Consumer
Advance Directives
The following Advance Directives are discussed and a link for downloading is provided:
- Consent to Medical Treatment
- Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
- Directive to Physicians and Family or Surrogates Form
- Medical Power of Attorney Form
- Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Info and Form
- Procedure When Person Has Not Executed or Issued a Directive and is Incompetent or Incapable of Communication
African American Health
National Library of Medicine MEDLINE/PLUS web page with a lot of information about African American health.
All About Vision.
This site provides information to consumers about eye care and eye correction. It offers comprehensive coverage of refractive correction including LASIK, contact lenses and eyeglasses. In addition, it covers a wide range of eye conditions and diseases, from macular degeneration to pink eye. The content is reviewed by an Editorial Board of eye doctors and is accredited by the Health on the Net Foundation.
American Heart Association
American Hospital Association. Consumer Health Care Information
This web site is list of consumer-oriented health care web sites. It includes the following categories:
- Finding health information
- Understanding the health care system
- Locating a health care provider
- Preparing for your health care experience
- Partnering for safe, high-quality health care
- Getting the support you need
American Indian Health
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This web site is an information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians. It is put together by the National Library of Medicine.
The graphic is by Dennis Fox, an Indian artist. The hands around the earth are hands of healing with a blue stone or crystal.
American Lung Association
Information on diseases, research, treatment, tobacco and other respiratory related information.
Asian American Health
This web site is an information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans. It is put together by the National Library of Medicine.
Cancer Links
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
- Growth Charts
- Health Topics A to Z: information on many diseases, conditions, safety, abuse, other health topics;
- Travelers' health info;
- Data and statistics
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. Visit often for the latest on a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care and adoption and more.
Turtles and Salmonella
Turtles can carry a harmful germ called Salmonella. If there are infants or small children in your home, turtles are not good pets for your family.
See the CDC story for more details.
Clinical Trials
Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials supported in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
Discovery Education. School Resources
School resources for grades K-12 are available on many topics including health. The site includes
- Lesson Plan Library
- Puzzlemaker
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. categorized list of web sites useful for teaching
- Clip Art Gallery
Dole 5-A-Day
This web site educates kids, parents, and teachers about why fruits and vegetables are so good for you. The Reference Center features an encyclopedia that covers the history, growing season, and nutrient content of a variety of fruits and vegetables.
Teachers can download lesson plans aimed at third and fourth grade students. The Kids section includes games, cartoon characters, and lots of healthful recipes that kids can make.
Familydoctor.org
Well written general medical information by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Federal Citizen Information Center
Free downloadable publications on many topics including health, food, housing, money, cars, family, travel etc.
First Gov for Health
First Gov for health is a resource for consumer information from the federal government. Included is information on the following topics: Aging/Elder Care, Buying Smart, Choosing Quality Health Care, Dieting and Weight Control, Diseases--Aids, Alcoholism, Cancer, Heart and Others, Drugs, Exercise and Fitness, and Insurance.
Google Health
Search a topic by overview, treatment, symptoms, tests, complications, prognosis, causes, prevention research, patient handouts, clinical trials, support groups, alternative medicine, continuing education.
Health A to Z
Developed by health professionals, HealthAtoZ's aim is to partner with consumers so that every individual and family can better manage their health. Has medical information, a directory of Internet Sites which have been reviewed, personalized health record, interactive health-tools, e-mail with health professionals, and other excellent resources.
Articles are reviewed for clinical accuracy by on-staff M.D.s and/or sent to off-site medical experts before being posted. All content also is subjected to annual review by our medical advisory board.
Hardin MD
Hardin MD is sponsored by the University of Iowa Health Sciences Library and provides links to high quality directory pages. Other types of links include Just Plain Links pages which have direct links to primary information in circumscribed subjects. Many of the pages have links to Medical Pictures.
Healthopedia.com
Healthopedia.com is a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications. It has an excellent pictures and images site.
