Medical/Clincal

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their inclusion in this section does not indicate endorsement by Scientific Library staff.

AIDS/HIV	Clinical Trials
Associations/Organizations	Consumer Health
Bioethics	Medical Reference
Cancer	Pharmaceutical
Clinical Guidelines	Related Resources

    AIDS/HIV

• AEGIS - AIDS Education Global Information System; sponsored by NLM, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals.

• AIDSinfo - from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services, with HIIV/AIDS information on clinical guidelines, drugs, vaccines, clinical trials and more.

• Harvard AIDS Institute (HAI) - resources about HAIs' programs and initiatives. HAI is dedicated to promoting research, education and leadership to end the AIDS epidemic.

• HIVInSite - from the Univ. of California San Francisco, information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy.

• International AIDS Society-USA - IAS-USA is a network of experienced HIV/AIDS experts, recognized for high-quality, independent educational programs including CME Courses, and development of Treatment Guidelines.

• Johns Hopkins HIV Guide

• NIH Researchers - "In Their Own Words" - from the Office of NIH History, recollections of NIH researchers from the early days of HIV/AIDS.

Associations/Organizations

• American Association for Retired People (AARP)

• American College of Gastroenterology

• American Heart Association | American Stroke Association

• American Hospital Association

• American Lung Association

• Epilepsy Foundation

• Hospice Foundation of America

• NIH-National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

• NIH-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

• World Health Organization

Bioethics

• American Society of Bioethics and Humanities

• Bioethics.net - from the Univ. of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics.

• The Hastings Center - independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute exploring fundamental and emerging questions in medicine, health care, biotechnology.

• Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Resarch Program - from NIH-National Human Genome Research Institute, information on policy and legislation, research opportunities, grant products, education, and training.

• National Institute of Health's Bioethics Resources on the Web

• National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature - from Georgetown University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics and NLM, a specialized collection of books, journals, news articles and legal materials related to issues in biomedical and professional ethics.

Cancer

• American Cancer Society

• American Society of Clinical Oncology

• Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR) - charitable organization with resources for cancer patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals.

• Breast Cancer & Environmental Risk Factors - from Cornell University, science-based information on environmental factors and cancer risk.

• Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC): Breast Cancer Mutation Database - open-access, international collaborative effort hosted by the National Human Genetics Research Institute (NHGRI).

• CancerCare, Inc. - a national, non-profit, social service agency established in 1944 providing counseling, education, financial assistance and other services to cancer patients and their families. 

• Cancer Genome Anatomy Project - an interdisciplinary program established and administered by NCI to generate information and technological tools needed to decipher the molecular anatomy of the cancer cell.

• Clinical Trials - National Cancer Institute - clinical cancer trials.

• Comprehensive Cancer Center - Univ. of Michigan - for patients & families, information about clinical trials, recent advances in cancer prevention, treatment & research news.

• Inside Cancer - from CSHL, a multimedia guide to cancer biology.

• Medscape Oncology - free (registration required) professional medical resource with a compilation of hematology-oncology resources.

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• National Cancer Institute - LION - online communications service from the NCI Office of Cancer Communications. (NCI/NCIF).

• National Cancer Institute - News Center

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) - catalogs and describes current knowledge of the genetic defects that lead to various cancers.

• OncoLink: UPENN Cancer Resource

• Oncology Tools - from the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, information related to cancer and approved cancer drug therapies.

• World Oncology Network (WON)- worldwide network of communications among physicians and nurses practicing Hematology/Oncology and related specialities.

Clinical Guidelines

• HIV Clinical Guidelines Portal

• National Guideline Clearinghouse - a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. DHHS.

Clinical Trials

• Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (ADEAR) - searchable clinical trials database of compounds under study for treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), developed cooperatively with the U.S. FDA.

• Cancer Clinical Trials - from Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Network.

• CenterWatch - Clinical Trials Listing Service with resources for patients and professionals.

• Clinical Trials - National Cancer Institute - clinical cancer trials.

• ClinicalTrials.gov - from NIH, a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the U.S. and around the world.

• The Cochrane Library - Cochrane Collaboration produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. The Clinical Trials link is in the section under 'Browse' / 'Other Resources'. (NIH/NCIF).

Consumer Health

• Canadian Health Network (CHN) - consumer health information in English and French, research reports, and policy documents on health promotion and disease prevention with special resources for and about the North American Indian and Inuit, and more.This network of health information providers includes the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada and national and provincial/territorial non-profit organizations, as well as universities, hospitals, libraries and community organizations.

