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Great resource for links to other medicine-related sites. This Association of American Medical Colleges site lists and provides links to accredited U.S. and Canadian medical schools, major teaching hospitals, and academic and professional societies. It provides the latest information on news and events, includes AAMC publications and AAMC information, and presents research and government relations resources. Also includes info and links on education, research, and healthcare and enables you to search the AAMC Web for certain topics.
Parents can open and read 24 brochures that answer commonly asked questions on topics such as Emergency Care and Diet and Snacking. Includes E Today, the electronic newsletter of the AAPD. Also enables you to subscribe to several related magazines. Includes a Directory of Advanced Education Programs in Pediatric Dentistry, with links to each program. Kids can investigate the entertainment section provided just for them.
Here, you can find info on the ALA (including research programs, grants, and awards), as well as The American Thoracic Society (the international professional and scientific society for respiratory and critical care medicine). Read the ALA’s annual report. Check out info on asthma, emphysema, and other lung diseases; tobacco control; and environmental health. This is a great resource for parents of children with asthma. You’ll also find info on volunteer opportunities, special events, and promotions, as well as an extensive list of related links.
This division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responsible for translating scientific research findings into health promotion, disease prevention, and treatment strategies. Learn about diabetes and what CDC is doing to reduce the burden of this disease. You’ll want to investigate the diabetes articles from the CDC and the helpful patients guides on topics such as Keeping Track of Your Blood Glucose and Eye Problems. Also includes an extensive practioners guide, with topics such as Psychosocial Problems and Adverse Outcomes of Pregnancy. Includes links to related sites.
Provides links to the CDC’s 11 centers, institutes, and offices and a search engine to quickly locate your point of interest. Includes geographic health info and pinpoints certain disease outbreaks in the world. Also makes vaccine and immunization recommendations. Provides info on diseases such as meningitis, cholera, and malaria, just to name a few. Info on diseases, health risks, and prevention guidelines and strategies for chronic diseases, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and more. Also offers info on specific populations, such as adolescent and school health, infants’ and children’s health, and women’s health. Offers helpful links to publications, software, and other products. Also provides scientific data, surveillance, health statistics, and laboratory information.
The goal of this project is to improve the lives of people touched by breast cancer by providing information and support, providing volunteer opportunities for breast cancer survivors and friends, and acting as an educational resource and community center for those concerned about breast cancer and breast health. Includes articles from CBHP newsletters and links to cancer-related sites. Also provides a Practical Information section with info about issues such as knowing your family medical leave rights.
Provides information from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (head and neck surgery) and communicative sciences. Potential patients can find information and answers to their questions here. Includes a faculty and resident directory, research updates, residency and fellowship information, audiology program information, grand rounds archives, subscription information for the OTOHNS-Online Otolaryngology discussion group, and links to other otolaryngology resources. Also includes back issues of the Head and Neck newsletter.
Healthfinder is an information site from the U.S. government. It leads you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups. It also gives you access to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public. Includes FAQs on children, older adults, women, and minority health. Also includes FAQs on conditions such as AIDS, allergies, breast cancer, cancer, diabetes, environmental health, food and drug safety, heart disease and strokes, mental health and mental disorders, and substance abuse.
Lets you look up info on health, wellness, diseases, and illnesses. Topics include prevention and treatment information on AIDS, allergies, asthma, dental health, diet and nutrition, drug and alcohol abuse, eye diseases, eating disorders, family planning, headaches, mental health, poison prevention, sexually transmitted diseases, and other health areas. Includes background about the disease or healthcare issue and product information. You can also look up info about prescription or over-the-counter medications to learn about the proper use of medicines and possible side effects.
Healthwise is the Health Education and Wellness program of the Columbia University Health Service. This site includes highlights from back issues of the Healthwise newsletter. Includes the award-winning Go Ask Alice feature—an interactive health Q&A service.
This site is from the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (IBMTR) and the Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry—North America (ABMTR). It includes current IBMTR and ABMTR newsletters, as well as a list of publications produced by both.
Provides access to Internet-wide health info and local info for the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes resources for dealing with infertility, a wide range of health topics (from allergies to women’s health), links to healthcare publications, Internet health newsgroups and Listserv groups, and state and national healthcare organizations. Also includes resources for healthcare providers, including related topics, schools, and publications.
Targets pre-med and medical students. Lists medical schools in the U.S., offers links to medical reference materials and FTP sites, provides lists of specialists, and more.
NORD consists of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities. Read the Orphan Disease Update newsletter or search the Rare Disease Database, the NORD Organizational Database, or the Orphan Drug Designation Database for info on specific rare disorders. A rare or orphan disease affects fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. There are more than 5,000 rare disorders that affect 20 million Americans. This site includes links to various support groups.
Offers links to current radiological information and case presentations, as well as a description of services provided, staff, residency, and fellowship programs.
Serves as a resource center on a broad range of neurosurgical issues for patients, families, and healthcare professionals. Includes an introduction to neurosurgery and descriptions and explanations of neurologic disorders. Also describes the surgical specialties and research of the staff of the Department of Neurosurgery at the New York University Medical Center, as well as case presentations.
Targets osteopathic medical students, osteopathic physicians, the allopathic medical community, and people considering medicine as a career. The Osteopathis National Electronic Internship and Residency Database provides free information about every osteopathic post-graduate program in the U.S. This site also includes current and past issues of the Osteopathic Pulse—an open-forum newspaper with articles written by medical students, residents, and physicians.
Offers a collection of plastic surgery-related links. Targets physicians and interested layreaders. Includes hospital Web pages, journals, books, and general information. Also provides information on societies, departments, physicians, private clinics, conferences, research, and residencies.
TIE is a not-for-profit research organization, and its site offers a database of information on telemedicine. Telemedicine is the use of electronic signals to transfer medical data (radiological images and patient records, for example) from one site to another in an effort to improve access to medical care for people with substandard access to healthcare. This site also includes Yellow Pages of companies that provide telemedicine products and presents product reviews and tech-nology descriptions. You also can browse through abstracts from current issues of telemedicine journals and newsletters.
This site lets you view 3D MPEG format movies of the human brain, skull, colon, lung, heart, torso, and heart arteries. It also provides a simulation of a baby delivery, MR particle flow visualization (in this case, the artery structure of the brain and a visualization of data flow captured by an MR scanner), and a focused ultrasound.
Browse through press releases and fact sheets, speeches, public service campaigns, congressional testimony, and policy forums. Also check out the info on the research, policy, and administration provided by HHS, as well as other federal government research. Use the search feature to find topics from the federal HHS agencies and the Government Information Xchange.
Focuses on simulating the perceived environment a surgeon encounters during endoscopic surgery. This prototype focuses on abdominal procedures that target the removal of the gall bladder. Offers a large downloadable MPEG movie.
Read current issues of more than 20 medical-related publications and look over the subscription info. Issues include the Journal of Pediatric Medicine Online, Journal of Psychiatry Online, Emotional and Mental Health Library, and Women’s Health Library.
Get access to 23 medical journals on the Web. Search through topics such as AIDS/virology, cancer/oncology, diabetes/endocrinology, immunology, neurology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, medical economics, and women’s health.
Browse through the extensive listings of and links to institutions and what they offer in their health/medicine fields. Use the search units provided to find answers to questions about topics such as pharmacy, epidemiology, veterinary medicine, and more.
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