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Internet Guide - Medical/Health

AMA Physician Select

http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

The American Medical Association's Physician Select provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States.

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS-Certified Doctors)

http://www.abms.org

American Board of Medical Specialties certifies physicians.

Centers for Disease Control

http://www.cdc.gov

Health information and public health bulletins from the government.

ClinicalTrials.gov

http://clinicaltrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.

DALNET's Area Health Calendar

http://www.healthcalendar.org

Calendar of health events in the metro Detroit area.

Healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov

The National Health Information Center's "guide to reliable health information."

History of Nursing Resource Guide

http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/ bibs/nsghis.html

Comprehensive Internet guide on the history of nursing from the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries.

Medicare Interactive

http://www.medicareinteractive.org

Information about health care rights, options and benefits brought to you by the Medicare Rights Center.

Mayo Clinic Online

http://www.mayoclinic.com

Health information online from the Mayo Clinic.

MedLine Plus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

The National Library of Medicine's gateway to health information on the web.

Merck Manual of Medical Information

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

The Merck Manual in laymen's terms, on the web.

Michigan Go Local

http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ local/michigan/ homepage.cfm?areaid=11

Michigan health portal from MedLine Plus and Wayne State University.

Nursing Home Compare

http://www.medicare.gov/nhcompare

Find nurisng homes in your area and compare their quality ratings, health inspection results, staff data and more.

RxList - The Internet Drug Index

http://www.rxlist.com

An Internet drug database, affiliated with WebMD, with indications and side effects, etc.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.hhs.gov

Homepage for the Department of Health and Human Services, health info by subject.

WebMD

http://www.webmd.com

A for-profit online Health information center.

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