List of internet medical resources

The quality of information on the Internet is highly variable.  A number of articles (see 1 to 4 below) have been written on this topic.  The following links are provided as examples of different types of information resources available on the Internet/Intranet and the author or the Cleveland Clinic are not responsible for the information found by following these links. Please review our link disclaimer.

Personal Favorites:

Medical Search Sites:

1. Medical Matrix at http://www.medmatrix.org/ (subscription based)
2. MedWeb at Emory University at http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/ 
3. Doctor's guide to the Internet at http://www.pslgroup.com/medres.htm
4. Health A to Z at http://www.healthatoz.com/
5. CliniWeb at http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/
6. Health Finder www.healthfinder.gov
7. OMNI http://Omni.ac.uk
8. Six Senses Reviews www.sixsenses.com
9. Medical World Search www.mwsearch.com
10. Achoo http://www.achoo.com
11. Wellness Interactive Network at http://www.stayhealthy.com/index.html
12. ACP Web Site for Internists http://www.acponline.org/computer/ccp/bookmark/

Medical Mega-Sites:

1. Medical Economics Interactive (http://www.pdr.net/) (login required but remembers password) has links to PDR where you can search for medications by side effect or indication.
2. Physicians' Online (http://www.pol.net/) (login required)
3. InteliHealth (http://www.intelihealth.com/)
4. The Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org
5. MD Consult (login required/subscription fees from outside the CCF)
6. Medscape from WebMD (http://www.medscape.com) (login required)

Free Online Medical Textbooks

1. Merck Manual at http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/ 
2. eMedicine at http://www.emedicine.com
3. The University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook at http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/familymedicine/FPHandbook/FPContents.html 

Pharmaceutical reference sites:

1. PDR net (http://www.pdr.net/) from Medical Economics Co.   (login required the first time you visit the site, includes  PDR of Herbal Medicine, Drug Interaction checker, search for drugs by disease condition, side-effects etc.)
2. StatREF (http://raptor.ri.ccf.org/tserver/tserver.dll?command=doGetDoc&database=MEDICINE&sUI=&getDoc=Default.html) Can be used only from within the CCF campus.  This database includes 30 books including AHFS drug book, Medical Letter, the USP DI I and II and a medical dictionary among others)
3. Rxlist http://www.rxlist.com/
4. Clinical Pharmacology Online (http://www.cponline.gsm.com/ requires an initial registration.  Has drug monographs and drug comparison tables) 
5. Mosby's Physicians' GenRx ( http://www1.mosby.com/Mosby/PhyGenRx/genrxhome.html )  Only for registered users.

Sites with free MEDLINE:

1. PubMED from the National Library of Medicine http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ (possibly the best free MEDLINE site)
2. http://www.healthgate.com/
3. http://www.medscape.com/
4. http://www.pdrnet.com/
5. MEDLINE plus http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html - collated links on various medical conditions with an easy interface for MEDLINE searching

Subscription based MEDLINE sites

1. Ovid http://gateway.ovid.com/
2. Knowledge Finder http://www.kfinder.com/newweb/   Can search through your web browser or download a software that works independently of the browser.  Offers a unique fuzzy logic search engine and also offers automated searches on up to 4 topics with results e-mailed to you periodically.

Sites with lists of medicine related Bulletin Board Sites (Usenet Newsgroups) and list servs

1. http://www.ihr.com/newsgrp.html 
2. http://www.healthboards.com (for the patient)

Patient education material:

1. InteliHealth is a consumer health information site maintained by Johns Hopkins University and Health System (http://www.intelihealth.com/).
2. HealthAnswers.com Inc.
3. WebMD at http://www.webmd.com --> WebMD Health.
4. Healthtouch Online  maintained by Medical Strategies Inc. (http://www.healthtouch.com)
5. Mayo Clinic Health Oasis (http://www.mayohealth.org/) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
6. Complete Home Medical Guide (http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/) Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
7. Merck Source at http://www.mercksource.com
8. Dr.Koop.com at http://www.DrKoop.com
9. The Merck Manual - Home Edition at http://www.merckhomeedition.com/ 

Journals:

1. Annals of Internal Medicine http://www.acponline.org/journals/journals.htm
2. The New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/
3. JAMA http://www.ama-assn.org/public/journals/jama/jamahome.htm
4. BMJ http://www.bmj.com/bmj/
5. The Lancet http://www.thelancet.com/
6. CMAJ http://www.cma.ca/journals/cmaj/

Organizations:

