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Issues to consider regarding medical information on the Internet:

Legal Issues Concerning Electronic Health Information:  Privacy, Quality, and Liability

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/vol282/issue15/index.dtl#HEALTH_LAW_AND_ETHICS

Vol. 282 No. 15, October 20, 1999.

ACADEMIES/ASSOCIATIONS

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

http://www.aaaai.org/

American Academy of Family Practice

http://www.aafp.org

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

http://www.aaos.org

American Colleg of Cardiology

http://www.acc.org

American College Health Association

http://www.acha.org/home.htm

American College of Physicians

http://www.acponline.org/

American College of Sports Medicine

http://www.acsm.org

American Heart Association

http://www.amhrt.org

American Lung Association

http://www.lungusa.org

American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org

America's Cosmetic Surgery Specialists

http://www.acss.com

Arthritis Foundation Home Page

http://www.arthritis.org/

American Society of Clinical Oncology

http://www.asco.org

American Society of Hypertension

http://www.ash-us.org

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

http://www.asrm.org/

Urgent Care Association of America

http://www.ucaoa.org/

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AUDIO & CHAT SESSION SITES

Audio Sites

Doc Talk

http://medworld.stanford.edu/radio/

A weekly radio program produced by medical students at Stanford University.

Chat Session Sites

Disease Management Forum

http://www.sapien.net/dm

Also host disease management online chat sessions the fourth Wed of each month at 7 pm EST. Call 800-206-5151(voice) for more information.

Talk City

http://www.talkcity.com/

Offers some 200 online chats. You can search by time or subject.

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CONTRACEPTION

General Information

Contraception Online

http://www.contraceptiononline.org/index.cfm

Depo-Provera

Diaphragm/Cervical Caps

Diaphragms and Cervical Caps

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/contra/support/ppfa/diapcap6.htm

Emergency Contraception

Patient Instructions

Client Material for a Diverse Audience: Emergency Contraception Materials

http://www.path.org/html/client_materials_for_diverse_a.htm

Emergency Contraception Connection

http://www.ecconnection.org/

Instructions for Using Emergency Pills

http://thriveonline.aol.com/sex/contech/contraceptive.emer8.html

Planned Parenthood: Emergency Contraception

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/BIRTH-CONTROL/ec.htm

Plan B

Plan B (Levonorgestrel) Tablets, Progestin-Only Emergency Contraceptive, Approved

http://www.go2planb.com/

IUDs

IUDs: An Update

http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/b6edsum.stm#top

IUD Insertion

http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/b6/B6chap3_1.stm

Merina

http://www.mirena-us.com/

Orth-Evra

Ortho Evra, A New Contraceptive Patch

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/451857?src=search

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GENERAL DIRECTORIES (of Medical Information)

Begin Here

These are some of the sites I've found to be most useful.  All have free access.
American Family Physician

http://www.aafp.org/afp/
Contains excellent summary articles on all aspects of medicine.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Doctor's Guide HomePage

http://www.pslgroup.com/DOCGUIDE.HTM

Contains medical news, alerts and other news - the latest medical news from conferences, the literature, news wires and the 'net. Has new medical sites of the week, new drugs or indications, medical conferences and CME/CHE events. Doctor's Exchange - allows you to exchange opinions, ideas and concerns with colleagues from your own country or from around the world. Internet medical resources - a comprehensive database of content-rich medical sites on the web.

The Doctor's Page

http://doctorspage.net/

Dynamed/Web

http://www.dynamicmedical.com/

A comprehensive resource with clinical material, CPT Codes, and links to patient handouts.

Family Practice Notebook

http://www.fpnotebook.com

Health Web

http://healthweb.org

This site provides a listing of topics and links relevant to each topic. A good place to start any search.

Medscape

http://www.medscape.com/

Features thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed articles, medical news, MEDLINE, and interactive quizzes. Updated daily, and Free!   Superior!

The Virtual Hospital: Information for Healthcare Providers

http://www.vh.org/Providers/Providers.html

Alternative Medicine

About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine

http://altmedicine.about.com

An up to date list of links and news relating to Alternative Medicine.

