Medical Treatments
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Quick & Simple
MEDLINEplus.gov Start with Drug Information, Health and Wellness, or Procedures, or see the full list of Health Topics.
FamilyDoctor.org Information on a wide range of health conditions and their treatment. From the American Academy of Family Physicians.
NOAH New York Online Access to Health, is a bilingual site (English and Spanish), good for beginners, but including in-depth resources too. Click Health Topics or use a Word Search.
Mayo Clinic This site contains some advertising, and some areas only available for registered users (free), but worth it for the many good articles from Mayo Clinic staff.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Researching the effectiveness of many types of non-traditional medicine, and providing the results to the public and professionals.
Rose Medical Center provides many patient education resources. Click on Health Information and explore. The Patient Education Guides include Pain Management, A Patient's Guide to Chemotherapy, and much more. There is also a Heart Center and many resources for staying healthy.
Drugs and Medicine
Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information from MedlinePlus Provides information about generic and brand-name drugs, as well as herbs and supplements.
DailyMed enables you to look up and print label information for FDA-approved drugs. You can be notified every time new information is added. The site also provides information about how to report negative side-effects of drugs.
Pill Identification from the National Library of Medicine.
Drug Look-up Reference Identify pills you find by color, shape, and markings.
International Drug Information Resources from the National Library of Medicine.
Drugs.com These folks have added the PDR to their drug database and you can find any of over 26,000 drugs and meds listed there. Includes a conditions search, an interactions checker, pill identifier, and an image search. Some resources require registration.
Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online Recommendations from the FDA.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The Florence G. Strauss Complementary and Indigenous Medicine Collection at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. Healing traditions from around the world are gathered in this collection of books, journals and links to many quality web sites.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine researches the effectiveness of many types of non-traditional medicine.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Integrative Medicine's evidence-based herbs & botanicals database.
Alternative Health News Online Latest health news - both alternative and traditional, plus 5 top medical search engines.
WholeHealthMD Health and wellness issues and specific alternative medicine solutions. Information is developed by a team of leading board-certified doctors and specialists. This site includes a brief introduction to many Alternative Therapies.
Alternative Medicine Foundation Provides evidence-based information on integrating alternative and conventional medicine. Both free and fee-based services.
Herb Research Foundation Comprehensive information. Includes a photo gallery, up-to-date research articles, and much more.
The University of Pittsburgh Center for Complementary Medicine works to improve knowledge about the safety and effectiveness of complementary and integrative approaches to health. See the list of conditions they treat, and a general description of the methods they use to treat them.
Medical Research and Clinical Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov from The National Institutes of Health.
Clinical Trials A collection of information about Clinical Trials from the American Association for the Advancement of Science through a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health. Easy reading.
If You Have Cancer, What You Should Know About Clinical Trials Booklet online (printable or PDF versions). Easy reading.
CenterWatch.com A vast collection of Clinical Trials information for patients and professionals from Thompson Centerwatch.
TrialsCentral.org Explains clinical trials and enables you to search for clinical trials.
Getting Good Care
See also Staying Healthy
Decision Aids from the Ottawa Health Research Institute. Resources for thinking through and making those 'tough' decisions. A general online tool, and many more based on the body part or system involved. In English and French.
Mayo Clinic Treatment Decisions Understanding the options can help you make the hard decisions.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine: Health Professionals and Hospitals
- Helps you to locate doctors, dentists, hospitals and other healthcare facilities
- Provides information on the quality of care given by hospitals and in managed care.
- Lists a consumer advocate organization.
- Helps you to search for information about disciplinary measures against doctors in several states, including Colorado.
Colorado Hospital Quality Provides detailed information on the quality of care provided by Colorado hospitals. Includes a link to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website Hospital Compare on how to evaluate the quality of hospital care.
American Academy of Pediatrics provides a collection of (PDF) Fact Sheets about medical and surgical pediatric subspecialists. ("What is a Neonatologist?" for example.) Tells about the training they receive and how to find one.
Tests and Procedures
Diagnostic Tests from the Harvard Medical School.
Lab Tests Online The product of a collaboration of several professional laboratory organizations.
Procedures and Tests from MedicineNet.com. Alphabetical list, with links and an article about each.
RadiologyInfo Explains different types of radiation treatments and provides brief videos on different uses of radiology
Surgery
Surgical Care Basic information about surgery from the University of Utah's Health Sciences Center.
NOAH A collection of thoughtful articles about preparing for surgery, anesthesia, specific surgeries, from many sources but compiled by New York Online Access to Health.
YourSurgery.com Easy to understand information on many surgical procedures. This is a commercial site, and requires subscription and a fee.
Transplant Living provides a wealth of information for patients before their transplant and after.
Share Your Life from the Coalition on Donation.
Rehabilitation
L.I.F.E. Center at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has articles, tips, and much more.
Spinal Cord Injury Information Network A collection of medical information, facts, and statistics. Some materials for sale.
Treatment Standards and Guidelines
See also reviews in MEDLINE, or well-connected.com (a fee-based service).
Guidelines.gov Very technical.
Find a Health Library near you from MedlinePlus.
Patient Rights and Medical Fraud
See also Getting Started and Staying Healthy
National Consumers League Tips on how to avoid fraud, preserve your health care privacy, manage stress, and more.
The Health Fraud section from Medlineplus.gov.
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Updated: February 06, 2008
