SELECTED ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
 

Alternative Medicine   Associations/Organizations   Books   Consumer Health   Databases  
Exercise Science   General Sources   Journals   Nutrition   Statistics   Tutorials    World Health  

Alternative Medicine

The Alternative Medicine HomePage
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/about.html
Provides links for sources of information on "unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies".

American Council on Science and Health
http://www.acsh.org
A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov
An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC performs many of the administrative functions for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a sister agency of CDC, and one of eight federal public health agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
"Dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science; educating and training CAM researchers; and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals".

Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/rosenthal
Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons has made a significant contribution to the scientific investigation of alternative health systems by establishing The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Associations/Organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org
Provides a Parenting corner, educational resources, health topics, and journal links.

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org
The AMA promotes professionalism in medicine and sets standards for medical education, practice, and ethics Information is provided for Medical Students, Physicians, Health Professionals, and patients.  The category of Health Information provides links to resources.

American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org/
Site designed to ... "ensure access to health care, protect funding for core public health services and eliminate health disparities".  Also provides access to American Journal of Public Health and The Nation’s Health.

Family Health International 
http://www.fhi.org
Non-profit organization that "works to improve reproductive and family health around the world." The site provides information on its family planning and HIV projects in about two dozen countries; Family Planning focuses on improving contraceptive choices and services; HIV/AIDS emphasizes prevention and care efforts. Searchable by keyword in English, French, and Spanish, the site has over 1,500 books, reports, case studies, research summaries, periodicals, and training materials available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/
Provides leading information on research, grants, training, and scientific research.

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
As an institution of the United States government, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The web site provides an overview of NIH, serving as a point-of-entry to the many individual organizations which make-up NIH, assists users in finding relevant information and services, and highlights important items of interest to the public and the medical research community.

New Jersey Hospital Association
http://www.njha.com/
"NJHA, a trade group representing 107 of the state's hospitals and health systems, provides its members with advocacy, education, research, information and policy development."

NJ Public Health Association
http://www.njpha.org/

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/whosis/en/
Includes health statistics, data and statistics, and links to various publications.

Books

Aday, Lu Ann.  At Risk in America : the Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States.  (2nd ed.)  San
Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.  eBook RA418.5.P6 A3 2001eb 

Aiken, Lewis R.  Human Development in Adulthood.  New York : Kluwer Academic Pub., 2002.  eBook HQ799.95 .A49 2002eb

Allen, Judy.  Health Care Communication Using Personality Type : Patients are Different!  London ; Philadelphia : Routledge, 2002.  
eBook R727.3 .A44 2002eb

Armoni, Adi.  Effective Healthcare Information Systems.  Hershey, PA : IRM Press, 2002.  eBook RA971.23 .A75 2002eb

Changing Health Care Systems from Ethical, Economic, and Cross Cultural Perspectives.  New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.  eBook R725.5 .C466 2002eb

Changing the U.S. Health Care System : Key Issues in Health Services, Policy, and Management.  (2nd ed.)  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2001.  eBook RA395.A3 C478 2001eb

Chopra, Deepak.  The Chopra Center Cookbook : Nourishing Body and Soul.  Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2002.  
eBook TX714 .C493 2002eb

Coile, Russell C.  The Paperless Hospital : Healthcare in a Digital Age.  Chicago : Health Administration Press, 2002. 
eBook RA971.23 .C65 2002eb

Dunn, Rose.  Haimann's Healthcare Management.  (7th ed.)  Chicago : Health Administration Press, 2002.   eBook RA971 .H22 2002eb

Dunne, Lavon J.  Nutrition Almanac. (5th ed.)  New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002.  eBook RA784 .N837 2002eb 

Duyff, Roberta Larson.  The American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide.  (2nd ed.)  New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002.  eBook RA784 .D89 2002eb

Econometric Analysis of Health Data.  Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 2002.  eBook RA410.5 .E227 2002eb

Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research : Strategies for Improving Public Health. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2002.   eBook RA427.8 .E447 2002eb

Evidence-Based Health Economics : from Effectiveness to Efficiency in Systematic Review.  London : BMJ Books, 2002. 
eBook RA410 .E85 2002eb

Evidence Based Sports Medicine.  London : BMJ Books, 2002.  eBook RC1210 .E85 2002eb

Flynn, R.  Structures of Control in Health Management.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.  eBook RA412.5.G7 F59 2002eb