When Patients Want 'Alternative' Care

http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/jul98/altcare.htm

From the July/August 1998 ACP-ASIM Observer

An excellent article describing the issues prompting patients to seek this type of care, and how providers can respond to them.

Bibliography Sites

Evidence-Based Medicine Bibliography

http://clinic.isu.edu/ebmref.html

At present they deal with reviewing review articles, meta analyses, pharmaceutical reps and sales tactics, and the JAMA series from the folks at McMaster.

Bilingual Sites

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

http://www.noah-health.org/

NOAH (whose partners include The City University of New York, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, and The New York Public Libary) strove to establish itself as a unique responsible and authoritative bilingual health information site, dedicated to an underserved population of health consumers, many of whom are also Spanish speaking.

Commentary and Files

Dr. Weil's Home Page

http://www.drweil.com/

Wired Magazine's physician offers his unique perspective of medicine.

Comprehensive Sites

ACP-ASIM Computers in Medicine: A Starter Set of Internal Medicine Bookmarks

http://www.acponline.org/computer/ccp/bookmark/

ACP-ASIM On Line

http://www.acponline.org/home/info.htm

Disease Management Forum

http://www.sapien.net/dm

Also host disease management online chat sessions the fourth Wed of each month at

7 pm EST. Call 800-206-5151(voice) for more information.

Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Home Page by EMBBS

http://www.embbs.com/

This award winning site offers xray files, clinical photo collections , ct scans, ekgs and ekg 'cases of the month', a popular ACLS simulator, a national job listing service, a software showcase of commercial products, toxicology cases, a section on telemedicine,and others!

Envision Inc

http://www.envisioninc.net

Offers training programs for staff development, orientation and continuing education. Free previews available.

Health On The Net
http://www.hon.ch/
One of the better comprehensive sites I've seen. A media gallery is a unique feature.
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
http://text.nlm.nih.gov
Compiled by U.S. National Library of Medicine
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
http://www.library.tmc.edu/
Merck Manual Online
http://www.merck.com/
In addition to the Merk Manual, this site offers a Disease InfoPark which has information about Heart Disease, Preventable Diseases, Osteoporosis, HIV Infection and AIDS, and Glaucoma.
MD Choice
http://www.mdchoice.com/
Offers free MEDLINE, a CyberPatient Stimulator, Photo Rounds, Radiology Rounds, EKG of the Month, Patient Education Center and Practice Opportunities.
Physician's Guide to the Internet
http://physiciansguide.com/
A terrific well planned, useful resource for physicians. Has sections on Physician Lifestyle, clinical practice, postgrad education, and fun stuff. Also has a section for new physicians.
Physician's Online
http://www.pol.net
POL connects its physician members with the largest online community of their peers while offering the most up-to-date medical resources and direct links to associations, health plans, pharmaceutical sponsors and health care organizations.
VOLC-R Family Medicine Related Internet Resources
http://views.vcu.edu/dimlist/

Dictionary

Merriam Webster's Medical Dictionary

http://hg.healthgate.com/merriam/default.asp

The Online Medical Dictionary

http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/

Internet

Family-L

http://lsv.uky.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=family-l&A=1

The mailing list, Family-l's, web site. You can discover what the list is about, sign on, and review archives of past discussions.

Family-L Archives

http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/family-l.html

Journal Sites

Archives of Neurology

http://archneur.ama-assn.org/

Bandolier Evidence-Based Health Care

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier/index.html

Bandolier is a monthly journal produced in Oxford. It contains bullet points of evidence-based medicine, hence its title. Bandolier Internet access is free, but it may run several months behind the printed version.

Flinders University Gus Fraenkel Medical Library

http://www.lib.flinders.edu.au/info/branch/medical/

A very nice listing of reviews of randomized controlled trials compiled by the Australasian Cochrane Centre--a joint initiative of Flinders University and The University of Adelaide. They are funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the New Zealand Ministry of Health.

