Medicine Categories

1 Rush Worldbook Medical Encyclopedia

http://www.rush.edu/worldbook/

information about common health issues, search by symptom, search by age, search topics also includes first aid and preventive health information and multimedia gallery with a collection of interesting photographs and videos about common health issues.

2 US National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Index of resources for services, databases, publications, research activities, for the worlds largest biomedical library.

3 NIH and NLM - MEDLINEplus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

National Institue of Health and the National Library of Medicine provide health information resources to find articles, organizations, and medical service directories.

4 ADAM Medical Encyclopedia

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

The adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries and also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

5 The New England Journal of Medicine

http://www.nejm.org/

Reports of important medical research worldwide, with notice of upcoming medical meetings. Published weekly.

6 Images from History of Medicine

http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

Nearly 60,000 images drawn from the collection of the History of Medicine Division at the US National Library of Medicine.

7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

Center from the federal government designated for protecting public health.

8 The NIH Word on Health

http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/home.htm

Articles on health maintenance and prevention.

9 Drug Information

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

A MEDLINEplus guide to over 9,000 medications.

10 PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Comprehensive database of article titles and abstracts.

11 Combined Health Information Database

http://chid.nih.gov/

Medical article titles and abstracts.

12 World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/

Organization which is the directing and coordinating authority on international health work.

13 National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Principal vital and health statistics agency for the federal government.

14 Health on the Net Foundation

http://www.hon.ch/

Focus on health through the Internet in health and medicine through access to data searches for medical terms and access to medical data.

15 Healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Resource from the U.S. Department . of Health and Human Services provides prevention and self-care advice, government health news, and on-line journals.

16 Medical Dictionaries from Medline

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dictionaries.html

List of assorted medical dictionaries and resources.

17 Virtual Hospital

http://www.vh.org/

Online medical resource for questions from doctors.

18 WebMD

http://www.webmd.com

Information on medical issues heaqlthe condition and living healthy with answers to treatment questions from medical symptoms. Detailed information on health conditions such as Allergies, Back Pain, Colds, Flus, Diabetes and Heart Disease.

19 NIH Stem Cell Research

http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/health.asp

Studying stem cells will help us solve some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects. Another potential application of stem cells is medical therapies. Pluripotent stem cells offer the possibility of a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat a myriad of diseases, conditions, and disabilities including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

20 FDA Medical Devices Information

http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices

FDA’s Products and Procedures for Medical Devices Topics: Approvals & Clearances, Home Use, Surgical, Implants & Prosthetics, In Vitro Diagnostics Medical Device Safety Alerts & Notices, Recalls, Report a Problem, MedSun, Emergency Situations, Comprehensive Regulatory Assistance How to Market a Device, Postmarket Requirements, Compliance, Importing & Exporting, Science and Research, Chemistry & Materials Science, News & Other Resources.

21 US Food & Drug Administration - Medication

http://www.fda.gov/drugs

FDA Drug Information Sections: Emergency Preparedness & bioterrorism, drug preparedness and natural disaster response Drug Approvals and Databases Drug-Related Databases from FDA; Information on Drug Approvals Drug Safety and Availability, Medication Guides, Drug Shortages, Drug Safety Announcements Clinical Trials, Types of Drug Applications, Drug and Biologic Approval Reports Guidance, Rules and Regulations News, Events & Other Resources Hot Flashes Treatment for Menopausal Women.