Fottler, Myron D.  Achieving Service Excellence : Strategies for Healthcare.  Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, 2002. 
eBook R727 .F684 2002eb

The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine.  (2nd ed.)   Farmington Hills : Thomson/Gale, 2005.   eBook R733 .G34 2005eb

Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications.  Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., 2003.  eBook RA566 .G46 2003eb

Greenwald, Howard P.  Health for All : Making Community Collaboration Work.  Chicago : Health Administration Press, 2002. 
eBook RA445 .G744 2002eb

Griffith, John R.  The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization.  (5th ed.) Chicago, IL : AUPHA Press ; Washington, DC : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2002.  eBook RA971 .G77 2002eb

Grütter, Rolf.  Knowledge Media in Healthcare : Opportunities and Challenges.  Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., 2002.
eBook R858. .G78 2001eb

Health Targets in Europe : Polity [i.e. Policy], Progress and Promise. London : BMJ Books, 2002.  eBook RA395.E8 H44 2002eb

Hoff, Lee Ann.  People in Crisis : Clinical and Public Health Perspectives.  (5th ed.)  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2001.  
eBook RC480.6 .H64 2001eb

Human Resources in Healthcare : Managing for Success.  Washington, DC : AUPHA Press ; Chicago, Ill. : Health Administration Press, 2002.  eBook RA410.6 .H85 2002eb

International Child Health Care : a Practical Manual for Hospitals Worldwide.  London : BMJ Books, 2002.  eBook RJ365 .I67 2002eb

Lawson, Andrew.  An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping.  Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, 2001.  eBook RA792.5 .L39 2001eb

Longest, Beaufort B.  Health Policymaking in the United States.  (3rd ed.)   Chicago, Ill. : AUPHA/HAP, 2002.  eBook RA395.A3 L66 2002eb

Loo, May.  East-West Healing : Integrating Chinese and Western Medicines for Optimal Health.  New York : Wiley, 2001. 
eBook RA776.5 .L66 2001eb

McLeod, Eileen.  Social Work, Health and Equality.  New York : Routledge, 2002.  eBook RA427 .M368 2002eb  

Mohan, John.  Planning, Markets, and Hospitals.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.  eBook RA971 .M554 2002eb

Nutrition Almanac.  (5th ed.)  New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002.  eBook RA784 .N837 2002eb

Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web.  Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002. 
eBook RA777.6 .O43 2002eb

Pol, Louis G.  The Demography of Health and Health Care.  (2nd ed.)  New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. 
eBook RA407 .P65 2002eb

Press, Irwin.  Patient Satisfaction : Defining, Measuring, and Improving the Experience of Care.  Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, 2002.  eBook R727.3 .P725 2002eb

Preventing HIV in Developing Countries : Biomedical and Behavioral Approaches.  New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2002. 
eBook RA644.A25 P7537 2002eb

Purdy, Chuck.  The Street Saint : Emergency at the Emergency Services.   New York : Algora Pub., 2002.  eBook RA645.5 .P87 2002eb

Quality, Evidence and Effectiveness in Health Promotion : Striving for Certainties.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
eBook RA427.8 .Q33 2002eb

Researching Cultural Differences in Health.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.  eBook RA418.5.T73 R47 2002eb  

Ross, Austin.  Leadership for the Future : Core Competencies in Healthcare.  Chicago, Ill. : Health Adminstration Press ; Washington, D.C. : AUPHA Press, 2002.  eBook RA394 .R674 2002eb

Russell, Graham.  Essential Psychology for Nurses and Other Health Professionals.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. 
eBook R726.7 .R87 2002eb

Seedhouse, David.  Total Health Promotion : Mental Health, Rational Fields, and the Quest for Autonomy. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, 2002.  eBook  RA790.53 .S445 2002eb

Shield, Jo Ellen.  The American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids : How Your Children Can Eat Smart from Five to Twelve.  Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2002.  eBook RJ206 .S557 2002eb

Short and Long Term Effects of Breast Feeding on Child Health.  New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.  
eBook RJ216 .S4636 2002eb

Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS.  New York : Kluwer Academic, 2002.  eBook RA644.A25 S642 2002eb  

The Tracks We Leave : Ethics in Healthcare Management.  Chicago, Ill. : Health Administration Press, 2002.  eBook RA413 .T73 2002eb

Valman, H. B.  ABC of the First Year.  (5th ed.)  London : BMJ Books, 2002.  eBook RB155 .K56 2002eb

Winter, Richard.  A Handbook for Action Research in Health and Social Care.  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. 
eBook HV11 .W597 2002eb

World Health Systems : Challenges and Perspectives.  Chicago : Health Administration Press, 2002.  eBook RA441 .W676 2002eb

Consumer Health

Adolescent Health
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec801e457a
CDC-featured site of information on such subjects as drug use, sexual behavior, nutrition, and youth violence.  Includes statistical data, school health profiles, and selected articles.