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

http://www.medscape.com/ABFP/JABFP/public/journal.JABFP.html

Journal of the American Medical Association

http://jama.ama-assn.org/

Journal of Family Practice

http://www.jfampract.com/

JFP Evidence Based Practice Newsletter

http://www.infopoems.com

New England Journal of Medicine

http://content.nejm.org/

Patient Care Magazine

http://www.patientcareonline.com

Postgraduate Medicine

http://www.postgradmed.com

WebMedLit

http://www.webmedlit.com

Provides access to 18 if the best medical journals on the web. Divided by topics, this site allows you to view both print and graphics.

Links

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/

Practice Guidelines

Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines

http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/

Preventive Medicine

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition

http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/guidecps/

Guide to CPS Contents

http://158.72.20.10/pubs/guidecps/tcpstoc.htm

Has hytertext links to specific recommendations.

What's New in Preventive Services

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevnew.htm

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

AHCPR Home Page

http://www.ahcpr.gov

This page lists announcements and hot links to key information. There are sections on Consumer Health, Research, and Guidelines & Medical Outcomes.

Centers for Disease Control

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/cdc.html

Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov

Medicare

Medicare Professional/Technical Information

HTTP://WWW.HCFA.GOV/MEDICARE/mcarpti.htm

Morbidity Mortality Weekly Reports

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr.html

MMWR Searchable Index

http://www.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/mmwrsearch.pl/

MMWR Tables

http://www2.cdc.gov:81/mmwr/mmwr.htm

National Institutes of Health

NIH Health Information

http://www.nih.gov/health/

HEALTH EDUCATION SITES

C. Everett Koop Institute

http://koop.dartmouth.edu/

It's home page states, "Founded in 1992, the Koop Institute leads innovative efforts to improve medical education and health care."

CIS Home Page Health Educators Site

http://www.uchsc.edu/CIS

This site presents information and resources for helping educators in all the health professions enhance their instructional, leadership/management, and research skills, with additional resources that can help them with career development.

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

http://stfm.org/

Family Practice Residency Programs

1997 Directory of Family Practice Residencies

http://www.aafp.org/family/dirweb/

Primary Care Resources on the Internet Web Site

http://views.vcu.edu/views/fap/volc-r.html

Has listings of family medicine residency programs.

Patient Education Resources

AAFP Health Education Program

http://research.med.umkc.edu/aafp/pt_ed.html

Common Medical Conditions Online Patient Information Resources

http://www.intx.net/cyberdoc/pt_info/

Health Gazette

http://www.freenet.scri.fsu.edu/HealthGazette/gazette.html

Patient education material written by Dr. Karl Hempel.

Medical Matrix Patient Education and Support

http://www.medmatrix.org/SPages/Patient_Education_and_Support.stm

This page offers links and reviews of sites that house patient education information.

The Virtual Hospital:Iowa Health Book: AFP Patient Handouts

http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/Patients/IHB/FamilyPractice/AFP/AFP.html

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Rural Doc

http://www.ruralfamilymedicine.org/

Official Site of Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

MENTAL HEALTH/PSYCHOLOGY

Education

Anxiety Disorders Education Program

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/

This is a national education campaign developed by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

General Information

At Health

http://www.athealth.com/

Connecting mental health resources.

InterPsych

http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/InterPsych/inter.html

Its main aims are to foster interdisciplinary debate and empirical collaboration on all aspects of psychopathology and to encourage and promote the use of the vast resources of the Internet by both academics and clinical practitioners.

MedInfosource

http://www.medinfosource.com/intro.html

Your on line community for mental health.

Mental Health Infosource

http://www.mhsource.com/

Mental Health Net

http://www.cmhc.com/

This award-winning fun & friendly site covers information on disorders such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, chronic fatigue syndrome and substance abuse, to professional resources in psychology, psychiatry and social work, journals and self-help magazines.

Weblinks for medical and mental health problems

http://www.realtime.net:80/~mmjw/

Anxiety

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001001/1591.html

Depression

Diagnosis and Management of Depression

http://www.aafp.org/afp/monograph/200002/index.html

Personality Testing

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter

http://keirsey.com/keirsey.html

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter by David Keirsey is a personality test which scores results according to the Myers-Briggs system (the actual Myers-Briggs test is a professional instrument and may only be administered by a licensed practitioner).

