Healthcare/Wellness
Addictions
Tobacco control - medical perspective - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/
Alternative/Holistic/Natural Medicine
http://alternative-medicine-and-health.com/
Holistic Health NEWS http://www.hhnews.com/
World Natural Health Organization http://www.wnho.net/
Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Chiropracty
Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm "objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies, as well as products for sexual dysfunction are included."
Holistic Resources
Meditation resources
The Meditation Society of Australia. http://www.meditation.org.au/
Fitness/Sports Medicine, Kinesiology, Ergonomics
Article: Sweat & Calcium loss http://whyfiles.org/055oddball/sweat.html
http://www.ironcoach.com/pages/
http://www.fitlinxx.com/
SportScience http://www.sportsci.org/index.html
Useful Links for Endurance Athletes http://home.hia.no/~stephens/coolinks.htm
Fitness Training http://www.fitness-training.net/
Institute of Health and Sport, Agder College, Kristiansand, Norway http://home.hia.no/
Excellent content-rich site about sports physiology http://home.hia.no/~stephens/index.html
The Physician and Sports Medicine http://www.physsportsmed.com/
A decent broad-spectrum of information http://sportsmedicine.about.com/
University of Florida College of Health & Human Performance http://hermes.hhp.ufl.edu/keepingfit/
YMCA www.ymca.net/
Michigan
Ann Arbor http://www.annarborymca.org/
Virginia
Chesapeake Greenbrier North YMCA Wellness/Racquetball Ctr http://www.ymcashr.org/default.asp?ID=217
Richmond http://www.ymcarichmond.org/
Stretching – comprehensive discussion http://www.faqs.org/contrib/stretching/
Kinesiology
Simon-Fraser School of Kinesiology http://fas.sfu.ca/kin/
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign Department of Kinesiology and Community Health http://www.als.uiuc.edu/kines/default.htm
University of Michigan Division of Kinesiology http://www.kines.umich.edu/
Ergonomics
http://www.apple.com/about/ergonomics/
Government health organizations
Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
WHO http://www.who.int/en/
FDA http://www.fda.gov/
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/
Medical Information
(General)
Afraid to Ask http://www.afraidtoask.com/index.html Reasonable depth, not too many ads
Good health info http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/Library/HealthLibrary.htm
Good Reference: http://health.allrefer.com/
Virtual Hospital (lots of good info) www.vh.org/
GettingWell http://www.gettingwell.com/
GP Notebook http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/homepage.cfm "...online encyclopaedia of medicine ... for clinicians..."
Medem http://www.medem.com/
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
Merck Manual of Medical Information - 2nd Home Edition, Online version http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Excellent site: http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/
Northwestern U.'s HealthGuide http://health_info.nmh.org/Library/HealthGuide/IllnessConditions/Default.htm
Personal MD http://www.personalmd.com/index.jsp
Online courses:
Infection Prevention Online Course http://www.engenderhealth.org/ip/index.html
British Columbia Health Guide
http://www.bchealthguide.org/kbaltindex.asp
www.bchealthguide.org/kbase/topic/detail/surgical/uh1231/detail.htm requires Canadian zip code. Try: V2A 8C9
Anatomy
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html National Library of Medicine, Visible Human Project
http://www.vh.org/navigation/vh/topics/adult_provider_anatomy.html
AMA's anatomy pages http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7140.html
http://summit.stanford.edu/ourwork/PROJECTS/LUCY/lucywebsite/infofr.html Stanford Visible Female
http://www.the-clitoris.com/n_html/n_anatomy.htm Anatomy of the Clitoris
The Heart: An Online Exploration http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Whole Brain Atlas http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
Gross Anatomy, from the College of Medicine at the S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical U./Syracuse http://www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossanat/
Behavioral
http://www.behavior.net/
Cognative Therapy
Dental
www.forensicdentistryonline.org/ Devoted to forensic dentistry...information on identifications, bitemarks, jrnls and books.
