Diseases and Conditions

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Databases

Remember to use sources like these for news, in-depth articles, and media.  More are available in Catalogs and Databases

• elibrary
• Gale's Student Resource Center Health Module 
• Science Resource Center
• SIRS
• StreamEd Health Video Database http://www.wired.md/hslc/
• In EBSCOhost in Access PA POWER Library look for the Health Source Databases 
• Curriculum Resource Center

Major Health Portals

• Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=113&section=5
• About.com Health http://home.about.com/health/
• Medline Plus Health Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html
• WebMD Conditions Center http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/
• Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/
• Centers For Disease Control Health Topics http://www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm
• Diseases Database http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/
• Librarian's Index: Diseases and Conditions http://lii.org/search/file/diseases_and_conditions
• Body1.com http://www.body1.com/care/index.cfm/1
• Family Doctor.org http://familydoctor.org/
• Hardin MD (Information + images) http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
• Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide http://www.health.harvard.edu/Common_Medical_Concerns.htm
• Health Central http://www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm
• Healthopedia http://www.healthopedia.com/
• HealthScout http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=channel&ap=1&cid=1056
• IntelliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html
• MayoClinic.org http://www.mayohealth.org/findinformation/diseasesandconditions/index.cfm
• Mayo Health O@sis http://www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm?
• MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_DT
• Medscape http://www.medscape.com
• Medem's Medical Library http://www.medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm?sid=103AF635-C640-11D4-8C0100508BF1C1F1&site_name=Medem
• Merck Manual of Medical Information http://www.MerckHomeEdition.com/
• NOAH: Health Topics and Resources http://www.noah-health.org/en/search/health.html
• University of California San Diego (UCSD) Health Guide http://health.ucsd.edu/healthinfo/?docid=/HealthTopics
• US Dept. Health and Human Services: Diseases and Conditions http://www.os.dhhs.gov/diseases/index.shtml
• Virtual Hospital Common Problems http://www.vh.org/CommonProblems/CommonProblems.html
• Yahoo! Diseases and Conditions http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/
• Google Diseases http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/

• PsychCentral http://psychcentral.com/resources/
• National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
• LII: Mental Conditions http://lii.org/pub/topic/mental_conditions
• Anxiety Disorders Association http://www.adaa.org/
• Healthy Minds http://healthyminds.org/
• Let's Talk Facts http://healthyminds.org/letstalkfacts.cfm#pho
• NAMI: Nation's Voice on Mental Illness http://www.nami.org/
• Mental HealthNet http://mentalhelp.net/
• Internet Mental Health http://www.mentalhealth.com/
• APA Help Center http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/topic.php?id=6
• Yahoo! Mental Health Disorders http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Mental_Health_Disorders/
• Google: Mental Health Disorders http://www.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/
  

• Phobia List http://phobialist.com/
• Anxiety Disorders Association http://www.adaa.org/
• Anxiety Panic Internet Resource http://www.algy.com/anxiety/
• Let's Talk Facts http://healthyminds.org/letstalkfacts.cfm#ph
• MedLine Plus: Phobias 
• Yahoo! Phobias http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Phobias/
• Google: Phobias http://www.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Anxiety/Phobias?tc=1/
• Royal College of Psychiatrists: Anxieties and Phobias http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info/anxpho.htm
  

For Specific Diseases

• ALS Association http://www.ALSA.org/
• American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
• American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org
• American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org
• American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org
• American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/newhome.html

General Health Sites

• CNN Interactive/Health Main Page http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
• Diagnostic Tests http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics.shtml
• Doctor's Guide to the Internet http://www.docguide.com/
• Drugs.com (offers Pill Identifier) http://www.drugs.com/
• Food and Nutrition Information Center http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/
• globalhealth.gov http://www.globalhealth.gov/
• Global Medic http://www.globalmedic.com/
• Gray's Anatomy http://www.bartleby.com/107/
• Gyn 101 http://www.gyn101.com/homefr.htm
• Hardin MD http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/md.html
• Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Online http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg
• Harvard World Health News http://www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/
• Health AtoZ http://www.healthatoz.com
• Health Explorer http://www.healthexplorer.com
• Health InfoQuest http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/healthinfoquest/
• Health on the Net Foundation http://www.hon.ch/
• Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov
• HealthScout http://www.healthscout.com/
• Health Talk Interactive http://www.htinet.com
• HeartCenterOnline for Patients http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/
• Infection Detection Protection http://www.amnh.org/explore/infection/
• IntelliHealth (Harvard Medical School) http://www.intellihealth.com
• InteliHealth Dental http://dental.intelihealth.com/
• Internet Grateful Med - National Library of Medicine http://igm.nlm.nih.gov
• KidsHealth: Teens http://kidshealth.org/teen/index.html
• Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
• Mayo Health O@sis http://www.mayohealth.org
• MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/
• Medical Images and Illustrations http://www.mic.ki.se/Medimages.html
• MedLine Plus - National Library of Medicine http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
• Merck: Online Medical Reference http://www.MerckHomeEdition.com
• New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org
• National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• Reuters Health Information http://www.reutershealth.com
• US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov
• Visible Human http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
• WebMD http://webmd.com
• Women's Health http://www.healthy.net/womenshealth
• Yahoo Health http://www.yahoo.com/Health/
• Your Health Daily http://www.yourhealthdaily.com/

Birth Defects

• March of Dimes Birth Defects http://www.modimes.org/pnhec/4439.asp
• Yahoo: Health: Birth Defects http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Birth_Defects
• Birth Defect Research for Children http://www.birthdefects.org/information/info_factsheets.htm
• Birth Defects Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000dffe
• Rare Genetic Diseases in Children http://mcrcr2.med.nyu.edu/murphp01/homenew.htm
• cleft.ie (cleft lip) http://www.cleft.ie/
• Genes and Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/
• The National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/
• Primer on Molecular Genetics http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer/index.shtml
• Welcome to Morgan http://morgan.rutgers.edu/MorganWebFrames/How_to_use/HTU_Frameset.html
• DNA From the Beginning http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/
• Genetics http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/genetics.html
• Human Reproduction http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/human_reprod/

Cancer

• American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
• Ask Noah About Cancer http://www.noah.cuny.edu/cancer/cancer.html
• Breast Clinic http://www.thebreastclinic.com/
• Cancer Care http://www.cancercareinc.org/patients/informational.htm
• Cancer News on the Net http://www.cancernews.com/default2.asp
• Cancerpage http://cancerpage.com/
• OncoLink (U of Penn) http://oncolink.upenn.edu/
• National Cancer Institute http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
• Yahoo: Cancers http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Cancers/

Books

We have hundreds of books relating to health!  Check your specific interest in the Alexandria Catalog.

Or browse in the circulating nonfiction and in Reference in the numbers 610 through 616.

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