Patient Health Resources

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Name: MEDLINEplus from the National Library of Medicine
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Description: The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus information pages are designed to direct you to resources containing information that will help you research your health questions. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question. Both health professionals and consumers can depend on it for accurate, current, medical information. This service provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, clearinghouses, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials. There is no advertising on this site. MEDLINEplus does not endorse any company or product.

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Name: healthfinder®
URL: http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Description: Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, healthfinder® directs you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

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Name: NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
URL: http://www.noah-health.org/
Description: NOAH: New York Online Access to Health is a unique collection of state, local and federal resources selected by editors with consumers in mind. Searchers may select from a list of Health Topics which are then narrowed to include definitions, care and treatment, and lists of information resources. Many bilingual resources. Includes a Spanish list of resources.

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Name: familydoctor.org
URL: http://familydoctor.org
Description: From the American Academy of Family Physicians, this site offers patient education documents for common medical concerns and conditions. All of the information within familydoctor.org has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. The information is regularly reviewed and updated. The sections of the site include Health Info Handouts, AAFP Family Health Facts, Drug Information, Herbal and Alternative Remedies, FP Web Directory, and Self-Care Flowcharts.

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Name: adam.com Medical Encyclopedia
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
Description: adam.com is a leading online provider of health, medical, and wellness information. Their Medical Encyclopedia has been licensed by MEDLINEPlus. At this site, after choosing a topic, you can link through to an overview, a list of symptoms, treatments, and prevention. Each section has cross reference links to other related conditions.

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Name: Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
URL: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
Description: Developed by the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Hardin MD points to the most complete and frequently cited lists for health subjects, a list of lists.

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Name: MayoClinic.com
URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Description: MayoClinic.com offers a wealth of easy-to-understand information on health and medical topics. New material is added every workday, all reviewed for accuracy by Mayo Clinic experts.

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Name: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Seventeenth Edition, Centennial Edition
URL: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
Description: The Online edition to "The Merck Manual," a standard quick-reference text in medical libraries.

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Name: Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics; "MeSH Classified" Resources on Internet for lay persons
URL: http://micf.mic.ki.se/Diseases/
Description: From the Karolinska Institutet, Library, Stockholm, Sweden, these pages contain links to external ('no-charge') resources on the Internet dealing, in particular, with diseases and disorders, but also with a few other health/medical related topics. This site was one of the first medical lists of sites.

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Name: HealthLinks: Diseases and Common Conditions
URL: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/
Description: From the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries, HealthLinks provides a series of links to resources on the web and at U. Washington. It was one of the first such services developed in 1995. The Patient Toolkit found on the menu bar gives a list of mega-resources.

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Name: InteliHealth
URL: http://www.intelihealth.com/
Description: InteliHealth is a media company formed as a joint venture between Aetna U.S. HealthcareTM and the Johns Hopkins University Hospital and Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. 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. The information is drawn from reliable branded sources. All information and products on the site are looked at by a team of top medical experts before inclusion, to ensure reliability.

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Name: medem.com
URL: http://medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm
Description: This set of resources are produced by some of the nation's leading medical societies, including the American Medical Association. Medem's Medical Library has a full range of patient education information.

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Name: MedWeb
URL: http://www.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/default.htm
Description: MedWeb is a catalog of health related web sites maintained by the Emory University Health Sciences Center Library to provide access to biomedical information to improve education, research and patient care. There is a search box, a "Browse by Subject" link, and a health topics list under Consumer Health.

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Name: National Health Information Center
URL: http://www.health.gov/nhic
Description: NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. The site includes the Health Information Resource Database which contains information on 1,500 organizations and government offices.

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Name: The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide
URL: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/
Description: This resource is the online version of the Third Revised Edition, 1995, of this standard consumer health text. There are 34 chapters.

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Name: The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition - Interactive Edition on the Web
URL: http://www.merckhomeedition.com/home.html
Description: The Online interactive edition of "The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition," a comprehensive consumer text. The interactive edition takes a faster Internet connection and may not work on all browsers. Spanish Edition: http://www.msd.es/publicaciones/mmerck_hogar/index.html

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Name: Virtual Hospital - Common Problems in Adults
URL: http://www.vh.org/CommonProblems/CommonProblems.html
Description: from The Virtual Hospital at the University of Iowa. The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients and makes the Internet a useful tool for medical reference and health promotion.

