Health
H1N1 Flu Information
- H1N1
Flu - Influenza evidence-based
information portal from EBSCO.
- H1N1
Flu 2009 - Up-to-date
information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
about the swine flu.
- Alt HealthWatch
- Many full-text articles that focus on complementary, holistic
and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Part of
ELM/Electronic Library for Minnesota; subscription provided by
the State of Minnesota.
- Alternative Medicine Homepage - An annotated
directory for consumers who would like to learn more about the
various forms of alternative health care.
- Centers for Disease Control - An enormous amount of information from the CDC
covering health topics A-Z, health information for travelers,
statistics, and more.
- Cleveland Health Clinic - Search for health information by keyword
or health topic.
- Clinical Trials Listing Service - check this site for trials that are
currently enrolling patients for trial therapies.
- Consumer Health Complete - Articles on health related topics from mainstream
to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Part of ELM/Electronic
Library for Minnesota; subscription provided by the State of
Minnesota.
- Consumer Health Information - Current consumer health information from the
U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration.
- Consumer Reports Best Buy Drug Reports - Free guidance for consumers on prescription
medicines.
- Deciphering MedSpeak - Developed by the Medical Library Association,
this glossary is designed to help consumers understand common
medical terms. Also includes a guide to the words doctors use
when writing prescriptions.
- Diagnostic Tests - From Harvard Medical School, this
site explains diagnostic medical tests, how to prepare for the
tests, what happens when the test is performed, risks, and how
long it takes for the results to be known.
- Dictionary of Phobias - definitions of hundreds of phobias.
- Directory of America's Hospitals - An online directory of hospitals in
the United States that includes information on the types of treatment
available, specialized services, and contact information. Browsable
by hospital name or state.
- Drugs@FDA
- A catalog of FDA approved and tentatively approved prescription,
over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs, dating back to 1939.
Includes approval letters, labels, and review packages. Browsable
or searchable by drug name, active ingredient, company, FDA action
date, and more.
- Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite - An annotated, categorized and searchable
directory of hundreds of fitness and health-related Web pages,
plus a library of full-text articles on fitness topics.
- Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (e-book) - provides an overview of mental
illness, psychotherapy, and other treatments, including both
traditional and alternative therapies. Medical writers, pharmacists,
and mental health professionals wrote and edited the 400 signed,
alphabetical entries. Available to Duluth Public Library cardholders.
Subscription provided by the Duluth Library Foundation.
- Health & Wellness Resource Center - Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions,
directories, and information on health and wellness topics. The
material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational
purposes only. Available to Duluth Public Library cardholders. Subscription
provided by the Duluth Library Foundation.
- Health on the Net Foundation (HON) - A medical search tool whose goal is
to "promote the effective and reliable use of the new technologies
for telemedicine in healthcare around the world." MedHunt
searches for healthcare websites and hospitals, and HONselect
allows you to search websites, journal articles, multimedia and
health news.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition - Full-text articles from 80 consumer
health magazines, health-related pamphlets and more than 130
reference books. Part of ELM/Electronic Library for Minnesota;
subscription provided by the State of Minnesota.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Provides nearly 550 scholarly full
text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing
on many medical disciples. Coverage back to 1975. Part of ELM/Electronic
Library for Minnesota; subscription provided by the State of
Minnesota.
- Healthfinder - a gateway to consumer health information from
the U.S. government.
- HerbMed
- Maintained by the Alternative Medicine Foundation, this site
provides access to Medline articles about medicinal herb use,
as well general information about use and preparation, warnings
about toxicity, adverse effects, and pictures of the herbs.
- Hospital Compare - This site from the U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services provides information on how well the hospital(s)
you've selected (by name, state, city, or zip code) care for
patients with certain medical conditions, and compares their
performances with the average for U.S. hospitals.
- Intelihealth - Consumer health information from Harvard
Medical School.
- International Classification of Diseases,
Tenth Revision, Clinical MOdifications (ICD-10-CM)
- Internet Mental Health - information on mental disorders, medications,
and other topics.
- KidsHealth - Health information about children from before
birth through adolescence, with separate browsing areas for kids,
teens, and parents, each with its own design and age-appropriate
content and tone.
- Lots of Links on Lyme
Disease - "Over
6,500 categorized links on Lyme Disease."
- Lyme Disease Network - general information on the diagnosis, symptoms,
and treatment of lyme disease plus a searchable newsletter, a
listing of support groups, pictures of ticks and rashes, and
links to other Web resources.
- Mayo
Clinic - A searchable
site covering diseases and conditions, drug information, first-aid
and self-care, recent health news, and healthy living information,
including a fitness and sport medicine center.
- MayoClinic.com: Drug Information - Find information on more than 8,000
prescription and over-the-counter drugs from the United States
Pharmacopeia.
- Mayo Clinic's Internet Health and Medical
Resources - Consumer
health resources selected by Mayo Clinic medical librarians.
- Medicare
- The official U.S. Government site for Medicare information.
- Medline Plus - A gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care
information from the National Library of Medicine. Appropriate
for both health professionals and consumers, this site provides
access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions,
drug information, medical dictionaries, directories of doctors,
dentists, and hospitals, and information about clinical trials.
- Merck -
A searchable version of the 17th edition of The Merck Manual,
plus links to other health-related information.
- Minnesota
Board of Medical Practice
- Information about the licensing of health professionals in
Minnesota, pertinent statutes and rules, physician profiles,
and any complaints or disciplinary action that has been taken.
- My Health Minnesota - Go Local - A free online directory of health
care services and providers through Minnesota, including clinics,
hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, health
screening programs, and more.
- National Library of Medicine - Medline - free access to Medline citations for
articles in over 3,800 medical journals.
- NOAH
- New York Online Access to Health - "NOAH seeks to provide
high quality full-text health information for consumers that
is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased." Information
is provided in both English and Spanish.
- NutritionData - Look up food composition and nutrition
information for most foods. Results include a nutrition facts
panel, a calorie ratio pyramid for carbohydrates, fats, and protein,
and detailed information about minerals, vitamins, and other
components of the food item. Also includes nutritional information
for some fast-food restaurants.
- PandemicFlu.gov - The official U.S. government web site
for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza.
- Physician Select - AMA Health - searchable database containing credential information
on all US licensed physicians.
- PloS Medicine
- Provides a free, open-access venue for important, peer-reviewed
advances in all health-related disciplines.
- PreventiveHealthToday.com - Information on nutrition, cholesterol,
supplement alerts and food warnings, homeopathy, weight management,
and medical conditions.
- Womenshealth.gov - The Federal Government source for
women's health information.
- Yahoo: Health - links to many health topics including medicine,
drugs, diseases and fitness.
10/10/09
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