Healthfinder
This site provides an easy-to-use, searchable index of carefully reviewed health information from over 1,800 government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and universities. It is a service of the National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Healthy Place.com
Healthyplace.com is a community of people providing mental health information, support, and the opportunity to share experiences helpful to others. At HealthyPlace.com, you'll find comprehensive, authoritative information on psychological disorders, psychiatric medications, active chatrooms, hosted support groups, journals/diaries, online psychological tests, breaking mental health news, HealthyPlace.com Radio, our weekly live mental health radio show, and more.
Hispanic American Health
This web page about Hispanic American health is produced by the National Library of Medicine and is part of MEDLINE/PLUS.
Holistic Health Online
Comprehensive information about your health. Features conventional, alternative, integrative, and mind-body medicine. Holistic.com gives you choices for your health, naturally.
HospitalWise Comparison
HospitalWise Professional allows you to receive an independent comparison of hospitals by procedure or diagnosis within a specific area.
Measures used to compare these hospitals are: the number of patients treated at each hospital (patients/yr), the percentage of patients who died (mortality), the percentage of patients who developed problems (complications), the average number of days people stay in each hospital (length-of-stay), and each hospital's average charges (costs).
InfoAging
Sponsored by the American Federation for Aging Research. Provides research-based information on healthylifestyles, age-related diseases and conditions, and topics in the biology of aging.
Informed Health Online, Evidence-Based.
Produced by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care to provide free health care information based upon reliable researched evidence. The publication of this bi-lingual website is undertaken as part of IQWiG's legislative remit to inform the public. The website includes information for consumers and patients based on the Institute's own scientific publications, as well as on topics it chooses itself.
The information on this website is based on the best evidence that was available at the time of publication. Every article provides the date of publication, as well as the evidence on which the information is based. "We undertake extensive literature searches for relevant high quality evidence for the topics we publish. We rely primarily on systematic reviews of trials to answer questions on the effectiveness of treatments and other interventions."
Intellihealth. Harvard Medical School.
Full text consumer information and links. Includes the following and much more:
- Health news
- Medical Dictionary
- Health Risk Report
- Disease and Condition Guide
- Ask the Doc
- Women's Health
- Men's Health
- Physician Locator
- Health areas Information
- Drug Search
Kidshealth
KidsHealth is one of the largest sites on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health Media, their mission is to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone. There are hundreds of in-depth articles and features.
Lab Tests Online
A public resource on clinical lab testing. Can search by lab test or condition or disease.
Mayo Clinic
Patient education information provided by a network of doctors and nurses. Can submit questions to a Mayo physician or dietician.
Medicine Net
MedicineNet, Inc. is an online, healthcare media publishing company. It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers. Since 1996, MedicineNet.com has had a highly accomplished, experienced team of executives in the fields of medicine, healthcare, Internet technology, and business to bring you comprehensive, healthcare information. MedicineNet is a100% Doctor-Produced network of over 70 U.S. Board Certified Physicians.
MedlinePlus. National Library of Medicine
The MEDLINEplus pages provide a carefully selected list of professional and consumer resources that bring together health information being published on the web by Federal government health agencies, professional associations, health libraries, research organizations and universities.
It is an excellent site to find authoritative, objective and non-baised health information from trusted sources. It is updated daily, has no advertising, and does not endorse any company or product.
It provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to clearinghouses, organizations, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians and clinical trials.
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National Library of Medicine. Finding Hazards in the Home.
ToxMystery is the National Library of Medicine's interactive learning site, designed to help kids age 7 to 10 find clues about toxic substances in the home.
NYC Online Access to Health (NOAH)
Full text consumer literature on many health topics in English and Spanish. Four New York City library organizations joined forces to establish this website to provide end-users reliable consumer health. These organizations are the The City University of New York Office of Library Services (CUNY); the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO); The New York Academy of Medicine Library (NYAM); The New York Public Library (NYPL); the Queens Borough Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library.
National Health Centers and Institutes
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Health Information Center
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DIseases
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Institute of Health
- National Institute of Health, Consumer Health information
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Women's Health Information Center
No Smoking Links
- Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
- National Institute on Drug Abuse. Info Facts. Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products
- Nicotine Addiction. National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Medline Plus. National Library of Medicine. Smoking Cessation
- American Lung Association
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with 10 other Federal partners, the Resource Center provides current information developed by Federal agencies and the private sector pertaining to youth violence.
