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Dictionaries
   On Line Medical Dictionary  Find the disease by letters of the alphabet.
   MEDLINEplus Dictionary  Allows you to type the first few letters of the word followed by an asterisk.

• Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs Information that helps you determine which medicines fit both your bill of health and your
     wallet.  Some information is offered in Spanish.
• Cancer.gov Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research, training and information dissemination.  Assesses the
     incorporation of state-of-the-art cancer treatments into clinical practice.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) U.S. government site on disease control.
• Familydoctor.org This information from the American Academy of Family Physicians has been written and reviewed by
      physicians and patient education professionals and is reviewed and updated regularly.
• Healthfinder® National Health Information Center, U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.
• HIV InSite HIV information
• Kidshealth®
• Mayo Clinic The well-respected Mayo clinic information on diseases and conditions, healthy living, drug search, first aid etc.
• MEDEM: an information partnership of medical societies Offers consumer and more advanced reliable health care information
• MEDLINEplus (English | Spanish) Contains more than 700 topics on health and wellness, diseases and drug information 
     Includes a medical encyclopedia; dictionary; directories and links to other authoritative consumer sites.
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Provides accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased consumer health information in
  English and Spanish.
• Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council "An independent state agency responsible for addressing the
      problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and increasing access for all citizens regardless of
      ability to pay." (Taken directly from their web site.)
• Well Connected   A library of reports for consumers on common diseases and wellness issues.  Authoritative, in-depth and
     updated regularly.  Library also subscribes to print editions of the reports.

Advance Directives in PA Advance directives, Living Wills, Medical Power of Attorney
Alternative Health
Ask Dr. Weil Health questions answered by Dr. Andrew Weil
Benefits  Government and private medical benefit programs including prescription drugs, health care etc.
Best Hospitals US News' list of best hospitals.
Cancer
CHIDonline (The Combined Health Information Database)  Combined database of Federal Government health related agencies.
Children's Health

Clinical Trials
     Clinical Trials.gov Provides current information about clinical research studies.  It is organized by disease treatment, location,
        and sponsoring organizations.  From National Institute of Health.
     Clinical Trials Commercial site dealing with clinical trials.

Doctor Directories
   Doctor's Disciplinary Actions  Has your Dr. had any disciplinary action brought against him?  From Pa Department of State,
   Bureau of Professional & Occupational affairs; Or check with Healthgrades A commercial site that offers a report including
   schools associations, background and disciplinary actions.

 Hospital directories of doctors and medical specialists  - Also check the web sites of individual hospitals.
   Hospitals Local and famous hospitals
   Johns Hopkins Medicine Consumer information from Johns Hopkins.
   Susquehanna Valley Medical Resources Area hospitals and medical  resources directory.
   University of Pennsylvania Health System   Consumer information from University of Pennsylvania.

   Medical Specialists
      American Board of Medical Specialties
      Doctor Directory Database of 600,000 doctors arranged by specialty and geography.
      Medline Plus directory of medical facilities and doctors  Doctor's, dentists, specialists, hospitals, compare hospitals
         and clinics including specialized hospitals and clinics, medical libraries.

 Drugs
FirstGov for Consumers: Health  Consumer health info from a variety of federal government agencies
Geisinger's Health System's Health and Wellness info Information on conditions, procedure, medications, natural & alternative treatments, medical news and Wellness & therapeutic centers
Go Ask Alice - Columbia University's Health Education Program.  Explicit sexual information
Health Web Cooperative effort of The health sciences librarians of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation to work cooperatively to
develop an interface that provides organized access to evaluated non-commercial, health-related, Internet-accessible resources. 

Intelihealth Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information.
Johns Hopkins Medicine Consumer information from Johns Hopkins
Lab Tests Online Peer reviewed, noncommercial site on clinical lab testing and the meaning of the tests.
Magazine Articles
Medscape Easy to use free site but does require a user to logon.  One of Medscapes' goals is to make available to a broad medical
audience clinical information with the depth, breadth, and validity needed to improve the practice of medicine.

Medical Societies
     State Medical Societies
     Pennsylvania Medical Society 

Medical Urban Legends  Check out medical rumors and e-mails.
Medical Urban Legends Privately maintained site with references.
Mental Health Awareness
Michigan Electronic Library  Official State of Michigan health site.  Very clear portal.
National Institute of Health Consumer health information.
National Library of Medicine The world's largest biomedical library.  Allows you to conduct your own research on medical topics.
National Library of Medicine Guide to Finding Health Information
National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Service  Toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and
    specialized topics in minority health.
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
The National Rehabilitation Information Center
NetWellness Ask an expert; sites evaluated by faculty  from the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University and the Case
    Western Reserve University.
Nursing Home Compare   Detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in
    the country.
Pamphlets Health pamphlets from various federal agencies.
Physician and Sports Medicine Peer reviewed monthly journal, deals with medical aspects of exercise, sports and fitness.
Rare Diseases
SARS
Susquehanna Health System's Health and Wellness Info     Information on the health system's services as well as recent medical news and  vital medical information, including traditional and alternative approaches. 
US Dept of Health and Human Services A Clearinghouse on Publications and resources.
WebMD Easy to use, consumer information on lots of topics.
     Reports on common diseases and wellness issues.  Each report gives in-depth information on treatments, risk
   factors, causes, tests and preventative measures.  Login using your library card #.
Whonamedit is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. This site attempts to present a complete survey of all medical
    phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15,000 eponyms and more
    than 6,000 persons.
Medical Books
Medical Books are located in the 610-620 section of the library including the Reference Section.
Circulating books may be taken home.  Reference books may only be used in the library but copies may be made of pertinent information.