Diseases and Drugs
GENERAL RESOURCES
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Centers for Disease Control -- (an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services) The site has resources about diseases, conditions, and other special topics arranged under "Health Topics A-Z," and "Travelers' Health," with health recommendations for travelers worldwide. There are also sections on health topics in the news and health hoaxes. Information is also available in Spanish.
- Check Your Symptoms -- Need information as you determine what to do about your symptoms? Click the part that hurts, and up pops a list of symptoms. Tips help with the diagnosis and tell you when to visit a real doctor.
- Medem -- This site is a project of the leading medical societies in the United States. Some of the founding societies include the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health -- This site has a unique collection of state, local, and federal health resources for consumers. Information is available in both English and Spanish.
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Interactive
Health Tutorials -- from MEDLINEplus Health Information.
- Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family -- from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- MedlinePlus Drug Information -- Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications is provided through two drug resources -- MedMaster™, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
- See also Drugs web sites selected by ACC Reference Librarians.
SPECIAL GROUPS
Other Languages
- A Su Salud -- Resources of health information in the Spanish language from South Texas Community College
- Asian Language Patient Information from Tufts University - Dubbed SPIRAL for “Selected Patient
Information Resources in Asian Languages, it has detailed health information in seven
Asian languages, specifically Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Laotian,
Thai and Vietnamese.
- Multilingual
Health Information from the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine
- Health Education Brochures in Multiple Languages -- from the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library - Electronic access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languages. The brochures focus on diseases, conditions, treatments and health services for all ages.
- Other sites previously mentioned: NOAH, CDC, MedlinePlus also provide information in Spanish.
Other Groups
- NIH Senior Health -- Featuring health information for older adults; developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine.
- Senior/Elder Housing -- Administration on Aging information on Elderly and Families
- Women's Health Resources from the New York Times -- A thorough array of women's health sites put together by the New York Times. Sites are useful and authoritative, and arranged by dozens of topics, such as "Cholesterol" or Osteoporosis.
- National Women's Health Information
Center -- A service of the Office on Women's Health (OWH), this site "provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women’s health information resources. Our site on the World Wide Web can help you link to, read, and download a wide variety of women’s health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources."
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The Body: An AIDS & HIV
Information Resource -- A service of the Body Health Resources Corporation, The Body compiles information from many resources in one place. Sources of information include 15,000 resources, so be aware that some information at this site may be contradictory. Topic areas include Getting Help, Insight from Experts, AIDS Basics & Prevention, Treatment, and more.
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HIV InSite Gateway -- Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
- Oncolink? : A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource -- provides information on the various forms of cancer and issues of interest to cancer patients and their families.
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse -- Treatments, Complications, Statistics, Clinical Trials, info in Spanish, etc., from the National Institute of Diabetes..., National Institutes of Health.
FIRST AID
..Special Groups