Health & Medical Sciences

The health and medical sciences collection covers all aspects of human and animal health and medicine.

Sub-headings:

Aging

Branch of medicine (Geriatrics) dealing with the care of senior citizens and the elderly, and the treatment of their diseases.

Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco

Health effects of mind-altering and mood-altering substances. Also see Addictions.

Alternative Medicine

Systems of medical care that are based on methods of treatment or theories of disease that differ from those taught in recognized western-oriented medical schools.

Anatomy & Physiology

Information about the human body and its functions.

Disabilities

Incapacitation conditions and the period of such a condition; a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement.

Diseases, Disorders & Syndromes

Pathological conditions of a part of an organism resulting from causes such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.

Donors and Transplants

Information about donating blood, organs, tissue, and organ transplants in general.

Exercise & Fitness

Activities that require physical or mental exertion, usually performed to develop or maintain physical fitness.

First Aid

Emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available.

Health and Medical Sciences Blogs

Interactive weblogs where users can participate in discussions about medicine, its practice, role in society, practitioners, patients, and more.

Health & Medical Sciences News

Current events, recent research findings, and other news in the fields of health and medicine.

Health Care Issues

Sites about health-related public policy and the provision of health care plans and services.

History of Medicine

The practice of medicine throughout history.

Injuries

Treatment of wounds, trauma, and other disorders caused by external forces rather than disorders of an organic or pathological nature.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Health

Health topics and concerns unique to the LGBT community.

Medical Research

Research done to increase the body of knowledge available to professionals and practitioners in health, medical science, and related fields.

Medical Technology

The uses of computers and technology in the health sciences.

Medications & Pharmaceuticals

The use of chemical agents to promote recovery from injury or ailment.

Men's Health

Health matters unique to male physiology.

Mental Health

Mental illnesses and disorders affecting children or adults, from eating disorders to schizophrenia.

Nursing

Sites of interest to nurses or those interested in nursing as a career.

Nutrition & Diet

Foods and their role in nourishment; the evaluation of food substances according to medical criteria.

Occupational Health & Safety

Health matters occuring primarily in the workplace.

Oral Health & Dentistry

The prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, injuries, and malformations of the teeth, jaws, and mouth.

Pain Treatment & Management

Websites dedicated to providing information about general pain management and about treatment for pain resulting from specific medical conditions.

Pediatrics

Branches of medicine dealing with the care of infants and children and the treatment of their diseases.

Preventive Medicine

Branches of medicine dealing with preventing illness or its spread.

Public Health

Public Health includes organizations such as federal public heath websites, state departments of public health, and schools of public health.

Sexuality

Sex education issues and concerns.

Specializations

Sites devoted to particular practice areas; e.g. podiatry, proctology, ophthalmology, ear-nose-throat, etc.

Surgery

Sites for this subject cover specific types of surgery, techniques, and patient expectations.

Veterinary Medicine

Medical care of animals (especially pets), and the treatment of their diseases.

Women's Health

Health matters unique to female physiology.

Resources in this category:

About.com
http://www.about.com/

About.com hosts websites whose content and links are created and/or selected by hundreds of "Guides," experts who provide articles, advice, and resources on a particular subject. Search by broad channels or more specific topics.

All Health Topics at WEGO Health
http://www.wegohealth.com/all_health_topics

Web Directory. Experts collect sites related to health, health care, diseases, weight loss, and many other topics from across the web and gather them into categories related to users' interests.

American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
http://www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/

A starting point for "finding every type of national, international, model and online self-help support group that is available." Groups are available in a searchable database that can also be browsed by topic.

Anatomy Atlases
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/

Anatomy atlases is a digital library containing six different anatomy texts. These include the Atlas of Human Anatomy, Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section, Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy - A Functional Approach, Anatomy of First Aid - A Case Study Approach, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation and Lessons From a Bone Box.

Atlas of United States Mortality
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas...

"Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death." The book is divided up into sections in PDF format, which require the Adobe Acrobat Viewer.

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
http://www.centerwatch.com/

"An international listing of clinical research trials. You can use this listing to search for clinicaltrials, find out information about physicians and medical centers performing clinical research, and to learn about drug therapies newly approved by the Foodand Drug Administration. You may also sign up for an E-mail notification service, which will inform you of future postings in a particular therapeutic area."

Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/choosingadoctororhealthca...

This page is part of the MedlinePlus website maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes links to information on choosing a hospital, doctor, specialist, mental health provider, as well as links to research about consumer health issues.

Consumer Health Information Service
http://hml.org/CHIS/index.html

This site is subtitled "A Community Service of the Hawaii Medical Library," and includes a great deal of general consumer health information as well as specific information on health resources in Hawaii. Resources available here include links to health topics from "Alcohol" to "Women's Health (General)," prescription drug information, health careers, as well as an "Ask a Librarian" service.

