• Anatomy
  • Anatomy of the human body
    Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (the classic 1918 publication).
  • Atlas of the Body
    A brief overview of the physiology of the human body (American Medical Association).
• Cancer.gov
  
Authoritative cancer information provided by the National Cancer Institute. Provides access to PDQ, a database containing the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus clinical trials.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Health and disease prevention information.
• Consumer and Patient Health Information (CAPHIS)
  An index of health information sites that have been approved by the Medical Library Association.
• DisabilityInfo.gov
  A federal interagency-sponsored Web portal to disability information.
• Health Information
  Access to health-related information (including several resources covering specialized topics such as genetic conditions, senior health, AIDS) fromt the National Library of Medicine.
• Healthfinder
  A gateway to reliable consumer information (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services).
• HIV InSite
  Current information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy (Univ. of California).
• MayoClinic.com
  
Medical and health information provided by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists, writers, and educators.
• Medicine
  Search multiple medicine-related reference sources (Credo Reference collection).
• Medicine
  Search multiple medicine-related reference sources (Oxford Reference Online collection).
• MEDLINEplus
  
"...a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date."
• MedPage Today
  A clearinghouse of new and compelling medical news information (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine).
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition Online
  This edition uses everyday language to present information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. It is based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, the textbook of medicine most widely used by health care professionals in the U.S. and worldwide.
• National Center for Health Statistics
  The principal health statistics agency of the U.S. governement.
• National Institutes of Health
  
Health information and more provided by the various Institutes, Centers & Offices comprising the NIH.
• The National Women's Health Information Center
  (Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Nutrition
  • Food and Nutrition Information Center
    Cooperative agreement with the University of Maryland and the USDA.
  • Nutrition Information and Resource Center
    Fact sheets and other publications and links to many other nutrition websites (Penn State).
  • The Nutrition Source
    Timely information on diet and nutrition (Harvard School of Public Health).
• Prescription Drugs, Herbs, and Supplements
• About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
  
(Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
• Dietary Supplements and Herbal Information
  Includes access to IBIDS, a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals (Food and Nutrition Information Center).
• Drugs@FDA
  Official information about FDA approved brand name and generic drugs, including prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs (Food and Drug Administration).
• DrugDigest
  Comprehensive source of consumer-oriented drug information, including a drug interactions database (check interactions between two or more drugs) and drug comparison tools.
• MEDLINEplus Drug Information
  A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®.
• PDRhealth
  Includes the same drug information found in the standard Physicians' Desk Reference, along with information on diseases and conditions, and a variety of online health tools.
• Report on Carcinogens
  
The RoC is an informational scientific and public health document first ordered by Congress in 1978 that identifies and discusses agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a hazard to human health by virtue of their carcinogenicity. The RoC is published biennially (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program).
• World Health Organization
  The United Nations specialized agency for health, includes country data and full-text publications on many health topics.

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