Medical Resources                       Research Sites

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Physiotherapy
http://physio-net.com/
Physio-net is the online physical therapy resource for physical therapists, physiotherapists, health professionals and the general public.

Physiotherapy Glossary
http://physio-net.com/reference/glossary/
This glossary contains listings of commonly used terms by physiotherapists, doctors and other health professionals.


Acne Resource Center
http://www.acne-resource.org/
Comprehensive source for teens and adults battling the effects of acne.


AMA Physician Select Online Doctor Finder
http://www.ama-assn.org/
Information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States, including more than 650,000 M.D.s


Brain Injury Association of Queensland Fact Sheet
http://www.biaq.com.au/
An extensive collection of resources, from Attention & Concentration to Neurological Physiotherapy, all available for download in .pdf format.


Cancer Net
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/
From the National Cancer Institute, this is a fully searchable database of clinical and research information. It covers a broad spectrum of topics and provides resources on support groups, financial assistance, educational materials, and more.


Clinical Trials.gov
http://clinicaltrials.gov/
This site offers information to patients and public on more than 5,000 federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at more than 47,000 locations nationwide. There are also direct e-mail links to individuals responsible for recruiting participants for each study. This site is completely confidential, requiring no registration or personal identification of any kind.


dr-411: Doctor, Physician, Dentist, and Cherviropractor Search, Directory, and Database Sices
http://www.dr-411.com/default.asp
Comprehensive directory of over 825,000 U.S. physicians, dentists, and chiropractors including address, phone, fax, and email addresses. Search and locate doctors. Purchase a complete or partial listing of the database.


Direct Text Book
http://www.directtextbook.com/textbooks/468228
Locate medical books online. The site offers a book price comparison that allows you to search for the best prices on medical books at online booksellers like Barnes and Noble, Amazon and many more.


Drugfacts.com
http://www.factsandcomparisons.com/
A internet portal for drug information, some content free, others with a paid subscription. Site also includes current news, information on continuing education in the field, and a marketplace.

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eMedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/
eMedicine features up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical journals, online physician reference textbooks, and a full-text article database in 62 medical specialties. This largest and most current Internet medical library and clinical knowledge base is available to physicians, medical students, nurses, and other health professionals free of charge.


Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
http://ethiconendo.com/
Surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgery and surgical procedures, helping physicians transform patient care through innovation.


First Internet Medical Bookstore
http://www.fimb.com/
Access to the latest and most renowned medical texts ever printed.


Glucosamine and Osteoarthritis Resource Center
http://www.glucosamine-osteoarthritis.org/
The Osteoarthritis and Glucosamine Resource Center provides top quality information on osteoarthritis and glucosamine, the latest research, details on osteoarthritis medications and treatments, and tips for effectively managing your pain.


Health Administration Responsibility Project
http://www.harp.org/
This site focuses on the liability of managed care organizations for the consequences of their decisions. Organized as a hypertext outline, it sets out theories of liability, sources of law and obstacles to trial. Also sponsors a listserv for discussion of these issues.


Health Finder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
A link to select online publications, clearing houses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups within the medical field.


Healthopedia
http://www.healthopedia.com/
Consumer Health information resource contains comprehensive and reliable database of health articles and reference materials from trusted sources on over 1,500 topics. Provides accurate, unbiased information in patient-friendly language on more than 11,000 drugs and medications.


Heart Rhythm Society
http://www.hrsonline.org/
The international leader in science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients, and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders. Its mission is to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards. They provide accurate, clear and understandable information about cardiac arrythmia disorders.

HRS Public and Patients
http://www.hrspatients.org/patients/default.asp
Designed to educate patients and the public, the HRS provides accurate, clear and understandable information about cardiac arrhythmia disorders.


How to Access Medline - Fee based
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html
Fee based service to over 8.6 million medical documents published from 1966 through the present. Updated monthly.


Humana Drug Look-Up Source
http://www.buildingbetterhealth.com/hpmdrugs/
A searchable database of more than 60,000 entries for generic and brand-name drugs and related compounds, including immunizations, hormones, vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other supplements.


JCAHO - The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org/
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States whose mission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.

To download healthcare providers' accreditation reports, click on Quality Checks and enter the zip code of the facility.


Journal of the American Medical Association
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Journal of the American Medical Association.

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K12 Academics
http://www.k12academics.com/bipolar_disorder.htm
Description, treatment, resources, research, epidemiology, as well as bi-polar-based discussion groups are provided by the K12 Academics site.


Lab Tests Online
http://www.labtestsonline.org/index.html
Lab Tests Online offers patient education to help health care consumers better manage their care. A public resource on clinical lab testing from the professionals who do the testing.


Library of the National Medical Society
http://www.medical-library.org/index.htm
For a one time subscription fee of $9.95 the site provides a wealth of information including: Online Diagnosis, Medical Treatment Advisor, Color Textbooks and Photographic Book of Skin Diseases, Medical Journals and Full Text Medical Book Library, Physicians' Drug Resource, Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Medicine, Journal of Family Medicine, Journal of Primary Care Medicine, Journal of Surgery, Journal of Emergency Medicine and Acute Primary Care, Journal of AIDS/HIV, Psychiatry and Mental Health Library, Medical Reference Library, Women's Health Library, Children's Health Library, Textbooks and Medical Reference Books Online.


LIDO
http://lido.com/
This site features a database containing more than 10,000 full color, handcrafted medical illustrations and reusable exhibits. The entire collection is fully searchable and can be printed or added to a document or presentation. Offers tutorials and provides referrals to medical illustration service providers. Subscription and download prices apply.


