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If you need to cure hangnail or just lost a limb, these sites will guide you through the ins and outs of health and medical cures, symptoms, procedures, remedies and preventions.

A - C

About Breast Cancer
ACSH - American Council on Science and Health - health information reference page.
Access Health Online
Achoo - The Global Healthcare Community At Your Fingertips
adam.com - includes information on diseases, symptoms, therapies, tests, treatments, drugs, and news.
Addiction Resource Guide - directory of treatment programs, alcoholism, addictions substance abuse and chemical dependency.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AIDS News on the Net
AIDS Resources - a multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource
All About Health News Magazine - health news, facts, and columns from medical pros
AllAllergy.net - directory of links to allergies, asthma, and intolerance and related resources on the Internet. The articles are organized by subjects and identified with content ratings, the target audience, and the type of originator. The databases are searchable by keywords or categories.
AL-ANON and ALATEEN
AltMed Register
ADEAR Center- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral - National Institute on Aging
Alzheimer's Disease Review
Alzheimer Research Forum
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Academy of Ophthalmology - site provides the latest information and innovations about allergies and asthma. Information on allergy specialists, diagnosis and treatment, and support organizations are available in the patient/public resource center menu.
American Academy of Neurology - information on a variety of conditions and procedures.
America's Best HMOs - U.S. News Online's state-by-state rankings of 271 of the nation's managed-care plans. It also provides the scores for 28 measures of quality covering the categories of prevention, adults' access to care, member satisfaction, physicians' credentials, and children's access to care.
American Council for Drug Education
American Heart Association
America's Housecall Network - useful and comprehensive search tool for all health issues. You can look up any number of ailments and diseases.
American Lung Association - Topics include asthma, tobacco control, emphysema, asbestos, radon, ozone.
American Prostate Society
Aneurysm Information Project
Applied Informatics--Using the NII to Coordinate Healthcare We are using electronic medical records, wireless telecommunications, expert systems, and the World Wide Web to address the coordination of health care in Northern Manhattan.
Arbor Nutrition Guide -- Guide to Nutrition Resources
Arc - National Organization on Mental Retardation, The
arthritisLINK - patient information on rheumatology, diseases and drugs, information for general practitioners and more.
Arthritis News on the Net
Ask NOAH About: Pregnancy
Ask the Pharmacist
ALS Association - Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease in which degeneration of nerve cells that control the muscles leads to eventual paralysis.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - NIMH
Autism Society of America (ASA) - The official ASA Web site provides basic description of the disorder, its causes, diagnosis, and definitions of relevant terms.
BBA: Review of Cancer Online
BCOM - Baylor College of Medicine Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences
The BLONZ Guide to Nutrition, Food Science and Helath
Baldspot Homepage, The
Bereavement and Hospice Support Netline
Best Doctors - worldwide healthcare services
Best USA Hospitals 2000 - Site assists you in your search for the highest level of medical care. Also provides top hospitals by geographic region.
Better Homes & Garden's Guide to Colds, Flu, and Allergies
BioWEB - Biorhythms on the Web
Blindness Resource Center - Has hundreds of links related to computer technology for persons with visual impairments and blindness
Dr. Frank Boehm's Essays
Breath of Life - Online exhibition at the National Library of Medicine examines the history of asthma, the experiences of people with asthma, and contemporary efforts to understand the disease.
Blue Cares - Blue Cross Home Page
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
CDC Diabetes - features state contacts, articles, a Diabetes Fact Sheet and an opportunity to ask about diabetes.
California Emergency Medical Services Authority Home Page
CancerNet - National Cancer Institute
Cancer News on the Net
Cancerpage.com - "Created for patients and their loved ones, we are your trusted source for the latest news, research, and information on prevention, detection, and treatment. We're here as a complete cancer information and community resource to help at a time when you or your loved ones may be frightened or uncertain."
Captioned Media Program - Site provides captioned media on a free loan basis to deaf and hard of hearing persons, their families, teachers, and others who work with this population.
Cardiac News on the Net
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Caregiver Network - An online resource center for caregivers of the ill and/or elderly. Find information on government agencies, in-home care, products/services, support groups, medical information, and bulletin boards
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Certified Doctor - verify that your specialist is board certified or search for a physician in your area.
Children's Medical Center of Dallas - As one of the country's most highly regarded pediatric facilities, Children's offers diagnosis and treatment for a wide spectrum of childhood diseases and disorders.
Deepak Chopra - "melding modern theories of quantum physics with the timeless wisdom of ancient cultures."
Chronic Illness
Clinical Pharmacology 2000 - has information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, herbs, and nutritional supplements. It includes new and investigational drugs. Entries cover use, interactions, dosage, adverse effects, and off-label uses.
Combined Health Information Database, The - provides titles, abstracts, and citations for health information and health education resources.
Complete Home Medical Guide - 3rd Edition, 1995
Consumer MedHelp - Home of Consumer-Oriented Medical Products, Publications, & Services
CyberDiet - site for nutrition and diet information. Calculate your target heart rate, ideal weight, the number of calories you burn while performing various activities or use CyberDiet's 'Daily Food Planner' to plan healthy meals. Nutritional information for fresh and packaged foods, recipes, sample menus, and exercise tips are also included.
CyberPump
Cyberspace TeleMedical Office

