HUDSON LIBRARY
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Online Journals and Magazines
Websites
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- AIDSInfo
Overview of many topics pertaining to HIV and AIDS for various audiences.
- American Academy of Dermatology
Spot skin cancer, Dermatology A-Z.
- American Cancer Society
- BioMed Central
- The BrainWeb & Brain Information
BrainWeb provides information and links to validated sites about brain diseases and disorders. It is suitable for lay readers and details more than 30 common brain diseases and disorders, and includes some of the Internet's best general neuroscience and health resources.
- Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory / The Robert Johnson Wood Foundation
- Digital Collections: History of Medicine, from the National Library of Medicine
Covers the history of medicine - from the primitive treatments of the middle Ages to contemporary milestones and medical breakthroughs.
- Drug Information Portal
Provides reliable, easily comprehensible, current information from reputable sources on various drugs particularly prescription drugs.
- DrugWatch
Features extensive information about thousands of different medications
- Family Doctor.org
This website can be viewed in English or Spanish and includes a browsable list of symptoms and conditions by age and gender, plus recommendations for healthy living.
- Free Medical Journals
Searchable database of free full text medical journals.
- Go Ask Alice: Columbia University's Health Education Program
Provides information on health related and sexuality topics in a question and answer format.
- Global Alert and Response
This World Health Organization site is to inform the public about health emergencies, hoping to reduce panic and disruption of public services vital to daily life.
- Global Library of Women's Medicine
Free resource designed to aid medical professionals in their care of women. Includes peer reviewed sources and clinical guidance.
- Grey Literature Report, from the New York Academy of Medicine
- Grey Net's Grey Source
- Healthcare 411
Provides health care news programs in audio, video, and text formats that are all public domain.
- Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the U.S.
- Household Products Database
Health and Safety information about common household products.
- Harvard Health Publications
Trusted advice for a healthier life
- Marijuana-info.org
research and news from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and National Institute on Drug Abuse about marijuana.
- MayoClinic.com
Offers health information to help users assess symptoms, understand their diagnosis and manage their health based on the expertise of the professionals at Mayo Clinic.
- Medical Heritage Library
- Medicine Net
bringing Doctor's knowledge to you.
- MEDLINEplus
Offers free public access searches to MEDLINE a database with a vast amount of information for the health care consumer.
- MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
- Mesothelioma: Asbestos.com
- Mesothelioma: Asbestos Cancer
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Cancer Institute
- National Cancer Institute
Information and resources on tobacco related cancer and information and help on quitting smoking.
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Human Genome Research Institute
The Institute studies the human genome in order to understand the structures and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease. The site provides access to that research
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
- National Library of Medicine
- National Strength and Conditioning Association
Worldwide authority on strength training and conditioning.
- NBC News Health News
- Net Wellness
Covers various health topics, from specific diseases to general body system disorders.
- NIH Stem Cell Information
Human stem cells offer enormous potential to address human diseases, ranging from Parkinson's to juvenile diabetes to spinal chord injury but is also an ethical concern.
- Nutrition.gov
Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
- OnHealth.Com
Independent consumer health information service that provides searchable information about wellness, health and medicine.
- Paralysis Resource Center (The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation)
Information about all aspects of spinal cord injury, including life with such an injury.
- PDQ-NCIs Comprehensive Cancer Database
Summaries of cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine. Documents are available for viewing, printing, and e-mailing.
- PDRhealth
This portal provides information for prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and herbals/supplements. Included are recommended dosage, side effects, possible food and drug reactions, and in many cases pictures to assist with drug identification.
- Pew Internet & American Life
Original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.
- PSNet: Patient Safety Network / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Public Health Genomics
- RxList: The Internet Drug Index
Resource for in-depth drug information covering over 4,000 U.S. products.
- Smoke Free
George Washington University resources and programs to quit smoking
- Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
Information related to this subject for people with special considerations such as those who are blind or a minority.
- Stanford Health Library
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration
SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Tobacco Addiction - National Institute on Drug Abuse
- US National Library of Medicine
- Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library
37,000-plus abstracts dating from the 1970s on.
- WebMD Health
The team blends expertise in journalism, content creation, community services, expert commentary, and medical review to give users a variety of ways to find what they are looking for.
- Where to find Materials Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
Lists of links to and explanations of MSDS for those working with hazardous chemicals. Includes physical and chemical characteristics, hazards, safe handling, emergency and first aid procedures.
- Wikipedia
List of medical wikis
- World Database of Medical Mnemonics
A free, non-profit, online searchable database of medical mnemonics to help remember the important details.
- World Health Organization
The World Health Organization keeps information on current international health emergencies and disease outbreaks, and offers extensive information on diseases and health issues affecting the global population.
- Your Food Environment Atlas
Interactive Web tool promotes research on food choices and diet quality and provides information on community access to healthy food.
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