Marquette University School of Dentistry http://www.dental.mu.edu/
Dictionaries (see Research & Reference page)
Hospitals & Clinics (non-teaching)
MN, Rochester Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
VA, Richmond, Henrico Doctors http://www.henricodoctorshospital.com/
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm
Imaging
Neuroimaging Primer http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/hms1.html and http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/hms2.html
Information on practicioners:
ABMS http://www.abms.org/default.asp
BestDoctors http://www.bestdoctors.com/en/default.htm
DocFinder from Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html
DrData http://www.drdata.org/
Federation of State Medical Boards http://www.docinfo.org/
HealthGrades http://www.healthgrades.com/
National Patient Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/
Virginia board of medicine
http://www.dhp.state.va.us/medicine/default.htm
http://www.vahealthprovider.com/
Journals
Collections:
Lots of Medical Journals, some require $$$ subscription http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/
http://www.ingenta.com/ "The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications..."
http://www.bmjjournals.com/
Also check out the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) http://www.doaj.org/
JAMA http://jama.ama-assn.org/
BMJ http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/
The Physician and Sports Medicine http://www.physsportsmed.com/journal.htm
The Lancet http://www.thelancet.com/
New England J. http://content.nejm.org/
Medical Schools, Education & Licensure
Boston University Medical Campus http://www.bumc.bu.edu/
University of Maryland Medicine http://www.umm.edu
University of Southern California Health Sciences http://www.usc.edu/hsc/
Stanford Medical School http://med.stanford.edu/
Prep for USMLE http://www.prep4usmle.com/
Review for US Medical Licensing Exam http://www.usmle.net/
United States Medical Licensing Examination http://www.usmle.org/
Federation of State Medical Boards http://www.fsmb.org/
Organ Donation
National Marrow Donor Program http://www.marrow.org/
United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.unos.org/
Coalition on Donation http://www.shareyourlife.org/
Pathologies – Categories
Sleeping disorders http://www.sleepfoundation.org/default.cfm
American Sleep Apnea Association http://www.sleepapnea.org/
Pathologies – Specific
Actinic Keratoses (AK) http://www.derm-infonet.com/actinickeratosesnet/index.html
ADHD http://www.adhdexpertsoncall.com/
Alzheimer's Disease
Asperger's Syndrome
Autism http://www.autism-watch.org/
Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) http://www.biid.org/
Cancer http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/
Locks of Love – hairpieces for those with medical hairloss http://www.locksoflove.org/
Cancer, Breast
http://www.cancerfacts.com/DefaultSecure.asp "…online resource for cancer patients, their families, and caregivers is dedicated to delivering accurate and personalized information at a time of need."
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm
Colorblindness (monochromasy,trichromasy,protanomaly,deuteranomaly,dichromasy)
What Is Colorblindness and the Different Types? http://colorvisiontesting.com/color2.htm
How things look to colorblind people http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html one part of a comprehensive discussion of color
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating 10yr Risk of Developing Hard CHD (Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Death) http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp?usertype=prof
Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease http://www.lifestyleadvantage.org/home.html
Texas Heart Institute http://www.tmc.edu/thi/index.html
Heart Owners Update http://www.tmc.edu/thi/houpdate.html
Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp?usertype=pub
Diabetes
Hyperthyroidism
Lymphedema
National Lymphedema Network www.lymphnet.org/
Macular Degeneration
Melanoma http://www.derm-infonet.com/melanomanet/index.html
Muscular Dystrophy http://www.nationalmssociety.org/
Ocular Polystigmatism http://world.std.com/~leep/poly/index.html
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
RLS Support Group http://www.rlshelp.org/ with lots of good info & links
Smallpox http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/smallpox/factsheet.html
West Nile Virus
Patient Rights
http://www.npsf.org/
Pharmaceutical Information
National Associationn of Boards of Pharmacy www.nabp.net
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists http://www.ashp.org/
http://home.intekom.com/pharm/
New Zealand medicines and medical devices safety authority http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/
Quasi-PDR online http://www.gettingwell.com/drug_info/
Drug identification http://www.gettingwell.com/drug_info/rxdrugprofiles/drugs/per1326.shtml
www.defectivedrugsfyi.com
Excellent site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
The "Orange Book" – List of Controlled Substances http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/orangebook2004.pdf
http://www.fda.gov
United States pharmacopeia http://www.usp.org/
Yale New Haven Health Drug Guide http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/library/healthguide/en-us/drugguide/Default.htm
Worst Pills http://www.worstpills.org/ "the latest information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements"
Specific medications and classes of medications:
Statins – http://www.impostertrial.com/patient.htm good info on statins and side effects
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) http://www.phrma.org/
and their clinical study results database http://www.clinicalstudyresults.org/
GlaxoSmithKline http://www.gsk.com/products/consumerhealthcare.shtml#products/
Merck
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
Merck Veterinary Manual http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp
Merck Manual of Medical Information - 2nd Home Edition, Online version http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
Clinical Trials
clinicaltrials.gov/ provides patients, family members, and members of the public easy and free access to information on clinical studies for a wide range of diseases and conditions.
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ has info on cancer trials
Trials Central http://www.trialscentral.org/ "...free and confidential access to listings of clinical trials."
