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endorsement by Scientific Library staff.
See Also: Consumer Health sites from the Library's Center for Health Information (CHI)
AIDS/HIV
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AEGIS - AIDS Education Global Information System; sponsored by NLM, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals.
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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.
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Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative (HAI) - resources about HAIs' programs and initiatives. HAI is dedicated to promoting research, education and leadership to end the AIDS epidemic.
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HIVInSite - from the Univ. of California San Francisco, information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy.
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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.
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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
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - from U.S. DHHS, AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
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NIH-National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
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NIH-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Bioethics
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Bioethics.net - from the Univ. of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics.
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Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University - is an interdisciplinary and multi-format collection on ethical issues related to health care, biomedical research, biotechnology, and the environment.
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The Hastings Center - independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute exploring fundamental and emerging questions in medicine, health care, biotechnology.
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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.
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National Institute of Health's Bioethics Resources on the Web
Cancer
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Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR) - charitable organization with resources for cancer patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals.
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Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC): Breast Cancer Mutation Database - open-access, international collaborative effort hosted by the National Human Genetics Research Institute (NHGRI).
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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.
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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.
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Comprehensive Cancer Center - Univ. of Michigan - for patients & families, information about clinical trials, recent advances in cancer prevention, treatment & research news.
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Inside Cancer - from CSHL, a multimedia guide to cancer biology.
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Medscape Oncology - free (registration required) professional medical resource with a compilation of hematology-oncology resources.
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National Cancer Institute - LION - online communications service from the NCI Office of Cancer Communications. (NCI/FNLCR).
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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) - catalogs and describes current knowledge of the genetic defects that lead to various cancers.
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Office of Hematology Oncology Products (OHOP) - FDA's OHOP is responsible for making safe and effective drugs for cancer and hematologic conditions available to the U.S. public by overseeing development, approval, and regulation of: drug treatments for cancer; therapeutic biologic treatments for cancer; therapies for prevention of cancer; products for treatment of nonmalignant hematologic conditions and more.
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World Oncology Network (WON)- worldwide network of communications among physicians and nurses practicing Hematology/Oncology and related specialties.
Clinical Guidelines
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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
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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.
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Cancer Clinical Trials - from Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Network.
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CenterWatch - Clinical Trials Listing Service with resources for patients and professionals.
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Clinical Trials - National Cancer Institute - clinical cancer trials.
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ClinicalTrials.gov - from NIH, a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the U.S. and around the world.
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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/FNLCR).
Consumer Health
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Essential Health Links - gateway to over 600 selected web sites for health professionals, medical library communities, publishers, and NGOs in developing countries.
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Center for Health Information (CHI) - located in the Scientific Library, consumer health information for Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) employees. Provided by FNLCR'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.
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Food and Nutrition Information Center - from USDA's National Agricultural Library
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Genetics Home Reference - from NLM, answers to genetics questions.
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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.
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Media/Materials Clearinghouse - from the JHU Center for Communication Programs site.
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MEDLINEplus - free consumer health database with drug and disease information from NLM.
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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.
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NIH Health Information - informataion on diseases under investigation by NIH or NIH-supported scientists, major NIH research areas, and important health-related topics.
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NIH Senior Health Site - talking site with formats and topics tailored to the needs of older people from NIA and NLM.
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PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset- a collaboration between the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and the National Library of Medicine, the subset is designed to limit search results to and retrieve citations from a broad spectrum of dietary supplement literature including vitamin, mineral, phytochemical, ergogenic, botanical, and herbal supplements in human nutrition and animal models.
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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
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Harrison's Online - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine online, a medical reference text. (NIH/FNLCR)
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Health on the Net Foundation (HON) - a Swiss, not-for-profit portal to medical information on the Web.
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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.
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HealthyPeople.gov - gateway consumer health information web site produced by the U.S. Government.
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MD Consult - Includes medical reference textbooks, journals, drug information, patient education, guidelines, images, CME. If needed, to enter subscribed area, click on "Open Generic Account." (NIH/FNLCR)
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MedicineNet - free medical reference with contents written by physicians practicing in a variety of specialties. .
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Medscape - from WebMD, for health professionals and consumers with medical news and information. Free registration is required.
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Merck Manuals Online - free online medical information from Merck.
Pharmaceutical
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American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) - Resources
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DrugBank - open data drug and drug target database; 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.
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Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information on MEDLINEplus - from NLM's consumer health website.
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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
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Pharmaceutical Online - commercial resource for news about pharmaceutical manufacturing and related regulatory, validation, and policy issues.
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PharmWeb - international portal for pharmaceutical and healthcare-related professionals.
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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) - represents U.S. pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, with links to publications, and medicines in development.
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RXList - member of WebMD, a drug index with a pill identifier, medical dictionary and more.
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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
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Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance - from CDC, information about antibiotic-resistant bacteria with clinical and technical information for health professionals.
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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.
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BrainWeb - from the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, an index to online resources related to brain diseases and disorder.
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DermAtlas - from JHU School of Medicine, free access to dermatology images.
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DPDx - from the CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases for laboratory identification and diagnosis of parasites of public health concern.
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HealthResearchFunding.org - designed to bring researchers with peer-reviewed, unfunded projects together with patient advocacy organizations and other funding sources to foster the funding of new research on chronic diseases and disabilities. From National Health Council and NIH.
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Images in the biomedical literature - a resource for finding images in the biomedical literature developed by NCBI and NLM.
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National Center for Health Statistics - principal health statistics agency from CDC.
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Neuroguide.com - neuroscience resources on the web: neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.
