Nursing/Medicine
Other Useful Sites

• Acronyms for Health Information Sources--tells you what the acronyms stand for (including acronyms for medical journals) and links to relevant web sites when available.
• Administration on Aging -- government source of data, click here for a list of Fact Sheets (which are in .pdf format)
• 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
• Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney -- full-text.
• Alternative Medicine Internet Links-- an excellent guide to chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy, holistic medicine, herbal medicine, and other alternative therapies.
• Caregiving Across the States: A State by State Resource -- great detailed statistics for information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines--a searchable guide.
• Disabilities Resources
• Diabetes Dictionary -- 300 entries and illustrations from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
• Dittrick Medical History Center  - different time periods and devices, plus photographs and other exhibits
• 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. 
• Glossary of Genetic Terms -- from the National Human Genome Research Institute, includes written definitions with illustrations and audio explanations, plus links to related topics.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -- Small & Special --HISTORICAL info database from 1852-1914. Patient records and diagnoses. Free registration.
• 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 2010 -- a major health initiative
• History of Pain -- how did folks from the past alleviate it thru the ages?
• HIV-AIDS Information Center-- the latest research, news updates, clinical guidelines, patient education materials, prevention fact sheets and more.
• 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.
• Macular Degeneration Partnership
• Medical Ethics -- from the AMA.
• Medicare Resources Online
• Mental Health Home Page
• Merck Manual--includes a full-text version and a new interactive version.
• Military Medical History -- has full-text documents.
• National Safety Council: Library Resources -- full of fact sheets on safety.
• Obesity Map of the USA -- interactive (and scary!)
• Online Medical Dictionary --alpha arrangement and keyword searchable, with hypertext links within definitions.
• 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, backfiled stories, medical web sites, and a drug database.
• Resources in Social Gerontology--documents, statistics, bibliographies, full texts of research on many aspects of aging
• Rural Health Concerns -- from Medline, includes stats and lots more.
• SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) -- A list of U.S. government documents online relating to this new disease
• 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
• Virtual Medical Center
• World Health Organization