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HealthLinks
"...a joint project of the [University of Washington's]
Health Sciences Libraries and is the most comprehensive collection of health-related web resources, including databases and journals.
An amazing collection of resources.

MedicineNet.com: Medical References [consumer level]
"Since 1996, our network of U.S. board-certified physician writers and scientists have provided relevant, easy-to-read, in-depth medical information for consumers via our robust, user-friendly, interactive web site."

MEDLINEplus Health Information
"Find information on hundreds of diseases, conditions and wellness issues...This service provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MEDLINEplus endorse any company or product."
Selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine

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Addiction Search
A Gateway to Research-based Addiction Information
Sections include: News ; The Addictions ; Statistics ; Populations ; Treatment ; Prevention ; Social Issues ; Organizations ; Harm Reduction.

APEC Emerging Infections Network (APEC EINet)
"...dedicated to providing timely information on issues of emerging infectious diseases, enabling better collaboration by policymakers, health officials and researchers throughout the Pacific Rim."
This project is a joint effort of the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the United States Centers for Disease Control.

Bioethics.net
"bioethics.net is the most visited bioethics web site in the world. It contains more than 500 pages of information about all aspects of ethical issues in medicine and science."
Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania

BioMedNet
"BioMedNet is the website for biological medical researchers. To date there are more than 1 million members of BioMedNet...Membership to BioMedNet is free, and members can search all of BioMedNet without charge. However, viewing full-text articles from publishers often requires payment or a subscription"
Free registration required.

[Brain] Alzheimer's Association

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) see Medicine - U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources

Child & Family WebGuide
"...describes and evaluates web sites that contain research-based information about child development. These web sites have been selected from thousands of sites about children, based primarily on the quality of the information provided. The goal of the WebGuide is to give the public easy access to the best child development information on the Web ... There are six categories of information: Family, Education, Health, Typical Development, Childcare, and Activities"
Created by faculty in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University, in collaboration with academic librarians at Tufts' Tisch Library and the Society for Research in Child Development.

Clinical Information Index
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Clinical Pharmacology 2000
 "The goal of Clinical Pharmacology 2000∆ is to provide information on all FDA-approved drugs and OTC pharmaceuticals. Herbal products and nutraceutical products are included when it appears that a reasonable amount of scientific data are available for review. Investigational drugs are included in the database when they have reached Phase III clinical investigation...All Clinical Pharmacology 2000∆ writers and editors are current or former clinical pharmacists who have been formally trained in drug information

Communication Sciences and Disorders : A List of Resources
 "This article highlights several Internet sources based on their authoritative nature, scope, and relevance to librarians, students, faculty, researchers, clinicians, and individuals possessing firsthand experience with communication disorders."
Internet Resources February 2001
College & Research Libraries News
By Edward L. F. Gonz·lez, Judith M. Kuster, and Laura Steinbach

DNA Interactive
"This site is dedicated to the moment on February 1953, when Jim Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double-helical structure of DNA - and to the scientists who breathed life into that structure."
Sections include: Timeline ; Code ; Manipulation ; Genome ; Applications ; Chronicle.
- The Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

ePodiatry.com
"Information on all aspects of Podiatry and Podiatric Medicine"
Sections include: Newsletter ; Educational Resources ; Links ; News ; Events.

EthnoMed Home Page
"...contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world."
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington

Evidence Based Decision Making
An Evidence Based Reference site for Healthcare Decision Makers
"An evidence based web site, looking at Outcome Variations, Utilization Review, Economic Analysis and Practice Guidelines."
London Health Science Center, University of Western Ontario

FluNet
Global Influenza Surveillance Network
Sections include: News, Reports ; Data Entry ; Isolates, Activity ; Links ; Centres, Partners ; Info, Documents ; Recent Isolates ; Centre Reporting ; Recent Activity.
Developed in collaboration [WHO links centres here] with the Institute for Medical Research and Health, Paris, France

GlobalHealth.gov
"This site addresses global health, and more importantly, the link between domestic and international health issues."
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Health Care Administration on the WWW - (dead link) "Original links and organization for this page are from the College and Research Library News (January 1996) article "Internet Resources for Health Policy" by Lynne M. Stuart and Dena Holiman Hutto. This Web page is updated on a continual basis by Jay Brandes, Reference Librarian, Troy State University, Florida Region."

Healthsites
Healthsites.co.uk is a leading medical portal for non-medical people and healthcare professionals. In particular it brings together, under one bookmark, the best medical websites that are often competing for your attention...The Patient Zone focuses on providing reliable, quality medical information links, with priority given to resources that are particularly suitable and clearly presented for non-medical people. If you cannot easily find what you are looking for, then try the on site Search facility or the included search engines section. If you are looking for more technical information then try the Doctor Zone...The Doctor Zone sites have an obvious focus on providing quality medical information, with priority given to resources that are particularly suitable for UK healthcare professionals in their daily work. Evidence based resources and vast databases are identified for medical searches."