American Board of Medical Specialties
http://www.abms.org/
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Public Education Program's physician locator and information service. The public can verify FREE OF CHARGE the board certification status,  location by city and state and specialty of any physician certified by one or more of the 24 Member Boards of the ABMS.

CAPHIS
http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html
This site is provided by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association. Check out the links to 100 quality Websites using Health Summit Working Group guidelines and other criteria.  Helpful sections on women's health, men's health, drug information, etc.

Consumer Health Resources
http://www.ohsu.edu/library/consumerhealth/
Provides links to a wide variety of consumer health and research oriented web sites.

Healthopedia.com
http://www.healthopedia.com/
“…a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focused health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications.”

HealthyNJ
http://www.healthynj.org/
HealthyNJ is a product of the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  The Consumer Health Information Task Force, comprised of librarians from each of the four UMDNJ Campus Libraries, developed the Web Site to meet the healthcare information needs of consumers, particularly the citizens of New Jersey, policy makers, and health care professionals. Content on the pages is selected and developed based on criteria including currency, accuracy, and relevance.  Includes links for health & wellness, diseases & conditions, health in NJ and reference desk.

PDRHealth
http://www.gettingwell.com/
Consumer information from the Physicians' Desk Reference about "detecting, preventing, and treating a variety of medical conditions." The Disease Overviews section presents facts, anatomy, and descriptions of problems associated with various bodily structures. The Drug Information section "is written in lay terms and is based on the FDA-approved drug information found in the PDR."   In addition the Clinical Trials section "provides information services featuring listings of drugs in clinical research, clinical trials, clinical trial results, FDA approvals and consumer information.

Services for Local Public Health Officials
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/miner/nnlm/links/consumer.html
The Edward G. Miner Library provides links to Web pages with consumer and patient information on a variety of health related topics.

Databases

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Health Reference Center Academic
MEDLINE
OVID High Impact Journal Collection
PubMed
PubMed Central
ScienceDirect
Scientific American Archive Online
Wiley InterScience

Exercise Science

Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
http://www.afaa.com/

American College of Sports Medicine
http://www.acsm.org/

American Physical Therapy Association
http://www.apta.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Consumers/consumer1.htm

The National Athletic Trainers Association
http://www.nata.org/

General Sources

CAPHIS 100
http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html
This site is provided by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association. Links to 100 quality websites using Health Summit Working Group guidelines and other criteria.  Helpful sections on women's health, men's health, drug information, etc.

Consumer Health
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/consumer
Harvey Cushing John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University hosts this Web page on Consumer Health. For links to sites providing information on general health issues, click on General Health Resources and Consumer Health Databases.

Free Medical Journals
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
This metasite, has organized the growing list of online medical publications into the following categories: free full text, free one to six months after publication, free one year after publication, free two years after publication. The 1010 titles are searchable alphabetically, by language, and specialty. Users can sign up for the journal alert feature and can also submit information on new free medical journals.

Gateway for Safety and Health Information Resources
http://www.osh.net/
Operated and overseen by a team of licensed occupational health and safety experts, including certified industrial hygienists, safety specialists, registered nurses, occupational health physicians, Internet communications professionals.

Guidelines for Medical and Health Information sites on the Internet - AMA
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1905.html
Published in JAMA, Volume 283 number 12, 2000 on pages 1600-1606. Available in .pdf format, the guidelines address issues that may be useful to other providers and users of online medical information.  The guidelines address the development and posting of Website content, acquisition and posting of online advertising and sponsorship and visitor's and patient's rights to privacy and confidentiality. Search the archives by title, "Guidelines for Medical and Health Information sites on the internet"

Hardin MD
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md
A "list of lists," which provides access to a comprehensive directory of web sites in health and medicine on the Internet. Compiled by the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, they have included lists most frequently cited by people in the field.

