Health Information
[Health Professionals][Hospitals and HMOs][Prescription Drug Information][General Health]
[Mental Health][Indexes and Periodicals][Nutrition][Food Safety][Miscelleneous Health Information]
- Health Professionals
- ABMS Certified Doctor Home Page -- Information provided by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Includes verification of board certification status. Registration required.
- AMA DoctorFinder -- Basic information about physicians' credentials on virtually every licensed physician in the U.S. and possessions.
- DocFinder -- Physician license information from participating state Medical Boards.
- Doctor Directory
- Find an Allergist -- Provided by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
- Find a Dentist -- Provided by the American Dental Association.
- Medical Board of California Physician License Lookup
- Physician Compare
- Hospitals and HMOs
- American Hospital Directory -- Information on any hospital that treats Medicare patients. Includes characteristics, finances, services, and accrediation status. More detailed information for subscribers.
- America's Best Hospitals -- Provided by U.S. News.
- CalQualityCare -- Rating quality of health care in California.
- California Association of Health Facilities - Facility Search Form -- Directory of licensed nursing homes in California.
- California Quality of Care Report Card
- Hospital Compare -- Provided by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
- Hospital Directory
- National Committee for Quality Assurance -- Information on the quality of managed care plans, including HMOs.
- Prescription Drug Information
- CenterWatch Drug Information
- Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
- DailyMed -- Current medication information provided by the National Library of Medicine.
- Drug Information Portal -- Provided by the National Library of Medicine.
- DrugDigest -- Noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information.
- Drugs & Supplements -- Information provided by the Mayo Clinic.
- Drugs@FDA -- Catalog of FDA approved drug products.
- Drugs.com -- Searchable database of over 24,000 prescription and OTC drug descriptions. It includes information from the Physicians' Desk Reference.
- Medicines in Development
- NeedyMeds -- Information on patient assistance programs of major drug companies.
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance
- PDR Health -- Information from the Physician's Desk Reference in lay terms.
- Pill Identifier -- Visual pill identifier and drug image library.
- Prescription Drug Coverage -- Information from Medicare.
- RxList The Internet Drug Index -- Search by drug name.
- SafeMedication.com
- General Health Resources
- Right Care
- California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
- Cancer.gov -- National Cancer Institute.
- CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Center for Medical Consumers
- CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service -- Information for patients and research professionals relating to clinical trials.
- eHealthcare Bot -- Search engine for healthcare resources.
- Family Doctor
- Genes and Disease
- Genetics Home Reference
- Global Library of Women's Medicine
- Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources -- From the University of Iowa, this is a comprehensive list of lists.
- Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
- Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets -- Provided by the Right to Know Program from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
- Health Library -- The Health Library is a community service provided by Stanford University.
- HealthCentral
- Healthline
- KidsHealth -- Doctor-approved health information about children from birth through adolescence.
- Lab Tests Online -- Peer-reviewed, non-commercial, and patient-centered.
- Martindale's Virtual Medical Center -- Over 62,600 teaching files, 136,500 medical cases, 1,325 multimedia courses/textbooks, multimedia tutorials, and databases by subject.
- Mayo Clinic
- Mayo Clinic First-Aid Guide
- Medical Encyclopedia
- Medicine Portal
- MedicineNet -- Part of the WebMD Network.
- MedlinePlus -- Good starting place for medical information.
- MedTerms Dictionary
- Merck Manuals -- Includes online editions for geriatics, diagnosis and therapy, health and aging
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Library of Medicine
- NetWellness
- OncoLink -- Comprehensive cancer information provided by the University of Pennsylvania Center.
- PDRhealth
- Pollen.com -- Local pollen counts searchable by zip code.
- Pollen & Mold Counts -- Information provided by the National Allergy Bureau
- Rare Diseases Research
- HealthReach -- Health information in multiple languages.
- Symptom Checker
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Visual Medical Dictionary
- WebMD
- Mental Health
- Mental Health America
- NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health - publications
- The Phobia List -- Indexed by name and subject.
- Indexes and Periodicals
- AMA Publications
- PubMed -- National Library of Medicine's search service to Medline with links to participating on-line journals.
- Nutrition
- Choose My Plate -- Information about food nutrition from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Nutrition, Diet and Health
- USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
- USDA Nutrient Database -- Search by keyword.
- Food Safety
- Bad Bug Book -- Information regarding foodborne disease.
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- FoodSafety -- Gateway to government food safety information.
- Miscellaneous Health Information
- California Department of Managed Health Care Help Center
- California HealthCare Foundation
- California Registry -- Directory of senior housing, retirement living, and nursing homes.
- CANHR's Nursing Home Guide -- Search for a nursing home in California.
- CAPHIS Top 100 List: Web Sites You Can Trust
- Dietary Supplements Labels Database -- Offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements.
- FDA For Consumers
- Globalhealthfacts -- Data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators.
- Health Pages: the Voice of the Health Care Consumer
- Health Plans
- Herbal Safety
- Household Products Database -- Health and safety information on household products.
- Immunization Information
- Learn CPR
- Medi-Cal -- Provides Medi-Cal news, research, and analysis. Includes county-specific information.
- Medicare -- The official U.S. Government site for Medicare Information.
- Medicare - Nursing Home Compare
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine -- Provides health information and access to medical libraries in the United States.
- Quackwatch -- Guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisionmaking.
- Skin Deep: a Safety Assessment of Ingredients in Personal Care Products -- Database of chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products.
- Smoking and Tobacco Use
- Tox Town -- Environmental health concerns and toxic chemicals where you live, work, and play.
- TOXNET -- Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
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