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In The News

H1N1 Resources

Fibromyalgia Awareness in May

Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine Homepage - http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
A metasite leading to many others on alternative medicine.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - http://nccam.nih.gov/nccam/
From the U.S. National Institute of Health.

Dictionaries

Healthopedia --http://www.healthopedia.com
Daily updated comprehensive source of consumer health and medical information.

Medline Plus Dictionary --http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary--http://www.m-w.com/medical/doctor

Online Medical Dictionary - http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/

Disabilities

DisabilityInfo.gov - http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
Comprehnsive resources of federal government programs on employment, education, housing, transportation, health, benefits, etc.

Disabled Topics from Librarians Index to the Intenet - http://www.lii.org/search/file/disabled
Both general and specific resources.

Family Village - http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
Well organized guide to information and contacts in the realms of disabilities and chronic health conditions.

Trace Center - http://trace.wisc.edu
Links to assistive technology, regulatory, design and accessibility sites.

Drug Information

All these sites list purposes, ingredients, effects, and contraindications for prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs --http://www.crbestbuydrugs.com

Healthtouch Drug Information - http://www.healthtouch.com/
Includes dietary supplements.

Medicare (Official U.S. Government Medicare site) - http://www.medicare.gov/default.asp. See also: Prescription Drug Coverage

Medicare Rights Center - http://www.medicarerights.org/

Medline Drug Information - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
In Spanish or English.

PDRHealth --http://pdrhealth.com/home/home.aspx
A free consumer health information site from the publishers of the Physicians' Desk Reference.

Prescription Drug Resource Center, State of Wisconsin --
http://www.drugsavings.wi.gov

RxList; The Internet Drug Index - http://www.rxlist.com

General Guides and Search Engines

All of these provide links to authoritative information on a variety of health conditions. Some distinguishing characteristics are noted.

Cancer Information Service - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
From the National Cancer Institute, this free information and education source provides recent, accurate information on cancer for patients, families, the general public and health professionals.

Centers for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov
The latest public health information, including In the News, Traveler's Health, and Public Health Emergency Prepardness and Response.Healthfinder - http://www.healthfinder.gov/
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Cleveland Clinic: For Your Health - http://www.cchs.net/hinfo/

Common health conditions and over 800 health related topics.

Evaluating Internet Health Information --http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html
A tutorial from the National Library of Medicine on how to evaluate internet health sites. Requires the Flash plug-in version 6 or above.

HealthWeb - http://www.healthweb.org/index.cfm
Comprehensive health and medical information sponsored by the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Healthy Wisconsin People - http://www.healthywisconsin.org/
A "gateway to quality health information" from the Wisconsin Area Health Educaton Centers.

Intelihealth - http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH
From Harvard Medical School and Aetna InteliHealth. Includes Interactive Tools to help you decide if you should seek medical advice.

Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online - http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/
Profiles of the health status of individual states including state comparisions.

Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Also see specific services: Children's Health | First-Aid Guide | Men's Health | Senior Health | Women's Health

Med Facts - http://www.NationalJewish.org/
Specializing in respiratory, allergic and immune system diseases.

Medical Law - http://wsll.state.wi.us/topic/medlaw/index.html
Legal and consumer information about health and medicine in Wisconsin from the Wisconsin State Law Library.

MEDLINE Plus - http://www.medlineplus.gov
From the National Library of Medicine, consumer health links to reliable information, directories, dictionaries, an encyclopedia, drug information, Go Local, and organizations. PubMed is a search service providing free access to over 11 million citations and abstracts from life sciences journals in the Medline database

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
Merck Manual, Home Edition - http://www.merckhomeedition.com
Two versions of a widely respected text--one for professionals and one in plain English for consumers.

State of Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care - http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/
Getting care, paying for it, dealing with problems related to it.
Se Alson: Prescription Drug Resource Center, State of Wisconsin

Vitalseek - http://www.vitalseek.com
Search engine for health web sites accredited by the American Accreditation Health Care Commission.

Locators

Doctor Finders:
American Board of Medical Specialties - http://www.abms.org
(Need to register to search)
AMA Physician Select - http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
DR Connection (Wisconsin Medical Society - Physician Directory)

Hospital Finders:
American Hospital Directory - http://www.ahd.com/freesearch.php3
JCAHO Quality Check - http://www.jcaho.org/qualitycheck/directry/directry.asp
From the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Organizations:
Dirline (Directory of Health Organizations Online)
Location and descriptive information on over 8,000 organizations in the health and biomedicine
fields

Consumer Ratings:

Consumer Health Ratings
The guide has an extensive list of organization-specific comparisons for hospitals, health plans, and nursing homes both within Wisconsin and covering all other states.  Topics include both cost and quality. Produced locally in Verona, WI.

HealthRatings.org - http://healthratings.org/
This site "provides consumers with a one-stop destination to help determine whether a health Web site is credible and reliable". Requires newer version of Flash for site to work.

 

Mental Health

American Psychological Association Help Center - http://helping.apa.org/
How psychology can help with problems such as stress and depression. Also includes when and how to access psychological services.

Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central - http://psychcentral.com/grohol.htm
Calls itself "Your one-stop index for psychology, support, and mental health issues."

Knowledge Exchange Network - http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
From National Mental Health Services, resources on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

Mental Help Net - http://mentalhelp.net/
Online support groups, clinician yellow pages, self help resources, journal articles and more.

Wisconsin United for Mental Health - http://www.wimentalhealth.org
Mental illness and its treatment, with Wisconsin resources.

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