Health
ABMS Certified Doctor Home Page: Certified Doctor Verification Service of the American Board of Medical Specialties (select “Is Your Doctor Certified?”); also a search function for participating physicians
Acupuncture.com: primer on acupuncture; FAQ’s; directory of licensed acupuncturists; directory of acupuncture schools
Aegis: AIDS Information Global Information System; search knowledge base by key word; news
AMA DoctorFinder: compiled and published by the American Medical Association (“AMA”) as a reference source of demographic and professional information on individual physicians in the United States
American Hospital Directory: includes all U.S. hospitals that treat Medicare patients; search by name, city, state, zip code or area code; profiles may include number of beds, accreditation, medical school affiliation, services provided
American Lyme Disease Foundation: loads of facts and links from this Connecticut non-profit
The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource: searchable library of 30,000+documents, continually updated; interactive Q&A forums; site has won numerous awards
Centers for Disease Control: health topics A-Z; reliable information on current health concerns
Chirobase: a guide to chiropractic medicine, including a directory of practitioners
Directory of Accredited Organizations from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: search for information and reports on hospitals, health care plans, nursing homes, home health care providers (look for “Quality Check”)
The Disability Resources Monthly Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet: links to disability resources; directory of state and local resources; continually updated by this nonprofit organization
Drugs – RxList: search 4,000+ prescription drug products by name or ID imprint code
Food & Nutrition Information Center: analyze foods for various nutrients; from the National Agriculture Library
HealthCentral Heart Disease Symptoms: an independent educational site that provides information on heart disease, treatment, risks, daily news, nutrition; heart care provider directory, links to other sites; searchable
Healthfinder: US Government site with links to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, websites, & support & self-help groups
Health Library: digital health sciences library from the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients; includes search and index
HealthyNJ:a consumer health site from UMDNJ; searchable information on wellness and diseases; cosponsored by the NJ State Library and the New Jersey Library Association
HerbMed: from the Alternative Medicine Foundation; information on the top 20 herbs; for each herb includes warnings about toxicity, adverse effects, drug interactions, preparations; links to pictures of the herbs; searchable
Homeopathy Home Page: links to websites & mailing lists; FAQ’s; bibliography
Innerbody: Human anatomy on-line – interactive; 100+ images & animations
LabTestsOnline: searchable information on lab tests and interpreting results
Mayo Clinic Diseases and Conditions: More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health.
Medicare — The Official US Government Site for Medicare Information: gateway to information on Medicare; includes “Medicare Compare,” a searchable database of managed care plans
MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: articles and images organized alphabetically in eight topical sections: Disease, Injury, Nutrition, Poison, Special, Surgery, Symptoms, Tests
Medscape – Emergency Medicine: commercially sponsored site for physicians and the public
Mentalhelp.net: links to 6,000+ online mental health resources
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: keyword search or browse the text of the Merck Manual (Centennial edition, 1999, the latest in print)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: health topics, herb fact sheets, information on clinical trials, links
National Library of Medicine Healthinfo: a health gateway site from the National Library of Medicine; includes information from MEDLINE, links to self-help groups, medical dictionaries, directories of doctors and hospitals, clearinghouses, health-related organizations, and a search databases section with dozens of databases on topics such as clinical trials, nutrition, AIDS, cancer, etc.
New England Journal of Medicine Online: articles from 1990 to the present; full text of some features + abstracts of original & special articles; full text collections include asthma, breast cancer & molecular medicine
New Jersey Healthcare Profile: this site includes information on all doctors who are actively licensed and currently permitted to practice medicine or podiatry in New Jersey; search for a doctor by name, field of medicine, hospital, county, or city/town; the profiles provide information about a practitioner’s credentials and education and also about disciplinary actions, hospital restrictions, and malpractice payments
OBGYN.net The Universe of Women’s Health: with sections for women, medical professionals & the medical industry, this is a comprehensive site offering original content, journals, news; searchable
PubMed: search more than 21 million citations for biomedical journals from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites; from the National Library of Medicine
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: alcohol & drug fact sheets; agencies & organizations; research & statistics
USDA Nutrient Database: keyword search; returns values by serving size for proximates, minerals, vitamins, lipids, amino acids
