Medical Resource Sites
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- ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines
- -- Cardiology practice "statements" and guidelines.
- AHRQ Clinical Info - Quality, Guidelines
- -- US govt HHS agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- AMA Physician Select
- -- AMA's basic credentialing info about all US physicians. No licensing info.
- American Board Internal Medicine
- American College of Cardiology
- American College of Physicians Internal Medicine $
- -- fine Internal Medicine text, constantly updated, available on CD-ROM, print, or online; formerly Scientific American Medicine. Also surgery text available.
- Anatomical Chart Co. - models, charts
- -- outstanding array of 2D and 3D charts, posters, models for normal anatomy as well as a range of injuries and diseases; plus books, software, etc. 800-621-7500.
- Cardiovascular Journals Online
- -- some journals' full text accessible by MD's, not public.
- Center for Disease Control - CDC
- -- US govt. info for travelers, epidemics, much more.
- CiteHealth
- -- CiteHealth is a free website to help consumers evaluate their medical providers' quality ... information comes from numerous government and commercial sources, direct contact, and from the user base.
- CO Bd Medical Examiners
- FDA Drug Safety Notices
- -- FDA public notices about drug warnings, actions, etc. Searchable archives.
- FSMB Member State Medical Boards
- -- All state medical board mail and (some) web addresses listed here.
- MD Consult -- Online Texts $
- -- major medical texts readable and searchable online, plus dozens of other professional publications, continuing education, etc.
- Doctordirectory.com $
- -- pay for background info on any US doctor -- (allegedly) including disciplinary actions from all states.
- Medical Matrix
- -- the best index of medical web sites, rated by quality.
- MedicEcon PDR Online
- -- online PDR, and other Medical Economics publications, for registered physicians. This kind of site puts you at risk for junk email; consider using throw-away email address to register.
- Medscape
- -- news and continuing education site for medical professionals.
- The Merck Manual 18th ed.
- -- free online compendium of disease information -- a classic resource.
- National Center Comple/Alternative Med.
- -- info about alternative/complementary medicine.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- -- US govt. database of hundreds of medical guidelines.
- New England Journal of Medicine
- -- major American medical journal.
- Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
- -- databases of herbs and plant activity.
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- -- MEDLINE, starting place for medical literature searches. Abstracts only; can order full text hardcopy if you set up acct. with nearby medical library, about $15/article.
- WebMD -- lots of medical resources here.