HEALTH and MEDICAL

CDC~ Center for Disease Control                                                 CDC en Español

(CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships

            Infants and Children

Health Topics A-Z

drkoop.com 

Wonderful website where you can look up drug interactions, search for different diseases, symptoms, and procedures. The site also includes a drug library and pill identifier. You can also sign up for a free e-newsletter.

Health Center 

Federally funded information site – quite interesting

Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) 

“Publications, resources, and referrals on health care services for low-income, uninsured individuals and those with special health care needs.” This is a pretty darn good site.

Infotrieve 

Oh you have got to try this one just for fun! What a hoot. Check out the examples shown, and give it a try! I had so much fun with this and how useful it is going to be under certain circumstances.

Massachusetts Community Gateway 

World Wide Links - General, MedLine, Pediatrics, Dictionaries, Drug Indexes Health and Medicine.

Multimedia Medical Reference Library (MMRL)

"If doctors wiser than me seek to help me to understand, grant me the desire to learn from them, for the knowledge of healing is boundless" Daily Prayer Of A Physician (Prayer of Moses Maimonides)

 
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) 

About NCBI - The science behind our resources. An introduction for researchers, educators and the public. Includes a Science Primer, with plain language introductions to bioinformatics, genome mapping, molecular modeling, SNPs, ESTs, microarray technology, molecular genetics, pharmacogenomics, and phylogenetics.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS) 

Science for the Brain. The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.

Pub Med 

by National Library of Medicine – “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. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.”

Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health

Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo 

Neuromuscular Disease Center - Front, Search, Index, Links, Pathology, Molecules, Syndromes, Muscle, NMJ, Nerve, Spinal, Ataxia, Antibody & Biopsy, Patient Info

YourSurgery.Com® 

“provides easy to understand information for common and specific surgical procedures. YourSurgery.Com® organizes the information so that you and your family can understand each procedure and help you ask your physician questions.” This site can be very useful to you in researching recommended procedures. Remember, it is you and your family who will live with the outcome of treatment and surgeries

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