Center Watch http://www.centerwatch.com/ "The Information Source for the Clinical Trials Industry
PhRMA's Clinical study results database http://www.clinicalstudyresults.org/
Professional Organizations
Cancer (general)
American Cancer Research Center http://www.amc.org
Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology http://www.aad.org Good site!
also http://www.derm-infonet.com/ Also a good site!
General/Family Practice
American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
Miscellaneous
National Practicioner Data Bank/Healthcare Protection Data Bank http://www.npdb-hipdb.com/
Ophthalmology
American Academy of Ophthalmology http://www.aao.org/
Otolaryngology --Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology http://www.entnet.org/
...and for providers http://www.entlink.net/
Psychiatric
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org
National Practicioner Data Bank/Healthcare Protection Data Bank http://www.npdb-hipdb.com/
Sexuality
Society of Sexual Health Advisors http://www.ssha.info/
Self Improvement
http://www.selfimprovement.ch/
The Stanford ForgivenessProject http://www.stanford.edu/~alexsox/forgiveness.htm
Senior Health
NIH National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
NIH Senior Health http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
Gerontology Research Group http://www.grg.org/
Sexuality
Sex Education Web Circle http://www.sexuality.org/wc/
Afraid to Ask http://www.afraidtoask.com/
Sexual Health Advice Centre (for young people) http://www.addenbrookes.org.uk/shac/index.html
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/GUS_MAIN_INDEX.HTM (online research project)
The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/IES/xmain.html
The World's Largest Web Site on Human Sexuality http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/
Femme-centric
http://www.the-clitoris.com/
http://www.clitoris-information.com/
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Atrium/9135/Page1.htm
http://www.solotouch.com/home.php Femme-centric
http://www.beinggirl.com/en_US/flashindex.html Teenage sexuality
Sex trivia
http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-012.htm
http://www.sexualrecords.com/
Specialties
Aphasia (impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words) http://www.aphasia.org/
Cardiology http://www.heartcenteronline.com/index2.cfm
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Metalinks: http://www.entnet.org/links/index.cfm
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/default.htm
Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program http://mit.edu/shbt/
Speech-Language Pathologist http://speech-languagepathologist.org/
University at Buffalo Dept of Communicative Disorders and Sciences http://wings.buffalo.edu/soc-sci/cds/
UCSF Audiology Clinic http://www.ucsf.edu/audio/
U memphis School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology http://www.ausp.memphis.edu/
U Mississippi Communicative Disorders http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/comm_disorders/index.htm
U Wisconsin-Madison Dept of Communicative Disorders http://www.comdis.wisc.edu/
U Wisconsin-Whitewater Dept of Communicative Disorders http://academics.uww.edu/commdis/
Vanderbilt ... Center for Otolaryngology & Communication Sci. http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/VanderbiltBillWilkersonCenter/
Wake Forest - Center for Voice Disorders http://www.bgsm.edu/voice/
World Health Org - Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment http://www.who.int/pbd/pdh/pdh_home.htm
VoiceTrainer http://www.voicetrainer.com/
"The Woman's Professional Voice"
* Discover your authentic voice - the voice that expresses the "inner you."
* Speak with clarity, project with power.
* Use your voice to gain influence over any situation.
* Master the essentials of "non-verbal communication" - beyond mere body language.
* Practice "assertive" language strategies.
Palliative Care
Veterinary
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/index.html Dog Owners Guide – has good medical info
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp
http://www.petsuppliesnet.com/shop.htm best price I've seen for Frontline Plus
http://www.vetinfo.com/dencyclopedia/deindex.html Encyclopedia of Canine Veterinary Medical Information
Weight Control
BMI calculator http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
Womens Health
Related: Breast Cancer
EngenderHealth http://www.engenderhealth.org/ "Improving Women's Health Worldwide"
Ethnicity, Needs, Decisions of Women http://www.dopm.uab.edu/endow/ Focus on hysterectomies
National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
Network for Excellence in Women's Sexual Health
Pregnancy health center http://www.avera.org/adam/
Women's Health Initiative (of the NIH) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/
Reproductive Health
Birthing Naturally http://www.birthingnaturally.net/
Miscellaneous Healthcare
Daily UV Index provided by NOAA http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_index/uv_current.html
Ask Alice - Columbia University's Health Q&A Internet Service http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/
An interesting site with diverse topics http://www.karlloren.com/
The lowdown on grapefruit/medication interaction www.powernetdesign.com/grapefruit/
Healthcare Search Engine http://www.healthcyclopedia.com/
Metalinks
HealthWeb http://healthweb.org/
Quackwatch http://www.quackwatch.org/ index.html "...combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies."