Health, Medicine & Nutrition
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Alternative Medicine
Alternative & Complementary Medicine Center

Altmedicine

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Dr. Andrew Weil

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Sloan-Kettering - About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products

USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
To see the nutrients in any food

WholeHealthMD
Provides advice from physicians about integrating conventional medicine with alternative therapies and supplements

Clinical Trials
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service

ClinicalTrials.gov

Doctors, Dentists, Hospitals
American Dental Association-Find a Dentist

American Medical Association Doctor Finder

Directories of Providers

Doctor Disciplinary Information on State Websites

Hospital Compare

New York State Department of Health Website
Physicians who have been the subject of disciplinary action

New York State Office of the Professions
For information on licensed professionals:
Online Verification Searches
Professional Misconduct & Discipline
Professional Discipline Actions

New York State Physician Profile
Here you will find profiles for all licensed doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy who are registered to practice medicine in New York State. Hint: by searching just by name you will have more success than by filling in too much information

Nursing Homes Comparison

Oral Health Resources

Quality Check   

First Aid
Columbia University Complete Home Medical Guide
A guide to common first aid procedures

Emergency Medical Services

Heimlich Maneuver

Food & Safety Products
Fight Bac!
Educating consumers about safe food handling

FoodSafety

Household Products Database

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety

General Sites for Health Consumers
American Academy of Family Physicians

British Medical Journal    
This is a top medical journal with free full-text articles. The journals are also archived back to 1994

CNN - Cable News Network/Health

Easy-to-Read Health and Medical Sites

FamilyDoctor.org

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention: Your Disease Risk

HealthAtoZ

Health & Wellness Resource Center    

Healthfinder
Created by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services

Healthline

Health News Review    
This site grades health stories on the ABCs: Accuracy, Balance, Completeness 

Healia
A personalized health search engine

InteliHealth
A joint venture of Aetna US Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School and others

Kosmix

Lab Tests Online

Mammahealth.com    
Every time you type in a query Mamma simultaneously searches multiple search engines, all at the same time

Mayo Clinic

Medem Network: Connecting Physicians and Patients Online

MEDLINEplus

Medstory    
Searches across the web for health information

National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute
Calculate your Body Mass Index

National Library of Medicine

NetWellness
An illustrated health encyclopedia

New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)

PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's

QuackWatch    
"Your guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions", this is an excellent site for the consumer, especially in the area of alternative therapies

U*X*L Complete Health Resource

WebMD

Health Insurance & Medicare
HIICAP
The Health Insurance Information, Counseling & Assistance Program of the New York State Office of the Aging

Medicare.gov

NCQA    
A nonprofit organization whose mission is to be a source of information about the quality of the nations managed care plans

Living Will
U.S. Living Will Registry

Prescription Drugs
Health Square
Provides full text of the PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs

HealthTouch

Internet Drug Index

Public Health & Addictive Substances Information
Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Directory of Health Organizations Online

Drugs & Controlled Substances: Information for Students 2003

Drugs, Alcohol, & Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior 3v, 2003
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, & Addictive Behavior 2nd ed., 4v, 2001

Encyclopedia of Public Health 4v, 2002

Facts About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish

MedlinePlus Links to Health Organizations

Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish

US Department of Health & Human Services

U*X*L Encyclopedia of Drugs & Addictive Substances

Special Populations
WomensHealth.gov

Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence

Dr. Greene - Caring for the next generation

Gay Health

Go Ask Alice
Health question and answer Internet service for teens

KidsHealth

National Women's Health Resource Center

Senior Health Information

Teen Growth
Health issues of adolescents

Specific Health Concerns

Cancer
acor.org - Association of Cancer Online Resources   
An collection of online communities designed to provide timely and accurate information in a supportive environment

Breast Cancer   
A non-profit organization for breast cancer education

Cancer Advocacy

Cancer Center Programs

Cancer Mapping by Zipcode in NY State

CancerQuest
This site was created to teach the biology of cancer

Commission on Cancer
To evaluate cancer treatment programs

CureSearch
A children's oncology group

Dr. Susan Love's Breast Cancer Website

Families of Children with Cancer

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

Gilda's Club

National Cancer Institute 

OncoLink
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Women's Cancer Network

Y-Me

Diabetes
American Diabetes Association

Children with Diabetes

Diabetes 123

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease

Heart & Lung
American Heart Association

Health Central - Heart Disease

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

American Lung Association

Other Subjects
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Public Resources

DisabilityResources

FRAX - WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool   

Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders

Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

Genetic Education & Rare Conditions

International Osteoporosis Foundation   

MentalHelp.net

National Headache Foundation
An organization dedicated to serving headache sufferers, their families and the health practitioners who treat them

National Institute of Arthritis & Musculosketetal and Skin Disease

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

Yahoo Diseases & Conditions
Excellent search engine that provides easy access to many medical and health websites

Surgery
American Society of Anesthesiologists

Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients & Caregivers

Inside Surgery

MedlinePlus

yoursurgery.com
Site offers multimedia tours of surgical procedures

Weight Control & Fitness
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Council on Exercise (ACE)  
Library of free illustrations of many exercises

CaloriesPerHour.com

Mayo Clinic - Tools for Healthy Living

Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)