch.com/level1/menu.htm)
- Healthcare
411 Created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare 411 offers audio and
video programs on current consumer health issues. (http://www.healthcare411.org)
- Kids
Health Health information for parents, kids, and teens with
separate age appropriate contents. (www.kidshealth.org)
- Mayo
Clinic Quality health information written by health
professionals at the Mayo Clinic on diseases and conditions, healthy living,
drug information and more. (www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm?)
- Medline
Plus Searchable database including
health topics, drug information, medical dictionaries, directories of
physicians, dentists, and hospitals. Also, provides current health
news and a link to clinical trials. Users can view interactive
health tutorials covering a variety of diseases and medical tests. (www.medlineplus.gov)
- Merck
Manual of Medical Information
Online version of the Merck Manual. Users can find information on
drugs, diseases, disorders, health issues, accidents, injuries, and much
more. (www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/)
- National
Institutes of Health Provides links
to consumer health publications, health topics, research studies, drug
information, and health literature references. (www.health.nih.gov)
- NOAH:
New York Online Access to Health Site contains full text medical
information from a variety of sources on many topics written in both English
and Spanish. (www.noah-health.org)
- Pub
Med NLM's database contains references to articles published in
biomedical journals. (www.pubmed.gov)
- Senior
Navigator Provides
information about local services and resources for seniors. Includes
health, legal, financial health, housing facilities, health facilities, and
community center services information.(www.seniornavigator.com)
- American
Heart Association Search for information on heart diseases,
conditions, warning signs, and information on healthy lifestyles. Also
find American Heart Association events and classes happening in your area. (http://www.americanheart.org)
- Cancer
Net Find links to sources on coping with cancer, types of cancer,
treatment, support, cancer literature resources, prevention, and screening.
(http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/)
- Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention Highlights current disease
information in the news. Provides an alphabetical listing of health
topics and also traveler's health related information on specific
destinations, cruise ships, and air travel. http://www.cdc.gov)
- Mental
Health Net Covers a wide range of mental health disorders and
topics. One can also view the latest news on various mental health
topics. (http://www.mentalhelp.net)
- Office
of Rare Diseases Site provides information and links to sites about rare
diseases. Contains links to clinical trials, support groups, patient
and travel lodging, genetics information research resources, and news. (www.rarediseases.info.nih.gov)
- Philip
West Memorial Cancer Resource Center Links to local and national
information resources on many types of cancer.(www.westcancer.org)
- AIM
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
Directory of participating state licensing providers. Contains
background and disciplinary action including medical malpractice, hospital
discipline, and criminal conviction information on medical practitioners. (www.docboard.org)
- AMA
Physician Select On-Line Doctor Finder Provides an online physician
directory of basic professional information including over 690,000 doctors.
Users can search by physician name or medical specialty and can limit search
by city and state. (http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm9)
- ATSDR
Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Site devoted to
providing information to the public to protect against harmful exposure to
diseases and toxic substances. Lists hazardous substances, emergency
response contacts, hazardous waste sites, and environmental health
information. (www.atsdr.cdc.gov)
- Center
Watch Directory of Clinical Trials Directory of over 41,000 industry and
government sponsored clinical trials, drugs currently in clinical research,
and drugs recently approved by the FDS. (www.centerwatch.com)
- Clinical
Trials Provides patients and family members current information on
clinical trials sponsored by the NIH, federal agencies, and
pharmaceuticals. Users can search by keyword, specific disease, or
sponsor. (www.clinicaltrials.gov)
- Virginia
Board of Medicine Site allows users to obtain information on
doctors of medicine, osteopathic medicine, and podiatry.
(http://www.vahealthprovider.com)
- Virginia
Department of Health Professions Look up Virginia license
information on professionals in various health related fields including dentistry,
nursing, psychology and others. (www.dhp.state.va.us/medicine/default.htm)
- National Center for Health Statistics
Find statistics on diseases, accidents, births, deaths, and a
variety of other information. (www.cdc.gov/nchs)
- Virginia Department of Health
Users can find links to a variety of Virginia health resources and
departments and can link to the Virginia Center for Health Statistics. (www.vdh.state.va.us)
