Health Resources

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Federal Government


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://cms.hhs.gov/

Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/

Medicare Nursing Home Comparison http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp#NewSearch

National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/

National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/libserv.html

U. S. Department of Health and Social Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

U. S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/


Organizations

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov/

Alliance for Health Reform http://www.allhealth.org/

American Association of Health Plans http://www.aahp.org/

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/

American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/

Association of American Medical Colleges http://www.aamc.org/

Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/

National Federation of the Blind http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Default.asp

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.pcrm.org/

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/home-page/

Health Resources

Adam.com http://www.adam.com

Discovery Health http://www.discoveryhealth.com

Doctor's Guide http://www.docguide.com/dgc.nsf/ge/Unregistered.User.545434?OpenDocument

Dr. Koop.com http://www.drkoop.com/

Health A to Z http://www.healthatoz.com

Health Links http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/Art.asp?li=MNI&d=44&ArticleKey=50

Healthcentral http://www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm

Healthfinder (DHHS) http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Internet Mental Health http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Librarian's Index-Health and Medicine topics http://www.lii.org/search/file/health

Medical reference for non-medical librarians http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htm

MedicineNet.com http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp

Medical Dictionary http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_DICT

National Institute of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html

Mental Health Resources http://mentalhealth.about.com/

The Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/

National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.guideline.gov/index.asp

National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/libserv.html

PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Web MD http://www.webmd.com


Journalism Resources


Association of Health Care Journalists http://www.ahcj.umn.edu/

National Association of Science Writers http://www.nasw.org/

New England Journal of Medicine http://content.nejm.org/

Journalist Express-Health http://journalistexpress.com/html/indjhealth.asp

The Journalists'Toolbox http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/medical.html


Health Topics


Avian Influenza-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/

Avian Influenza Information-Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services

http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/communicable/avian/index.htm 

Health Related Hoaxes--CDC http://www.cdc.gov/hoax_rumors.htm

Lyme Disease-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm

Lyme Disease-Wis. Dept. of Health http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/communicable/LymeDisease/index.htm

Mad Cow Disease-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_bse.htm

Mumps-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm

Mumps-Wis. Dept. of Health http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/immunization/mumps.htm

Mold-Nat'l Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/mold/links.htm

Pandemic Flu-CDC http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

Pandemic Flu-Wis. Dept. of Health http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/communicable/pandemic/index.htm

SARS-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/

Small Pox-Center for Disease Control http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/index.asp

Smoking and Tobacco Use-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802346d8

Vaccines-CDC http://www.cdc.gov/nip/default.htm

West Nile Virus-Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm

West Nile Virus-Food and Drug Admin. http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/westnile.html


State Health Departments


California Department of Health Services http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare-Health Division http://www2.state.id.us/dhw/health/

Illinois Department of Public Health http://www.idph.state.il.us/home.htm

Indiana State Department of Health http://www.state.in.us/isdh/index.htm

Iowa Department of Public Health http://www.idph.state.ia.us/

Kentucky Department for Public Health http://chs.state.ky.us/publichealth/

Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/

Nebraska Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/

New York State Department of Health http://www.health.state.ny.us/home.html

North Dakota Department of Health http://www.health.state.nd.us.

Oregon Health Services http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/

Pennsylvania Dept. of Health http://webserver.health.state.pa.us/health/site/default.asp

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/

South Dakota Department of Health http://www.state.sd.us/doh/index.htm

Washington State Department of Health http://www.doh.wa.gov/

Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/

Wyoming Department of Health http://wdhfs.state.wy.us/WDH/


Wisconsin-Government and Organizations


Communicable Diseases Fact Sheets http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/communicable/communicable/factsheets/index.htm

Governor's Prescription Drug Resource Center http://drugsavings.wi.gov/

UW Medical School http://www.med.wisc.edu

Agencies with Health Care Responsibilities http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/state/index.htm

Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/wai/

Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/

Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/

Wisconsin DHFS-Bioterrorism Readiness http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/preparedness/

Wisconsin Medical Society http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/

Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association http://www.wphca.org

Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/uwphi/