Medical Information on the Internet

Also see the Tri-County Health and Wellness Page for Consumer Medical Information.

 

Government sites

National Library of Medicine Home Page—http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

The World’s Largest Medical Library.  Links to MEDLINE/PubMed, MEDLINEplus (consumer health information), and the NLM Gateway.

 

Center for Disease Control—http://www.cdc.gov/

            The Center for Disease Control does studies on nearly every thing that damages our health, not just diseases.  Traffic accidents, sexual behavior, etc…They also publish several online journals:

 MMWR (Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report)—http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
The Center for Disease Control’s weekly report on the health of the nation. There is lots of other good information from this site, as well.

Emerging Infectious Diseases--http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm
"Emerging Infectious Diseases represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections."

Preventing Chronic Disease--http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/index.htm
"Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established to provide a forum for public health researchers and practitioners to share study results and practical experience...The mission of the journal is to address the interface between applied prevention research and public health practice in chronic disease prevention. PCD focuses on preventing diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke." This is a new journal, beginning Jan, 2004.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)—http://nccam.nih.gov/

Sections include Health Information, Research and Clinical Trials, among others

 

National Center for Health Statistics—http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/

            Lots of statistics, health news and government studies.

 

US Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS)—http://www.dhhs.gov/

            DHHS sponsors lots of research on health related topics.

 

World Health Organization—http://www.who.int/en/

            Source of international health news and statistics.

 

 

Private companies organized for health practitioners—Free registration gets you access to a variety of full text source materials.

Medscape—http://www.medscape.com/

BioMedNet— http://www.biomednet.com/

 

 

Directories to more information

Hardin Meta Directory—http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html

From the Hardin Library of Health Sciences, University of Iowa, a wide ranging directory of medical sources, including Physical Therapy.

 

HealthWeb—http:/healthweb.org/

            This site evaluates and organizes health information on the Internet.

 

Karolinska Institute’s Guide to Biomedical Information Resources & Services—http://www.mic.ki.se/Other.html

An international directory of Biomedical information on the Internet.  Includes European, US, Australian, and other worldwide information sources.

 

Nursing Spectrum—http://www.nursingspectrum.com/

A good place to start for nursing information.  A nursing Internet directory and search engine is located under Nurse Community.

 

Pfizer’s guide to Exploring your Health Online—http://www.pfizer.com/kpw/explore/

A good guide to health and medical information on the Web.  The explanation of clinical studies published on the Web is especially good.

 

SciCentral’s Health Sciences—http://www.scicentral.com/

Click on the SciCentral link, then Health.  There is information here from conferences to full text articles.

 

 Fulltext sources

 

The Biotech Dictionary—http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/

            Bioscience information from basic to advanced, including an illustrated life sciences dictionary.  Lots of good links, too.  From the University of Texas.

 

British Medical Journal—http://www.bmj.com/

            The full text of the recent issues of the journal is free online.

 

Merck Publishing—http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/

            The 1999 edition of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy is online this year.   They also have some related publications.

 

National Guideline Clearinghouse—http://www.guideline.gov/

A collection of medical treatment guidelines from government agencies and private organizations around the country.  Search by disease, treatment or organization.

 

Pediatrics Online—http://www.pediatrics.org/

            An online pediatrics journal, with full text articles going back several years, plus tables of contents back to 1975.

 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences—http://www.pnas.org/

Full text is available and searchable from 1996 on.

 

RxList—http://www.rxlist.com/

            Free Internet info on pharmaceuticals.  Based on manufacturers’ information. Contains a link to Taber’s Medical Encyclopedia.

 

The Vanderbilt Children's Hospital— http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=996

            Short overviews on pediatric conditions, with resources.

 

The University of Arizona’s Biology Project—http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

A biology textbook/tutorial, great for review and studying.  Some sections in  Spanish, as well as English.

 

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