Government resources for health and medical information with links to national health centers, health data, health institutes, health encyclopedias, health clinics, health research guides, health resources, disease control and prevention, medicare, medicaid, and more.

Governmental Internet Resources

• Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse

  CDC's HIV mission is to prevent HIV infection and reduce the incidence of HIV-related illness and death, in collaboration with community, state, national, and international partners. This site includes some of the following information: Basic Science, Surveillance, Prevention Research, Vaccine Research, Prevention Tools, Treatment, Funding, Testing, Evaluation, Software, and Training.

• CDC Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

  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. This site includes some of the following information: Health Topics, CDC Publications, Traveler's Health, and CDC Data & Statistics.

• CDC Data & Statistics

  This site provides some of the following information reqaurding disease: Hazardous Substances Release information, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, WISQARS -- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System; tracking of birth defects, cancer registries etc..

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

  The Health Care Financing Administration became the CMS on July 1, 2001. It is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and runs the Medicareand Medicaid programs.

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)

  CFSAN, is one of six product-oriented centers, in addition to a nationwide field force, that carry out the mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA is a scientific regulatory agency responsible for the safety of the nation's domestically produced and imported foods, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products. This division of the FDA regulates the following industries: Acidified and Low Acid Canned Foods, Biotechnology, Cosmetics, Dietary Supplements, Food Additives and Premarket Approval, Foodborne Illness and Bad Bug Book and Microbiological Methods, Food Labeling and Nutrition, HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, Imports and Exports, Inspections, Compliance, Enforcements and Recalls, Pesticides and Chemical Contaminants and Total Diet Study, Seafood and Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia.

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  This agency is charged with regulating food and cosmetics for the medical industry. This site provides regulations to the following industries Food, Drugs, Medical Devices, Biologics, Animal Feed & Drugs, Cosmetics, and Radiation-emitting products.

• GULFLINK

  This site provides information on possible causes of the Gulf War Illness. It has case studies, News, Medical Information, Declassified Documents, and exhaustive studies of the Gulf War illness.

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

  JCAHO is an independent not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accreditsmore than 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. JCAHO accreditation is recognized as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards.

• Medline Articles PUBMED

  PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

• National Bioethics Advisory Commission

  The National Bioethics Advisory Commission will provide advice and make recommendations to the National Science and Technology Council, chaired by the President; other appropriate entities and the public, on bioethical issues arising from research on human biology and behavior, and the applications, including the clinical applications, of that research.

  Cloning Human Beings Report

• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

  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.

• National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIAID)

  NIAID is composed of four extramural divisions: the Division of AIDS; the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation; the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; and the Division of Extramural Activities. In addition, NIAID scientists conduct intramural research in laboratories located in Bethesda, Rockville and Frederick, Maryland, and in Hamilton, Montana. This Institute does research on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Asthma and Allergic Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Vaccine Development.

• National Institute of Health (NIH)

  Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical and health sciences information.

  This site has health information Grants & Funding Opportunities, News & Events, Scientific Resources, Institutes, Centers & Offices.

• National Library of Medicine (NLM)

  This site provides a pleathera of Health related databases and reference aids including links to: MedlinePlus, MEDLINE/PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, DIRLINE, NLM Gateway, TOXNet, and links to NLM's Centers for Research.

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Nongovernmental Internet Resources

• AllRefer Health Encyclopedia

  Lots of information and resources contained at this site that is written for the average person.

• BoardCertifiedDocsPassword Required

  Check physicians' board certification status, medical education and work history. Updated daily, BoardCertifiedDocs provides instant access to complete and verified professional credentials on 580,000 board certified physicians. Designated a primary source for credentialing information by the NCQA and JCAHO, this powerful database is an essential tool for credential verification offices and medical libraries.

• Healthopedia

  "A medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources."

• John Hopkins University - Welch Medical Library

  This site provides access to over 1,200 E-Journals, 100 E-databases, and over 100 e-books. It is geered toward Health Education

• MAYO Clinic

  This site provides access to information on the many services and research conducted by the Mayo Clinic in its four regional offices of Jacksonville, Fl., Rochester, MN., and Scottsdale, AZ..

• Medical Collection at the University of Miami Password Required

  This secure site provides access to the following indexes: MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, PubMed, Current Contents, CINAHL, CANCERLIT, HealthSTAR, and EBM Reviews.

• Neuroscience on the Internet

  This site is a searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet: Neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.

• Risk: Health, Safety & Environment

  This is approximately half of an annotated index, cumulative through volume 10, no. 3 (Summer 1999), of articles that have been published in Risk. It includes the full text of articles as well.

• Risk: Health, Safety & Environment

  Cumulative annotated index of articles that have been published in Risk. Includes full text of articles.

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Reference Sources

• Physician Directory for U.S.

  "DoctorFinder provides you with basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States. This includes more than 690,000 doctors."

Research Guides

• St. Louis School of Law Center for Health Law Studies

  This site has some really good health law links. It also has links to it's Journal of Health Law and its' Health Law Symposia

• Health & Health Care Reform

  This is a link to library handouts on Health Care located at the University of Michigan Godort Handout Exchange