Shizophrenia

Doctor's Guide Schizophrenia Information and Resources

http://www.pslgroup.com/SCHIZOPHR.HTM

NUTRITION/WEIGHT LOSS

Nutrition

Chronic Care

Role of Nutrition in Chronic Disease Care

http://www.aafp.org/nsi

Fad Diets

The Low-Carb Diet Craze

http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,33169,00.html

Herbal Medicine

About.com Guide to: Herbs For Health

http://herbsforhealth.about.com

Botanical.com

http://www.botanical.com/

Review of Abnormal Laboratory Test Results and Toxic Effects Due to Use of Herbal Medicines

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/458306?mpid=16757

Herbs

Ginkgo Biloba

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030901/923.html

Panax ginseng

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20031015/1539.html

Nutrition

The Arbor Nutrition Guide

http://arborcom.com

A wonderful free resource of nutrition information. It offers a nice search engine, links to universities, government and private nutrition organisations. There are sections on clinical and applied nutrition.

Nutrition for Low Income and Culturally Diverse Audiences

http://osu.orst.edu/dept/ehe/index2.html

Tuft's University Nutrition Navigator

http://navigator.tufts.edu/

Food Safety

National Food Safety Database

http://www.foodsafety.org

Vitamins/Supplements

General

Arthritis Foundation Supplement Guide

http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/SupplementGuide/default.asp

Antioxidants

Effect of Supplemental Antioxidants Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Coenzyme Q10 for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/antioxsum.htm

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040701/133.html

Valerian

Valerian

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030415/1755.html

Weight Loss

General

ACP-ASIM Online: Overweight and Obesity

http://www.acponline.org/public/bmi/overview.html

Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10931.html

Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm

News Release and Summary of Guidelines

http://www.medscape.com/govmt/NHLBI/1998/06.98/NHBLI.first.html

FDA Obesity Action Plan

http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/obesity/

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease: Weight Loss and Control

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm

Obesity: Assessment and Management in Primary Care

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010601/2185.html

Obesity and Weight Control

http://www.weight.com

Compiled by Dr. Michael Myers.

Obesity Research

http://www.obesityresearch.org/

Weight-control Information Network

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm

Body Mass Index Calculation

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Calculate Your BMI

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

Exercise and Weight Loss

Moderate Physical Activity As Effective As Structured Exercise, Researchers Say

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/df076.htm

SBM MEETING: 10-MINUTE EXERCISE SESSIONS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR OBESITY

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/6877a.htm

Meridia

Meridia's Web Site

http://www.4meridia.com/

New diet drug, Meridia, gets FDA approval

http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6134431-b6a

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday it had approved Meridia, a long-awaited new diet drug. The drug works on the brain to suppress appetite, according to the manufacturer, Knoll Pharmaceutical, a New Jersey-based unit of German company BASF AG. Meridia, known generically as sibutramine, affects the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, brain chemicals that help regulate appetite and mood. See

Xenical

Xenical for Weight Loss
http://www.medconnect.com/finalhtm/newtherapy/3701.htm

ZAG Protein

Zigging and ZAGing

http://biology.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa032599.htm

PHARMACY

Drug and Medication Recalls

FDA MedWatch

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety.htm

Expiration

Do Medications Really Expire?

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460159

General Information

Drug Information Online

http://www.drugs.com/

Intellihealth Drug Resource Center

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8124/8124.html?k=menux408x8124

The Medical Letter

http://www.medletter.com/

PDR Net for Physicians

http://physician.pdr.net

Registration is required, but is free.

Pharm Web

http://www.pharmweb.net/

Pharmacy information on the Internet.

RX List - The Internet Drug Index

http://www.rxlist.com

Y-Life "Best Drug Index" of 1998.

