Health Library Research Index

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Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Covers a wide range of health topics from an internationally recognized authority: news items, research updates, disease briefs, and prevention guidelines.

KidsHealth.Org
Excellent pamphlet-type information for children, parents, and practitioners. Provides information on infections, behavior & emotions, nutrition, surgery, and growing up healthy.

Medicare
Medicare.gov is the U.S. Government's official site for Medicare Information. One of Its main features is Medicare Compare, an interactive database that includes detailed information on Medicare's Health Plan options. A handbook, Medicare and You 2000, is available in English, Spanish and Chinese. Many of the diseases prevalent among older adults and the Medicare coverage available for their treatment are described. The Nursing Home Search allows visitors to find information on licensed nursing homes, including the most recent inspection results.

Nutrition Navigator
Tufts University's online rating and review guide for nutrition information on the Internet.

Oncolink
From the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, this site is designed for health care personnel, cancer patients, and their families, and offers current information and links relevant to the field of oncology.

Medline Plus
Provides links to PubMed and Internet Grateful Med, as well as selected consumer health resources such as medical dictionaries and databases, clearinghouses, hospital directories, and much more.

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
NOAH is a guide in English and Spanish to the latest health information and resources from volunteer and local governmental agencies and from other health sites on the Internet.

Alternative Medicine Homepage
From the Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh - a gateway to sources of information on unconventional, alternative, complementary, innovative, and integrative therapies.

RxList
In-depth profiles of 500 prescription drugs, (roughly 90 percent of what is on the market and under development in the United States). The online medical community's drug reference source.

Thrive OnLine
Provides resources on healthy living, including medicine, sexuality, fitness, nutrition and outdoor adventure.

Food and Drug Administration
Internet FDA contains a wide range of information about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its regulation of food, drugs, medical devices, and the blood supply, as well as information about how to report problems with the products the FDA regulates.

Health Reference Center
INFOTRAC's Health Reference Center covers a broad array of topics relating to consumer health and wellness. The database provides citations, abstracts, and selected full text for articles from a variety of health publications.

Healthfinder
A consumer health site providing links to selected online publications, databases, web sites and support groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable health information.

NY Academy of Medicine
Online access to one of the largest medical libraries in the United States with a collection that includes nearly 705,000 volumes, 275,000 portraits and illustrations, and 182,000 pamphlets.