Health and Fitness
DrWeil.com from the founder of the Program in Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
HealthWorld Online complementary medicine perspectives and alternative health options Internet Health Library alternative medicine resource from the United Kingdom Medicinal Spices Exhibit Contains basic facts, photographs, and illustrations of
nearly thirty herbs and spicesNational Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine part of the National Institutes of Health, offering a starting point for anyone interested in alternative medicine Pain Relief Tips Children's Health FDA Kids' Homepage food safety, medicine cabinet word find, teen scene, parents' corner, all about animals, children and tobacco, and Yorick the Skeleton illustrating the use of medical devices, are a few of the points of interest
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health access to NCEMCH databases, bibliographies and other reference resources Parent's Place:Health Issues and Your Children Comprehensive Resources
- Achoo Healthcare Online
- aHealthyMe.com health resources from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- American Academy of Opthamology
- American Dietetic Association
- American Medical Association
- Centers for Disease Control includes the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Serial Publications and offers information on diseases, travel health, prevention and other health issues
- CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
- Complete Home Medical Guide (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
- Consumer Health Information Resource Service (CHIRS) information on the CHIRS service to Nebraskans and links to health sites on the Internet
- Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet
- Digital Librarian health and medicine sites
- Discovery Health from the Discovery Channel
- Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
- Familydoctor.org searchable library from the American Academy of Family Physicians
- FDA - Food and Drug Administration
- Finding Good Health Information Online from AARP
- Genomics: A Global Resource genetics research from the human genome project to legal uses of DNA sequencing
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources in depth health information
- Health Information in Spanish
- Healthcare Publications for Consumers
- Healthfinder consumer health information from the U.S. Government
- HealthHQ provided by the ICON Libraries in Omaha, NE
- HealthGate many features including easily accessible articles on consumer health issues
- HealthLink Plus divided into eight main sections of annotated links to current and authoritative health-related sites: General Health Information, Health Care Providers, Health Insurance, Medical Research, Staying Healthy, Mental Health, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, and (available from the front page only) Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
- Health Library at Stanford women's health, children's health, men's health, diseases and disorders, and drug information and therapies
- Health Scout health news articles and a health web site rating service to help you identify the better sites
- HealthTouch Online
- HealthWeb evaluated health related WWW resources
- Healthy Measures Canadian site offers information for women who want to improve their fitness and nutrition
- HSTAT: Health Services Technology Assessment Texts HSTAT is a free, electronic resource that provides access to the full-text of documents useful in health care decision making - from the National Library of Medicine
- InteliHealth - Home to John Hopkins Health Information
- JADE: Journal Abstracts Delivered Electronically will search MEDLINE automatically each week on a customized search you specify and deliver the results by email.
- MacArthur Foundation Library Video Project Health Collection A source for health information films and more
- Mayo Health Clinic
- Medical Matrix links that are ranked, peer reviewed - arranged by specialty, disease - asks user to set up an account, but no fees are involved
- Medical Reference for Non-medical librarians annotated collection of links to Web sites for consumer health information. In addition to diseases, drugs, and general guides, topics include multilingual sites, information on evaluating online health sites, and much more
- MedicineNet features an online medical glossary and information on diseases and conditions including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
- MedLinc: Community Health Information Network, Lincoln, NE information about doctors and health organizations in the Lincoln area
- MEDLINE Plus a terrific health resource from the National Library of Medicine--dictionaries that help you figure out how to spell medical terms you are unsure of, links to health resources, databases to search for information, and more!
- MedScape for health professionals and interested consumers, features thousands of free full-text, peer-reviewed articles, medical news, MEDLINE, and interactive quizzes
- Mental Health Net
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Merck Manual Home Edition
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics 2nd edition -- focuses on the medical problems and care of the elderly and is directed at healthcare professionals, but many older users and those caring for elderly relatives may find it useful a browse able, searchable version of the medical reference standard with figures, tables, and index
- myHealtheon offers a 4,000 article encyclopedia of diseases and conditions, a healthcare directory, drug and herb information, nutrition and fitness information, suggestions on choosing healthcare
- National Health Information Center a health information referral service that links consumers and health professionals to more than 1200 federal and diverse health organizations in the United States, including those with toll free numbers.
- National Institute for Mental Health information for researchers and lay people
- National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine Includes free MEDLINE searching
- Nebraska Resource and Referral System Database (NRRS) contains information about thousands of community agencies and organizations that provide services and telephone hotline resources to Nebraskans
- NetWellness health information provided by health professionals at Case Western University, University of Cincinnati, and Ohio State University, includes "Ask An Expert" and "Health Topics" sections
- NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) Health Topics and Resources available in both Spanish and English
- OMNI--Organizing Medical Networked Information a selective (about 1500 resources) medical directory that can be searched or browsed alphabetically or by National Library of Medicine classification
- On Our Own Terms: Bill Moyers On Dying four principal sections: End-of-life tools offers suggestions (short articles) and resources to help patients and their families prepare; Care options explores topics such as general care, home care, hospice, and palliative care; The dying experience covers general topics such as "Dying As a Spiritual Event" and "How to Be with a Dying Person" as well as physician-assisted-suicide, cultural traditions, and planning a funeral; Therapy & support, discusses grief and grief counseling and the healing arts.
