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Medicine

General/Indexes

• AFL-CIO Working Families Health Care Center
• OmniMedicalSearch.com — medical metasearch engine
• HealthWeb
• MedicineNet.com
• Health and Medicine Web Site Directory
• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
• InteliHealth - Johns Hopkins Health
• Martindale's Virtual Medical Center
• eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Database
• Case Management Resource Guide — searchable database of over 110,000 specialty healthcare services, facilities, businesses and organizations
• Dirline: Directory of Health Organizations — National Library of Medicine

Medical Reference

• MEDLINEPlus — National Library of Medicine
• ADAM Medical Encyclopedia — National Library of Medicine
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Merck Manual Home Edition
• Anatomy Atlases
• DermIS: Dermatology Online Atlas
• Virtual Pediatric Hospital
• Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3rd edition)
• NIH Senior Health
• MedicineNet.com: Medical Dictionary
• On-line Medical Dictionary
• Medical Glossary
• Medi-Lexicon: Medical Abbreviations Dictionary — search results are linked to articles on the topic from PubMed
• Atlas of the Body: Anatomy and Medical Illustrations
• Your Disease Risk — Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention; calculate your risk for different chronic diseases
• FreeBooks4Doctors
• National Guideline Clearinghouse — DHHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; clinical practice guidelines

Laboratory/Diagnostic Medicine

• Harvard Family Health Guide: Diagnostic Tests
• Lab Tests Online
• MedicineNet.com: Procedures and Tests

Nutrition and Fitness

• Food and Nutrition Information Center — USDA
• USDA National Nutrient Database
• The Complete Vitamin and Supplement Guide
• MedlinePlus: Weight Loss and Dieting
• Weight Loss and Control — National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases/NIH
• The Nutrition Source: Harvard School of Public Health
• FitnessOnline.com — nutrition and other fitness tips and calculators
• Small Step — weight loss tips from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Exercise Library — American Council on Exercise

Alternative Medicine

• The Alternative Medicine Home Page
• NOAH: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Herbal Safety — University of Texas
• Diversity Rx — resource on multicultural health care

Organizations

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDC Wonder
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institutes of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• National Cancer Institute

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