HEALTH
- Adolescent Health
www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec801e457a
From the Centers for Disease Control.
- AIDS at 25
www.kff.org/hivaids/aidsat25.cfm
Traces the history of this disease.
- Alateen
www.al-anon.org/alateen.html
Help for young people who are the relatives or friends of someone with a drinking problem.
- Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Information about the famous self-help program for those addicted to alcohol.
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunolog
www.aaaai.org
Allergy information, pollen counts, and tips to finding an allergist.
- American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Search here by topic or type.
- American College of Emergency Physicians
www.acep.org
Learn about SARS, bioterrorism, domestic violence, and more.
- American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
Information about the disease and the group that provides diabetes research, information, and advocacy on this site.
- American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
Group that works toward fighting heart disease and stroke.
- American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org
Learn about lung diseases, asthma, tobacco control, and more.
- Anorexia and Related Eating Disorders
www.anred.com
Information and varied resources on bulimia, anorexia, and more.
- Anorexic Web
www.anorexicweb.com
Site that strives to raise awareness about the fight against eating disorders.
- Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org
Conditions, treatments, and research are featured as well as news and resources.
- BBC Human Body and Mind
www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
Vast sources to study the facets of our humanness.
- Bone Biology
depts.washington.edu/bonebio/
Site was created for middle school students by a physician and includes information on building bone strength.
- Brain Pop
www.brainpop.com
Health, science, technology, and math educational site.
- California Healthcare Foundation
www.chcf.org
Site is sponsored by a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving California health care.
- Cancer 411
www.cancer411.com
Designed to help cancer patients and their families with gathering information about the disease and treatments.
- Cancer Facts
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cigars
Facts about cigar smoking and cancer.
- Cancer News on the Net
www.cancernews.com/default2.asp
The latest on diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- Center for Eating Disorders
www.eating-disorders.com
News and inspiration for those fighting these disorders.
- Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Health topics from A to Z, as well as data about the work of this agency.
- Cholesterol Lowdown
www.cholesterollowdown.org
The site focus is their educational goal to help disseminate information on the dangers of high cholesterol and heart disease.
- CNN Interactive/Health Main Page
www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
Updated health news.
- Common Drugs of Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages
Read about these commonly abused drugs.
- Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon G
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/smokingconsequences
Full text of the May 27, 2004, Surgeon General report is found here.
- CPR
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3011764
Training courses and programs.
- DARE
www.dare.com
Official Web site of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
www.dbsalliance.org
Information, resources, and support for those with mood disorders.
- Diagnostic Tests
www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics.shtml
Information on tests for various body systems.
- Diet Site
www.dietsite.com
Designed to help educate you about general health, nutrition, and fitness topics.
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet
www.docguide.com/
News and resources on medicine.
- Dr. Koop's Medical Encyclopedia
www.drkoop.com
Look up information about all of your health concerns on this site.
- Drugs.com
www.drugs.com/
Drug information resource.
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid
Analyzing disease trends leads to the Center for Disease Control's finding of emerging infectious diseases.
- Family Doctor
familydoctor.org/
Information for the whole family.
- First Spot First Aid
1st-spot.net/topic_firstaid.html
How to treat various injuries.
- Fitness Online
www.fitnessonline.com
Fitness services on eating right, getting fit, body building, etc.
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
www.nalusda.gov/fnic/
Resources for consumers and educators.
- Free Medical Dictionary
www.medterms.com
Medical dictionary, as well as medication, disease, and treatment news.
- Frontline: The Age of AIDS
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/
Companion to PBS program.
- Get Body Smart: Respiratory System
www.getbodysmart.com/ap/respiratorysystem/menu/menu.html
Tutorials, quizzes and additional links.
- Get It Straight
www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/straight/cover.htm
The facts about drugs from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
- Getting Well
www.gettingwell.com
Wellness, drug information, clinical trials, and more.
- Globalhealth.gov
www.globalhealth.gov/
Country information and international travel tips.
- Gray's Anatomy
www.bartleby.com/107/
Includes thousands of entries and engravings.
- Guide to a Healthy Heart
www.invisionguide.com/heart/
Learn about the functioning of a human heart,
- Guided Tour of the Visible Human
www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/
18,000 digitized sections of the human body.
- Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Online
www.health.harvard.edu/fhg
Diseases, health, emergencies and first aid information.
- Harvard World Health News
www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/
News digest for public health.
- Health 08
www.health08.org
Health care issues in the 2008 election campaign.
- Health A to Z
www.healthatoz.com
Your family health site for information on medical conditions and concerns.
- Health Links
www.healthlinkusa.com
Your links to reliable health information.
- Health Talk Interactive
www.healthtalk.com
Link to experts on treatments and disease management.
- Health World Online
www.healthy.net
Find out about treatments, conditions, diagnosis, research, support groups, etc.
- Healthfinder
www.healthfinder.gov
Discover therapies, nutrition, and condition information.
- Healthy Aging
www.healthandage.com
Health updates and news about your health at any age.
- HeartCenterOnline for Patients
heart.healthcentersonline.com
Get the info you need on cholesterol, blood pressure and artery disease.
- History of Biomedicine
www.mic.ki.se/History.html
Medicine from ancient times to the present.