HealthAtoZ
http://www.healthatoz.com/
This Health and Medicine search engine offers quick access to medical information on the Web developed by healthcare professionals. HealthAtoZ's aim is to partner with consumers so that every individual and family can better manage their health. It also provides access to MedConnect for healthcare professionals.

healthfinder.gov
http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol
This site is the Spanish language edition of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) healthfinder page. Healthfinder provides sources of selected information in Spanish and is intended to serve as a guide to health-related decision-making. The page opens with immediate access to topics ranging from cholesterol to AIDS and provides further access to a larger range of topics through an alphabetical listing. Users may also search by keyword for topics not listed in the headings.

HealthInfoquest
http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/healthinfoquest/
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine pathfinders are designed for public librarians and health information specialists.

Health on the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch/home.html
The site provides health care related conference information, FAQ sheets on a variety of health topics including women's health. Their search engine will search their database and the Internet for relevant Websites, hospitals and healthcare support. Also notable is the searchable Media Gallery with medical images.

HealthWeb
http://healthweb.org/index.cfm
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. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs.

History of the Health Sciences World Wide Web Links
http://www.mla-hhss.org/histlink.htm
The Medical Library Association covers organizations and museums, keys historical dates, and important figures in the field.

InteliHealth
http://www.intelihealth.com/
InteliHealth provides information from resources such as Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and the NIH.

Lab Tests Online
http://www.labtestsonline.org/
Includes test descriptions, conditions, screening guides, news, and in-depth articles.

Martindale's Health Science Guide
http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html
The Health Science Guide is an enormous directory, which includes thousands of medical cases and teaching files, many textbooks and tutorials, over 400 journals, over 4000 databases, the Virtual Medical center with links to medical dictionaries in nine languages, information on pharmaceuticals, as well as a link to Martindale's "The Reference Desk," which is an extensive list of science and health-related links, resources, and references.

Mdchoice.com
http://www.mdchoice.com
This comprehensive site, founded by academic physicians and backed by private venture capital (lots of advertisements) is frequently updated and provides information for both the consumer and the healthcare professional. The site provides Website reviews written by the editorial board of physicians.

Medem
http://www.medem.com
"Medem, partnered with the nation's leading medical societies offers a trusted online source for credible, comprehensive, and clinical healthcare information..."     One can search the Web page by keyword or click on Medical Library to choose one or four broad categories, Life stages, Diseases and Conditions, Therapies and Health Strategies and Health and Society. The categories also link directly to topics that are listed.

Medical Dictionaries Online
http://www.online-dictionary.net/medical
This web site provides access to eighteen different free online medical dictionaries including Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary. Some web sites require registration.

Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.org
Registration is required for your first visit to the web site and your first search is free. Subsequent visits to Medical Matrix is by subscription. It is a  large, searchable, peer reviewed, rated, and annotated directory of Internet clinical medical resources. It lists only those sites that meet criteria for information quality and site usability, with an emphasis on usefulness to healthcare practitioners.

MedicineNet.com
http://medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp
Provides a medical dictionary that is written for the layperson as well as the doctor.    Other sections of the database include:  Diseases & Conditions, Procedures & Tests, and Medications. Under the section titled Medical Information (left scroll bar) you can find a section on First Aid and on Poison Control. This site also provides news on health-related topics.

Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians
http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm
The site includes tips on answering health/medical questions, links to general resources, directories of medical web sites, popular medical guides, dictionaries, online magazines, nursing textbooks, nutrition, drugs, mental health, cancer, diagnostic tests, alternative therapies, dentistry, chiropractic, senior health, child health, access to health care, and a section for asking the experts.

MEDLINEplus
http://www.medlineplus.gov
MEDLINEplus is a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up-to-date. MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on about 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and non-prescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.

MedTerms Medical Dictionary
http://www.medterms.com
Created by MedicineNet.com and edited by physicians, this is a free and constantly revised encyclopedic dictionary of classic and contemporary medical terms. Some contain links to detailed articles and related forums at the MedicineNet main site.

MedWeb
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/
A resource maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library of Emory University.

The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
Online medical information that is continually updated.  Also includes photographs and audio/video materials.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. The collections stand at 5.9 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. The Library's collection may be consulted in the reading room or requested via interlibrary loan. (See your local library!)

NLM Gateway
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE,  LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah-health.org/index.html
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project that brought together the unique assets and experience of four New York partners who have worked together on a variety of projects for 26 years: The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library.

Patient Advocate Foundation
http://www.patientadvocate.org
Helps patients resolve disputes with insurers, employers, healthcare providers, and creditors.  The National Financial Resources Guidebook for Patients is searchable by state and category. Provides information to reservists serving our country.

