Medical Links and Resources
The Internet gives the researcher access to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database covering all fields of medicine and containing over 8.6 million records dating back to 1966. It is the most comprehensive medical resource available on the Internet. A doctor may be located using the American Medical Association's Physician Select Online Doctor Finder, or a researcher can visit the First Internet Medical Bookstore and purchase a medical treatise on a particular subject.
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Angel Flight
Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic is a non-profit organization serving patients in need and their families.
URL: http://www.angelflightmidatlantic.org/
ANGEL FLIGHT, INC
Angel Flight is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization which arranges free private aircraft transportation to patients seeking specialized medical treatment.
URL: http://www.angelflight.com/
Corporate Angel Network
Corporate Angel Network provides free transportation to cancer patients to and from treatment centers using the empty seats of corporate jets. Corporate, patient and volunteer information available.
URL: http://www.corpangelnetwork.org/
Hospice Angel Flight
[From the site:] Hospice Angel Flight to ensure that no financially-needy senior citizen or hospice patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation.
URL: http://www.hospiceangelflight.org/
Passengers with Disabilities
The Passengers with Disabilities page offers facts for disabled air travelers from the Aviation Consumer Protection Program.
URL: http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/publications/disabled.htm
Virtual Flight Surgeons, Inc.
Virtual Flight Surgeons, Inc. provides confidential support with Pilot FAA Medical Certification and assistance information as well as many related links on medicine, health etc.
URL: http://aviationmedicine.com
Medical Resources
Physiotherapy
Physio-net is the online physical therapy resource for physical therapists, physiotherapists, health professionals and the general public.
URL: http://physio-net.com/
Physiotherapy Glossary
The Physiotherapy Glossary contains listings of commonly used terms by physiotherapists, doctors and other health professionals.
URL: http://physio-net.com/reference/glossary/
Acne Resource Center
The Acne Resource Center is a comprehensive source for teens and adults battling the effects of acne.
URL: http://www.acne-resource.org/
The American Medical Association (AMA)
The American Medical Association website contains information on physicians, from finding a doctor to exploring health care careers; from health and medicine resources to helping advocate for patients' rights.
URL: http://www.ama-assn.org/
BioMedSearch.com
[From the site:] BioMedSearch is an enhanced version of the NIH PubMed search that combines MedLine/PubMed data with data from other sources to make the most comprehensive biomedical literature search available. BioMedSearch also provides advanced account features that allow saved searches, alerts, saving documents to portfolios, commenting on documents and portfolios, and sharing documents with other registered users. Registering for BioMedSearch is free.
URL: http://www.biomedsearch.com/
Clinical Trials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov offers information to patients and public on more than 5,000 federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at more than 47,000 locations nationwide. There are also direct e-mail links to individuals responsible for recruiting participants for each study. This site is completely confidential, requiring no registration or personal identification of any kind.
URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/
Dianceht Prosthetics
Dianceht is a company that makes individual sculpting for high quality custom prostheses for amputee parts of the body such as fingers, hands, arms, earlobe, feet, legs, and noses. Majority of site is in Spanish only.
URL: http://www.manosydedos.com/index_home_english.html
Direct Text Book
Locate medical books online with Direct Text Book. The site offers a book price comparison that allows you to search for the best prices on medical books at online booksellers like Barnes and Noble, Amazon and many more.
URL: http://www.directtextbook.com/
Drugfacts.com
Facts and Comparisons from Wolters Kluwer Health company is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date drug resources available. Find an internet portal for drug information, some content free, others require a paid subscription. Site also includes current news, information on continuing education in the field, and a marketplace.
URL: http://www.factsandcomparisons.com/
eMedicine
eMedicine features up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical journals, online physician reference textbooks, and a full-text article database in 62 medical specialties. This largest and most current Internet medical library and clinical knowledge base is available to physicians, medical students, nurses, and other health professionals free of charge.
URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/
Epocrates PDA Medical Software
Epocrates, Inc. develops clinical information and decision support tools that enable healthcare professionals to find answers more quickly and confidently at the point of care.
URL: http://www.epocrates.com/
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery provides surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgery as well as the newest surgical procedures, helping physicians transform patient care through innovation.
URL: http://www.ethiconendo.com/
Glucosamine and Osteoarthritis Resource Center
The Osteoarthritis and Glucosamine Resource Center provides top quality information on osteoarthritis and glucosamine, the latest research, details on osteoarthritis medications and treatments, and tips for effectively managing your pain.
