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Health
Web Sites*
*Thanks to Judith Blake, Seattle Times
"12 of the best health Web sites"
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MEDLINEplus
Public access to medical information.Links to other sites. Sponsored by
National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institues of Health.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Sections on health of infancts, hildren, teens, men, women, and
older adults; travel, environment and occupational health; food-borne
illness; injuries. Public health concerns.
Healthfinder
Online acces to pamphlets and documents on almost every health
topic by government agencies and reliable organizations. COvers diorders,
health services, and programs, as well as information on Medicare, Medicaid,
and private insurance.
HealthWeb
Links to several other health topics and specialties such as bioethics,
transplants and health ethnic monirites.
Hiv InSite
Latest news and research on HIV/AIDS, prevention, and treatment, advice
from experts, outreach programs around the world.
Mayo Clinic
Minnesota clinic includes information user friendly, with extensicce
medication guide, a first-aid guide, and healthy-lifestly panner.
MEDEM
Information obtained from libraries of 44 professional medical assoviations.
Free children's health newsletterm, secure online communication between
doctors and patients.
National
Women's Health Information Center
News and issues of special interest to women:hormone-replacement therapy;
pregnancy; breat-feeding; and minority women's health. Sponsored by National
Office on Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
NOAH: New York Online
Access to Health
Information on many disordres as well as diagnostic tests, home safety,
healthy living, aging, and children's health. Sponsored by New York Online
Access to Health, a consortuim of New York-area public and medical-school
libraries.
Oncolink
Covers many forms of concer, detection and treatment. Research from universitie
and American Cancer Society. Disucses potential causes or contributors
and includes latest concer0research news. Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania
Cancer Center.
Bastyr
Complementary and alternative-medicine topics such as herbs, chiropractic,
natureopathic medicine, massage therapy, and vegetariean eating. Sponsored
by Bastyr University in Kenmore.
Nutrition.gov
Information on nutrients; food-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
Dietary recommendations for different age groups, and food borne illness.Sponsored
by federal governmetn with contribution from many food-related federal
agencies.
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