PDR.net
http://www.pdr.net/
From the company: “Physicians have turned to PDR for the latest word on prescription drugs for over 55 years. PDR is considered the standard prescription drug reference and can be found in virtually every physician's office, hospital and pharmacy in the United States." After registering for free access, this web site provides online reference information to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and consumers.

The Professional's FirstChoice for Drug Information
http://www.factsandcomparisons.com/index.aspx
Provided by Facts and Comparisons, this site offers a large amount of reference and professional resources for pharmacists and patients.  Some of the resources require free registration other are available by subscription only.  A good resource for information on drugs and herbal medicines.

Virtual Hospital
http://www.vh.org
“The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients… The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients.”

Who Named It?
http://www.whonamedit.com/
This biographical dictionary of medical eponyms is an attempt "to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person.” The site can be searched by person's last name, category of medical condition, or eponym. There is also a list of women whose names have been used to name medical conditions.

Journals

http://wc5ca4yl9r.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WC5CA4YL9R&S=SC&C=HE
http://wc5ca4yl9r.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WC5CA4YL9R&N=100&S=SC&C=HE0340

Nutrition

Food and Nutrition Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
This is a mega, searchable food and nutrition site that: 1)links to information on eating disorders, 2)provides links to dietary guidelines from around the world, 3)links to the document “Cultural and Ethnic Food and Nutrition Education Materials: A Resource List for Educators”, 4) provides information on dietary supplements (including herbs, vitamins, and minerals), food composition, and various food pyramids. There are also databases of training and educational materials. The Consumer Corner contains Links to recipe’s, recipe’s for kids, food storage tips and much more! From the National Agricultural Library and the University of Maryland.

Nutrition and Food Science Links
http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~nfs/nfslinks.htm
This is a comprehensive site of nutrition and food science links from Wayne State University.

Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/
This federal resource is a guide offering easy access to all government Web sites with reliable and accurate information on nutrition and dietary guidance. It provides information on prevention of food-related diseases (diabetes, cancer, heart disease, obesity, etc.), the food pyramid, food labels, health management, recipes, and other topics. Additionally, it links to nutrition and food assistance programs and to "federally supported research, reports, and brochures as well as funding opportunities in the federal government."

Nutrition Screening Initiative
http://www.aafp.org/nsi
Informative site for self-assessment and for information for caregivers. Targets older Americans at risk of poor nutrition.   Use the nutrition checklist to alert individuals, family members, and physicians to conditions that may lead to malnutrition: tooth loss, economic hardship, multiple medications, and others.  The strong and healthy section suggests ways to address each of these problems.

Statistics

Data & Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm
Provides a link to the National Center for Health Statistics, Scientific & Surveillance Data.

Healthy People 2010
http://web.health.gov/healthypeople
Data is available from over 150 sources and is primarily national in scope, although some state-based date is available. The site can be searched by keyword.

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Find the statistics you need on the nations' health.

statehealthfacts.org
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
The Kaiser Family Foundation has created this web site where you can find health statistics by state. You can compare categories for all 50 states or get profiles of individual states.
 

Tutorials

Balance, Stretching, and Strength Training
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fitness/SM00103
In addition to articles, this site offers slide shows and videos on selected exercises.

BioInteractive
http://www.biointeractive.org
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute allows viewers to examine heart patients, probe the nervous system, assay antibodies, watch bacteria invade and blood flow, learn how an electrocardiogram works, how a kidney functions, and see exhibits on heart disease and the senses.

Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html

Master Muscle List
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/dissector/mml/index.htm
A reference from the Loyola University Medical Education Network that displays illustrations with related functional information.

Public Health Image Library
http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/default.asp
The Public Health Image Library offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an extensive collection of images and multimedia files related to public health.  The site can be searched by category, keyword, or image id number.

World Health

Global Health
http://www.globalhealth.gov/
A searchable directory providing information that promotes health as a global concern. From the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of International and Refugee Health, which is responsible for facilitating cooperation and providing policy guidance on refugee health policy issues.

World Health News
http://www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int

SELECTED LIBRARY RESOURCES

Journals

American Health  (1988-1993)
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition  (1968-1994)
Family Health  (1977-1991)
Health  (1981-1993)
Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation  (1969-1974)
Nutrition Today  (1976-1983, 2001-2004)
The Physician and Sportsmedicine  (1982-1996, 2000-2005)

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