URL: http://www.glucosamine-osteoarthritis.org/
Health Administration Responsibility Project
The Health Administration Responsibility Project focuses on the liability of managed care organizations for the consequences of their decisions. Organized as a hypertext outline, it sets out theories of liability, sources of law and obstacles to trial. Also sponsors a listserv for discussion of these issues.
URL: http://www.harp.org/
Health Finder
Health Finder contains a wealth of information including a link to select online publications, clearing houses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups within the medical field.
URL: http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthopedia
Healthopedia is a web resource containing comprehensive and reliable database of health articles and reference materials from trusted sources on over 1,500 topics. Provides accurate, unbiased information in patient-friendly language on more than 11,000 drugs and medications.
URL: http://www.healthopedia.com/
Heart Rhythm Society
The Heart Rhythm Society is an international leader in science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients, and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders. Its mission is to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards. They provide accurate, clear and understandable information about cardiac arrythmia disorders.
URL: http://www.hrsonline.org/
HRS Public and Patients
The HRS Public and Patients section is designed to educate patients and the public while the HRS provides accurate, clear and understandable information about cardiac arrhythmia disorders.
URL: http://www.hrspatients.org/patients/default.asp
How to Access Medline - Fee based
Medline Factsheet is a fee based service to over 8.6 million medical documents published from 1966 through the present. Updated monthly.
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html
Humana Drug Look-Up Source
The Humana Drug Look-Up Source is a searchable database of more than 60,000 entries for generic and brand-name drugs and related compounds, including immunizations, hormones, vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other supplements.
URL: http://www.humana.com/members/tools/prescription_tools/humana_drug_list.asp
JCAHO - The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States whose mission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.
To download healthcare providers' accreditation reports, click on Quality Checks and enter the zip code of the facility.
URL: http://www.jointcommission.org/
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical Association.
URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/
K12 Academics
K12 Academics Bi-Polar disorder page offers description, treatment, resources, research, epidemiology, as well as bi-polar-based discussion groups are provided by the K12 Academics site.
URL: http://www.k12academics.com/disorders-disabilities/bipolar-disorder
Lab Tests Online
Lab Tests Online offers patient education to help health care consumers better manage their care. A public resource on clinical lab testing from the professionals who do the testing.
URL: http://www.labtestsonline.org/index.html
Library of the National Medical Society
The Library of the National Medial Society: For a one time subscription fee of $9.95 the site provides a wealth of information including: Online Diagnosis, Medical Treatment Advisor, Color Textbooks and Photographic Book of Skin Diseases, Medical Journals and Full Text Medical Book Library, Physicians' Drug Resource, Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Medicine, Journal of Family Medicine, Journal of Primary Care Medicine, Journal of Surgery, Journal of Emergency Medicine and Acute Primary Care, Journal of AIDS/HIV, Psychiatry and Mental Health Library, Medical Reference Library, Women's Health Library, Children's Health Library, Textbooks and Medical Reference Books Online.
URL: http://www.medical-library.org/index.htm
LIDO Medical Graphics
LIDO features a database containing more than 10,000 full color, handcrafted medical illustrations and reusable exhibits. The entire collection is fully searchable and can be printed or added to a document or presentation. Offers tutorials and provides referrals to medical illustration service providers. Subscription and download prices apply.
URL: http://search.lido.com/index.cfm
Martindale's Health Science Guide
The Martindale's Health Science Guide contains approximately 37,500 multimedia testing files, 925 multimedia tutorials, 2,600 databases, 45,200 multimedia medical cases, 9,950 movies, and 725 multimedia courses and textbooks.
URL: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Medical.html#Chart
MD Consult
Use MD Consult to retrieve the complete text of articles from the leading medical journals as well as search MEDLINE to locate full-text articles. Access to 37 medical texts to answer clinical questions. Fee-based.
URL: http://www.mdconsult.com/
MD Junction - Find a Doctor. Know Your Doctor
MD Junction is a nationwide Doctors Search Engine that helps finding the right doctor by providing patient reviews, ratings, and doctors' profile and professional information such as specialties & expertise, medical education, contacts etc.
URL: http://www.mdjunction.com/
Medem
Medem was created by preeminent medical societies out of the concern over lack of quality standards in online medical information. Featuring an extensive medical library, it aims at becoming the most comprehensive and trusted source of healthcare content on the web.