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Name: Allhealth.com
URL: http://www.allhealth.com/
Description: Allhealth.com is the health channel of ivillage.com, the Women's Network. It has comprehensive information.

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Name: Health Care Information Resources
URL: http://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/top.html
Description: Health Care Information Resources makes information about health and disease accessible in the belief that the informed consumer is a more satisfied consumer of healthcare. The site is a series of lists compiled and maintained by Tom Flemming, McMaster University Health Sciences Library.

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Name: HealthCentral.com
URL: http://HealthCentral.com/
Description: This site is a network of information services providing consumers with highly personalized interactive tools, including custom newsletters, personalized health information pages and personalized risk assessments. HealthCentral is one of the few sites to actually feature a medical librarian. Rochelle Schmalz, MLS, answers individual e-mail from people around the world on how to find online health and medical information.

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Name: HealthLink
URL: http://healthlink.mcw.edu/
Description: This site put up by the Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians & Clinics from the Medical College of Wisconsin has health information on many topic and includes news and features.

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Name: HealthTouch Online for Better Health
URL: http://www.healthtouch.com/
Description: An extensive list of specialty and disease categorized single page patient education documents derived from professional and government organizations. In the Health Information Section, find up-to-date information on health, wellness, diseases, and illnesses. Other sections include: Drug Information Pharmacy Search Health Resource Directory and Product Information.

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Name: Med Help International
URL: http://www.medhelp.org/
Description: Use the Search engine to locate conditions. Patients can ask questions of doctors -- unlike some "ask the doctor" sites, this one meets high standards -- HON Code approved.

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Name: Medical Matrix
URL: http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp?
Description: Medical Matrix's target audience is primarily United States physicians and health care workers who are on the front line in prescribing treatment for disease conditions. Even though the site is oriented toward professionals, it is useful for motivated consumer who take the time to familiarize themselves with medical terminology. Disease categories are arranged in menus. It has several major strengths: it ranks sites, it is peer reviewed, and listed entries are annotated. (Registration required)

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Name: MedicineNet.com
URL: http://www.medicinenet.com/
Description: MedicineNet.com seeks to provide relevant, easy-to-read, in-depth medical information for consumers. Their health and medical information is written, reviewed and /or edited by one or more board-certified physicians. Through their peer reviewed-based Task Management System, they ensure that qualified professionals provide accurate, comprehensive and easy-to-understand information. They claim their content is not influenced by any advertiser, sponsor, company, product offering, or third party.

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Name: Medwebplus.com
URL: http://www.medwebplus.com/
Description: MedWebPlus is designed as a catalog of biomedical resources on the World Wide Web. Like the sources it describes, MedWebPlus is intended for audiences ranging from students to practitioners to patients to the healthy lay public. Erring on the side of inclusiveness, MedWebPlus excludes sites that are incomprehensible or that are blatant advertisements for services or publications.

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Name: Mylifepath.com
URL: http://www.mylifepath.com/
Description: Mylifepath.com is a free online health and wellness service provided by Blue Shield of California. The site provides customized healthcare news and information, and a wide variety of alternative health and wellness services.

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Name: NetWellness
URL: http://www.netwellness.org/
Description: NetWellness is a Web-based consumer health information service developed by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with many partners. The medical centers at Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University collaborate with the University of Cincinnati to provide the most current and accurate health information. Anyone with a connection to the World Wide Web can access NetWellness. However, some resources are commercially licensed for specific locations and may be used only from those locations. You can recognize such resources by the statement: "Available only at authorized locations." Clicking on "authorized locations" gives you a list of sites where you can gain access to the full suite of NetWellness resources.

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Name: ThriveOnline.com
URL: http://thriveonline.oxygen.com/
Description: Users enter query terms and retrieve fact sheets and article summaries on disease conditions, drugs, and surgical procedures. Sources include MDX Health Digest, Harvard Heart Letter, and Consumer Reports. From Time Warner.

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