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Health/Health Care Sources
WWW Directories | Dictionaries
Indexes and Fulltext Resources | Organizations
WWW Directories
Health Consumers "Top Ten" - http://mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.htmlThe Medical Library Association recommends the listed web sites (sites are listed in alphabetical, NOT ranked, order). See also The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) web page for the "top 100" sites. CAPHIS of the MLA evaluates web sites based on the following criteria: credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience, currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and disclaimers.
Achoo: Healthcare Online - http://www.achoo.com/
Achoo's primary objective is to bring to readers the most comprehensive healthcare information site on the Internet. All aspects of healthcare have been included, such as clinical medicine, alternate medicine, as well as the business aspects of medicine. The producers envision the new Achoo to be the meeting place for consumers, professionals as well as people involved with the business of healthcare.
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources - http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
This is a gateway to other directories. This site is catalogued by specialty, but it is more than just a simple (and extensive) collection. The webmaster has gone to the trouble of checking that the links within the target directories are functioning, and Hardin is quite choosy about whom it includes. If you cannot find what you are looking for in Hardin, a list of other similar collections is provided. This site allows the user to locate specific good quality information quickly.
Kidshealth.org for Teens -- http://kidshealth.org/teen/index.html
Got questions or concerns that you're too embarassed to talk about? Find all your answers in this section created just for teens - whether it's about health, sex, food, sports, or school,
Sick.com - http://www.sick.com/
A directory, in alphabetical order, of sites concerning diseases, health, health care, etc. Unless you know the name of the society, foundation, disease, etc., this site may be a little difficult to use. This is a sub-site of the larger, more inclusive Encyberpedia.
Deciphering Medspeak - http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/index.html
"Deciphering Medspeak" was designed to help you translate common "medspeak" terms. You'll also find some tips on how to identify quality health care information on the Internet.
Dictionaries
The Online Medical Dictionary - http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/OMD is a searchable dictionary and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science. Created by Dr. Graham Dark (<dark@www.graylab.ac.uk>) and is Copyright Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB 1997-99.
Complete Home Medical Guide - http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/toc/all.html
A wonderful reference from the Coluimbia University College of Physicians and Surgons.
Indexes and Full Text Resources
Health Reference CenterHRC is a full text resource including articles from magazines and journals, reference books, pamphlets and other reliable sources.
The Merck Manual (Home Edition)
http://www.merckhomeedition.com/Although this Web version is just a small piece of The Home Edition, it contains the entire section on the heart, the entire section on infections, the entire section on the eye, and the entire section on gynecology and obstetrics, along with the complete Table of Contents and list of contributors.
RxList: The Internet Drug Index
http://www.rxlist.com/Extensive information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Organizations
World Health Organization - http://www.who.org