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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - Provides evidence-based health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed health care decisions and improve the quality of health care services [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]

Aging - Provides information about aging publication available for sale from the U.S. Government Bookstore [U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)]

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center - Provides information about Alzheimer's disease, its impact on families and health professionals, and research into possible causes and cures [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA)]

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Bibliographies & Research Guides Listed by Subject - Bibliographies, guides, finding aids, produced by the Science Reference Section of the Library of Congress, and arranged by subject. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Bioscience and Health - New medical diagnostic tests, improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care electronic records, reference materials for laboratory test methods, faster screening of promising vaccines -- these are a few of the many areas where National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research serves the needs of the bioscience and health care community. [U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]

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CDC - NCHHSTP - Tuskegee Study and Health Benefit Program - U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]

Cochlear Implants - Explains a surgical procedure for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Site discusses risks and benefits, as well as safety issues and what happens before, during and after surgery. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA)]

Computed Tomography - The scientific facts about the potential risks of undergoing a whole-body scan using computed tomography [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA)]

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DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online) - Database of location and descriptive information about organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Specialized Information Services (SIS)]

Diets and Dieting: A History of Weight Loss in America - Finding guide from the Library of Congress, Science Reference Service [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

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Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work - This site states the indications for use of antibiotics. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]

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Health Care - Provides information about health care publications available for sale from the U.S. Government Bookstore [U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)]

Health Effects of Obesity - Science Reference Guide - Finding guide frem the Library of Congress [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Health and Human Development Information - Lists the A to Z health & human development topics from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH)]

Healthfinder - Your guide to reliable health information [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

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Immunization - Covers information on how the immune system works, immunization schedules, list of vaccines for preventable diseases, and related issues. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

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LOCATORPlus - Catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals in the National Library of Medicine collections [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

Locating Health & Medical Information: Science Reference Guide - A research and finding aid from the Science Reference Service at the Library of Congress [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

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MEDLINE/PubMed - Database with millions of references, primarily from MEDLINE, to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)]

Malaria & War: The US Antimalarial Program in World War II . - Webcast - Malaria & War: The US Antimalarial Program in World War II . Webcast of a talk by Leo B. Slater, Ph.D., Historian, US Naval Research Laboratory. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

MedlinePlus - Web site with authoritative consumer health information from NIH and others [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

MedlinePlus Espanol - Spanish version of the Web site with authoritative consumer health information from NIH and others [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

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NLM Gateway - A single Web interface that searches multiple National Library of Medicine databases [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - Provides a wide variety of data with which to monitor the Nation's health [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]

National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) - A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)]

National Immunization Program (NIP) - Information about vaccines, vaccination programs, immunization, safety, and other related topics [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH)]

Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) National Institute of Nursing Research - Supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)]

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PandemicFlu.gov - The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH)]

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce - In collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations, and health sciences libraries, this web site provides timely, convenient access to selected public health resources on the Internet. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

PubMed Central - Digital archive of life sciences journal literature [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)]

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Reports of the Surgeon General - Digitized collection of official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]

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Science Reference Service - Web site for Science Reference at the Library of Congress [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Science Tracer Bullets - research guides that help you locate information on science and technology subjects. With brief introductions to the topics, lists of resources and strategies for finding more, they help you to stay on target. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Science and Technology Policy - Science Tracer Bullet - Research guide from the Library of Congress, Science Reference Section [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Skin Cancer Prevention - Preventing skin cancer by protecting yourself from the sun [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]

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The Data Web - Data Ferret - Brings together under one umbrella demographic, economic, environmental, health, (and more) datasets that are usually separated by geography and/or organization [U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Bureau of the Census]

The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the U.S. Government initiative to help save the lives of those suffering from HIV/AIDS around the world. This historic commitment is the largest by any nation to combat a single disease internationally, and PEPFAR investments also help alleviate suffering from other diseases across the global health spectrum. PEPFAR is driven by a shared responsibility among donor and partner nations and others to make smart investments to save live [U.S. Department of State]

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Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) - Electronic Knowledge Sources and lexical programs that help health professionals and researchers retrieve and integrate electronic biomedical information from a variety of sources [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC)]

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Weight Loss Through the Ages - A panel discussion with noted experts, - A panel discussion with noted experts, held at the Library of Congress on Jan. 19, 2011. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]