HealthWeb - (dead link)
"...provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest.Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs...HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Currently there are over twenty actively participating member libraries."

Healthy People 2010
"Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that brings together national, State, and local government agencies; nonprofit, voluntary, and professional organizations; businesses; communities; and individuals to improve the health of all Americans, eliminate disparities in health, and improve years and quality of healthy life."
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

HONmedia (English or French)
"...is an unique repository of over 1,950 medical images and videos, pertaining to 1,350 topics and themes. This peerless database has been created manually by HON and new image links are constantly being added from the world-wide Web."
From Health On the Net Foundation.

Immune Tolerance Network
"The Immune Tolerance Network is a collaborative effort which will solicit, develop, implement and assess clinical strategies and biological assays for the purposes of inducing, maintaining and monitoring tolerance in humans for kidney and islet transplantation, autoimmune diseases and allergy & asthma."

Institute for Human Gene Therapy (IHGT)
This important site includes General Information; Seminars and Events; Training & Education; Basic Science; Clinical Trials and a well organized collection of gene therapy links.
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Engineering

Internet for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
"A free, 'teach yourself' tutorial that lets you practice your Internet information skills."
Sections include: Key Internet Sites ; How to Search the Internet ; What to Trust on the Internet ; Reflect.
By Rod Ward, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Sheffield.
Part of RDN Virtual Training Suite - Internet for Health and Life Sciences

Internet Handbook of Neurology - Neurological Examination - (dead link)
Chapters include: Dementia ; Demyelinating Diseases ; Epilepsy ; Impaired Consciousness/Sleep Disorders ; Infection ; Movement Disorders ; Neuromuscular Diseases ; Pain ; Signs & Symptoms ; Stroke ; Toxic/Metabolic/Nutritional Disorders ; Trauma ; Tumor.
Compiled by Katalin Hegedus, MD, PhD, Dept. of Neurology, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Investing In Our Children - (dead link)
Include: Press Release ; Opening Statement ; Listen to the Press Conference ; Full Report ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families ; Better Child Care ; More Support for Families ; Focusing on Mental Health ; Core Concepts in Child Development ; It's Nature AND Nurture ; More Resources.
National Academies Web Extra, October 2000.

JHMI-InfoNet
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Network
"A navigational gateway to the resources of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions."
Search for: Documents ; Persons ; Affiliate Groups ; Employment Opportunities ; Ailments ; Home Pages ; Image Database.
Topics include: Healthcare ; Research ; Education & Training ; People ; Administrative Resources ; The Medical Campus.

[Johns Hopkins] Antibiotic Guide
"The Antibiotic Guide is a 'decision support tool' intended to provide clinicians with concise, digested, timely information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The information is arranged so that it is clinically useful at the point of care, instantly. We hope that you find it helpful in your practice."

kaisernetworking.org
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

  • September 11 Aftermath
    "In response to the rapidly changing circumstances confronting the nation, kaisernetwork.org is providing special coverage of the issues and debates now shaping health policy."

LLRX.com
"is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools, since 1996."

MedBioWorld
"...with over 35,000 links, is one of the largest medical and bioscience resource portal and directory on the Internet. Medical and bioscience professionals have access to resources that include timely medical and bioscience news; extensive journal, association and database listings; professional conference coverage; continuing medical education activities; access to full-text medical journal articles; and drug and medical literature databases."

Medical Matrix
"Medical Matrix is a free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet. Each site listing has been carefully evaluated by reviewers from our panel of physicians and medical librarians. Medical Matrix lists only those sites that meet our criteria for information quality and site usability, with an emphasis on usefulness to healthcare practitioners."
Registration is required.

Medical Reference For Non-Medical Librarians
Compiled by Jean C. Blackwell, Information Services Librarian, Health Science Library, UNC-Chapel Hill and additional material added by Lynne M. Fox.

The Medline Fool
Includes access to PubMed as well as links to Canadian and International health links and news feeds

MEDLINEplus: Domestic Violence
Health Information from the National Library of Medicine.

Medscape
Sections include CME ; Conference Coverage Resource Centers ; Patient Education ; Library.
Free Registration Required.
From WebMD

MedWeb
"MedWeb, is a catalog of health related web sites, maintained by the Emory Health Sciences Center Library to provide access to biomedical information to improve education, research and patient care."

Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
"...you will find in-depth information, written by nearly 200 leading medical experts, on the health issues that matter most to you ... This publication is based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, commonly referred to as The Merck Manual, the textbook of medicine most widely used by health care professionals in the U.S. and worldwide. The Home Edition transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Myosin Home Page
Sections include: Trees and Alignments ; Myosin People ; Database Accessions ; Myosin Classes ; Structures ; Myosin News ; Myosin Function ; Motility & Biochemistry.

MyPACS Teaching Files
Teaching File Management System
"Join radiologists from 400 institutions in 75 countries who are using MyPACS to create their cases online. Users have contributed 3500 cases containing 14,000 images, and new cases are being added every day."
Free Registration required.