USP (Pharmacopeia)

http://www.usp.org/

New Drugs

CenterWatch Listing of Newly Approved Drug Therapies

http://www.centerwatch.com/drugs/druglist.htm

Pharmaceutical Promotion

No Free Lunch

http://www.nofreelunch.org/

PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS/LAB

Clinical Decision Making

Calculators

Clinical Decision Making Calculators

http://www.fammed.ouhsc.edu/robhamm/cdmcalc.htm

An excellent tool put together by Rob Hamm, PhD, in the Clinical Decision Making Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

MedCalc

http://medcalc3000.com/

Laboratory

Cerebral Spinal Fluid

Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030915/1103.html

Cytology

The Art of Cytology

http://www.concentric.net/~Suza2/index.html

A beautifully crafted site crafted by Suzanne L. Adams, CT (ASCP).  It has cytopathology illustrations with diagnostic criteria and discussions.

Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis Central: Diagnostic Tests in the Rheumatic Diseases

http://arthritiscentral.com/html/testslab.htm

Urinalysis

Clinically Significant Casts

http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/pathology/CLIA/UrineAnalysis/4.4Casts.html

Physical Exam/Interviewing

Anatomy

National Library of Medicine Visible Human Project

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

Virtual Autopsy

http://www.le.ac.uk/pathology/teach/va/welcome.html

Breast

Rationale and Technique of Clinical Breast Examination
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/408932

Cardiopulmonary

FamilyPractice.com Heart Lab

http://www.familypractice.com/heartlab/heartlab.htm

R.A.L.E. Repository of Lung Sounds

http://www.RALE.ca/

Virtual Stethescope (McGill University)

http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/MVSTETH.HTM

Dermatology

Dermatology Images

http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/DermImag.htm

View images of many dermatologic diseases at this site.

Eye Exam

Eye Simulation Application

http://cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes/version15/eyesim.html

Composed by UC Davis Health System

http://cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes/eyesim.htm

General

American College of Physicians: Bedside Diagnosis

http://www.acponline.org/public/bedside/

An Annotated Bibliography of Literature on Physical Examination and Interviewing. An excellent resource.

Musculoskeletal

Guidelines for the Initial Evaluation of the Adult Patient with Acute Musculoskeletal Symptoms

http://www.rheumatology.org/research/guidelines/musc/musc-dis.html

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Coding

Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services

http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/mcarpti.htm

PROCEDURES/End of Life

CPR/ACLS

ACLS Megacode Simulator

http://www.mdchoice.com/cyberpt/acls/acls.asp

ACLS Net

http://www.ACLS.net

Learn CPR

http://www.learncpr.org/index.html

Cryosurgery

Cryosurgery for Common Skin Conditions

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040515/2365.html

EKG

Advanced ECG Interpretation

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/431897

Atlas of Electrocardiograms

http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/cont-ed/infotech/car-ekg.htm

EKG of the Week

http://www.medscape.com/px/viewindex/more?Bucket=columns&SectionId=60

EMBBS Electrocardiogram of Month

http://www.embbs.com/ekg/ekg.html

End of Life Issues

Making Decisions with Families at the End of Life

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040815/719.html

Endoscopy

Atlas of Gastroentestinal Endoscopy

http://atl.mindspring.com/~dmmmd/

Laparoscopy.Com

http://www.laparoscopy.com/

Gynecologic Procedures

Colposcopy

American Society for Coloposcopy and Cervical Pathology

http://www.asccp.org/

The Louisiana State University Medical Center Colposcopy Atlas

http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/fammed/Atlases/colpo.html

The Wizard of OS

http://www2.family.mcw.edu/gbrotzman/wizhome.htm

Is a Colposcopy Related Educational Web Page.

IUD Insertion

IUD Insertion

http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/b6/B6chap3_1.stm

Orthopedic

Upper Extremity

Arthrocentesis of the Elbow

http://www.medscape.com/quadrant/HospitalMedicine/1997/v33.n09/3309.04/hm3309.04.rull.html

Arthrocentesis of Shoulder

http://www.medscape.com/quadrant/HospitalMedicine/1997/v33.n08/hm3308.04.schu/hm3308.04.schu.html

Lower Extremity

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injection of the Hip and Knee