The NYVPRC is the gateway for professionals, parents, teens and other interested individuals to obtaining comprehensive information about youth violence and suicide prevention and intervention. The Center will direct you to the resources you need to address the underlying causes of youth violence, and provide helpful information about effective intervention and prevention strategies. This information, coordinated through premier federal organizations, can link you to online fact sheets, best practices documents, and research.
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease National Resource Center
ORBD and NRC is a resource center funded by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Its purpose is to help health professionals, patients, and the public learn about and find current information on metabolic bone diseases, such as osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone, osteogenesis imperfecta, and hyperparathyroidism.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Health Explorer
Health Explorer features full text articles written by physicians, nurses and other health experts on thousands of health topics and internet health sites for the same topics.
Public Agenda
Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1975 by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.
Public Agenda maintains a nonpartisan balance in all of its work. Its materials have won praise for their credibility and fairness from elected officials from both political parties and experts and decision-makers across the political spectrum.
The two-fold mission of Public Agenda is to:
- Help leaders better understand the public's point of view on major policy
- Help citizens better understand critical policy issues so they can make their own more informed and thoughtful decisions.
Some of the issues included are abortion, global role, campaign finance, child care, crime, economy, education, environment, family, federal budget, gay rights, health care, illegal drugs, immigration, medical research, medicare, poverty, race, right to die, and social security.
Remedy Find
Remedyfind is an independent, unbiased site where individuals and healthcare professionals can rate the effectiveness of different treatments for specific health conditions. Their philosophy is that the everyday, real-life experiences of individuals are an invaluable and largely untapped health resource.
Senior Health. National Institute of Health.
The site features large print and short, easy-to-read segments of information plus a talking format which allows users the option of reading the text or listening to it.
Spine Health
This site is maintained by a group of multi-speciality medical professionals whose goal is to provide a resource for understanding, preventing, and seeking appropriate treatment for back and neck pain and related conditions. It is
- 100% original and is peer reviewed by at least one member of the Medical Advisory Board before being added to the site.
- comprehensive and frequently updated
- objective--not owned or directed by companies that sell spine products or medication.
Spanish Resources
Gives ordering information for nearly 200 free federal publications available in Spanish on many topics: health, food, cars, children, safety, federal benefits, housing and others.
Spanish Health Information. Su Familia (Your Family): The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline
StalkingHelp
This anti-stalking resource web site was established by University of Texas at Austin researchers to provide assistance and to facilitate the dissemination of information about the topic. The website was established through a grant provided byt he Criminal Justice Division of the Texas Governor's Office as part of the federal Violence Against Women Act.
The website provides an effective means for presenting the results of available research into stalking and is intended to be a resource by stalking victims, mental health professionals, and law enforcement personnel.
Texas Legislature Online
Find out who represents you, do research on Texas statutes or the Texas constitution, find out information about current and past bills and other Texas legislative matters.
Texas State Health and Human Services
Four new departments have been created and are under the oversight of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The individual departments are listed below:
- Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
- Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
- Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Texas Department of State Health Services
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
This page provides the name, address and e-mail for all U.S. senators. Searches are by name or state. Voting records are available for each senator and congressperson. There is also detailed reference information about the U.S. Congress and other legislative agencies.
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
Information on diseases and conditions, safety and wellness, drug and food info, disasters and emergencies, families and children, aging, specific populations, nursing homes.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Information on foods, human and animal drugs, cosmetics, children and tobacco, biologics, toxicology, medical devices. Also special information for consumers, health professionals, patients, women (Office of Women's Health), and kids.
WebMD
WebMD provides health information, tools for managing one's health, and support to those who seek information. This site provides online public information, research, educational services and communities for consumers. The staff includes individuals who hold advanced degrees in journalism, medical illustration, health communications, clinical informatics, nursing, and medicine.
The site provides health news, A to Z guides(medical tests, prescriptiong drugs, common symptoms, expert and reader blogs, pregnancy and family section, diseases and conditions section, health videos and more.