• CARDS (Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements - database of federally funded research projects pertaining to dietary supplements funded by the Institutes and Centers of the NIH.

• Essential Health Links - gateway to over 600 selected web sites for health professionals, medical library communities, publishers, and NGOs in developing countries.

• Center for Health Information (CHI) - located in the Scientific Library, consumer health information for NCI-Frederick employees. Provided by NCI-Frederick's Occupational Health Services and the Scientific Library, locate free pamphlets on a variety of diseases and conditions, as well as health-related books and videos available for loan.

• Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products - from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Consumer summaries also available.

• Genetics Home Reference - from NLM, answers to genetics questions.

• Index of Food and Nutrition Internet Resources - from the NAL Food and Nutrition Information Center

• Media/Materials Clearinghouse - from the JHU Center for Communication Programs site.

• HSLS Health Information for the Consumer - from the Univ. of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System (HSLS), resources written in less technical language for patients and families. Used as a teaching tool for the Health Information for the Public project funded by NLM.

• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)- database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. Produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at NIH and NAL to assist locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements.

• Mayo Clinic.com

• MEDLINEplus - free consumer health database with drug and disease information from NLM.

• Milestones in U.S. Food and Drug Law History - a description of milestones in the history of food and drug regulation in the U.S. from 1820-1998.

• NIH Health Information - informataion on diseases under investigation by NIH or NIH-supported scientists, major NIH research areas, and important health-related topics.

• NIH Senior Health Site - talking site with formats and topics tailored to the needs of older people from NIA and NLM.

• Self-Help Group Sourcebook Online

• Tox Town - From the National Library of Medicine (NLM), an animated, interactive tool for learning what toxic substances and environmental risks you may encounter in everday life.

Medical Reference

• HardinMD - from the Univ. of Iowa, links to medical information and images on the web.

• Harrison's Online - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine online, a medical reference text. (NIH/NCIF)

• Health on the Net Foundation (HON) - a Swiss, not-for-profit portal to medical information on the Web.

• Health Services / Technology Assessment Text - from NLM, a free Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making.

• Healthfinder.gov - gateway consumer health information web site produced by the U.S. Government.

• MD Consult - the Core Service is for use by primary care physicians. Includes medical reference textbooks, journals, drug information, patient education, guidelines, images, CME. To enter subscribed area, click on "Open Generic Account." (NIH/NCIF)

• MedicineNet - free medical reference with contents written by physicians practicing in a variety of specialties. .

• Medscape - from WebMD, for health professionals and consumers with medical news and information. Free registration is required.

• Merck Manuals Online - free online medical information; includes links to Merck Manual Home Edition; Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy; Merck Manual of Health & Aging; Merck Manual of Geriatrics; and Merck Veterinary Manual.

Pharmaceutical

• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) - Resources

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

• American Pharmacists Association (APhA)

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

• CenterWatch Drug Directories

• DrugBank - bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information. From Genome Alberta, and Genome Canada.

• Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information on MEDLINEplus - from NLM's consumer health website.

• Electronic Orange Book - Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations - from FDA, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Pharmaceutical Science Office of Generic Drugs

• Pharmaceutical Online - commercial resource for news about pharmaceutical manufacturing and related regulatory, validation, and policy issues.

• Pharmacy Virtual Library

• PharmWeb - international portal for pharmaceutical and healthcare-related professionals.

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) - represents U.S. pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, with links to publications, and medicines in development.

• RXList - member of WebMD, a drug index with a pill identifier, medical dictionary and more.

• U.S. FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

• World Health Organization (WHO) - Medicines - global medicines policy and standards, technical cooperation for essential drugs and traditional medicine. See also WHO Drug Information journal.

Related Resources

• Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance - from CDC, information about antibiotic-resistant bacteria with clinical and technical information for health professionals.

• Arctic Health - from NLM, a public resource for information on the Arctic environment and health of the Northern peoples with evaluated health information from many local, state, national, and international agencies, professional societies and universities.

• BrainWeb  - from the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, an index to online resources related to brain diseases and disorder.

• DermAtlas - from JHU School of Medicine, free access to dermatology images.

• DPDx - from the CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases for laboratory identification and diagnosis of parasites of public health concern.

• National Center for Health Statistics - principal health statistics agency from CDC.

• Neurosciences on the Net - neuroscience resources on the web: neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.