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Alternative and complementary medicine --See Alternative and Complementary Medicine Resources
American Cancer Society
Supports education and research in cancer prevention, diagnosis, detection, and treatment. Its Web page provides news, information on types of cancer, patient services, treatment options, sections on children with cancer and living with cancer, and cancer statistics. Site is also available in Spanish.
American Diabetes Association
The site contains basic information about diabetes, such as healthy living choices, insulin reactions, exercise, and diet. Other features include diabetes in the news, online shopping, ADA-sponsored events, and a section for health care professionals.
American Heart Association (AHA)
The "Heart and Stroke A-Z Guide" provides a broad spectrum of information, including warnings signs for heart disease and stroke, an easy-to-use reference guide, a legislative action package, family health information (nutrition, exercise, children, programs or books), risk awareness for patients, scientific and professional information, solicitation options for volunteers, local AHA chapters, and donations. There is information on everything from scientific guidelines to training guides to ads for the Jump Rope for Heart program or The American Heart Walk. Of special note are the public advocacy pages with legislative priorities. Sponsorship is clear, content is factual, and policy briefs are clearly identified as such.
Cancer.gov
The official Website for The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training. NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
Cleveland Clinic Consumer Health Information Center
Information on over 900 health topics, community programs, clinical trials, support groups and has been approved by Cleveland Clinic specialists, unless otherwise noted.
Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project
A comprehensive source for practical treatment strategies developed by physicians from the Cleveland Clinic.
Cleveland Clinic list of Departments and Services
The type of information offered varies by department.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Clinical trials --See Evidence Based Medicine / Clinical Trials / Practice Guidelines
Deciphering Medspeak
The Medical Library Association developed "Deciphering Medspeak" to help translate common "medspeak" terms.
Directories of physicians, hospitals or organizations -- See Reference Resources, Medical
Dr. Koop
Consumer/Patient health information resources.
Family Doctor:
Health Information for the whole family (from the American Academy of Family Physicians).
FDA (U. S. Food and Drug Administration)
Regulatory information on drugs, medical devices, biologics, etc.
Hardin MD (University of Iowa)
Hardin MD was first launched in 1996, as a source to find the best lists, or directories, of information in health and medicine. In recent years, however, they've added other types of links: Just Plain Links pages have direct links to primary information in circumscribed subjects and many of our pages have links to Medical Pictures.
HealthFinder
The healthfinder® project is coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and its National Health Information Center, with the active participation of a Steering Committee composed of representatives of the Federal agencies who include consumer health information specialists, librarians, and others actively engaged in the provision or use of online consumer health information.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (only for employees with library accounts)
Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
HIV InSite
A project of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) AIDS Research Institute. Designed as a gateway to in-depth information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS, it provides numerous links to many authoritative sources. Subjects are arranged into "Key Topics" and the site may also be searched by key words. Many items are provided in full text, and information is available in English and Spanish.
Infotrac Health Reference Center (only for employees with library accounts)
A full text consumer health information database.
KidsHealth (from Nemours)
Provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.
MD Consult (only for employees with library accounts)
Provides full-text information (textbooks, journals, practice guidelines, patient education handouts) for use in clinical patient care. For a subject listing of MD Consult books click here.
Medem
A project of the leading medical societies in the United States, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The site was developed to provide "a trusted online source for credible, comprehensive, and clinical healthcare information, and secure, confidential communications." The "Medical Library" is divided into four major categories: Life Stages, Diseases and Conditions, Therapies and Health Strategies, and Health and Society.
MedlinePlus
Health information for professionals and consumers.
National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute's web site containing many useful links such as clinical trials, PDQ, statistics, etc.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
The site provides an array of basic and specific heart and vascular disease information, covering topics such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, and obesity, and offers resources for Latino users. A lengthy list of the agency's reports and scientific documents is available, and the agency maintains its own database of clinical trials and studies seeking patients.
NLM's Tutorial on Evaluating Internet Health Information
A sixteen-minute tutorial (requires a Flash 6 browser plugin) on evaluating health Websites takes you step-by-step through a process to help you decide if health information on a Website is credible.
Oxford Reference, Food and Nutrition (only for employees with library accounts)
Reference books on Food and Nutrition.
Netwellness
Over 100 health topics with in-depth information on hundreds of diseases and wellness issues.
PDQ CancerNet
PDQ is a database containing the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus clinical trials.
RevolutionHealth.com
New consumer health website by the founder of AOL, Stephen Case.
UpToDate for Patients
Provides detailed discussions on a wide variety of topics in adult general internal medicine and its specialties
WebMD
Information on diseases and conditions, healthy living, information on medical tests and more; provided in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic.
Women's Cancer Network
The official site of the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation - physicians "dedicated to preventing, detecting and conquering cancer in women." It has information on the organization, the types of cancer that affect women, cancer risks for women, and a search engine to locate gynecologic oncologists. There are also links to related sites, publications, and support groups.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health.

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Last updated: April 23, 2008 | CCF library staff

Patient Education / Consumer Health Resources