Consumer Health Resources on the Internet
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/inters.html

This page is a publication of the University of Connecticut Health Center and includes links to a variety of consumer health information topics including: Directories and Meta Indexes; Full-text Publications; Medical Journals; News Services; Disease, Medical Conditions, General Health; Environmental Health, Quackery and Health Fraud, as well as resources specific to Connecticut.

Consumer.gov
http://www.consumer.gov/

A hub for consumer related concerns which links to federal agencies that regulate and review consumer goods and safety standards. Supports education and consumer awareness campaigns, providing up-to-date information.

Discovery Health
http://health.discovery.com/?clik=www_nav_dhc

A comprehensive resource for health information. Features include health news, a nutrition guide, health info for people of all different ages, a reference room, and "Ask a Doc."

Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse
http://www.dhi.gov.au/clearinghouse/default.htm

A central access point for multicultural health information sponsored by the Australian government but covers other countries as well. Covers topics such as refugee health, nutrition, ageing, mental health and many others. Also has links to international listservs.

eMedicine Health
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/

eMedicine Health is dedicated to providing consumer health information. "With more than 5500 pages of health content, the site contains articles written by physicians for patients and consumers. Each article is reviewed by 2 physicians and a PharmD. Current medical information is available in the Health Resource, First Aid and Emergencies, and Lifestyle and Wellness Centers."

Everyday Health
http://www.everydayhealth.com/

Health portal that provides information about popular health topics, medical conditions, prescription drugs, fitness, wellness, and mental health. The site has a medical expert index to search for questions and answers by condition and doctors' names. Index of health videos available for viewing.

familydoctor.org
http://familydoctor.org/

"Health information for the whole family." Browse by topic or by specific conditions. Includes several tools, such as a dictionary of medical terms and health calculators. A "Smart Patient Guide" helps you manage your healthcare, from choosing a doctor to paying the bills. Searchable.

FDA Drug Safety Podcasts
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/podcast/

Podcasts providing information and warnings about drugs

FirstGov for Consumers: Health
http://www.consumer.gov/health.htm

FirstGov for Consumers "is a 'one-stop' link to a broad range of federal information resources available online." These pages include all of FirstGov for Consumer's links on consumer health. Topics include: Aging/Elder Care, Buying Smart, Choosing Quality Health Care, Diet and Weight Control, Disease, Drugs, Exercise and Fitness, Health Risks & Prevention, Medical Procedures, Safety and Accident Prevention, Smoking/Tobacco Information.

Food Safety at Home
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_&_events/Food_Safety_at_Home_P...

Advice on how to prepare food safely, including updates on issues and information for holidays

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html

"Hardin MD is a "list of lists" - Its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. It includes subject listings in large "one-stop-shopping" sites, such as MedWeb and Yahoo, and also independent discipline-specific lists. Hardin MD subject pages indicate the length of lists in each subject, making it easy to see at a glance which lists are most comprehensive - These are often not the lists from the"one-stop-shopping" sites, but those developed by people within the field, which are well-known and frequently cited within the field, but not well-known outside it." The site also features links to health news online, the University of Iowa Virtual Hospital and other major index sites.

Healia - your search for health
http://www.healia.com/

Great search engine for finding medical and health-related resources online. Results can then be personalized according to sex, age, medical authority, reading level, internet browser type, and more! Not a replacement for a doctor or professional but a great tool to for helping the health care consumer be better informed.

Health Canada Online
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/

"Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. In partnership with provincial and territorial governments, Health Canada provides national leadership to develop health policy, enforce health regulations, promote disease prevention and enhance healthy living for all Canadians. Health Canada ensures that health services are available and accessible to First Nations and Inuit communities. It also works closely with other federal departments, agencies and health stakeholders to reduce health and safety risks to Canadians."

This searchable site has every information on health status of Canadians such as "Health Care", "Public Health", "Health Factors", "Regulated Products", "Health Research", "Regulation and Policy", etc.

www.health.gov
http://www.health.gov/

Directory of health sites from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There are sections for general health information, health news, special initiatives, and federal agencies.

HealthAtoZ
http://www.healthatoz.com/

A hierarchical subject guide to Internet resources in health and medicine, including Web sites, mailing lists, and newsgroups. All entries contain abstracts, and some are rated. Provides free access to the Medline article database.

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Presents information on a wide variety of health-related topics and includes a health encyclopedia, personal health management tools, and a directory of service and information providers.

Healthline
http://www.healthline.com/

Healthline is both a health search engine and a provider of its own articles on medical topics. This information clearinghouse offers its own doctor reviewed articles and searches other sites that its on-staff doctors and medical experts consider to be "the top health sites on the Web."