D - F

Dead Runner's Society
Dental Related Resources
Dentist Zone, The
Dermatology Cases - Indiana University
Diabetes.com
Diet News on the Net
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2000 - Guidelines for scientifically grounded suggestions for diets that promote good health. Safe food handling guidelines along with emphasis on physical activity, not just for weight management, but as a key to healthy living in general.
Digestive Diseases - Information about treatments, symptoms, and causes of digestive diseases; how your digestive system works, diagnostic tests, statistics, and a dictionary of terms. From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics - collection of Web sites related to diseases, health conditions, and disorders
Doctor-Assisted Suicide - A guide to Web Sites and the Literature, this is an extensive bibliography of resources about physician-assisted suicide from ethical, legal, religious, psychological, philosophical, and public policy points of view.
doctorpage.com - More targeted links to more actual doctors & physicians websites than any other source.
DocsOnline - Locate a dentist, physician, or hospital
Doctor Directory
Dole 5 A Day
Down Syndrome: Health Issues
Dr. Gil Med Links - links page for physicians
Dr. Koop - "The Best Prescription is Knowledge"
Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries Page
Dr. Ruth's Sexnet
Dr. Weil's Vitamin Adviser
Drug InfoNet
Duke University Diet and Fitness Center
Ebola Home Page
Edmund's Home Page
ER Watch - searchable database of real emergency room cases from 100 US hospitals using the latest government data.
Environmental Diseases from A to Z - This presentation (one disease for each letter of the alphabet) provides basic information on environmental diseases. It's written for the middle and high school student and includes pronunciation. The site also provides factsheets, pamphlets, a questions and answers section, and an extensive library of resources on the topic.
eSkeletons Project, The - site provides valuable anatomical information to medical students and zoologists . Besides offering a complete human skeleton (that rotates), the eSKeletons Project lets you investigate the difference between human and baboon skeletons.
Family Caregiver Alliance - A source for long term care, resources and services for "caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, ALS and related brain disorders." There are factsheets on a variety of diseases, diagnosis, and research. There are also statistics, a section on public policy issues, and links to related sites.
The Family Village Project The Family Village Project is a virtual community constructed on behalf of children with disabilities or special health care needs and their families.
Fitness Matters
Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite
Fitness Zone, The
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Foot and Ankle Web Index
For Goodness Snakes - Treating and Preventing Venomous Snake Bites - provides basic information about poisonous snakes and their bites along with first aid tips for bites and some brief facts and statistics.
Betty Ford Center - alcohol and drug dependency treatment services.

