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General
Health Care Search Tools
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Health
Care Directories
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- Directories of Healthcare Links: HealthAtoZ
(50,000+ individually reviewed resources); HealthLinks.net
(good
search engine for finding provider sites, newsletters,
message
boards); Healthfinder
(U.S. government health info gateway); NOAH:
New York Online Access to Health, MEDLINEplus
(health
topics, drug
information, dictionaries,
provider
directories, other
resources, organizations),
HealthWeb (a links directory maintained
by professional health science librarians); Canadian
Health Network (Canadian healthcare links); Hardin
Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources (general
links, special links);
Patient's Guide To The Internet
(reference
links, featured
links); Indiana University
School of Medicine Active HealthWeb Subjects (site
search, ); On
Health/WebMD (resources,
symptoms
and treatments); HealthClinicUSA
(links directory);
Selfhelp
A-Z Directory; Handilinks
Health Links Directory; Healthlinkusa.com
(message boards);
About (weekly and back articles, weekly
news); TheMedEngine (link
directory including links to health newsgroups);
Achoo (communities,
health news, health
business news, health
search engines);
- Health Sections of Major Directories: Yahoo
Health Section (diseases
and conditions, Yahoo
health page, chats
and forums, specialties);
DMOZ Health Section (diseases
and conditions, alternative,
healthcare
industry, specialties);
LookSmart
Health Section (diseases),
NBCi
Health Section (diseases,
alternative);
- Health Search Engines: AtLife,
RxBestDeals (best prices
on drugs search engine); Caredata's
Citeline Search Engine; Ultrsearch
Medical Search Engine (good for news searches), clinical
calculators, disease
index, links
to drug directories, reuters
health news, gerd
center, cancer
center);
- Specialty Directories: Alternative
Medicine Resources (links directory);
DisabilityResources.org (great resource for far more than just
disabilities); Ability
Index (resources for the disabled); DentalSite
(small links directory); Dental-Resources
(link directory for dentists); Cardiorepair
(links to sites on prevention and treatment of heart disease); Innerself
Health Directory (alternative healthcare);
- National
Library of Medicine / Patient
Education Institute (bmills@patient-education.com) - Interactive
Health Tutorials for:
- Diseases
and Conditions: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Back Pain; Diabetes;
Diabetic Eye Complications; Diabetic Foot Care; Fractures and
Sprains; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Hypertension
(High Blood Pressure); Inguinal Hernia; Varicose Vein Sclerotherapy;
- Tests
and Diagnostic Procedures: Breast Lump Biopsy; Colonoscopy;
Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty; CT Scan; Knee Arthroscopy;
MRI;
- Surgery
and Treatment Procedures: Breast Cancer Surgery; Carotid Endarterectomy;
Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal Surgery); Coronary Artery
Bypass Graft; General Anesthesia; Heart Valve Replacement; Hip
Replacement; Hysterectomy; Knee Replacement; Prostate Cancer Radiation
Therapy; Prostate Surgery (TURP);
- Español/Spanish:
Diabetes; Presión Arterial Alta (Hipertensión);
- Miscellaneous
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Booklists |
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Care
Portals |
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| Health
Care News |
- News: Alternative
Health News Online (non-traditional approaches to health); HealthNotesNewswire
(natural health care); Medical Breakthroughs
(medical news with searchable archive); Mental
Health Infosource (news, education, diagnostics, articles, and
links, listed by disorder, from the publishers of Psychiatric Times);
Your Health Daily; NewsWise
(searchable database of medical news releases); NewsRx.com;
Health
News and Information Directory; iSyndicate
Health News; Moreover
Health News (they serach and index news sites); Moreover
Natural Health News; Moreover
Healthcare Management News; NewsHub
Health News; HealthScout
(health site review and personalized health news); Medcast
("Bloomberg" for medical industry); Fox
Health Care News; The
Health Channel; HealthNews;
Yahoo Health Headlines;
Health News Directory
(organized by disease); AIShealth
(searchable data); HealthNet
Searchable News Articles (Very Good!); Ultrsearch
Medical Search Engine (good for news searches), CancerNews