Martindale's Health Science Guide
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Medical.html#Chart
The virtual medical center contains approximately 37,500 multimedia testing files, 925 multimedia tutorials, 2,600 databases, 45,200 multimedia medical cases, 9,950 movies, and 725 multimedia courses and textbooks.


MD Consult
http://www.mdconsult.com/
Retrieve the complete text of articles from the leading medical journals as well as search MEDLINE to locate full-text articles. Access to 37 medical texts to answer clinical questions. Fee-based.


MD Hub
http://www.mdhub.com/
This site allows you to send a free fax or e-mail directly to your doctor, with your request for a prescription, referral, appointment, or medical question. Not for emergencies but handy during busy signals and voice mail.


MD Junction - Find a Doctor. Know Your Doctor
http://www.mdjunction.com/
MD Junction is a nationwide Doctors Search Engine that helps finding the right doctor by providing patient reviews, ratings, and doctors' profile and professional information such as specialties & expertise, medical education, contacts etc.


Medem
http://www.medem.com/
This site was created by preeminent medical societies out of the concern over lack of quality standards in online medical information. Featuring an extensive medical library, it aims at becoming the most comprehensive and trusted source of healthcare content on the web.


Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.com/
This is an encyclopedia collection of links to medical resources on the Web. All resources have been peer reviewed and rated on a 5 star system. There are over 4,000 links with categories in disease and specialty, clinical practice, literature, education, health care professionals, and computers and technology. Site is free but requires registration.

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Medical Resources
http://www.vex.net/~lawrence/medical.html
Links to medical resources.


Medicine Net
http://www.medicinenet.com/
This is a dictionary of medical knowledge, with alphabetical listing of diseases and treatments, medications, their uses and side effects, and a dictionary of medical terms.


Medline Plus
http://www.medlineplus.com/
A federally funded health site with trustworthy information. Interactive tutorial makes it easy to learn about everything from breast cancer and asthma, to diabetes and strokes. A directories page links to the organizations of most major relevant medical specialists.


Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/
The web's largest collection of freely available, full-text clinical articles.


Medterms
http://www.medterms.com/
Part of the MedicineNet site (see above), this dictionary of medical terms contains thousands of listings, many of which are more like encyclopedia entries. Entries also include scientific items, abbreviations, acronyms, jargon, institutions, projects, symptoms, syndromes, eponyms and medical history.


MedWatch
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm
MedWatch allows healthcare professionals and consumers to report serious problems that they suspect are associated with the drugs and medical devices they prescribe, dispense, or use. Reporting can be done on line, by phone, or by submitting the MedWatch 3500 form by mail or fax. Provided by the FDA, the site also provides important and timely clinical information about safety issues involving medical products, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, biologics, medical and radiation-emitting devices, and special nutritional products.


Merk Manual - Home Edition
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/
This manual retains highly detailed, sophisticated medical information. It adds overviews of anatomy and physiology to help orient readers to the structure and function of specific organs. Offered in a choice of standard, text based format, or an interactive version with photos, animations, videos and pronunciations.


Merck Medicus Professional Development - Presentation Resources Center
http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_professional_dev.jsp#pr
The Presentation Resources Center provides a central repository for images and slides on MerckMedicus.


Mesothelioma Information Resource Group
http://www.mirg.org/
Mesothelioma information and treatments to assist mesothelioma patients and families with mesothelioma and other asbestos related injuries.

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MSN on Health
http://health.msn.com/
Hundreds of health-centric resources, including tips on exercise, nutrition, disease prevention, and maintaining good health.


National Ag Safety Database
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/
National Ag Safety Database.


National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.


The National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
This site offers free access to Medline, PubMed, and Grateful Med. There are various libraries, one has a section good for demonstrative evidence. The Visible Human Project, which uses CAT scan images to create complete, automatically detailed, three dimensional representations of the male and female bodies. Also find links to sites where Visible Humans images can be explored online.


Neurosciences on the Internet
http://www.neuroguide.com/
Searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources covering neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.


New England Journal of Medicine On-Line Home Page
http://content.nejm.org/
Weekly reports of important medical research world wide.


Nursing Organizations and Resources
http://www.howardnations.com/lawlinks/organizations.html#anchor-nrs
Howard Nations' own collection of Nursing Organizations and Resources, including the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and American College of Nurse-Midwives.


OncoLink
http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/
This is a thorough and well organized library of information about cancer. Site provides a variety of useful menus sorted out by disease and medical specialty. Others devoted to cancer causes, screening and prevention, clinical trials, psycho-social support and personal experiences.

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Organ Transplant Resources
www.howardnations.com/organtransplant/organtransplant.html
A collection of links and resources to aid those in researching organ transplant.


OrthoSuperSite
http://www.orthosupersite.com/
From the publisher of THE JOURNAL OF KNEE SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS TODAY, ORTHOPAEDICS TODAY INTERNATIONAL, and ORTHOPEDICS OrthoSuperSite is the most comprehensive orthopedic web site online.


Pacer
http://www.pacer.org/
Provides assistance to individuals and families. Includes workshops and materials for parents, professionals and leadership in securing free and appropriate education for all children.


Physicians Online
https://profreg.medscape.com/px/getlogin.do
The leading Internet service for practicing physicians.


PSYweb
http://www.psyweb.com/Drughtm/jsp/menus/psydrugs.jsp
Lists the psychoactive drugs available in the U.S. and Canada by trade name, generic name, and the disorder to be treated.


PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed%26itool=toolbar
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.


Rx List the Internet Drug Industry
http://www.rxlist.com/
Search for drugs by generic, trade name or manufacturer.

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