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General Health Consumer Resources
AMA Online Doctor Finder www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.ht American Hospital directory www.ahd.com Citehealth citehealth.com/ Free health care provider reports for people researching their providers (e.g. hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis clinics) and communities.
Health: A to Z www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/default.html GALEGROUP: Health & Wellness Resource Center infotrac.galegroup.com Go Ask Alice! www.goaskalice.columbia.edu Healthfinder--US Department of Health and Human Services www.healthfinder.gov Healthline: The Web’s Best Health Information at Your Fingertips www.healthline.com KidsHealth.org www.kidshealth.org MAYO Clinic Health Oasis www.mayohealth.org National Council on the Aging (NCOA) www.ncoa.org National Women’s Health Resource Center www.healthywomen.org New York Online Access to Health www.noah-health.org U.S. Administration on Aging www.aoa.gov USNews: Best Hospital Finder http://health.usnews.com/directories/hospital-directory/ YourSurgery.com www.yoursurgery.com
References, Information Search Resources
Bioethics.net bioethics.net CAPHIS: For Health Consumers caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html Food and Nutrition Information Center www.nal.usda.gov/fnic Hardin Metadirectory of Internet Health Services www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md Gray’s Anatomy www.bartleby.com/107 MEDLINEplus medlineplus.gov Merck Manual of Medical Information www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual OmniMedicalSearch.com www.omnimedicalsearch.com Rx List-Internet Drug Index www.rxlist.com State Health Facts Online www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
Diseases, Disorders & Conditions
AIDS Education Global Information Network (AEGIS) www.aegis.com American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org The Body: AIDS and HIV Information Resource www.thebody.com The Breast Clinic www.thebreastclinic.com CancerNet www.cancer.gov/cancer_information Gene Clinics: Articles about Inherited Diseases www.geneclinics.org Jewish Genetic Diseases: A Resource www.mazornet.com/genetics/index.asp Internet Stroke Center www.strokecenter.org National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease www.niaid.nih.gov National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org National Rehabilitation Information Center www.naric.com ONCOLINK: University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center www.oncolink.com Prevention Online: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information www.health.org Sickle Cell Information Center www.scinfo.org
Full-text Articles
eMedicine World Medical Library www.emedicine.com GALEGROUP: Health & Wellness Resource Center infotrac.galegroup.com MEDLINE on FirstSearch www.ref.oclc.org (in-library use only)
National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov
Government Sites
Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov FloridaHealthStat.com www.floridahealthstat.com Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov U.S. Government Medicare Information www.medicare.gov
Local Sites
Borland Health Sciences Library www.borland.ufl.edu Baptist Medical Center www.e-baptisthealth.com A full-service hospital in downtown Jacksonville, on the south bank of the St. Johns River.
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville www.mayoclinic.org/jacksonville Located in southeast Jacksonville, this hospital is a component of the world-renowned "Mayo" medical practice based in Rochester, MN.
Memorial Hospital Jacksonville www.memorialhospitaljax.com A 353-bed tertiary care hospital offering a wide variety of services.
Nemours Children’s Clinic http://www.nemours.org/index.html St. Vincent’s Medical Center www.stvincentshealth.com A 528-bed full service tertiary care medical center located just minutes west of downtown Jacksonville.
Shands Jacksonville www.shandsjacksonville.org Located in the historic Springfield area of downtown Jacksonville, this hospital serves Duval and 18 other counties in Florida, as well as several in southern Georgia.
Mental Health
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org American Foundation for Suicide Prevention www.afsp.org American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org American Psychological Association www.apa.org Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law www.bazelon.org Florida Health & Human Services: Substance Abuse & Mental Health www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/ Mental Health Association of Northeast Florida (NMHA-Florida) www.mhajax.org Mental Help Net www.mentalhelp.net National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI-Florida) www.namifl.org National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol’s Mental Health Page psychcentral.com
Alternative Health
Alternative Medicine Homepage www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html Ask NOAH: Alternative (Complementary) Medicine www.noah-health.org/en/alternative/index.html Herbal Database www.herbmed.org MEDLINEplus: Alternative Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alternativemedicine.html National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine nccam.nih.gov NIH Office of Dietary Supplements dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov
Health Insurance
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services www.cms.gov Florida Office of Insurance Regulation http://www.floir.com/ac/is_ac_index.aspx Health Insurance Association of America www.hiaa.org Low-cost Health Insurance for Children www.insurekidsnow.gov Medicare Information www.medicare.gov National Committee for Quality Assurance www.healthchoices.org
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