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    Alternative Medicine Homepage

    A comprehensive listing of alternative medicine resources and an excellent source for information on alternative medicine in the United States and Canada.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    American Medical Association(AMA)

    This site includes a Doctor Finder. It also supplies medical information on a variety of subjects from first aid to breast cancer.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Centers for Disease Control

    Provides fact sheets on many health topics. It also includes a copy of the CDC Factbook and the Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    CDC Travelers' Health

    This site provides health information on specific destinations, updates on current health issues, and a traveler health checklist.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Clinical Trials.Gov

    Offers information on federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at thousands of locations nationwide. Links at Medline Plus, NIH Health Information and Healthfinder.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    dr. koop.com

    drkoop.com is a company headed by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop and assisted by Dartmouth Medical School. Information is available on a wide variety of health topics. Also included are links to other resources like drug information and recommended internet sites on a particular subject (under Resources). Under community, links are provided to support chatrooms and groups.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Family Support Network of North Carolina

    Provides information about state and national services for people with disabilities and chronic conditions. Although services for children are emphasized, agencies serving adults are included. There is a link which enables parents of a disabled child to find a peer mentor. Agencies with foreign language interpreters are listed under the services section. Languages include czech, dutch, danish, spanish, portugese, korean, and yoruba.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Diagnostic Tests

    Answers to common questions regarding a number of tests used in diagnosing medical testing.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Healthfinder

    This is a great website from the US Department of Health and Human Services. It helps consumers find reliable information on a variety of topics including diseases, prevention, choosing quality healthcare, and related agencies and associations. Also available in Spanish.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    NC Live LogoHealthSource: Consumer Edition

    from EBSCOhost  Provides consumer oriented information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Includes searchable full text for over 150 consumer health journals, abstracts and indexing for nearly 175 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications, and thousands of essays covering eight major health related subjects, including adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women's health and sports medicine.     		All library locations and remote access

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    HealthWeb

    This site provides links to specific evaluated information pertaining to health on the World Wide Web. It is a collaborative projecy of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation, as well as other participating library members.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Internet Drug Database

    Consumer-focused drug information, with interactive capability. One can post a comment or question about a medication and receive feedback from others.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Mayo Clinic

    Provides information on a variety of health subjects from Alzheimer's to Children's Health to Nutrition.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    Medicare

    The official web site for people with Medicare. Information is available in English and Spanish.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    MedicineNet

    This user-friendly site provides information on diseases, procedures, pharmaceuticals, and first aid. Although the database is not comprehensive, it does provide a fair amount of information. It is maintained by doctors and provides a disclaimer on each page that this is not a substitute for medical care from one's physician.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    MEDLINEplus

    MEDLINEplus Health Information is a service of the National Library of Medicine. This site provides a lot of information aimed at the consumer including information on diseases and health topics, wellness, drugs, and associations. There are also links to medical dictionaries and directories, including substance abuse treatment centers, hospice care and hospitals. Has link to information in Spanish; hay información en Español.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    National Health Information Center Referral Service

    Provides toll-free numbers for many of the health organizations. It also includes the address, web address, contact person, a brief description, and other useful information about the organization.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

    Completely bilingual site with information about many diseases and conditions. Page of the month currently is Pregnancy and Baby Care. (Un sitio totalement biling?e con informaci?n sobre muchas enfermedades y condiciones de salud. Pagina del mes actual es el embarazo y el cuidado de los ni?os).     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    North Carolina Center for Health Statistics

    Includes lots of information of interest to North Carolinians. Those sections of most interest would be health statistics and publications. They provide detailed mortality statistics by county & state. New data: 2002 Reported Pregnancies; Health of North Carolinians :A Profile, July 2003.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    NC Health Info

    Offers access to web sites of local health services, providers and programs serving residents of North Carolina. Through its connection with MEDLINEplus, a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, users of the site can get information about conditions, diseases and wellness, and find web sites of local health services, programs and providers throughout North Carolina. Tiene un enlace a información en español.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    PubMed

    A service of the National Library of Medicine. Provides access to over 12 million Medline citations back to the mid-1960?s and additional life science journals. Includes links to sites providing full text and related resources.     		Available anywhere with Internet access

    World Health Organization

    Provides access to WHO publications and other worldwide health statistics.

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    last update: March 14, 2007