- OnHealth a new way to look at everything
- Online Medical Dictionary searchable medical dictionary with 65,000+ definitions
- PubMed NLM's (National Library of Medicine) search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases
- RxList: The Internet Drug Index in depth drug information covering more than four thousand US products
- State Health Facts Online This new resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation
- Summer Safety Tips The following summer safety tips are from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Surgeon General Reports
- University of Iowa's Family Practice Handbook
- Vesalius A detailed collection of anatomical images and surgical techniques
- Virtual Hospital
- WebMD
- Well-Connected in depth health information
- WholeHealth MD dedicated to providing the best in complementary and alternative medicine
- YourSurgery.com an expanding multimedia database of operative procedures designed to educate the average individual about their surgery - explains the most commonly performed surgeries, using simple diagrams and cutting edge animation
Doctors and Hospitals
AIM DocFinder directory of state physician licensing boards from the Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (note: Nebraska licensing information is at http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/lis/lis.asp)
American Board of Medical Specialties service to allow the public to verify board certification status of any physician American Medical Association Physician Select provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 650,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). All physician credential data have been verified for accuracy and authenticated by accrediting agencies, medical schools, residency training programs, licensing and certifying boards, and other data sources Best Hospitals Finder top hospitals ranked by U.S. News and World Report Magazine Doctors Without Borders Life in the Field companion site to the National Geographic Channel
television program of the same name explores the people and projects of the medical humanitarian aid organizationNebraska License Information System searchable database of licensed health professionals in Nebraska Nursing Home Compare provides detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country QuackWatch Home Page Drugs and Herbs
Fitness and Nutrition
- aHealthyMe.com Drug Database information, including pronunciations, of the latest drugs
- American Indian Ethnobotany Database searchable database of plants used as food, drugs, dyes and fibers by Native Americans
- Clinical Pharmacology Online a searchable, browse able database of drugs arranged by product name
- HerbMed database from the Alternative Medicine Foundation of herbs and their uses
- Medications booklet from the National Institute of Mental Health
- National Clearinghouse of Alcohol and Drug Information
- BetterU.Inc "Free health, fitness and weight loss information as well as online personal training."
- Coffee Science Information Center
- FitnessOnline formerly Asimba
- FoodNews.org information on pesticides and other toxic chemicals in your food
- Food Safety Project
- Healthy Refrigerator site is divided into four separate sections, including The Healthy Fridge, Good Nutrition, Heart of the Matter, and Just for Kids
- Information about Losing Weight and Maintaining a Healthy Weight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- JustMove.org from the American Heart Association
- NAT Tools for Good Health Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT) helps you keep track of your diet or look up nutrition information on almost any food item, including fast foods and foods by brand name
- Nutrition Navigator Tufts University Nutrition Navigator, a ratings guide to nutrition web sites
- Shape Up America specializes in healthy weight management through better nutrition and increased physical activity and was originated by C. Everett Koop former Surgeon General
- USDA Nutrient Database searchable database of calorie, protein, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, vitamin, mineral, lipid, and amino acid contents of foods
- Vegetarian Diets - Position of ADA the official position statement of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) that "appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, are nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- American Institute of Cancer Research
- Arthritis Foundation
- Blindness Resource Center's Eye Diseases and Conditions
- CancerNet
- CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome page
- CDC West Nile Virus Home page
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation educational material and support for patients, their families, and others seeking information on cystic fibrosis
- Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
- FDA Diabetes Information focuses on food and meal planning "and the medical products used to treat your diabetes, including glucose meters, insulin pumps, diabetes medicines, and insulin."
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Hormone Foundation serving as a resource for the public by promoting the prevention, treatment and cure of hormone-related diseases
- Internet Stoke Center web resource for information about stroke care and research
- LookSmart-Conditions/Illnesses exhaustive list of web pages on medical conditions and illnesses arranged by subject or alphabetically
- National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- The Nature of Things: A Look at Pain -an introspective look into how we understand, experience, and define the notion of pain
- Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases the list of diseases for which quarantine is authorized must first be specified in an Executive Order of the President
- World Dyslexia Network Foundation
Lifestyle and WellnessCancer Prevention and Control a skin cancer prevention initiative sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy Ideas from Prevention Magazine NetWellness health information provided by health professionals at Case Western University, University of Cincinnati, and Ohio State University, includes "Ask An Expert" and "Health Topics" sections SMART-MOUTH.ORG A fun, interactive site to help children learn about nutrition Weightlossresources Popular foods calorie counter and online calorie and nutrition databases Wellness Web
Men's Health Pregnancy and Reproductive Health
- Abstinence Clearinghouse
- Center for Disease Control Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Update is a drug once prescribed during pregnancy to prevent miscarriages or premature deliveries. In the U.S. an estimated 5 to 10 million persons were exposed to DES from 1938 to 1971
- Citizens for Midwifery
- It's Your (Sex) Life reliable, objective sexual health information to
young adults
- Protect Your Fertility sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), this site seeks to provide information about preventable infertility
- National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health access to NCEMCH databases, bibliographies and other reference resources
- Planned Parenthood
- ReproLine - Reproductive Health Online
- SexualHealth Network
Senior Health
AARP Health & Wellness health information portal Smoking
Action on Smoking and Health
American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking Online Great American Smokeout Medline Plus: Smoking QuitNet Search for a Safe Cigarette Smoking from All Sides
- Endometriosis Association
- Estronaut: Boldly Exploring Women's Health
- Women's Health Initiative "one of the largest preventive studies of its kind in the United States" contains information and preliminary research results, including "risks and benefits," for a study of the impact of taking estrogen plus progestin (also known as Hormone Replacement Therapy, or HRT)