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AMA
Physician Select Doctor Find
www.ama-assn.org/aps/
Search
for a physician by name or specialty
Consumer
and Patient Health Information Section
http://caphis.mlanet.org/
Provides
links to health topics by category, links to NOAH (New York Online Access to
Health) which contains state, local, and federal resources selected with
consumers in mind, and features "Top 100 Web Sites You Can Trust".
Food
and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
Learn
about safety recalls on food, drugs and cosmetics. The FDA regulates
products from prescription drugs to cell phones to lipstick.
Healthgrades.com
www.healthgrades.com
Healthgrades
"educates and empowers consumers by offering free objective ratings and in-
depth profiles that allow them to evaluate and select providers based on quality."
Find ratings for nursing homes, fertility clinics, hospitals, physicians and
more
Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us
A great
resource for finding health programs within the state, as well as many other
categories of health related information.
Nursing
Home Compare
http://www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp
Welcome
to Nursing Home Compare. The primary purpose of this tool is to provide detailed
information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified
nursing home in the country
Achoo
Healthcare Online
http://www.achoo.com
A
site that strives to be the most comprehensive health care information site
on the internet.
CBS
Healthwatch by Medscape
http://cbs.medscape.com
"CBS
HealthWatch offers an assortment of featured topics or health channels,
including Cancer, Health and Wellness, Heart Health, Mental Health/Depression,
Weight Management and many more. From basic information to advanced healthcare
topics to What My Doctor Reads on the latest medical trends, CBS HealthWatch is
all about bringing you the right information at the right time."
CDC
(Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)
www.cdc.gov
Browse
"Health Topics", check out health news, or find a link to your local
state health department
Geriatric Information
http://www.allconet.org/ahec/aging
Funded
by Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research program of the University
of Maryland.
Healthinfoquest
(National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
http://nnlm.gov/healthinfoquest
Designed
for public librarians and health information specialists, Healthinfoquest
provides pathfinders to common consumer health questions
Healthcare 411
http://www.healthcare411.org
Healthcare 411 is a news series produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Using the latest podcasting technology, these weekly audio and video programs
feature news and information on current health care topics providing
consumers with information they can use to improve the quality of their health
care
Healthtouch:
Online for Better Health
http://www.healthtouch.com/
A
resource that brings together valuable information from trusted sources on
topics such as medications, health, diseases, supplements and natural medicine.
Kids
Health
http://kidshealth.com
"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's Center for Children's Health Media"
Mayo
Clinic.com
www.mayoclinic.com
"MayoClinic.com
is the only Web site that gives you access to the experience and knowledge of
the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic"
MEDLINEplus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Provides
access to information about diseases and conditions from NLM (largest medical
library in the world), links to consumer health information, medical
dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, and clinical trials.
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm
Merck
Manual Home Edition
www.merckhomeedition.com
This is
a full text and searchable online version of the publication
National
Institutes of Health: Health Information
http://health.nih.gov
The
National Institutes of Health collects reliable factual information and links on
various health topics.
The
Resource Network
http://www.resourcenetworkatkki.org/
"The Resource Network will work to share resources on developmental
disabilities throughout the state of Maryland by:
