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Patient and Consumer
Information
Links
with † are evaluated
by
Consumer and Patient Health
Information Section
of the
Medical Library Association
AllAllergy.net
Alternative
Medicine - Health and Age
Alternative
Medicine Homepage
Alzheimer's
Disease Education and Referral Center
AMA
Health Insight (American
Medical Association)
American
Academy of Dermatology: Public Resources
American
Academy of Pediatrics: You and Your Family
American
Board of Medical Specialties
American
Cancer Society: Health Information Seekers
American
College of Rheumatology: Patient Information
American
Geriatrics Society Patient Education Forum
American
Society of Reproductive Medicine: Resources for Patients
Association
of Cancer Online Resources
Best
Hospitals Finder
Best
Practice of Medicine Patient Guide
breastcancer.org
Breath
of Life (National Library
of Medicine/NIH asthma information)
The
Breathing Space (lung
disease info from Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals)
Cancer.gov
(National Cancer Institute)
†
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.CDC)
Chemotherapy
Information (Fox Chase
Cancer Center)
ClinicalTrials.gov
(NIH Clinical Trials Database)
Combined
Health Information Database
Complete
Home Medical Guide
(Columbia University College of Physicians
and
Surgeons)
Deciphering
Medspeak (Medical Library
Association's links to medical
terminology,
prescription terms and medical web site evaluation)
Depression
and Bipolar Support Alliance
Directory
of America's Hospitals (US
News & World Report / American
Hospital
Association)
disAbilityInfo.gov
(U.S. Govt web site for the disabled)
Discovery
Health
DoctorsForAdults.com
(American College of Physicians information on internal medicine)
drkoop.com
(from Empower Health Corporation)
Drug
Information
Resources (UTHCT list)
eMedicine
Consumer Health
Environmental
Protection Agency: Indoor Air Quality
Familydoctor.org
(American Academy of Family Physicians)
FDA:
Diabetes Information (U.S.
Food & Drug Administration)
FDA
Easy-to-Read Publications
(U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
Food
Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
4Woman.gov
(National Women's Health Information Center)
Genetics
Home Reference (National
Library of Medicine)
Harvard
Medical School Family Health Guide: Diagnostic Tests
Health
and Medicine Resources
(Education Index)
Health
& Wellness
(EBSCO) UTHCT
use only
Health
Information (Ohio State
Univ. patient education materials)
Health
Promotion and Health Education (Partners in Information Access
for the Public Health Workforce)
Health
Reference
Center Academic (searchable
database of magazine articles,
books,
and pamphlets; UTHCT use only)
Health
Source: Consumer
Edition (EBSCO) UTHCT use only
HealthAnswers
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HealthFinder (U.S. Office
of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
list of govt. agencies, organizations, universities, and
support/self-help
groups)
Healthgate
(information for the consumer; includes several databases, some free
and
some for a charge)
Healthlibrary.com
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HealthWeb
HealthWorld
HeartInfo.org
†
HIV InSite (Univ. of
California at San Francisco)
Household
Products Database (National
Library of Medicine/National
Institutes
of Health)
Indian
Health Service Consumer Health Information (U.S. DHHS)
Internet
Health Resources
Internet
Mental Health
Internet
Stroke Center
JAMA
Patient Page (American
Medical Association)
Locating
Spanish Language Health Information on the World Wide Web (National
Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region)
Lung
Cancer Online
†
Mayo Clinic Health Information
McKinley
Health Center Health Information (University of Illinois) MD
Choice
†
Medem Medical Library
Med
Facts (National Jewish
Medical and Research Center)
Medicare
Participating Physicians/Supplier Director (MEDPARD, from
Trailblazer
Health Enterprises)
Medicare
MedicineNet
(medical reference for the layperson)
†
MEDLINE Plus -- Free
MEDLINE plus consumer health information
resources
(National Library of Medicine)
MEDLINE
Plus in Spanish
Merck
Manual of Medical Information -- Home Edition
National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (Prevention
Online)
National
Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National
Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (U.S. National Institute of
Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases)
National
Health Information Center
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Special Web Pages and Interactive
Applications
(body mass index, smoking, obesity, and other issues) National
Institute of Mental Health - Patient Education Materials
National
Organization for State Medical & Osteopathic Board Executive
Directors
(information on
physicians and physician
assistants)
National
Osteoporosis Foundation
† National
Women's Health Information
Center
Netwellness
(Univ. of Cincinatti)
NIDDK
Health Information (U.S.
National Institute for Diabetes and
Digestive
and Kidney Diseases)
NIH
Health Information
(National Institutes of Health)
NIH
Senior Health †
NOAH (New York Online
Access to Health)
North
American Menopause Society: Consumers
OBGYN.Net
Women's Pavilion
†
OncoLink (University of
Pennsylvania)
Pain.com:
Consumer Information
Patient
Education Materials (Ohio
State Univ. Medical Center)
Patient
Education Resources for Clinicians (Oregon Health & Science
University)
PDQ
(National Cancer Institute Physicians Data Query)
PDR.net
(drug and other info; free, but registration required)
Physician
Select (American Medical
Association; information on MDs and
DOs;
see links under Data Products for Patients)
Rare
Diseases (National
Institutes of Health)
Reuters
Health Information Service
Texas
Cancer Data Center
Top
100 Web Sites (evaluated by
the Medical Library Association
Consumer
and Patient Health Information Section)
ToxTown/ToxCity
(information on everday chemicals from the National Library of
Medicine) Travelers
Health (CDC international
travel information, including disease
outbreaks and health issues)
Tuberculosis
Information
Resources (UTHCT list)
Tufts
Nutrition Navigator (Tufts
University School of Nutrition
Science
and Policy) Understanding
MS (multiple sclerosis)
UpToDate
Patient Information
USDA
Food and Nutrition Information Center (includes link to
Food Pyramid)
UTHCT
Information
for Patients
UTHCT
Patient
Information Station
UTHCT
General
Information Resources (includes
medical glossaries and terminology)
WebMD
Women's
Health Matters
Yahoo
Health
YourSurgery.com
(includes descriptions of surgical procedures)
Watson W.
Wise Medical Research Library
The University
of Texas Health Center at Tyler
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Highway 271
Tyler,
TX 75708-3154
Phone:
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Last update:
April 16, 2007
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