Research Guide: Health & Medicine
- Getting Started
- Databases & Journals
- Web Resources
- Course Guides
- Alternative Medicine Homepage
- A hub for exploring alternative medicine web sites.
- American Association of Poison Control Centers
- Includes information on first aid for poisoning, poison prevention and statistics, and more.
- American Medical Association
- Consumer Health Information section includes Medical News, Doctor and Hospital Finders.
- Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network
- Topics include HIV/AIDS, STD, TB, Substance Abuse and Legal Issues.
- Denison Memorial Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
- An annotated collection of links for consumer health information.
- DrugDigest
- Noncommercial consumer drug information site.
- Health Link Plus
- Provides link to many medical and mental health sites.
- Health World Online
- A comprehensive site that integrates information on both alternative and conventional medicine.
- InteliHealth
- Home to Johns Hopkins Health Information.
- Karolinska Institutet (Medical University of Sweden)
- Medical information by subject, lists of e-journals with links, and medical database descriptions with use and access information.
- MEDLINEplus
- From the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. Includes drug information, a medical encyclopedia, dictionary and more.
- Medscape
- High quality information for consumers and health care professionals, including links to the latest medical news and research reports. Registered users (registration is free) can search a number of databases and access full text articles from medical journals.
- National Cancer Institute
- Reports of studies and news.
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- From the National Institutes of Health.
- The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- Facts, research, issues, resources, and referrals.
- National Institutes of Health
- Includes health and nutrition information.
- National Library of Medicine
- Includes medical, health and nutrition links of online resources.
- NOAH - New York Online Access to Health
- Provides wide variety of topics for consumer health information in both English and Spanish.
- OncoLink
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center provides up-to-date information and links about cancer.
- Overweight and Obesity
- From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
- physiologyINFO.org
- "Developed by leading researchers in conjunction with the American Physiological Society to educate the public and answer your questions about this fundamental area of science." Includes full-text scientific articles.
- Portion Distortion Quiz
- Find why it is so easy to put on the pounds...
- RXList
- Search the Internet Drug Index for descriptions, clinical pharmacology, dosages, interactions, contraindications, and patient information. Includes keyword searching.
- Shape Up America!
- Safe weight management, healthy eating and fitness. Cyberkitchen helps to plan meals; Body Mass Index Calculator determines your Body Mass Index.
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- Internet FDA covers food, human drugs, animal drugs, toxicology, biologics, medical devices and more.
- WebMD
- This "comprehensive online health resource" includes Health Topics A-Z and a medical encyclopedia.
- World Health Organization
- Provides worldwide health concerns.
