AidsInfo
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services project that offers the latest
federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and
prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS,
their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers.
Allergies & Asthma
Tips from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
Includes some Spanish materials.
Alzheimer's
Association
Provides information about Alzheimer's disease, resources,
research advances, clinical trials and publications. Available
in English and Spanish.
Alzheimer's
Association Care Finder
Provides information on what good care is and how to find
it. Use the interactive tool which gives you recommended
options and a list of questions to ask when screening a care
provider.
American
Cancer Society
Learn about cancer, how to fight and manage your cancer,
current research and clinical trials, and how to make use
of support groups and services.

American
Diabetes Association
Information about preventing and curing diabetes and improving
the lives of all people affected by this disease. Available
in English and Spanish.
American
Heart Association
The definitive site for heart health information.
American
Lung Association
Provides information on asthma, smoking, and indoor and outdoor
air quality.
American
Social Health Association
A site dedicated to stopping sexually transmitted diseases
and their harmful consequences to individuals, families and
communities.
Arthritis
Foundation
Get information on arthritis and related inflammatory diseases.
Breastcancer.org
Information from a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing
the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about
breast cancer.
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Information and statistics about diseases, disease prevention,
and international health news. Available in both English
and Spanish.

Diseases
Database
Provides a cross-referenced medical dictionary of diseases,
medications, symptoms, signs and investigations. Searches
multiple health resources simultaneously. Links to disease
specific web pages and databases.
Dr.
Spock
A complete child health resource for expert medical and parenting
advice on pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, babies, infants and toddlers.
Heart
and Stroke Encyclopedia
Provides information about circulatory diseases written in
layperson's language.
HIV
InSite
A gateway to HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy from
the University of California, San Francisco.
KidsHealth.org
Health information directed at kids, teens or their parents.
Lung
Cancer Online
Get facts and information, including diagnosis and staging,
prognosis and survival, types of lung cancer and more.
MedlinePlus
Brings together authoritative health information from NLM,
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government
agencies and health-related organizations. Includes a medical
dictionary, drug information, online directories of doctors
and hospitals, and a link to clinical trials. Now includes
a section on herbal medicines and dietary supplements. Available
in both English and Spanish.

Mental
Health America
Addresses all aspects of mental health and mental illness.
Formerly the National Mental Health Association.
Merck
Manual Home Edition
The online version of the Merck Manual of Medical Information
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The online version of the standard reference book for diseases
and treatment.
National
Cancer Institute
Cancer information, including treatment guidelines written
for the consumer by the federal government's National Cancer
Institute. Available in both English and Spanish.
National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Information on complementary and alternative healing practices.
National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
From the National Institutes of Health, a comprehensive resource
on diabetes that includes diagnosis, treatment, research
and prognosis, as well as statistics and clinical trials.
Also available in Spanish.
National
Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Contains information for professionals and the general public
about heart and vascular diseases, lung diseases and blood
diseases.

National Organization for Rare Disorders
(NORD)
Information about rare disorders, including lists of organizations
and support groups.
ObGyn.net
Information on women's health topics and current treatment
options for hundreds of conditions.
Oncolink
Comprehensive information on cancer treatments and cancer
research advances from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson
Cancer Center.
Our
Bodies Ourselves
A companion web site to the book, Our Bodies, Ourselves,
covering all aspects
of women's health.
PubMed
A service of the US National Library
of Medicine that includes over 16 million
citations from MEDLINE and other life science
journals for biomedical articles back to
the 1950s.
STD Prevention
Information, statistics, and treatment guidelines for sexually
transmitted diseases from CDC's Division of STD Prevention.
Womenshealth.gov
Recommended health screenings, news and other information
for women of all ages from the Office on Women's Health.
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