Health, Nutrition and Medical Information
| AARP Health | Info on drugs, insurance, and staying healthy at ages 50+ | ||
| Alternative Medicine |
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Alternative Health News Online Herbal Medicine - HolisticOnLine Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Herbs and Botanicals |
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| American Cancer Society | includes links to clinical trials and patient support groups. | ||
| American Heart Assocation | Features an online heart and stroke encyclopedia | ||
| American Medical Assocation | Good consumer health info; includes a Doctor Finder | ||
| Atlas of the Human Body | Excellent (printable) diagrams | ||
| The Brain - Society for Neuroscience | The world's largest organization of scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system provide great resources for all aspects of brain functions, disorders, research, etc. (also see their two-page newsletters) | ||
| Cancer |
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| Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Government's latest info on public health and communicable diseases | ||
| Clinical Trials | Lists experimental treatments. | ||
| Diagnosis of Symptoms - Flowchart | Flowcharts | ||
| Diagnostic Tests | Answers all questions about medical tests - Harvard Medical School, Family Guide | ||
| Family Doctor | Info from the American Academy of Family Physicians | ||
| Find a Doctor | Check your doctor's credentials or find a doctor by specialty. | ||
| Healthfinder | Health Library. | ||
| Health Grades | Rates physician's and facilities. | ||
| Infotrac Searchbank | Collection of indexes and full-text databases. Particularly good health resources. Available at High School only. | ||
| Intelihealth | Advice on self-care and diagnosis; no topic too small | ||
| iVillage | Excellent links to a wide variety of health topics for women. | ||
| KidsHealth/a> | Children's health through adolescence with special area for teens | ||
| Mayo Clinic Health Oasis | Great, comprehensive advice. | ||
| Medem | Partnernship among medical society to foster doctor-patient communicaton; includes an online medical library. | ||
| Medline Plus Health Information | National Library of Medican's comprehensive health information portal. | ||
| Medterms.Com | Complete medical dictionary. | ||
| Merck Manual | A very reputable medical encyclopedia. | ||
| National Cancer Institute | Details about all types of cancer and the latest treatments | ||
| Prescription Drugs / Medications | PharmInfoNet - Pharmaceutical Information Network RxList Drugs.com | ||
| WebMD | Complete information for the layperson. |
| Aunt Edna's Kitchen | Cooking utilities (Description and Uses of Various Spices, Ingredient Substitutions, Food Equivalant Table, U.S. Customary Weights & Measures, Imperial (U.K.) Weights & Measures, Metric (SI) Weights & Measures, Temperature Conversions) Dietary and Nutritional Information, and Recipes |
| The Blonz Guide - Nutrition, Food, Health | Very good links to a myriad of resources on these topics. |
| CyberSoup | Recipes, International Links, herbs and spices, tips, substitutions. |
| Epicurious | Over 6,000 recipes from Bon Appétit and Gourmet magazines and classic recipes from House & Garden. |
| Food Finder | Get nutrition information for all items at fast food chains. |
| Nutrition Data | Full nutritional data on all foods and a place to store information for your own future reference. |
| MealTips | Recipes |
| Nutrition.Gov | Government site - complete info. |
| Nutrition Navigator | Excellent links. |
| Physical Fitness | Links Provided by Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) |
| Cooking.Com | Thousands of recipes WITH nutrition information. |
| Vegetarian Resources | Vegetarian Pages Vegetarian Resource Group Organizations |
| Al-Anon and Alateen | Help for alcoholics and their families . | |||||||||||||||||
| Anxiety Panic Internet Resource | Help for people suffering from panic attacks, phobias, extreme shyness, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and generalized anxiety. | |||||||||||||||||
| Internet Mental Health | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mental Health Net | Lots of information. | |||||||||||||||||
| iVillage | Excellent links to a wide variety of health topics for women including:
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| Psychology Self-Help Resources on the Internet | Links to resources for dozens of psychological problems and disorders. |
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