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Galter Health Sciences Library - Northwestern University
GenBank - NIH's genetic sequence database
GenLink
GeroWeb
Global Health Network
Go Ask Alice - Columbia University
Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body - Site features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
Growth Charts - From the Centers for Disease Control, pediatric growth charts for infants, children, and adolescents in the United States.
Growth House, Inc. - international directory of the "best of the net" sites related to terminal illness, hospice and home care, suicide, death with dignity, and related topics
HIN - Health Information Network - Your primary resource for biomedical and health information.
Harvard World Health News -site covers public health issues from around the world. It contains both original content and a digest of relevant stories from international news media.
HeadLice.org - Covers various treatments, preventative measures, and diagnosis of head lice. Also has current news and developments relating to lice, information on the biology of the louse, information on scabies, a discussion of lindane, and much more.
Healingpeople.com - "Your source for complementary and alternative medicine."
HealthAtoZ
HealthAnswers.com - Resource for patients offers news stories, related links, and drug information. With descriptions of tests and treatments for various symptoms.
Health and Fitness
Health and Science News - Nando News Service
Health Care Reality Check - a volunteer network of healthcare professionals working to provide the public with convenient and reliable information about alternative medicine claims, products and services.
Health Education - Health Education Tool for High School and College Age Students
Health Finder - A gateway to consumer health and human services.
HealthFrontier - A virtual health center connecting patients to the healthcare industry.
Healthfront
HealthGate - Welcome to your source for health, wellness and biomedical information.
HealthGrades.com - Savvy site that provides information to consumers that helps them select the best quality providers of medical care. You'll find info on over 5,000 hospitals, 600,000 physicians and numerous health plans.
Health Ink - Features a health quiz, fitness advice from an NFL trainer, alternative medicine information, and a medical glossary.
Health Links - Courtesy of Yahoo
Health Mall - searchable database of over 4,800 retail health food stores
Health News on the Net
HealthSeek
Health Status - basic health calculators, calories, bmi, smoking costs, as well as the leading causes of death. Additionally, you may take a FREE health risk assessment, which based on your areas of risk and responses will generate a personalized report and links to other web resources.
Healthology.com - live, interactive audio broadcasts and original, feature articles.
Healthtouch - Offers consumers accurate information on dozens of health topics and diseases.
HealthyWay (Sympatico) - Over 9,000 links to the best Internet sites and over 6,100 links to Canadian health\medical associations.
Healthwise - Columbia University
Health World Online - A resource for health information, blending natural, alternative, and conventional health information.
Healthy Devil Online - Duke University Online Health Forum
Healthy Ideas - Prevention Magazine
Healthy Weight - featuring an interactive BMI calculator, news about weight management and information for a healthy lifestyle.
Health on the Net
Heart, The - a virtual tour by Franklin Institute of Science
Heart Information Network
Heartland Institute, The
HeartWeb
HerbMed - an interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.
HIV InSite - information on treatment, policy, research, epidemiology, and prevention
HIV Positive - a comprehensive and focused resource.
Hidden Killers: Deadly Viruses - site that explores virus basics, profiling thirteen of the most common viruses known to man -- HIV, influenza, hepatitis, measles, polio, ebola, etc. In addition, the site discusses how the body fights these viruses and explores the potential military uses of them.
History of Contraception (Birth Control Through the Ages) - history of major forms of birth control from ancient times to the present. Links to appropriate sites for information on present-day methods.
Holistic Internet Resouces
Hospice Web
HospitalWeb
Human Anatomy Online - over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links.
Humor Skills for the Health Professional - learn how to use humor in the healthcare setting.
HyperDOC
Imaginis - resource for information on medical imaging, wellness and healthcare issues.
Independent Living USA - complete website of disability, and medical conditions. This site is a resource for empowering people to live independently
Infectious Disease News
Influenza News on the Net
InteliHealth - comprehensive collection of consumer health information from Johns Hopkins.
International Health News
Internet Fitness Resource
Internet Health Resources
It's Epidemic - The main topic of the site is Epidemic diseases, but there is a lot information that relates to many different topics in education and life in general.
Ivanhoe News: Medical Breakthroughs - Highlights three news reports each week on groundbreaking medical procedures and discoveries.

J - M

Join Together Online: Linking Communities Fighting Substance Abuse - Join Together Online (JTO) is a resource center and meeting place for communities fighting substance abuse, the nation's number one health care problem.
Joslin Diabetes Center - News alerts and announcements, a catalogue of publications, and discussion groups enlarge the sense of online community here.
Junk Science - examines questionable "scientific developments", focusing on the public health research arena.
Keep Kids Healthy - "A Pediatircian's guide to your children's health and safety."
kidsDoctor
KidsHealth.org - KidsHealth is the Web site about kid's health information. It's an exciting, safe place for kids to find out more about their bodies and feelings.
C. Everett Koop Institute - founded by the former Surgeon General and dedicated to the improvement of medical education and health care.
Learn CPR - Explains how to do Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on adults, children, and infants using illustrated diagrams. Includes a QuickTime video, CPR links, and facts about CPR. Interesting questions about CPR are answered by the medical doctor who researched and designed the site.
Learning Resource Center
LOCATORplus - This is the Web-based catalog that replaces the telnet-based online card catalog of the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library. Users can search to see if NLM owns a particular journal title, book, audiovisual, or report.
Longevity Game, The - calculate how long you can live based on life insurance industry research; created by Nortwestern Mutual Life.
MD4sure.com - Medical Mnemonics - A new generation of clinical mnemonics and study guides for USMLE, CSA exam preparation.
Massachusetts Physician Profiles - A comprehensive look at over 27,000 physicians licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts.
Mayo Clinic Homepage
Med Help International
Mediconsult.com - medical information for the well informed
Medical - Courtesy of Yahoo
Medical Glossary - AMA
Medical Images with MediClip - This site provides searchable and browsable access to thousands of color, greyscale, and black and white images from eight collections that include cardiology, human or veterinary anatomy, and clinical Ob/Gyn.
Medical Matrix - Guide to Net Medical Resources
Medical Resources Online - A selected listing of Web resources providing health information for the consumer. These resources are starting points for the general public searching for health-related information.
Medical/Surgical Word Glossary
MedicineNet
MedicineNet Medical Dictionary
Medicine OnLine
Medicine through Time - Covers history of medicine from pre-history to the modern world. Each era includes links covering disease and treatment, anatomy and surgery, hospitals and training, public health, and alternatives to medicine.
Medical World Search - If medical resources are what you're looking for online this search engine should be right at the very top of your hotlist
Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information
MEDITOPIA - Oriental Medicine - Contains a wealth of information on Oriental medicine and its uses to treat a variety of diseases
MedExplorer - Health/Medical Information Center
MedLine - Free MEDLINE access.
MEDLINEplus - "information pages are designed to direct you to resources containing information that will help you research your health questions."
MEDguide - 'The Internet's Premier Medical and Health Search Engine.'
MedNews
Medref - indexes hundreds of medical sites on the web and functions as a starting place to begin a web search.
Medscape - the online resource for better patient care
MedSeek
MedSite - database of healthcare related site on the Internet
Medsite Navigator
MedWeb - Biomedical Internet Resources
Men's Fitness Online - guide to fitness, health, sports and oh so much more.
Men's Health Daily
Merck Manual Online
Meydrech Family Home & Herbal
Modern Healthcare
Monterey Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts - research institute and clinic dedicated to scientific verification of psi healing.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Muscle and Fitness - not just muscle, not just fitness.Both. Includes audio clips of a celebrity interview, features on training, nutrition and sex, and muscle-aneous (their word) other things.
Museum of Human Disease

