Medical Web Sites

Health and Medical Web Sites

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On-Line Health Care for the Savvy Surfer (NY Times Article)

Medical Associations & Information About Doctors
- American Medical Association (AMA; Find a Doctor)
- Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)
- DocFinder (AIM, Administrators in Medicine)
- Massachusetts Physician Profiles
Medical Journals and Books
Online Medical Information
- Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
- HON medical site checker
- InteliHealth (Johns Hopkins)
- Medhunt (Medical search engine)
- America's Health Network
- emedicine: Emergency Medicine
- First Aid Book (U. S. Department of Labor)
- Martindale's Health Science Guide
- MedicineNet
- National Assoc. of Boards of Pharmacy (check-out online pharmacies)
- Kidsource Online (Medical advice for parents)
- The Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
- Virtual Children's Hospital (University of Iowa)
- Common Medical Conditions (Peer-reviewed web sites)
- Health Information Highway
- CenterWatch (Lists clinical trials)
- American Heart Association
- The National Council Against Health Fraud
- Internet Mental Health
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Medscape
- Health Pages
- HealthFinder (Gov't sponsored)
- Mayo Clinic
- drKoop.com
- America's Health Network
- InteliHealth (Johns Hopkins)
- Senior's Center
- Nutrition Resources (Tufts University)
- Family Health Guide (Harvard Medical School)
- Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
- MedNets for Professionals (Searchable databases, journals, news sources, associations and societies, books)
- eMedExpert (Informational website dedicated to health and medicine. Drugs reviews and comparisons, Brand/Generic name correspondence tool, PDR's Side effects index. The information is based on recent reviews and articles published in the medical literature and drug prescribing information approved by the US FDA.)
- Drug Information
  - RxList (Drug index. One of the best online sources for information about drugs)
  - Drug Watch (DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.)
- Medical Malpractice Help
Hospitals on the Web and Lists of Medical Sites
- Hospital Web (Hospitals on the web)
- Massachusetts Hospitals (On the Web)
- Medword (Hospital, Medical and Health Sites)
- Mental Health Net
US Government Web Sites
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- PubMed (NLM Bibliographic Database)
- Free Medline Database (NLM)
- MedlinePlus (NLM General Health Info)
- Clinical Trials
- NIH (National Institutes of Health)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pubmed (Bibliographic database)
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Health Care Financing Administration (Medicare and Medicaid)
- CancerNet (National Cancer Institute's site)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Institute on Aging
- FDA (Food & Drug Administration)
- ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
- National Immunization Program
- Hospital Compare
Dental
- The American Academy of Periodontology
Family Health
- The Child and Family Health Guide (Tufts University)
Health Insurance Companies (online)
Harvard Medical Web
The Visible Human Project
Harvard University Countway Library of Medicine
American Red Cross
Online Medical and Health Sites (Winchester Star)