High School Bioethics Project
http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/

This site from the Penn Center for Bioethics contains a general introduction to bioethics, including a listing of related external links and organizations.

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Have you ever wondered how a car engine works? This site answers questions about the way all kinds of things work-- from refrigerators to computers to the human body.

Immunization Info
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/

"NNii's mission is to provide the best possible science-based information to everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization. NNii believes that immunization is one of the most important ways to protect against serious infectious diseases." Immunization information, daily immunization-related news, resources for parents, and searchable database of diseases and their vaccines.

InteliHealth
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html

Consumer health web site that provides "credible information and useful tools from the most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Established in 1996, InteliHealth has become one of the leading online health information companies in the world. InteliHealth is a subsidiary of Aetna U.S. Healthcare and InteliHealth is funded by Aetna U.S. Healthcare to the extent not funded by revenues from operations."

International Journal of Medical Sciences
http://www.medsci.org/

International Journal of Medical Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal publishing papers of significance in all areas of medical sciences. Articles include original research papers, reviews and short research communications.

Intute: Health and Life Sciences
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/

A web directory "providing access to evaluated, quality internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners."

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Library
http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/

Resource page for Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NCBRL). Provides links to resources and bibliographies on hundreds of subjects in the field of bioethics, including custom bibliographies by request.

MagPortal.com: Magazine Articles on Health
http://www.MagPortal.com/c/health/

A searchable, browsable directory of magazine articles related to health topics that are available online. Topics covered include: Diet & Nutrition; Exercise & Fitness; Illness, Injury & Treatments. Updated every few days.

Mayo Clinic Podcasts
http://podcasts.mayoclinic.org/

Information on a variety of health topics from the Mayo Clinic

MayoClinic.com: Tools for Healthier Lives
http://www.mayoclinic.com/

Health information from the famed Mayo Clinic. Includes centers for allergy and asthma, alzheimer's, cancer, children, heart, medicine, men, nutrition, and women. There's also a library of articles and features that allow users to ask questions of a Mayo physician or Mayo dietician and view previous questions and answers.

MedHunt
http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/MedHunt.html

"A search engine plus catalog for Web sites and documents related to health and medicine. Some sites are picked by hand, others are chosen by a robot.." This site also available in French.

Medi-Lexicon
http://www.medilexicon.com/

Dictionaries of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedial, and healthcare terms, abbreviations and acronyms, as well as other health-related resources.

Medical Humanities: Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database
http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Main?action=new

"Annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film and art developed as a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in medical humanities."

MedicalStudent.com
http://www.medicalstudent.com/

"Digital library of authoritative medical information designed to help all students of medicine. Provides a starting point for entry into medical places of enlightenment, entertainment and education on the Internet. Identifies authoritative medical World-Wide Web sites that can teach, illuminate, and inspire. Meant to serve as a 'pico portal' for users interested in quality medical resources on the Internet."

Medicdirect
http://www.medicdirect.co.uk/

"medicdirect is an innovative health website hosted by some of the leading medical consultants in the United Kingdom, providing a comprehensive health information website written by recognised experts in their particular field of medicine." This site provides a comprehensive guide for health and medical information. Includes areas dealing with common diseases and conditions, explaining symptoms, causes, and treatment; explanations of common tests and surgical procedures; advice on performing self-examinations; a virtual body tour; travel advice; information on prescription drugs; a special area for student health; and a section dealing with alternative medicine.

Medicine Net
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp

This site is recommended by Consumer Reports for offering valuable information online. The site is created by "a network of U.S. Board Certified Physicians working together to provide the public with current, comprehensive medical information, written in easy to understand language." It offers extensive information about diseases and treatments, prescription and non-prescription drugs, an archive of over 6000 answered medical questions organized by speciality, information about first aid, ad directory of poison control centers, medical news and an online medical dictionary.

MEDLINEplus
http://medlineplus.gov/

"MEDLINEplus pages contain carefully selected links to Web resources with health information.; Links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE database allow you to find references to latest health professional articles on your topic.; The adam.com medical encyclopedia brings health consumers an extensive library of medical images as well as over 4,000 of articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries; The adam.com medical encyclopedia is available from the MEDLINEplus Health Topics page; The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary allows you to look up definitions and spellings of medical words; Drug information is available from the United States Pharmacopeia via the USP's Drug Information (USP DI), Volume II, 'Advice for the Patient.' "

Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/

Provides news articles, articles of interest to each speciality, access to a number of online journals, online patient information brochures, and extensive information aimed at clinicians. Library services include MEDLINE access, a medical dictionary, clinical tips, practice guidelines from the CDC, and a drug search database that provides dosage, indications and interactions for over-the-counter and prescription medications.

MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

Online publication "written entirely by physicians but not just for physicians, nurses or allied health professionals. It was designed to be of use to everyone concerned about health -- their health and the health of those that matter to them."

MedZilla
http://www.medzilla.com/

"Established in 1994, MedZilla is the original Internet employment service for candidates and employers in Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, and other scientific fields." Job seekers may post resumes and search job listings; employers can find resumes and post available jobs.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html

Online version of one of the most widely used medical texts in the world. Covers symptoms and treatments for an extremely broad range of diseases, disorders, and other medical conditions. Emphasis and tone is aimed at medical professionals, but laypersons will find much of use here as well.

Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html

Browse or search medical terms in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

Museum of Bacteria
http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/

"The Foundation for Bacteria was founded in March 1999. The corporation's purpose is to promote, advance and advocate the common interest of the scientific community and the general public in scientific research and education related to bacteria, diseases caused by bacteria, and the utilization of bacteria to solve specific problems of humankind."

This site contains "What are Bacterias?"; "Pathogenic Bacteria"; "Evolution"; "Food And Water Safety"; "How We Fight Bacteria: The Immune System, Antibiotics, Vaccination"; "Bacterial Species Filing Cabinet"; and "Bacteria Special Features Files."

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

"The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information." This site contains health information resources for the general public and for the workplace, news and events, and funding information.

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

The NLM is the world's largest biomedical library. This website provides information about all of its major programs, including medical research, medical history, biotechnology, and HIV/AIDS resources. A wide variety of medical information is searchable for both professionals and consumers, including access to databases (e.g. MEDLINE and GenBank), fact sheets and newsletters, and toxicology and environmental health information.

NetWellness: Consumer Health Information
http://www.netwellness.org/

"Netwellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, and Case Western University." This site includes a library and a list of clinical trials ongoing in the state of Ohio.

New York State Department of Health Home Page
http://www.health.state.ny.us/

"Provides health-related information to consumers, health professionals, and researchers, and is an excellent, authoritative reference source for these audience groups. Includes: Adoption Information Registry information; press releases; communicable disease fact sheets; statistics on communicable disease such as rabies and sexually transmitted diseases, vital statistics; data on cancer, heart disease, stroke, environmental health, and HIV; hospital discharge statistics; directory by county of certified home health agencies, diagnostic and treatment centers, hospices, hospitals. long-term home health care programs, mammography facilities and nursing homes; research reports on topics such as coronary artery bypass surgery, cancer, and assisted suicide."

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah-health.org/

"New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project that brought together the unique assets and experience of four New York partners who have worked together on a variety of projects for 26 years: The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library. NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. NOAH currently supports English and Spanish. "

Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=1...

Your one stop for online federal information about nutrition, including links on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety. Links to government programs such as the Food Stamp Program, WIC (Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children), and the School Lunch and Breakfast programs, are available here as well.

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

"PubMed provides access to bibliographic information which includes MEDLINE as well as additional life science journals. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

"PubMed also provides access and links to the integrated molecular biology databases included in NCBI's Entrez retrieval system. These databases contain DNA and protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system. "

The World's Global Health Podcast
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=181...

News about health from all over the world

ThinkQuest
http://www.thinkquest.org/en/

Project sponsored by Oracle that encourages teachers and students to use technology in the classroom. The Library presents sites created by students for ThinkQuest's annual competition. The sites cover a wide range of topics, from sports to physics to health issues. Search or browse by topic.

Travelers' Health Podcasts
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentPodcasts.aspx

Updates on world health issues for people traveling abroad

USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/index.shtml

The U.S. Government's official web portal providing links to key information for citizens, businesses and nonprofits, government employees and visitors to the U.S. Includes a government agency index and topical list of available resources.

Web Sites You Can Trust, The CAPHIS Top 100 List
http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html

The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS), an interest section of the Medical Library Association, offers links to websites "CAPHIS members and other librarians with a resource to use in their daily practice and teaching." Topic areas include general, men's, women's, and senior health.

WellnessWeb - The Patient's Network
http://www.seekwellness.com/

The Patient's Network focuses on a "community approach to the delivery of health care information. It combines original material with links to dozens of other resources." The Patient's Network contains Medical Centers which are developed by patients and professionals. Medical Center departments include the Smoker's Clinic, Women's Health, Stress Control Center, Elders Watch and more.

Wolfram|Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Alpha quickly locates facts, graphs, definitions, tables, numbers, formulas, and other data. Use the "Examples" page to browse and see all the different topics covered.

YourTotalHealth
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/

Features articles on a wide range of health topics, including cancer, depression, sexual health, and sleep disorders. There are also health news items, a section of interactive online tools, and an ask the expert section where users send in questions for various practitioners to answer.