Health
Subcategories
- Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
- Produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government, provides information for health and health education resources. Subjects include: Alzheimer's Disease, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Cancer Prevention and Control, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Deafness and Communication Disorders, Diabetes, Digestive Diseases, Epilepsy Education and Prevention Activities, Health Promotion and Education, Kidney and Urologic Diseases, Maternal and Child Health, Medical Genetics and Rare Disorders, Oral Health, Prenatal Smoking Cessation, Weight Control.
- Conflict and Health
- open access, peer-reviewed, online full-text journal from BioMed Central; data reports, debate articles, case studies, etc. health interventions in war zones
- DIRLINE, Directory of Information Resources Online
- DIRLINE, Directory of Information Resources Online, from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Contains location and descriptive information about a wide variety of information resources including organizations, research resources, projects, databases, and web sites concerned with health and biomedicine.
- eMedicine
- consumers and health care professionals can search by disease or disorder, lifestyle and wellness, first aid/emergencies, Stedman's medical dictionary...
- Free Medical Journals
- links to best medical websites and free medical journals online and full-text sorted by specialty and availability after six months, etc.
- Go Ask Alice
- (Columbia U) -- an interactive health question & answer service.
- Health
- The health page at yahoo
- Health Information Center (Upstate Medical Health Science Library)
- patient education and consumer health links specifically for women and men, medical procedures, evidence-based, searchable ...
- Healthfinder
- (gateway to consumer health information from the federal government; links to health risk assessments; medical dictionaries/glossaries).
- Healthopedia
- alphabetical medical encyclopedia, drugs, diseases, symptoms, tests, diet & nutrition, special topics, etc.; brief entries and separate images
- Healthscout
- news, excerpted articles, citations provided. Sorted by general categories, then by title.
- HealthWorld
- (beware: some services have charges, i.e. medical cybrarian) -- alternative health, articles on medical self-care, legislation, sports medicine, homeopathy, etc.; not all services are free.
- healthynj: Information for Healthy Living
- look up health and wellness topics/diseases alphabetically in English and Spanish, reference desk with online medical dictionaries, drug information and directories, just for kids and teens section too...
- HighWire Library of the Sciences and Medicine
- free index to contents and free full-text from 350+ HighWire-hosted journals after six months, etc; search Medline and HighWire; browse journals
- International Electronic Journal of Health Education
- International Electronic Journal of Health Education online journal
- MedHunt (Health on the Net Foundation)
- medical definitions, links to Medline Plus, Merck Manual, and other medical web sites
- Medline plus Health Information
- consumer health on diseases, conditions, wellness; search by category or topic (A-Z) or by specific term; online medical dictionaries, etc.
- Men's Health
- (National Women's Health Information Center) links to government publications and national organizations on such topics as cancer, fitness, heart, HIV/AIDS, prostate,smoking, etc., healthfinder search.
- National Library of Medicine
- (source of information on health topics)
- NetWellness
- general information on specific diseases and body site disorders, symptoms, treatment, etc.; current news; ask an expert; basic and advanced searching;
- New York Online Access to Health
- (NOAH) (Note: Netscape 2.0 browser recommended for speed and graphics) -- news stories, articles, selected government publications, etc. on a variety of topics including diet and fitness guidelines.
- Public Library of Science
- non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making scientific and medical research freely available; PLoS biology journal first published 10/13/03 and PLoS medical journal to be published fall 2004;
- Quackwatch
- (Stephen Barrett, M.D.) -- promotes traditional western medicine over alternative; articles on DHEA, ergogenic aids, homeopathy; lists nonrecommended sources of health advice; how to spot 'quackery' websites and internet bandits.
- ScienceDaily
- latest research news in health and science; links to science sites on WWW.
- Trust for America's Health
- reports on obesity, bioterrorism, etc. state health data on adult and child health indicators, CDC funding, disparities data, links, etc.
- UNdata: World of Information
- subject directory and search engine for data sets on population, health, energy, food and agriculture, employment, education, global indicators, official country data, etc.; popular searches and glossary A-Z.
- WebMD
- information on diseases & conditions, wellness, news and link to CVS pharmacy, etc.
- womenshealth.gov
- "federal government source for women's health information", immunizations and screenings, quick health data, etc.