1. ACP http://www.acponline.org/
2. AMA http://www.ama-assn.org/
3. SGIM http://www.sgim.org/
4. WHO http://www.who.ch/
5. CDC http://www.cdc.gov/
6. NIH http://www.nih.gov/
7. BPHC http://www.bphc.hrsa.dhhs.gov/ (Bureau of Primary Health Care)
8. NLM http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
9. AHCPR http://www.ahcpr.gov/
10. NCQA http://www.ncqa.org/

Daily update of health related news:

1. NY Times Syndicate http://www.yourhealthdaily.com
2. InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/
3. ReutersHealth http://www.reutershealth.com/
4. CNN Health News http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/index.html

Research funds information sites:

1. Community of Science http://www.cos.com/
2. Infoed International http://spin.infoed.org/wwwspin/spin_start.html
3. The Foundation Center, Grantmaker info http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/index.html
4. http://www.grantsnet.org/(GrantsNet Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Academy for the Advancement of Science)
5. http://www.nih.gov (Federal Grants)
6. http://www.ahcpr.gov (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)
7. http://www.cancer.org (American Cancer Society)
8. http://www.amhrt.org (American Heart Association)
9. http://fdncenter.org (Non-profit Organization Listing with hot links)
10. http://philanthropy-journal.org/plhome/plhome.htm (Philanthropy Links)

Alternative Medicine:

1. Ask NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)  http://www.noah.cuny.edu/alternative/alternative.html
2. Herb Research Foundation
3. Sympatico's list of alternative medicine sites http://www.nf.sympatico.ca/healthyway/DIRECTORY/B1.html
4. National center for complementary and alternative medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/
5. Alternative health news online http://www.altmedicine.com
6. The PDR of Herbal Medicine http://www.pdrnet.com 

Disease Conditions information and support sites: 

1.  Diseases and Disorders (http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html) maintained by the Karolinska Institute, Library, Sweeden.
2. Rare Disorders (http://www.pcnet.com/~orphan/ maintained by the national organization of rare disorders, a non-profit organization supported by charitable foundations, pharmaceutical companies etc.
3.  Crohn’s Colitis Home Page (http://qurlyjoe.bu.edu/cduchome.html) maintained by Bill Robertson an employee of Boston University but is not an official BU site.
4. Allergies and Asthma (http://allergy.mcg.edu/) maintained by American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
5. Alzheimer’s Disease Home Page (http://206.119.4.214/alzheimer/) supported by The Bedford, MA Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center and by the National Institute on Aging.
6. Lupus Home Page (http://www.hamline.edu/lupus/) maintained by non-experts through a service of the Hamline University, MN.
7. Diabetes Home Page (http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/) maintained by the Center for Disease Control.
8. Eye Conditions and Diseases (http://www.eyenet.org/public/faqs/) American Academy of Ophthalmology
9. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (http://www.cfids.org/) is the home page of the The CFIDS Association of America, Inc., a charitable organization.
10. Lyme Disease (http://www.lymenet.org/) home page of The Lyme Disease Network, a non-profit foundation
11. Hepatitis Information Network (http://www.hepnet.com/index.html) supported by Schering Canada Inc.
12. Schizophrenia (http://www.schizophrenia.com/) maintained by the brother of a schizophrenia patient and has banner ads.

Miscellaneous:

1. Preoperative evaluations at Jefferson http://oac1.oac.tju.edu/~gozum/preop/ALPHALST.HTML
2. Travel recommendations from CDC http://www.cdc.gov/travel/travel.html
3. The Family Practice Handbook at the University of Iowa http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter02/01-2.html
4. http://www.glamm.com/ql/guide.htm (Clinician’s Computer-Assisted Guide to the Choice of Instruments for Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine)
5. HELIX  (http://www.helix.com) Health Education Learning and Information Exchange
6. Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPC)  (http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/) - a list of links to  CPC sites.
7. National Guideline Clearing House (http://www.guidelines.gov) 
8. http://www.emedicine.com
9. Hospital Web - a link to web sites of US hospitals at http://adams.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebusa.html 

1. Lindberg DAB, Humphreys BL. Medicine and health on the Internet: the good, the bad, and the ugly. JAMA 1998; 280:1303-1304
2. Silberg WM, Lundberg GD, Musacchio RA. Assessing, controlling, and assuring the quality of medical information on the Internet.JAMA.1997;277:1244-1245
3. Jadad AR, Gagliardi A. Rating health information on the Internet. JAMA. 1998;279:611-614
4. Robert G. Badgett, MD; Janna C. Lawrence, MLIS, AHIP Howard F. Clarke, PA-C Gary F. Malet, DO; Neil A. Busis, M. Internet Health Ratings Systems: Knowledge vs. Babel. JAMA. 280;697-699, August 26, 1998

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