(JustinBrown@CancerNews.com); ABC
Health News (searchable!); NewsRx;
MedicalReporter.health.org;
University of Illinois McKinley
Health Center;
- WholeHealthMD - news
search, advanced
search, disease
directory, book
list, Q&A,
(simanislL@awhinc.com, finchC@awhinc.com, contactus@awhnet.com, 703-437-6336)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is launching
a new Web site for the latest health and medical news at... www.uthouston.edu/promotion/external/index.htm;
- Doctor's Guide
- Medical News Alerts, Discussion Groups and Newsgroups for: Acne;
Addictions; AIDS and HIV; Allergy; Alzheimer's; Anaesthesiology; Angina
Pectoris/MI; Anxiety; Arthritis; Asthma; Back Pain; Bacterial Infections;
Bladder Cancer; Bone Marrow and PBSC Transplantation; Breast Cancer;
Cardiology; Cataract; Cervical Cancer; Cholesterol/Lipid disorders;
Cirrhosis; Clinical Pharmacology; Colorectal Cancer; Congestive Heart
Failure; Contraception; Cornea; COPD; Cystic Fibrosis; Dental and
Oral Disorders; Depression; Dermatology; Diabetes; Dialysis; Eating
Disorders; Elbow; Emergency Medicine; Endocrinology; Epilepsy; Erectile
Dysfunction; Fibromyalgia; Gastro; Genetics; Genitourinary; Geriatrics;
GERD/Gastritis; Glaucoma; H. Pylori/Ulcer; Haematology; Hair Loss;
Head and Neck Cancer; Hepa/Biliary; Hepatitis; Herpes; Hip; HRT; Hypertension;
IBD; Immunology; Infectious; Infertility; Intensive Care; Irritable
Bowel Syndrome; Knee; Leukemias; Liver Cancer; Lung Cancer; Lupus;
Lymphomas; Melanoma; Menopause; Migraine; Multiple Sclerosis; Nephrology;
Neurologic; Nutritional / Metabolic; Ob/Gyn; Obesity; Oncology; Ophthalmology;
Ophthalmic Surgery; Organ Transplantation; Orthopaedics; ORL Plastic/Reconstruction.
Surgury; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis; Otitis; Otorhino; Ovarian Cancer;
Paediatrics; Pain; Pancreatic Cancer; Parkinson's; Pregnancy; Prostate
Cancer; Psychiatry; Pulmonary; Radiology; Renal Cancer; Renal Failure;
Respiratory Infections; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Rheumatology; Rhinitis;
Schizophrenia; Shoulder; Sleep Apnoea; Sleep Disorders; Smoking Related
Disorders; Spine; Stroke; STDs; Surgery; Thyroid Disorders; Transfusion;
Transplant Surgery; Trauma; Urinary Incontinence; Urinary Tract Infections;
Vaccinology; Vascular Disorders; Viral Infections;
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Online
Advice
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- On-Line Medical Advice:
- Major Online Medical Advice Sites
- AmericasDoctor.com
(free online advice from real physicians); Mediconsult
(online "for fee" custom written MediXpert reports
by physicians); Cyberdocs
(for fee online physicians support@cyberdocs.com); DocTalk.com
- a telephone-based service where licensed doctors talk to
you on a pay per minute basis;
- General Medicine
- Specialized
- Ask
the Doc - The "Ask the Doc" messagebase allows
you to ask the Doc (Dr. Robert Schwartz or his staff) questions
related to HIV/AIDS (Robert M. Bobo, Exec Dir arcbobo@aol.com,
Dr. Robert Schwartz, Medical Director, arcdrbob@aol.com, Dave,
webmaster, dave@clubtbl.com)
- Ask the Pain Doctor -
(pain.com)
- Ask
Psych Doc - (thriveonline.oxygen.com)
- Doc Misha - Total
Health Through Traditional Chinese Medicine - ask
Doc Misha (TCMpaths@aol.com)
- Gastroenterology
- Ask a Doctor - Kyle P. Etzkorn, M.D., FACP (etzkorn@borland-groover.com,
904/288-0433, Jacksonville, FL)
- Jacksonville
Medical Park - By Dr. Angela S. Martin, M.D. Obstetrics
and Gynecology Womens Medical Group (jaxmed.com)
- MedHelp - Ask the Doctor
- Addiction (alcohol, drugs,
smoking); Child
Behavioral Health; Dermatology;
Eye Care;
Gastroenterology;
Heart; Hepatitis;
Liver Diseases;
Mental
Health; Neurology
& Neurosurgery; Transplant
(patient to patient only); Urologic
Cancer & Incontinence;
- Neurology
Web Forums - new
forums, old
forums from 1997-2000, old
forums from 1995-1997, (neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu)
- Robert
L. Cucin, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery (rlcucin@ix.netcom.com, 212/586-9500)
- Roger
B. Anderson, DMD - adult cosmetic/reconstructive and implant
dentistry (Tucson, Arizona 520-323-9327 smile@azstarnet.com)
- SexDoc - sex and relationship
coaching by William F. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., a specialist in
marital and sexual therapy (408/450-8699, telephone@sexdoc.com)
- Surgery
(message board);
- Varicose
Veins - Dr. Hamid A. Nasser, sponsored by Sigvaris Corp.
to provide info on the pathology and treatment of varicose
veins.