National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies

  • Fact Sheets on Terrorist Attacks
    "The National Academies is preparing fact sheets on four types of terrorist attacks. Drawing on our many reviewed publications, the expertise of our members, and the knowledge of other esteemed authorities, the fact sheets will provide reliable, objective information."

National Institutes of Health (NIH) see Medicine - U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources

New York Government (NYC.gov) - 9/11 NYC Services Center

NLM Gateway Search
"The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE."
National Library of Medicine

On the Net Resources in Virtual Reality - Medical
"Warning:  The On the Net pages were maintained by the Knowledge Base Project. In Spring, 1999, the Knowledge Base Project completed its work. The publications and pages remain online for the benefit of the virtual reality community. Be aware, however, that the information is not current."
Knowledge Base Project, University of Washington

PathMax
"A free site designed by a pathologist, for pathology education ... created to allow pathologists, residents, and other medical professionals to utilize the resources of the World Wide Web speedily and effectively. Each link is personally visited by the author and individual topic link editors and evaluated for its potential usefulness to the target audience."
By Shawn E. Cowper, MD

PBS - The American Experience - The Pill (February 24, 2003)
"The film The Pill and this companion Web site offer insights into topics in American history including advances in science and medicine, contraception, eugenics, social engineering, population trends, government involvement in legislating social behavior, conflicts between religious values and societal trends, feminist activism of the 1960s, twentieth century women's movements, women's changing roles in society, women and work, the evolving relationship of the medical profession to the lay public and the growth of the pharmaceutical industry."
Sections include: Film Description ; Transcript ; Primary Sources ; Further Reading ; Special Features ; Timeline ; Gallery ; People & Events ; Teacher's Guide.

Pedsdermatlas - (dead link)
Dermatology Digital Image Resource
By Bernard A. Cohen, M.D., Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D., Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Physiome Project
"...to understand and describe the human organism, its physiology and pathophysiology quantitatively, and to use this understanding to improve human health. Insight will be gained also from the physiomes of other organisms, from bacteria to mammals...The Project will provide information to the worldwide community of scientists, medical health professionals, teachers, and industry in the form of functional descriptions of human and other biological systems in health and disease."
Sections include: Physiome ; Organization ; Models ; Development ; Participate ; Industry ; Publications ; Conference ; Links ; News.

[Plan B] U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Researching Medical Literature on the Internet
LLRX.com Feature.

Southwestern Ontario Regional Academic Health Science Network
 "This site main attraction is the Continuing Education (first button), which are 4 online teaching cases. The site also has a critical care appraisal section, links and a discussion section."

[Stem Cells] National Academies Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee - Stem Cells Home
Sections include: Stem Cell Guidelines ; Stem Cell Information.

  • Emerging Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research - (dead link)
    Public Symposium, November 2006.

[Stem Cells] The Stem Cell Debate
CNN.com In-Depth Special

[Stem Cells] Stem Cells: 5 Year Progress Report (November 2003)
Sections include: A Stem Cell Time Line ; Bio-Bombshell ; Latest News ; All Grown Up ; Making Sense ; Bibliography.
- The Why Files, University of Wisconsin

The THMCE Medical Biochemistry Page
 A meta-directory of biochemistry resources, especially those geared toward medical biochemistry students.
Created by Michael W. King, Ph. D., Terre Haute Center for Medical Education (THMCE)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Includes "Selected Internet resources that may be of interest to Health Professionals, Librarians, and Consumers."

Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook
"The goal of the Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook is to organise all internet resources on anaesthesia into one concise, textbook style website."

Virtual Health Library - Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (Spanish, English, Portuguese)
Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Science Information
"...mission is to contribute to the development of the health in the countries of the Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting the use of health scientific and technical information."

Virtual Pediatric Hospital Homepage
"The goal of the Virtual Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients."
- University of Iowa

Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
"Visible Proofs is about the history of forensic medicine. Over the centuries, physicians, surgeons, and other professionals have struggled to develop scientific methods that translate views of bodies and body parts into 'visible proofs' that can persuade judges, juries, and the public."
Sections include: Exhibition ; Galleries ; Education [K12 Activities] ; Resources.
- U.S. National Library of Medicine

Vision Science
An Internet Resource for the Research in Human and Animal Vision

The White House

World Health Organization - Health Situation in Iraq
Includes daily briefings, media reports, and related links.

World Health Organization - SE Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis
Sections include: Daily Updates ; Situation Reports ; WHO Strategy [First 100 Days ; Protecting Health] ; Appeal Documents ; Fact Sheets ; Guidelines ; Countries Affected ; Other Resources.

World of Dermatophytes: A Pictorial
"This site is designed for students, technologists and other persons interested in mycology and dermatology ... The macroscopic and microscopic features of selected dermatophytes are accompanied by the clinical presentations. Approximately 70 images have been included."
By the Canadian National Centre for Mycology - (dead link)

World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry
"...is a comprehensive and confidential health survey of those most directly exposed to the events of 9/11/01."


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