N - P

Names Project, The - AIDS Quilt
National Breast Cancer Coalition - a grassroots effort formed in 1991 with one mission: to eradicate breast cancer through action and advocacy.
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Human Genome Research
National Center for Infectious Diseases - helping to prevent poliomyelitis, malaria, smallpox, toxic shock, Legionnaire's, Lyme disease, hospital infections and more.
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research - site offers information on sleep disorders and related resources for both the general public and the scientific community. Patient and public information includes fact sheets, HealthBeat Radio News audio clips, public service announcements, an interactive quiz, and related resources.
National Coalition On Health Care - for America's health.
National Headache Foundation - take two aspirin and check out this web site in the morning.
National Health Security Plany
National Institute of Health
National Kidney Foundation
National Library of Medicine
National Network for Immunization Information - Site provides the best possible science-based information to everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization.
National Organization for Rare Disorders - The largest non-governmental clearinghouse for information on rare disorders and disabilities. Search the Rare Disease Database and read NORD newsletters.
National Physique Committee
Nemours Foundation Health Tip of the Day, The
Nephron Information Center, The
NetWellness - The value of consumer health information on the Web increases a good bit with the addition of NetWellness. Developed by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and other well-regarded partners, the site not only offers info on various health topics but also a helpful "Ask an Expert" section.
NeuroNet
New England Journal of Medicine - The online version of the weekly medical journal.
Nutrition Strategies - by Dr. Art Ulene
OBGYN.net - The Universe of Women's Health
Obesity.com - news, information and online community support for people concerned with health, fitness, and weight issues and weight loss.
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General - the nation's leading spokesman on matters of public health.
OncoLink - U. of Penn. Cancer Resource Center
Oncology Tools - Site presents cancer-related drug info by disease category. Also includes listings of clinical trials and reference works.
Online Health Network
Online Medical Dictionary
Operation Lifesaver - prevent deaths and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings and along railroad rights-of-way.
Osteopathy - Medicine
Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away - Scientists at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention have identified some simple things you and your family can do to prevent getting infectious diseases. But first, you may be wondering, what are infectious diseases? Learn them at this informative site.
Patient's Guide, The - links to medical terminology, support groups and reference sites.
People Living with Parkinson - "People living with Parkinson's working together to make a difference...helping each other along the way."
Pharmaceutical Information Network - Looking for information on pharmaceutical (as opposed to recreational) drugs? The Pharmaceutical Information Network is the place to go. A great search tool and a wealth of discussion databases make this site one of the Web's most informative and helpful medical tools.
Pharmacy Web Guide - for pharmacy students and pharmacist. Structured links to sites of Interest and Importance. An Extensive Links Centre.
Pharmacist's Web Guide, The - links to pharmaceutical companies and associations, ACPE approved online CE courses, and more.
Pharmacy - WWW Virtual Library
PharmWeb - database of information on the Web for patients and health professionals
Physician's Guide to the Internet
Poison Center Answer Book - site has information about common poisons including insect bites, lyme disease, snake bites, mushrooms, pesticides, and food poisoning. It also includes a babysitters guide, poisoning prevention tips, emergency first aid information, and a section on pet poisoning.
Pollen.com - Click on the U.S. map or enter your ZIP code to see pollen alerts for your area, the predominant type of pollen, and a four-day forecast based on 1,470 biological and meterorological factors.
Post-Polio-Med - a forum for questions and answers to and from post-polio syndrome researchers, physicians and other post-polio syndrome medical professionals, polio survivors, family, friends, students and others who are interested in post- polio syndrome.
Premedical.com
PREVLINE - Information on drugs, alcohol, drug abuse, prevention, treatment and education from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.
Priorities for Health Magazine
Pritikin Logevity Center
Priorities for Health Magazine
Prostate Cancer InfoLink, The

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Quick Medical Resource Center - featured topics each month with online and scholarly resources provided for further information.
Christopher Reeve's Circle of Friends
Reuters Health Information Services
RxList - The Internet Drug Index - Includes brand and generic names and category (antiviral, antitussive, etc.) for everything from amoxicillin to maalox to zantac
RxTV - online prescription for good health, featuring current medical stories, RealVideo clips, and links.
Safemedication.com - Today’s medications are more complex and powerful than ever before. This site helps you find information you need to use your medications safely and effectively.
Salt Institute - to satisfy any salt craving.
Shape Up America
Share Guide, The - A holistic health magazine focusing on alternative medicine, personal growth, and environmental awareness, with loads of great links
SleepNet - "One of SleepNet's goals is to link all the sleep information located on the internet. As new sites become available they will be linked here."
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford MedWorld
Stanford Patient Education Research Center (Stanford School of Medicine) - develops and evaluates community-based education programs for people with chronic health problems.
State Health Facts - Site offers detailed profiles of each state's demographics, health needs indicators, health insurance coverage and medicaid, alongside comparisons with the United States as a whole.

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Thrive Online.com - This site is about what's good for you. Find out which foods prevent fatigue, learn about exercise and fitness, research diseases and drugs, or participate in practical, helpful message boards committed to healthy living.
Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) - Official site of the TSA, a national organization dedicated to providing "accurate and up-to-date information about Tourette Syndrome, its treatment, relevant scientific research, and consumer services."
Travel Health Online
TransWeb - announcements, testimonials, reports, press releases, policy changes, an organ-donation FAQ, newsgroup postings, and other information for medical professionals, patients, and family members.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Univ. of Oklahoma Pharmacy Home Page
Univ. of California San Diego Health Guide - "UCSD Healthcare offers you concise information on more than 300 health topics, in six major topic areas," including child & adolescent health; women's health; senior's health; heart