- Cancer
- Dental
- Pediatrics
- DrGreene - pediatrician
Dr. Greene's house calls (cheryl@drgreene.com, cindy@drgreene.com)
- Pediatrics - Child
Psychologist, Pediatrician,
Lactation
Specialist, Ob-Gyn,
- Drs4Kids - Ask
Dr. Suser
- Pediatrics
- Questions
& Answer (kidsdoctor.com)
- Children
With Diabetes - ask
the diabetes team (childrenwithdiabetes.com)
- Dr.
Plain Talk at ChildrensHC.org - Dr. Plain Talk answers
questions on child health and parenting
- ParentsPlace
- Robert W. Steele, M.D. (a board certified pediatrician
at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield, MO),
Kathy Kuhn, RN, BSN, IBCLC (lactation consultant
in Eastern Pennsylvania), Sue Gilbert M.S. (a consulting
nutritionist), .Dr. Kimberly A. Loos (practices general
dentistry in San Jose, California),
- ParentsPlace - Peg Plumbo
(a certified nurse-midwife in St. Paul, Minnesota)
- Dead or Inactive
- Online Experts:
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| Lists
of Physicians and Providers (including report cards) |
- Provider Lists and Info: DoctorsInfoseek;
eBody.com (information on selecting
doctors for elective surgery); Internet
Directory of U.S. Optometrists; America's
Finest Dentist's Directory; Alternative
Practitioners Database (10,000+ alternative healthcare practioners
compiled by Dr. Andrew Weil); DoctorsDirectory
(organized by disease); Health
Plans (organized by state); Hospitals
(organized by state); The American Hospital
Directory (a service of QuadraMed); Doctor's
Credentials Search (search your doctors credentials); CareGuide
(directory of 90,000 child care facilities and 70,000 elder care facilities);
Sick-Bay (discounted medical
services); myPhysicianSelector.com;
DocFinderPlus.com (online
version of the Little Blue Book);
- Provider Searches: DoctorQuality.com
(licensed only to large empoyers, they have evaluations on 700,000
physicians and 6,300 hospitals, also TheQualitySource);
1800Doctors.com a matching
service with a "health-care counselor who places a a conference
call with the provider's office, suggests questions, and even reminds
patient's about the appointment, but they don't evaluate doctors (they
also have a $3.95 "TalkWithADoctorNow" service that users
of the free service get for free, three times a year); BestDoctors.com
(finds you a Doctor for a fee from $25 to $975); National
Alternative Care Network; HealthAllies;
- Report Cards: HealthGrades.com
(Nasdaq: HGRD, grades for more than 5,000 hospitals and 400 health
plans); HealthCareReportCards.com
(performance evaluations of U. S. hospitals with cardiology, cardiac
surgery, and orthopedic surgery departments); HealthStreet
- (directory of health plans, hospitals and providers with quality
comparisons); myhealthscore; PatientWise.net;
- Clinical Trials: CenterWatch
(info on clinical trials); Veritas
Medicine (recruits patients for clinical trials on chronic medical
conditions such as AIDS, arthritis, breast cancer, and infertility);
TrialPages.com; Acurian;
(recruits both investigators and patients); Intertrials
(recruits both investigators and patients); ClinicalTrials.gov;
PatientQuest; LifeTrials
(Lifespire); myHealthPlanSelector.com;
Emergingmed (cancer trials);
HopeLink (info on clinical
trials); americasdoctor.com;
eTrials; Fast-Track.com
(software and services that reduce the time and cost of clinical trials);
PhaseForward.com (conducts
and manages clinical trials);
- Clinical Trial Services: PhaseForward
(web-based clinical trial data collection); DataTrakNet;
CBtech;
- Internation Travel Health Care: International
Association For Medical Assitance to Travelers (1-519-836-0102);
International SOS (1-800-523-8662);
Medjet Assistance (1-800-963-3538);
Travelers' Emergency Network (1-800-275-4836);
World Clinic (1-781-744-3170);
- Nursing Homes: Medicare.gov
(government inspection reports); Carescout.com
(quality rating of assisted care facilities, nursing homes and hospices);
Careguide.com (info on 70,000 facilities);
SeniorHousing.net (find facilities
in your state);
- Low Cost Health Care Buying Organzations and Sites
- YOURxPLAN.com (get large
discounts on prescriptions in exchange for a modest annout fee
- a Merck-Medco site); HealthMarket.com
(discounts on physicians, hospitals, vision, dental and prescriptions);
MedAdvantage.com (discounts
on drugs, dental, vision, diabetes, supplements, foot care); AmeriplanUSA.com
(vision, dental, drugs and chiropractic discounts); carepanion.com;
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