American Medical
Association
Includes the ability to locate a doctor using "AMA's gold standard database of over
650,000 physicians." Can by searched by name or by specialty.
The "Bad Bug Book"
U S Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition:
"This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and
natural toxins. Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of
Medicine's Entrez glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
have been added to selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later
outbreaks or incidents of foodborne disease. At the end of selected chapters on pathogenic
microorganisms, hypertext links are included to relevant Entrez abstracts and GenBank
genetic loci."
Drugs of Concern
Created by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, this site provides
information about the effects and use of individual drugs, including cocaine, heroin,
inhalants, marijuana, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine, steroids, and others. It also
includes statistics on illicit drug use in the United States.
The Institute of Gerontology presents GeroWeb
"Brought to you by the Graduate Student Organization and the GeroInformatics
Workgroup at the Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology, GeroWeb is designed as
an online resource for researchers, educators, practitioners, and others interested in
aging and older individuals."
NLM (National Library of
Medicine) Gateway Search
"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."
PubMed
"National Library of Medicine's search service to access the 9 million citations in
MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related
databases."
Quackwatch - "Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions"
The New England
Journal of Medicine On-line
The New England Journal of Medicine is a weekly journal reporting the results of important
medical research worldwide. This online version provides access to back issues.
OncoLink:
The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
As stated in its Mission Statement, the purposes of OncoLink are: "1.Dissemination of
information relevant to the field of oncology, 2.Education of health care personnel,
3.Education of patients, families, and other interested parties, and 4.Rapid collection of
information pertinent to the specialty."
PREVLINE: Prevention
Online
"PREVLINE offers electronic access to searchable databases and substance abuse
prevention materials that pertain to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs."