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030515/2147.html

Spirometry

An Approach to Interpreting Spirometry

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040301/1107.html

Surgical Procedures

About.com Guide to Surgery

http://surgery.about.com/mbody.htm

Johnson & Johnson Gateway

http://www.jnjgateway.com/home.jhtml?loc=USENG&page=viewContent&contentId=fc0de00100001161

Ethicon Encylcopedia of Knots

http://www.jnjgateway.com/public/USENG/5256ETHICON_Encyclopedia_of_Knots.pdf

Ethicon Wound Closure Manual

http://www.jnjgateway.com/public/USENG/Ethicon_WCM_Feb2004.pdf

On Line Surgery

http://www.onlinesurgery.com/

Tick Removal

Tick Removal

http://www.learn2.com/05/0512/05126.html

RADIOLOGY

Pennsylvania State University Dept. of Radiology

http://www.xray.hmc.psu.edu

University of Washington Radiology Teaching File

http://www.rad.washington.edu/

RESEARCH

Clinical Trials

Dr. Koop.com Clinical Trials

http://www.drkoop.com/hcr/trials/index.html?id=drknews

CenterWatch

http://www.CenterWatch.com

A site that allows people to search for drug and clinical trials by therapeutic condition and geographic region.

Mediconsult.com: Clinical Trials

http://www.mediconsult.com/home/trials/

This section of Mediconsult presents a geographical list of new clinical trials in various disease conditions.

General Information

Clinical Research Investigator Registry

http://www.criregistry.com/

The European General Practice Research Workshop

http://www.synapse.net.mt/egprw/

Health Care Outcome Studies

http://www.ghsnet.com/

Greenstone Healthcare Solutions.

Medsite Navigator

http://www.medsitenavigator.com/

This site contains multiple useful links to clinical research, This web site is divided into five sections: Discoveries, Forums, Alerts, Destinations, and Departments which contain Medical Journals, Care Plans, links to pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies, links to medical schools, and career resources, just to name a few. A very useful site.

Interpretation

Applying Clinical Trial Results B. Guidelines for Determining Whether a Drug Is Exerting (More Than) a Class Effect

http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v282n14/full/jml90001.html

Organizations

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

http://ahcpr.gov

Funding information

http://ahcpr.gov/funding

National Center for Research Resources

http://www.ncrr.nih.gov

NCI: Cancer Trials

http://CancerTrials.nci.nih.gov/

SEARCH SITES/DIRECTORIES

Medline

BioMedNet

http://biomednet.com/db/medline

Evaluated Medline searches.

CliniWebSearch

http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/search.html

CliniWeb uses the Saphire search engine. It allows you to enter a free-text query statement and returns a list of terms from the MeSH disease classification that you can select to find associated WWW pages.

Grateful Med

http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/

HealthGate Free Medline Search

http://www.healthgate.com/medline/search-medline.shtml

Limit MEDLINE searches to MeSH

http://www.healthgate.com/HealthGate/MEDLINE/search-adv.shtml

The latest innovation from HealthGate allows you to restrict your MEDLINE searches to MeSH and Major MeSH fields only.

Pub Med

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

National Library of Medicine's experimental search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.

Sites of Links and Indices

Achoo On-line Healthcare Services

http://www.achoo.com/

Achoo acts as a jump point and information resource for the medical community and all other Internet users interested in health care information.

Cochrane Collaboration

http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care.

Evidence Based Medicine Links

http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/ebm/

Future Healthcare's Links for Physicians

http://WWW.FUTUREHEALTHCARE.COM/pages/PAI_links.htm

Health Services and Public Health Sites

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~larsson/hsic94/resource/hsr-ph.html

An excellent, thorough listing of links.

(The) Medical Matrix

http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp

Web form of the Medical List. A super site with multiple up to date useful links.

Physicians' Choice

http://www.mdchoice.com

This sites offers reviews and links to Medical Web Sites.

Web Servers Directory/Virtual Tourist

http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html

A summary of world wide web servers. It has an easy to read review bar and checklist of what each site has to offer. The reviewers are physicians. A comment section puts the site in perspective.

WONCA Home Page

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nphcare/WONCA/home.html

World Organisation of Family Doctors Home Page.

