HealthWeb
Provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the
World Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals
at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Topics covered
include consumer health, dentistry, genetics, public health, women's
health, and many more.
http://healthweb.org/
GlobalHealth.gov
Focuses on health issues that transcend national boundaries. Find:
country information, world health statistics, and fact sheets.
http://www.globalhealth.gov/index.shtml
Merck
A commercial site that provides a wealth of health information,
including the full text of The Merck Manual.
http://www.merck.com/
National
Center for Health Statistics
The primary US agency for vital and health statistics, this site
provides access to most of the Center's publications since late
1994.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
National
Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
Includes access to Bioethics resources on the Web, specialized bibliographies
on ethical issues in medicine and biomedical research, and more.
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/nrc/
National
Women's Health Information Center
This gateway for consumers,
health care professionals, researchers, and others seeking
information about
women's health includes a searchable full text database of publications
and
organizations, answers to frequently asked questions about women's health, and
a
selection of health and medicine links.
RxList:
The Internet drug index
Information on nearly 4,500 drugs, searchable by drug name, drug
category, brand name, or actions/interactions.
http://www.rxlist.com/
Women
of Color Health Data Book
This resource for policymakers and advocates addresses health assessment,
prevention, and the factors which impact the health of women of
color from adolescence through old age. Dozens of graphs chart behavior
and lifestyles, life expectancy, preventive health care, access
to health insurance, morbidity and mortality, causes of death, and
more.
http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/wocEnglish2002.pdf
Scirus
A
scientific saerch engine, that allows one to search both journal
and web resources, which offer a multitude of resoucres in the various
fields of science.
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
