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. |