Sites That Require a Registration Fee

Dynamic Medical Information System

http://www.DynamicMedical.com

A registered site that offers an interactive database with current information on over 2000 diseases.

MD Consult

http://home.mdconsult.com/

Software

InfoRetriever

http://www.infopoems.com/IR95_Home.htm

The cost is $149 for a single user license for one year, which includes free updates through the end of the year of purchase.  It includes:

• basic prescribing information on over 1100 drugs
• over 500 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews abstracts
• over 320 critical appraisals from the popular Journal of Family Practice POEMs feature
• over 500 brief critical appraisals of the most relevant literature from the pages of Evidence-Based Practice
• 30 useful clinical prediction rules
• the information you need to make rational diagnostic decisions using hundreds of diagnostic tests and physical exam maneuvers, including sensitivity, specificity, predictive value, and likelihood ratios
• summaries of key evidence-based practice guidelines

SMOKING CESSATION

General Information

CDC's Tobacco Information & Prevention Sourcepage

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

An excellent resouce of information with news items, educational materials, and good advice on how to quit.

Physician's Guide to the Internet: Help Your Patients Stop Smoking

http://www.webcom.com/pgi/smoke1.html

Medications

Buproprion and smoking cessation

http://www.journalclub.org/vol2/a56.html

Patient Education

AAFP Patient Stop Smoking Guide

http://secure.aafp.org/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?uid=cat100951

or call 800-944-0000

Toxicology

DES Exposure

Diethylstilbestrol Exposure

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040515/2395.html

Hazardous Waste

ToxFAQs

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html

Pesticides

National Pesticide Telecommunications Network (NPTN) World Wide Web site

http://ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/

This site provides objective, science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects including: pesticide products, pesticide poisonings, toxicology, and environmental chemistry.

NPTN can be reached 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Saturday and Sunday service will begin in Spring 1997. Telephone: 1-800-858-7378 Fax: 1-541-737-0761. Email: nptn@ace.orst.edu

TRAVEL/VACCINES

General Information

National

CDC National Immunization Program

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/

This site offers clinical questions & answers, important links, technical recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, news, and immunization schedules.

Immunization Action Coalition

http://www.immunize.org/

Immunizations for Adolescents

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/462158?mpid=19643

INNPower

http://www.innpower.org/

INNPOWER is a new ANA initiative geared to increase the knowledge of nurses and health care professionals about immunizations across the life span, with the intent of improving immunization rates among the population.

National Coalition for Adult Immunizations

http://www.medscape.com/Affiliates/NCAI/

National Network for Immunization Information

http://www.immunizationinfo.org

Ohio

Ohio Department of Health Immunization Program

http://www.immunize-ohio.org

Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women

Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women

http://www.immunize.org/genr.d/pregguid.htm

Influenza Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine

ACIP Releases Recommendations for Use of Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20031201/practice.html

AMA Flu Vaccine Information

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1826-4907.html

CDC Influenza Information for Health Care Professionals

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/

CDC Influenza Vaccine News

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/news.htm

Flu Central

http://www.flu-central.com

Prevent Influenza

http://www.PreventInfluenza.org

Lyme Disease

CDC Lyme Disease: Vaccine Recommendations

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lymevaccine.htm

Lyme Vaccination: Now's The Time

http://arthritis.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa031099.htm

New vaccine helps prevent Lyme Disease

http://www.bewell.com/healthy/rx/1999/lyme_vax/index.shtml

Malaria

Prevention of Malaria in Travelers

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030801/509.html

Meningococcal Vaccine

General Information

College Meningitis

http://www.collegemeningitis.com/

Control and Prevention of Meningococcal Disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046263.htm

For those with Adobe Acrobat, the .pdf file can be found here:

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/rr/rr4605.pdf

New Recommendations for College Students

American College Health Association Recommendations

http://www.acha.org/special-prj/men.htm

Telephone Contacts

CDC Immunization Hotline

800-232-2522 (English)

800-232-0233 (Spanish)

Travel Information

National Center for Infectious Disease: Traveler's Health

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/