Health and Medicine
Directories | Medical
Search Engines | Physicians | Medications
| Hospitals | Ratings
| Health Fraud | Diseases
and General Health | Alternative
Medicine | Plastic Surgery | Dentistry
| Psychiatry | Nursing
| Journals | Medical
Associations
Directories
- SEFLIN Free-Net
http://www.seflin.org/health/
- Go here for Internet sites on a variety of topics such as dentistry,
fitness, mental health, nutrition, pharmacy, alternative medicine,
associations, organizations, medical books and journals, discussion
groups, and Internet sites.
- Alta
Vista Health Information
http://looksmart.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=dir&tp=Personal/Health&crid=317920
- Choose from a wide assortment of health topics for Internet sites.
- Excite Health Information
http://www.excite.com/health
- Find online information and resources on diseases and medical conditions.
- Yahoo Health Information
http://dir.yahoo.com/health/
- Choose from a list of topics or do a keyword search.
- Netscape Health
Information
http://health.netscape.com/health/
- Top medical stories, health topics, health resources or keyword
search options are available.
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Medical Search Engines
- Healthfinder
http://healthfinder.gov/
- A free guide to reliable health information. A service of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
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Physicians
- American Medical
Association's Doctor Finder
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
- Searches can be done by name (enter last name and state) or medical
specialty (enter city, state, zip code and choose from a list of specialties).
Information on the doctor can include office location, affiliations,
education, training, and specialty
- American Board of
Medical Specialties
http://www.abms.org/newsearch.asp
- Search by name or area of certification.
- Florida Department of
Health - Practitioner Profiling
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/
- Use this site to get license number, license status, expiration
date, original issue date, address of record, and disciplinary status.
At the very top of the screen you will see a box that will say "click
to view subject." Click and select "Practitioner/Physician profiling"
then chose either "Practitioner Profiling" or "Health Care Provider
License Lookup."
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Medications
- PDR: Physicians
Desk Reference
http://www.healthsquare.com/drugmain.htm
- Choose the first letter of the prescription drug and then select
from a list the specific drug that you are interested in. Contains
information on what the drug does, how to take it, side effects, special
warnings, dosages, interactions, etc.
- MCW & FMLH
Drug Formulary
http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/drug.html
- Has brand name, generic name, dosage information.
- RxList-The Internet Drug Index
http://www.rxlist.com/
- Has description, dosage, warnings, adverse reactions, interactions
and overdosage.
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Hospitals
- MHi Top
Ranked Hospitals
http://www.mhsource.com/tophospitals.html
- American Hospital Directory
http://www.ahd.com/
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Ratings
- Best
HMO Finder
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hetophmo.htm
- U.S. News and World Report ranking of HMOs.
- Best
Hospitals Finder
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm
- America's Best Hospitals as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
- Health Care Report Cards
http://www.healthgrades.com/
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Health Fraud
- Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.com/
- Covers health fraud.
- Chirobase
http://www.chirobase.org/
- Covers chiropractic controversies.
- Multi Level Marketing Watch
http://www.mlmwatch.org/
- Cautionary information regarding companies that sell health related
products and exaggerate their value.
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Diseases and
General Health
- Heart Information Network
http://www.heartinfo.org/
- Dr. Koop
http://www.drkoop.com/
- Healthlinks
http://www.healthlinks.net/
- KidsHealth
http://www.kidshealth.org/
- Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayohealth.org/
- Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
- HealthSquare
http://www.healthsquare.com/hspage2.htm
- Virtual
Hospital
http://www.vh.org/CommonProblems/CommonProblems.html
- Americas Doctor
http://www.americasdoctor.com/
- Health Grades
http://www.healthgrades.com/
- MedWeb
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/medweb/
- WebMed
http://www.webmed.com/
- WebMD
http://my.webmd.com/
- Reference Desk.com
Health
http://www.refdesk.com/health.html
- National Institutes of
Health
http://www.nih.gov/health/
- Children with
Diabetes
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
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Alternative Medicine
- Alternative Medicine
Home Page
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
- This site has databases, Internet resources, government resources,
practitioner's directories, and more.
- Herb Research Foundation
http://www.herbs.org/
- A non-profit research and educational group educating the public
on herbs and medicinal plants.
- American Botanical Council
Herbal Information
http://www.herbalgram.org/
- A non-profit group presenting information on herbs and botanical
medicines.
- NOAH (New York
Online Access to Health)
http://www.noah.cuny.edu/kwsearch.html
- Covers alternative and conventional therapies.
- Naturopathic
Physicians Online
http://www.naturopathic.org/find_nd.htm
- Find a Naturopathic physician in your area.
- Reflexology
http://www.reflexology.org/
- Find more information on this alternative medicine technique.
- Herbweb
http://www.herbweb.com/
- Henriette's Herbal
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/
- Guide to herbs.
- Office of
Dietary Supplements
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health
Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM)
http://www.nccam.nih.gov/
- National Center for Complimentary & Alternative Medicine. Hint:
click on the search button.
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Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery Information
Service
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/
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Dentistry
- American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org/index.html
- Florida Dental Association
http://www.floridadental.org/
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Psychiatry
- American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org/
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Nursing
- Allnurses
http://www.allnurses.com
- Contains news, discussions, links, jobs and more.
- Nursingcenter
http://www.allnurses.com
- Contains journals, news, discussions, polls, links to associations,
career resources and more.
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Journals
- Medline
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
- Nursing Center:
Journals
http://www.nursingcenter.com/journals/
- Science.Komm
http://www.sciencekomm.at/journals/medicine/med-bio.html
- Internet directory and resource site.
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Medical Associations
- American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
of America
http://www.ccfa.org/
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
http://www.cff.org/
- American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/
- National Headache Foundation
http://www.headaches.org/
- Lupus Foundation of America
http://www.lupus.org/
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.nmss.org/
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
http://www.nof.org/
- National Parkinson Foundation
http://www.parkinson.org/
- American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/
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