Government Resources |
Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry - The mission of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public
health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic
substances. |
AgingStats.Gov -
The Forum encourages collaboration among federal agencies to improve the quality and usefulness of data on the aging
population. |
AIDS.gov - AIDS.gov serves
as an information gateway to guide users to Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information and resources The goal is to ease
access to information on Federal HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, and research programs, policies, and
resources. AIDS.gov contains links to guide you to information on those topics. |
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service - This site provides information on functions, news, information,
and hot issues of the Animal and Plant Health Inspeciton Service. |
Cancer Topics -
Cancer.Gov - This web site provides current and accurate information from the
National Cancer Institute, the Federal government's principal agency for cancer research. You will find a wide range of
cancer information, including treatment options, clinical trials, ways to reduce cancer risk, ways to cope with cancer,
and resources for researchers and health care professionals. |
CDC's Travel-related
diseases and outbreaks - This page lists travel-related diseases, outbreaks, and
vaccinations required fo travel in foreign countries |
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention - |
FDA Heart Health Online - The site focuses on FDA-regulated products to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular
disease. It describes cardiovascular conditions, and it links to detailed information about specific diagnostic tests,
medications, medical devices, and healthy lifestyles. |
Healthfinder.gov
- This site has hand-picked health information from A to Z including: prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions,
alternative medicine - plus medical dictionaries, encyclopedia, journals, and more |
MEDLINE - MEDLINE® is NLM's bibliographic database of citations and abstracts from over 4600
biomedical
journals published in the United States and worldwide. PubMed also has links to the
full-text versions of articles at participating publishers' web sites. |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides leadership
for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep
disorders. |
Todos los Temas - Healthfinder.gov en español - |
Private Resources |
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center - Here you will find
information about Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. |
BreastCancer.org - This site's mission is to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease, by advancing
research, education, screening and treatment. |
Lung Cancer Alliance - Learn about the importance of detecting lung cancer early and find out if you are at high risk
for developing the disease. |