- HIV In Site
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
Current information on treatment and prevention.
- Human Anatomy Online
www.innerbody.com
Learn about the workings of the body here.
- Human Physiology in Space
nsbri.tamu.edu/HumanPhysSpace/
How different body systems function in space.
- Infection Detection
www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection
Kids' information about prevention, infection, bacteria, and other health issue
- InnerBody
www.InnerBody.com
Tour different body systems.
- InteliHealth - Johns Hopkins Health Information
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html
Diseases and conditions are explained here.
- Interactive Health Tutorials
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials.html
Animations and narration are used to explain health topics.
- Internet Drug Index
www.rxlist.com
Search for a drug by name or treated condition.
- Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com
Mental disorders, medications, and research.
- IPRC Infosite
www.drugs.indiana.edu
Service of the Indiana Prevention Center, info on statistics, and more on drug and other addiction prevention.
- John Hopkin's Podcasts
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html
Discussion of the week's medical news.
- Johns Hopkin's Comprehensive Transplant Center
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/
Learn about their various transplant programs.
- Kids' Health
www.kidshealth.org
Explore the information about drugs, alcohol, conditions, and fitness.
- KidsHealth: Teens
kidshealth.org/teen/index.html
Links for wellness of the body and mind, fitness, drug use and more.
- Lab Tests Online
www.labtestsonline.org/
Public resource on clinical lab testing.
- Lumosity
www.lumosity.com
Take a brain fitness program.
- Lung Tour
www-itg.lbl.gov/ImgLib/COLLECTIONS/lung_tour.html
Look at the structure of the lungs.
- Mad Cow Disease
www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/madcow96.html
Explanation of this disease.
- Mayo Clinic
www.mayo.edu
Education and research at the world-famous clinic.
- Mayo Health Oasis
www.mayohealth.org
Health information for an improved life.
- Meals for You
www.mealsforyou.com
Nutritional information on thousands of foods, along with meal plans and recipes.
- MEDEM Network
www.medem.com/
Connecting physicians and patients online.
- Medicine Net
www.medicinenet.com
Current health news with information about many medical conditions.
- Medline Plus: Anthrax
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html
Links to much information on this topic.
- Medline Plus: Diptheria
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diphtheria.html
Find out about this condition.
- MedLine Plus--National Library of Medicine
medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Medical dictionary and encyclopedia of news.
- Men's Health Issues
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealthissues.html
Study the health concerns of men.
- Merck: Online Medical Reference
www.MerckHomeEdition.com
Based on the popular textbook of medicine.
- National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/cancer_information
Cancer information, statistics, and research.
- National Center for Health Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs
Collection of statistics from the Center for Disease Control.
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm
This index includes illnesses, conditions, concerns.
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
www.ninds.nih.gov/
Learn aoubt neurological disease.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
teens.drugabuse.gov/havefun/index.asp
Information for teens.
- NIH Infectious Diseases Fact Sheets
www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/bacteria/#2b
Resources, news and report.
- Nursing Center
www.nursingcenter.com
Career opportunities, medical journal publications, and comprehensive resource for nurses.
- OncoLink (U of Penn)
oncolink.upenn.edu/
News and treatment resources.
- Partnership for a Drug Free America
www.drugfreeamerica.org
News, features, and resources on drugs.
- Reuters Health Information
www.reutershealth.com
Medical and health care news is available here.
- Secret Life of the Brain
www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/
History of the brain, mind illusions, etc.
- Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
www.hhmi.org/senses
Focus on our senses and health.
- Senior's Health Issues
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealthissues.html
Health concerns that relate to senior citizens.
- Shape Up America
www.shapeup.org
Find out about fitness and weight-loss programs here.
- Starbright Foundation
www.starbright.org
Free information is available to young people dealing with serious illness.
- Step-by-Step Yoga
www.santosha.com/asanas
Yoga postures, meditations, and philosophy.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.os.dhhs.gov
Features on food, drugs, disasters, aging and more.
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
www.cancer.med.umich.edu
Explore this site to find needed information about cancer.
- Using Family History to Promote Health
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/famhist.htm
Discusses ways that family history can be a risk factor for health problems.
- Virtual Body
www.medtropolis.com/vbody.asp
Interactive exhibit with four sections.
- Visible Human
www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
3-D human visuals.
- Web Anatomy
webanatomy.net/
Anatomy and physiology resources.
- WebMD
webmd.com
Great health info.
- Women's Health Issues
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealthissues.html
What should women know about their health concerns?
- Women's Health
www.healthy.net/womenshealth
Natural choices for healthy women.
- World Health Organization
www.who.int/whosis
Data on births, deaths, and diseases for world nations.
- World's Healthiest Foods
www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
What should you be eating?
- Yahoo Cancers
dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Cancers/
Yahoo special directory.
- Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
www.yellowribbon.org
Designed to create awareness and attention to the problem of suicide.
- Yoga Site
www.yogasite.com
Yoga styles, postures, therapy, and more.
- Your Gross and Cool Body
yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000008.html
Find out about some yucky things about our human body: belching, zits, hiccups, vomit.
- YourSurgery.com
www.yoursurgery.com/
Easy to understand information on common surgical procedures.
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