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This list was reviewed and updated on 6 August 2001. Please send news of dead and changed links and suggestions for new resources to the College Webmaster
Health Science Guide and Virtual Nursing Center maintained by Jim Martindale, University of California, Irvine. This is an enormous resource! Includes a selection of online nursing journals.
MEDSCAPE, this resource requires a one-time registration (remember your username and password!), but it's well worth it.
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources, a "list of lists," a "virtual hospital."
Worldwide Nurse This nursing related site contains numerous items of use to health-care professionals. Be sure to check out the Nurse-zine, which can be e-mailed directly to you.
World Health News Published by the Center for Health Communication of the Harvard
School of Public Health, this online weekly news digest covers
stories on public health issues from around the world.
Healthfinder, a recently inaugurated (April 15th) index of reliable (approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) online resources for health information
AMA Health Information, from the very soul of establishment medicine.
Medical Matrix, constantly updated clinical medical resources -- more than 2500 of them. Requires registration.
MedTerms.com
This free and constantly revised
encylopedic dictionary of classic and contemporary medical terms
contains over 9,000 entries.
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Users will find over 300 chapters on medical diseases, disorders, and related drug information in 23 specialty areas.
The Merck Manual Registration is required for first-time users.
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, a comprehensive review of the medical, social, psychological, and ethical issues involved in elder healthcare.
The Online Medical Dictionary Dr. Graham Dark of the Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust (UK), provides
this staggering resource, with over 46,000 brief definitions of terms
related to "biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular
biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology."
RxList--The Internet Drug Index
United States Pharmacopeia, promotes the public health by establishing and disseminating officially
recognized standards of quality and authoritative information for the use
of medicines and other health care technologies by health professionals,
patients, and consumers.
Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, full-text articles, statistics, on costs, impact, treatments and prevention of substance abuse.
Complete Home Medical Guide The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons provides the
Third Revised Edition of this resource, originally published in 1985. The
book is divided into 34 chapters in six major sections: using the health
care system; wellness; symptoms; first aid; treatment and prevention; and
proper use of medications.
Nutrition Navigator, from Tufts University, a site that evaluates other sites claiming to provide information on nutrition.
MEDWEB: Biomedical Internet Resources, from Emory University Health Sciences Center Library.
WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education This magnificent medical resource, originally provided by Dr. Edward C.
Klatt of the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah (see WebPath
faculty for a list of all contributors), serves as a complement to any
disease pathology course work.
NURSEWeek, full-text articles, job opportunities, etc.
New England Journal of Medicine, full-text of selected sections.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, tracking trends and analyzing issues of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
Relief of Pain and Suffering Users can view historical pictures of botanicals, tools, and early writings all related to the alleviation of pain and suffering.
Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book In clear, simple language, this online text covers the entire spectrum of cardiovascular disease
CHID: Combined Health Information Database, a joint project of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An enormous database, but mostly what a search reveals is a bibliographic record (usually with abstracts, but very little full-text).
OMNI: Organizing Medical Networked Information , a collection of "high quality biomedical information on the Internet for the higher education and research community in the UK.
The Medical Humanities Database, from the Hippocrates Project of New York University.
The Virtual Hospital, from University of Iowa, particularly good on imaging facilities (some material for UofI students only).
NursingNet An attractive page, it contains, among much else, photos chronicling the history of nursing.
HIV Insight The University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General
Hospital have made available the 1997 edition of this massive (2000 page) HIV textbook.
AEGIS, the largest HIV/AIDS web site in the world.
National Institutes of Health , an extensive, government-supported resource.
The Whole Brain Atlas, from Harvard Medical School
CancerNet, from the National Cancer Institute.
OncoLink, maintained by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.
HealthWorld Online, an enormous resource, good for both conventional and alternative health disciplines. Most material here is free, but some (including audio tapes) requires a fee. Use at your own risk.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, from Washington University, St. Louis.
Pediatric Points of Interest, (Harriet Lane WWW Links), from Johns Hopkins University.
Connecticut Children's Medical Center, with links to children's health resources.
Yale University School of Medicine, a link to Connecticut's busiest hospital and its many resources.
Pediatric Database, descriptions, diagnoses, prognoses, etc. of childhood diseases.
GEROWEB, from Wayne State University, links to resources on care for the elderly.
Issues on Aging, full-text articles, primarily for physical therapy issues with the aging. There is also a link here to GERINOTES.
Biotechnology Information Resources, from the National Science and Technology Council.
Dermatology Online Atlas--DermIS, provided by the Dermatology Department of the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany) School of Medicine.
