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 Physician Select -- 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
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.; CalHospitalCompare -- Rating hospital quality in California.; California Association of Health Facilities - Facility Search Form -- Directory of licensed nursing homes in California.; California Quality of Care Report Card - HMOs; Hospital Compare; Hospital Directory; National Committee for Quality Assurance -- Information on the quality of managed care plans, including HMOs.
Prescription 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.; Healthtouch - Drug Information -- Information on 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications.; HelpingPatients: Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs; InteliHealth Drug Resource Center -- Information provided by Harvard Medical School.; Listing of Newly Approved Drug Therapies Information on drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.; Medicines in Development; NeedyMeds -- Information on patient assistance programs of major drug companies.; 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: 24 Language Project -- Consumer health brochures in multiple languages.; AllAllergy -- Gateway to all asthma, allergy, and intolerance information on the Web.; California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs; Cancer.gov -- National Cancer Institute.; CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service -- Information for patients and research professionals relating to clinical trials.; Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics -- MeSH classified resources on the Internet.; Dr. Koop -- Health information.; eHealthcare Bot -- Search engine for healthcare resources.; eMedicineHealth; Family Doctor; Find Health News; Genes and Disease; Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects; Genetics Home Reference; Globalhealthfacts -- Data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators.; 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 - Diagnostic Tests; 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 - Library -- Library of more than 6,000 diseases and 12,000 photos and illustrations.; Healthline; HMO Help Center -- Information provided by the California Department of Managed Health Care.; 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; MedBioWorld -- Good source for journals.; Medem: Anatomy & Medical Illustrations; Medical Information on the Internet: Guide for Reporters and Consumers -- Tutorial to finding medical information,; Medicine Portal; MedicineNet -- Part of the WebMD Network.; MedTerms Dictionary; MeL: Health Information Resources; Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition; Merck Manuals -- Includes online editions for geriatics, diagnosis and therapy, health and aging; National Center for Health Statistics; NetWellness; NOAH: New York Online Access to Health -- Consumer health information in English and Spanish.; On-line Medical Dictionary; 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 Disease Information and Research; Revolution Health; 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: MyPyramid -- Information about the food guide pyramid released in 2005 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.; Nutrition Information and Resource Center; 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 HealthCare Foundation; California Nursing Homes; 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 Consumer Magazine; 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; MyZiva -- Provides information on licensed nursing homes in the United States.; 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.; Tobacco Information & Prevention Sourcepage; 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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