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Medline Plus

http://medlineplus.gov/

NIHSeniorHealth

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

AMA Doctor Finder

http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.jsp

DocFinder

DocFinder contains the licensing background and disciplinary information of physicians and other health care practitioners in addition to physician profile information from states that have passed physician profile laws.

http://www.docboard.org/

 

Drugs.com

Comprehensive and up-to-date source of drug information online. Providing free, accurate and independent advice on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products.

http://www.drugs.com/

DrugDigest:

is a noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to

make informed choices about drugs and treatment options.

http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal/ddigest

ClinicalTrials.gov

is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details

http://clinicaltrials.gov/

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)

,provides evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more.

http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm

familydoctor.org.

operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html

The National Cancer Institute's research programs

For the general public, patients, and health professionals, we offer consumer-oriented information on a wide range of topics as well as comprehensive descriptions of our research programs and clinical trials.

http://www.cancer.gov/

 

Genetics Home Reference

is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes related to those conditions.

http://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

Lab Tests Online

has been designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to better understand the many clinical lab tes

http://www.labtestsonline.org/

Household Product Database

What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room?

Learn more about what's in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling.

http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/

Tox Town

is designed to give you information on:

    * everyday locations where you might find toxic chemicals

    * non-technical descriptions of chemicals

    * links to selected, authoritative chemical information on the Internet

    * how the environment can impact human health

    * Internet resources on environmental health topics

http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

DIRECTORY OF HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS

The Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS, http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/), National Library of Medicine (NLM), creates information resources and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, and HIV/AIDS. Another component of SIS, the Outreach and Special Populations Branch (OSPB), seeks to improve access to quality and accurate health information by underserved and special populations.

http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/

 

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