Health Information RX: Resources for Health Questions

Sponsored by Health Science Libraries of Minnesota 2004

 

     

General Health Web Sites

 

MEDLINEplus from the National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

 

healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov

 

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

http://www.noah-health.org

 

familydoctor.org

http://familydoctor.org

 

adam.com Medical Encyclopedia

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

 

MayoClinic.com

http://www.mayoclinic.com

 

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Seventeenth Edition, Centennial Ediction

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual

 

InteliHealth

http://www.intelihealth.com

 

medem.com

http://medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm

 

MedWeb

http://www.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/default.htm

 

National Health Information Center

http://www.health.gov/nhic

 

The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide

http:///cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide

 

The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition - Interactive Edition on the Web

http://www.merckhomeedition.com/home.html

 

Virtual Hospital - Common Problems in Adults

http://www.vh.org/CommonProblems/CommonProblems.html

 

Allhealth.com

http://www.allhealth.com

 

HealthLink

http://healthlink.mcw.edu

 

Med Help International

http://www.medhelp.org

 

Medical Matrix

http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp?

 

MedicineNet.com

http://www.medicinenet.com

 

Medwebplus.com

http://www.medwebplus.com

 

NetWellness

http://www.netwellness.org

 

ThriveOnline.com

http://thriveonline.oxygen.com

 

American Dietetic Association

http://www.eatright.org

 

Minnesota Department of Health

http://www.health.state.mn.us

 

Quackwatch

http://www.quackwatch.com

 

 

General Health Web Sites - for Health Professionals

 

Biosites

http://www.library.ucsf.edu/biosites

 

CliniWeb International - An index and table of contents for clinical information on the World Wide Web

http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/index.html

 

HealthWeb

http://healthweb.org

 

MedScape

http://www.medscape.com

 

American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org

 

PubMed (Medline)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

 

 

Drug Information Resources

 

Drug InfoNet

http://www.druginfonet.com

 

Needy Meds

http://www.needymeds.com

 

RxList - The Internet Drug Index

http://www.rxlist.com

 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov

 

CenterWatch/Clinical Trials Listing Service

http://www.centerwatch.com

 

PDR

http://pdr.net

 

Spanish Drug Information

http://www.cof.es/bot/farma.htm

 

 

Kids and Parenting

 

healthfinder for Kids

http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids

 

Kidshealth For Kids

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/index.html

 

Kidshealth For Teens

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/index.html

 

Virtual Children’s Hospital for Kids

http://www.vh.org.VCH/Patients/ForKids.html

 

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org

 

ABCs of Parenting

http://www.abcparenting.com/

 

American Academy of Pediatrics Public Education Brochures

http://www.medem.com/MedLB/sub_detaillb.cfm?parent_id=10&act=disp

 

KidsHealth.org

http://www.kidshealth.org/

 

Parents’ Common Sense Encyclopedia

http://www.sleeptight.com/EncyMaster/index.html

 

Parentsplace.com

http://www.parentsplace.com/

 

Virtual Hospital - Common Problems in Pediatrics

http://www.vh.org/VCH/CommonProblems/CommonProblems.html

 

 

Senior’s Web Sites

 

Mayo Clinic.Com

http://www.mayohealth.org

 

Family Caregiver Alliance

http://www.caregiver.org/

 

Administration on Aging ElderPage

http://www.aoa.gov/elderpage.html

 

FirstGov for Seniors Health Section

http://www.seniors.gov/health.html

 

Merck Manual of Geriatrics

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/home.html

 

 

 

 

 

Women’s Health Web Sites

 

Ask NOAH About: Women’s Health

http://www.noah-health.org/english/wellness/healthyliving/womenshealth.html

 

HHS U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women’s Health (OWH)

http://www.fda.gov/womens

 

HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Women’s Health

http://www.hrsa.gov/womenshealth/default.htm

 

HHS Office of Women’s Health

http://4woman.gov/owh/index.htm

 

HHS Office of Women’s Health (OWH): National Women’s Health Information Center

http://4woman.gov

 

ihr.com Internet Health Resources: For Consumers

http://www.ihr.com

 

National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC)

http://www.healtywomen.org

 

NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Women’s Mental Health Consortium (WMHC)

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/wmhc/index.cfm

 

NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh

 

Society for Women’s Health Research

http://www.womens-health.org

 

WebMD Healthy Women

http://my.webmd.com/living_better/her

 

 

Men’s Health Web Sites

 

American Academy of Family Physicians - Men’s Health

http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/health5.html

 

American Cancer Society Man to Man

http://www.cancer.org/m2m/m2m.html

 

Ask NOAH About : Men’s Health

http://www.noah-health.org/english/wellness/healthyliving/menshealth.html

 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Prostate Cancer

http://www.mskcc.org/document/WICPROST.htm

 

Men’s Health Topics

http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html

 

New York Times Men’s Health

http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/menshealth/resources.html

 

University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library Men’s Health

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/sir/select.phr3?consumer

 

Yale University Men’s Health

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/sir/select.php3?consumer

 

Infertility Resources Web Site

http://www.ihr.com/

 

 

Specific Health Problems Web Sites

 

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

http://www.aafa.org

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov

 

HIV InSite

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu

 

Internet Mental Health

http://www.mentalhealth.com

 

Neurological Information and Publications from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stoke (NINDS), Office of Scientific and Health Reports

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorder_index.htm

 

Oncolink: A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource

http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu

 

The American Lung Association

http://www.lungusa.org

 

The Family Village

http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/kennedy/index.htmlx

 

American Diabetes Association

http://www.diabetes.org

 

Arthritis Foundation

http://www.arthritis.org

 

Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.nmss.org

 

National Parkinson Foundation

http://www.parkinson.org

 

Other Useful Health Sites

 

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service

http://www.centerwatch.com

 

ClinicalTrials.gov

http://clinicaltrials.gov

 

Heart

 

American Heart Association

http://www.americanheart.org

           

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

 

Stroke

 

American Stroke Association

http://www.strokeassociation.org

 

Cancer

 

National Cancer Institute

http://www.cancer.gov