Center
for Drug Evaluation & Research - FDA Drug Approvals List, Approved
Drug Products, National Drug Code Directory, plus the latest official
stories on drugs.
Centers for Disease Contral
& Prevention - also available in Spanish.
Dept. of Health & Human
Services
Emergency Medical Services
for Children - designed to reduce child and youth disability and
death due to severe illness or injury.
Federal Emergency Management
Agency - disaster preparedness and relief plus emergency medical
care.
Food & Drug Administration
Medicare - everything
Medicare including the full text of publications on the various medicare
health plans plus plan comparison databases.
National Aging Information
Center - searchable site includes the full text of many of their
reports and publications, statistics, bibliographies and more. Part
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - databases, factsheets,
concensus reports and more on complementary and alternative medicine.
National Center for
Health Statistics
National
Center for Environmental Health
National Institute
on Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism
National
Institute of Drug Abuse
National Institutes Health
National Women's Health
Information Center
Office of Minority Health
Health Information
American Association
of Poison Control Centers - poison information databases, poison
prevention and education information, and a list of certified poison
centers in the United States.
CPR - Learn CPR
Derm-Infonet
- information on treatment and management of skin diseases from the
American Academy of Dermatology
Digestive
Diseases - information from the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Electronic
Health & Medical Journals online - compiled by the University of
California at San Francisco.
Food Allergy Network
- hot topics, daily tips, recipe of the month and more dealing with
food allergies.
GriefNet - an
Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss
including email support groups.
Health Finder
- free guide to reliable health information provided by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
Heart Support
of America - provides direct financial assistance to heart disease
victims and their families that do not have the resources for the treatment
and care they need.
Home
Medical Guide - online version of the Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide.
Immunization Action
Coalition - printed material in over 15 languages.
Journal of American
Medical Assn.
Lung Diseases
A to Z - information from the American Lung Assn. Available in Spanish.
Mental KidHealth.org
- children's health information that is searchable by keyword. Also
has separate health areas for kids and for teens to use.
Merck Manual
of Diagnosis & Therapy - read what the doctors read.
Moss Rehab
Source - resources, fact sheets, news groups and more for the disabled.
National Organization
for Rare Disorders
Net Wellness
- non-profit consumer health site providing high quality information
created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at
The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University and the University
of Cincinnati.
OrganDonor.gov
- created by the Dept. of Health & Human Services. Information about
donating organs and tissue.
Quack Watch
- guide to health fraud and quackery. Available in English, Spanish,
French, German and Portuguese.
U.S. National Library
of Medicine
Web of Addictions
- information about alcohol and other drug addictions.
Whole
Brain Atlas - site from Harvard Medical School is interesting, although
clinical. Shows images of the normal brain and the brain with various
diseases.
Non-Profit Organizations
Alcoholics
Anonymous - available in English, Spanish and French.
Alzheimer's Association
American
Cancer Society
American Chiropractic
Assn.
American Council of the
Blind
American Diabetes
Association
American
Kidney Fund
American Lung Association
American Medical
Assn. - includes the full text of the latest issue of JAMA and each
of their "Archives" series of journals. Also, a searchable index of
physicians, links to other medical sites and news.
American Red Cross
American Social Health
Association
Arthritis Foundation
Disabled Sports USA
- provides sports and recreation services to children and adults with
physical or mobility related disability. Member of the U.S. Olympic
Committee.
Doctors Without Borders
Easter Seal Society
Family Caregiver
Alliance - support organization for caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's
Disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's Disease, ALS and
related brain disorders. Provides news, an information clearinghouse
and an online resource center.
Epilepsy Foundation of
America
Guidedog Foundation
for the Blind
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Lukemia & Lymphoma
Society
March of Dimes Birth
Defect Foundation
National Alliance
for Hispanic Health
National Mental Health
Association
National Multiple Sclerosis
Society
National Osteoporosis
Foundation
National Resource Center
for Health & Safety in Child Care
World Health Organization
Travel
African Medical and Research
Foundation - "Travel to Africa is an eye-opening and rewarding experience...",
as stated by the site. Here are some facts.
American Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Access-Able Travel
Source - Resource for the mature or disabled.
Centers for Disease
Control
Diving Medicine Online
Health
Recommendations by Region
High
Altitude Medicine Guide - source for those going to interesting
but oxygen-deprived places.
Multilingual
Glossary of Medical Terms - English, Spanish, French, Italiam, German,
Dutch, Danish, Portuguese.
Travel Health Online
- good source for travel health and safety, travel-related ailments,
vaccines, prevention and a travel health provider search.
U.S.
State Dept. Travel Warnings
