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Web Address |
Web Information |
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HealthCentral |
www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm |
This site offers information in many categories; "Drugstore,"
"Vitamins," "Prescriptions," "Beauty," "Advice from Dr. Dean Edell,"
"Nutrition & Exercise," "Drug Information," "Alternative Health,"
"News," "Tools," "Columns," "Best Doctors,". |
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Medem |
http://medem.com |
Medem offers a collection of electronic information that may
interest patients. The site offers material in the public domain and
is unrestricted to patients of practices that participate in Medem. |
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National Health Information Center |
www.health.gov/nhic |
This site is a health information referral service service directing
consumers and health professionals to over 1,800 organizations that
provide information in their area of expertise. |
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Health Care Information Resources |
http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/top.html |
This site offers resources and information in four main categories;
"Illness," "Wellness," "Alternative Medicine," and "Health Care
Disciplines and Education." |
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NOAH: New York Online Access to Health |
www.noah-health.org |
This site is accessible to resources in Spanish and English. The
site offers a list of "health topics and resources", and a search
engine for finding various health topics. |
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American Dental Association |
www.ada.org |
The website is divide into two sections; one serves the dental
profession and the other serves the public. The page for consumers
has links to products bearing the ADA's seal, "oral health topics",
news from the ADA and general news related to dentistry. |
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American Medical Association |
www.ama-assn.org |
The Patients section of this website offers; Doctor Finder, Hospital
Finder, News and Events, and Public Health. |
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Canadian Health Network/Réseau Canadien de la Santé |
www.canadian-health-network.ca |
The site offers 26 "Health Centers" that focus on major health
topics ("Active Living, "Healthy eating," "Heart Health, and "
Injury Prevention") and population groups ("Aboriginal Peoples,"
Children," Ethnic Groups," "Women," and "Others"). |
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drkoop.com |
http://drkoop.com |
The site offers information on matters involving "Family,"
"Resources," "Wellness," "Community," "Conditions," and "Natural
Medicine." The Family link offers information about "Caregivers,"
"Children," "Men," "Women,". |
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National Institute of Health |
www.nih.gov |
This site offers information about the NIH and all its programs. The
site also makes the research assets of the NIH's 27 institutions and
centers available to consumers. |
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NHS Direct Healthcare Guide |
www.healthcareguide.nhsdirect.nhs.uk |
This site is designed for people who do not know medical terminology
or who are not comfortable reading English. It also offers a
"healthy living guide", a section for "conditions and treatments"
and a "glossary of conditions". |
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WebMDHealth |
http://my.Webmd.com |
The site offers the "latest news headlines", "drug alerts and
approvals", "product alerts and approvals," and a section on "living
Better". |
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American Academy of Family Physicians |
http://familydoctor.org |
The main divisions of this site offer Health Topics, Healthy Living,
Drug Information, Self-Care, Herbal and Alternative Remedies and a
dictionary. |
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Healthfinder |
www.healthfinder.gov |
This site offers the "health encyclopedia", "dictionaries",
"journals", and access to contents by "demographic group". It also
provides information on health care, and a directory of health
finder organizations. |
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InteliHealth |
www.intelihealth.com |
For faster computers this site offers information on "diseases and
conditions", "healthy living", as well as information for
caregivers. |
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MayoClinic.com |
www.mayoclinic.com |
The site provides access to information relating to diseases and
conditions as well as providing drug information, a first aid and
self-care guide, and the popular "Answers from Mayo Clinic" |
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MEDLINEplus |
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus |
This site offers the "medical encyclopedia", "dictionaries",
"directories", and current health news. It also offers a link to
Clinical.trials.gov which directly offers information about clinical
research studies. |
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