URL: http://www.medem.com/
The Medica
The Medica is the premier online global trade marketplace for medical suppliers and manufacturers. A leading source for medical products with an extensive directory for medical supplies, manufacturers, wholesalers, health care products, hospital equipment, medical softwares and more.
URL: http://www.themedica.com/
Medical Matrix
Medical Matrix is an encyclopedia collection of links to medical resources on the Web. All resources have been peer reviewed and rated on a 5 star system. There are over 4,000 links with categories in disease and specialty, clinical practice, literature, education, health care professionals, and computers and technology. Site is free but requires registration.
URL: http://www.medmatrix.com/
Medicine Net
Medicine Net is a dictionary of medical knowledge, with alphabetical listing of diseases and treatments, medications, their uses and side effects, and a dictionary of medical terms.
URL: http://www.medicinenet.com/
Medline Plus
Medline Plus is a federally funded health site with trustworthy information. Interactive tutorial makes it easy to learn about everything from breast cancer and asthma, to diabetes and strokes. A directories page links to the organizations of most major relevant medical specialists.
URL: http://medlineplus.gov/
Medscape
[From the site:] Medscape is a free resource for Physicians, featuring Free CME (Continuing Medical Education), medical journal articles, MEDLINE, medical news, major conference coverage, and comprehensive drug information.
URL: http://www.medscape.com/
MedWatch
MedWatch allows healthcare professionals and consumers to report serious problems that they suspect are associated with the drugs and medical devices they prescribe, dispense, or use. Reporting can be done on line, by phone, or by submitting the MedWatch 3500 form by mail or fax. Provided by the FDA, the site also provides important and timely clinical information about safety issues involving medical products, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, biologics, medical and radiation-emitting devices, and special nutritional products.
URL: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/default.htm
Merck Manual - Home Edition
The Merck Manual retains highly detailed, sophisticated medical information. It adds overviews of anatomy and physiology to help orient readers to the structure and function of specific organs. Offered in a choice of standard, text based format, or an interactive version with photos, animations, videos and pronunciations.
URL: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/
Merck Medicus Professional Development - Presentation Resources Center
The Professional Development section from Merck Medicus provides a central repository for images and slides on MerckMedicus.
URL: http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/templates/tier2/professionalDev.jsp#pr
Mesothelioma Information Resource Group
Mesothelioma information and treatments to assist mesothelioma patients and families with mesothelioma and other asbestos related injuries.
URL: http://www.mirg.org/
MSN Health and Fitness
MSN Health and Fitness contains hundreds of health-centric resources, including tips on exercise, nutrition, disease prevention, and maintaining good health.
URL: http://health.msn.com/
National Ag Safety Database
National Ag Safety Database.
URL: http://www.nasdonline.org/index.html
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is a fully searchable database of clinical and research information. It covers a broad spectrum of topics and provides resources on support groups, financial assistance, educational materials, and more.
URL: http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information was established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
The National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine offers free access to Medline, PubMed, and Grateful Med. There are various libraries, one has a section good for demonstrative evidence. The Visible Human Project, which uses CAT scan images to create complete, automatically detailed, three dimensional representations of the male and female bodies. Also find links to sites where Visible Humans images can be explored online.
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Neurosciences on the Internet
Neurosciences on the Internet is a searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources covering neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.
URL: http://www.neuroguide.com/
New England Journal of Medicine On-Line
The New England Journal of Medicine On-Line delivers weekly reports of important medical research world wide.
URL: http://content.nejm.org/
Nursing Organizations and Resources
http://www.howardnations.com/lawlinks/organizations.html#anchor-nrs
Howard Nations' own collection of Nursing Organizations and Resources, including the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and American College of Nurse-Midwives.
OncoLink
OncoLink is a thorough and well organized library of information about cancer. Site provides a variety of useful menus sorted out by disease and medical specialty. Others devoted to cancer causes, screening and prevention, clinical trials, psycho-social support and personal experiences.
URL: http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/
Organ Transplant Resources
http://www.howardnations.com/organtransplant/organtransplant.html
A collection of links and resources to aid those in researching organ transplant.
OrthoSuperSite
OrthoSuperSite: From the publisher of THE JOURNAL OF KNEE SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS TODAY, ORTHOPAEDICS TODAY INTERNATIONAL, and ORTHOPEDICS OrthoSuperSite is the most comprehensive orthopedic web site online.
URL: http://www.orthosupersite.com/
Pacer
Pacer provides assistance to individuals and families. Includes workshops and materials for parents, professionals and leadership in securing free and appropriate education for all children.
