Nursing/Medicine
Other Useful Sites

• 100 Useful Online Libraries for Nurses and Nursing Students -- "offering helpful articles and books on topics ranging from patient care to research"
• Administration on Aging -- government source of data, click here for a list of Aging Statistics.
• Age Source Worldwide -- "describes clearinghouses, databases, libraries, directories, statistical resources, bibliographies and reading lists, texts, and Web “metasites” focusing on aging or closely allied subjects." Searchable.
• AIDSInfo -- info from the National Institute of Health on clinical trials, treatment drugs, a glossary and more.
• ALS Association -- information on Lou Gehrig's disease.
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
• Army Medicine
• Army Nurse Corps -- History
• Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney -- full-text.
• Black Nurses in History - A bibliography of journal articles and web resources.
• Caregiving Across the States: A State by State Resource -- great detailed statistics for information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Evidence-based Medicine.
• Disabilities Resources
• Diabetes Dictionary -- 300 entries and illustrations from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
• Ethics for Experimentation in Pain -- for both human and animal subjects from the International Association for the Study of Pain.
• Family Caregiver Alliance--links to resources and information for the families caring for victims of Alzheimer's, stroke and other debilitating long-term illnesses. 
• Foodapedia -- an interactive encyclopedia of caloric values of foods. Type in your food item and it comes up with the calories. Excellent and easy; it allows to compare items as well.
• Flu Trends -- "Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional systems"
• Glossary of Genetic Terms -- from the National Human Genome Research Institute, includes written definitions with illustrations and audio explanations, plus links to related topics.
• HealthInfoIowa -- links to hospital directories, patient guides, and Iowa health news and significant medical information resources.
• Health Insurance Coverage in America -- "It includes trends and major shifts in coverage and a profile of the uninsured population."
• Healthy People.gov -- a major health initiative 
• HIV InSite Knowledge Base -- updated regularly, strong on science aspects. A comprehensive, on-line textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital. Excellent.
• Literature, Arts and Medicine Database -- "is an annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art which was developed to be a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in medical humanities, for use in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings." the menu is on the left side of the page -- Click here for the search box.
• Medical Ethics -- from the American Medical Association
• Medicare Resources Online
• Mental Health Home Page

• Mesothelioma Cancer Center– Abestos.com, a highly rated site that covers all aspects of asbestos cancer. Includes bibliographic references and U.S. state-by-state information. Another informative site here with videos.

• National League for Nursing
• National Safety Council: Safety and Health -- full of fact sheets on safety.
• Obesity Map of the USA -- interactive
• Online Medical Dictionary --keyword searchable
• Psychiatry On-Line
• Research America: public opinion polls on health and medical research -- scroll down and explore
• Reuters Health News-- includes current health news stories, back-filed stories, medical web sites, and a drug database.
• Rural Health Concerns -- from Medline, includes stats and lots more.
• Senior Health -- from the U.S. National Institute of Health
• STDs: the Complete Facts
• US Dept. of Health & Human Services
• United States Military Medicine in War on Terror Prisons -- database of primary documents
• Veteran's Health-- the latest research, news updates, clinical guidelines, patient education materials, prevention fact sheets and more.
• Virtual Medical Center
• World Health Organization