URL: http://www.pacer.org/
PSYweb
PSYweb lists the psychoactive drugs available in the U.S. and Canada by trade name, generic name, and the disorder to be treated.
URL: http://psyweb.com/Drughtm/jsp/menus/psydrugs.jsp
PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&itool=toolbar
Rx List :: The Internet Drug Industry
With Rx List search for drugs by generic, trade name or manufacturer.
URL: http://www.rxlist.com/
ToxFAQs Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
ToxFAQs Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets summaries content on hazardous substances developed by the ATSDR division of Toxicology.
URL: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html
UCompare Healthcare
Use UCompare Health Care to find, research and compare information on doctors, hospitals and nursing homes with our free reports. Get free health and life insurance quotes. Sign up for discount dental plans.
URL: http://www.ucomparehealthcare.com/
University of Texas School of Nursing
University of Texas School of Nursing interactive link to aid in the nursing and the injured patient toward recovery
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/nursing/
University of Washington - School of Medicine - Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit
The Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit provided by the University of Washington offers a collection of projects on the disorder known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The site contains news, publications, international list of support groups, list of international FAS conferences as they come up, and provides many other resources.
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/fadu/
The Virtual Hospital from University of Iowa
The Virtual Hospital is a electronic health sciences library from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Included are multimedia textbooks, teaching files, clinical guidelines and assorted publications. Some databases are limited to students and faculty.
URL: http://www.uihealthcare.com/vh/
The Vitamins and Nutrition Center
The Vitamins and Nutrition Center provides accurate information on vitamins and nutrition, research on vitamins and the different effects of vitamin deficiency.
URL: http://www.vitamins-nutrition.org/
WebMD
WebMD is the leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.
URL: http://www.webmd.com/
Wheelchair Cushions by Aquila Corporation
Wheelchair Cushions by Aquila Corporation - state of the art pressure relief wheelchair cushions.
URL: http://www.aquilacorp.com/
Whole Brain Atlas
The Whole Brain Atlas is a collection of images of normal an dysfunctional brains. View images of brains that have suffered strokes, tumors, and Alzheimer's disease. The site integrates images from magnetic resonance, X-ray computed tomography and nuclear medicine.
URL: http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
Medical Organizations
Agency for Health Care Research and Policy
Use the Agency for Health Care Research and Policy to research information and reports on health care topics including managed care, outcomes, health technology, and consumer health.
URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/
American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN)
The AACN is the organization for those psychologists who have achieved board certification in the specialty of Clinical Neuropsychology, under the auspices of the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN). Site contains a directory of members by state.
URL: http://www.theaacn.org/
The American Medical Association (AMA)
The American Medical Association website contains information on physicians, from finding a doctor to exploring health care careers; from health and medicine resources to helping advocate for patients' rights.
URL: http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Liver Society
Home of the American Liver Society. As of this writing, there is sound that begin immediately upon the site loading.
URL: http://www.liversociety.org/
Board of Nurse Examiners
Board of Nurse Examiners includes applications, licensing, renewals, recent disciplinary action, among many other options.
URL: http://www.bne.state.tx.us/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Two parts of this site will be of interest to lawyers: "Health Information" and "Data and Statistics". The first offers information on diseases, injuries and disabilities, health risks, specific populations and prevention. The second part leads to various collections of scientific data and health statistics, including the HazDat database of hazardous substance releases and health effects.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/
Center for Health Law Studies
The Center for Health Law Studies is from Saint Louis University Law Center and is dedicated to health law and policy. Find a gateway to health law resources, a collection of links to related legal and medical sites.
URL: http://law.slu.edu/healthlaw/index.html
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Formerly the Health Care Financing Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMMS) provides access to a tremendous amount of information on Medicare and Medicaid, as well as Directory of State and Federal Medicaid Officials, HCFA Financial reports, HCFA Newsletter, Medicare and Medicaid statistics and Policies.
URL: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?
Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services is a consumer information resource on numerous topics, research and policy information, and links to HHS agencies.
URL: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
Medicare
The Medicare site is a consumer friendly portal that includes What is Medicare, Managed Care, who to contact, Publications, the key highlights being Wellness, Fraud, and Abuse.
URL: http://www.medicare.gov/
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health site offers knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. There is an array of health libraries providing research news and information, online library catalogs and journals, and links to specific NIH research labs.
URL: http://www.nih.gov/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA sets the standard for the health and safety of the American employee.
URL: http://www.osha.gov/
