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| American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance | ||||||||||||||||
| National Athletic Trainers' Association | ||||||||||||||||
| SPORTQuest | ||||||||||||||||
| This free site from the Canadian producers of the database SPORTDiscus (SIRC) offers a thorough directory of sport information. It is searchable by sport or by topic, including Sport Science. There is information here on the Olympics, sports associations and international conferences. The Statistics section appears to be historical rather than completely current. | ||||||||||||||||
| Human Kinetics | ||||||||||||||||
| Categories in Sports Medicine, Dance, Recreation, Aquatics, and Health and Fitness complement the Sports and Sport Sciences areas. Job postings in HPER are listed. Although this is a textbook publisher's site, much valuable information is organized for faculty, students and fitness buffs | ||||||||||||||||
| Alternative Health News Online | ||||||||||||||||
| A well organized site that leads you to recent topics in the sections: What's New, Health News Bulletins, and Wellness News. Or you can browse for information through the topic categories: diet, mind/body, longevity, manual healing, healthy living. The material is excellent and so are the links under Cool Resources. | ||||||||||||||||
| American Heart Association | ||||||||||||||||
| This site offers "comprehensive information on heart disease and stroke as well as late breaking news." | ||||||||||||||||
| The A-Z Index. The Selfhelp A-Z Directory | ||||||||||||||||
| Look up a disease in this alphabetically arranged list of medical conditions. For each topic covered, there is a list of websites addressing the topic. | ||||||||||||||||
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | ||||||||||||||||
| The U.S. government agency responsible for monitoring health issues of national interest. Included are basic disease information, health statistics, and frequently consulted section on Traveler's Health. | ||||||||||||||||
| CenterWatch | ||||||||||||||||
| The CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service site offers a variety of information related to clinical trials and is useful as a resource for patients interested in participating in clinical trials and researchers | ||||||||||||||||
| Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources | ||||||||||||||||
| An extensive directory to lists of medical sites. | ||||||||||||||||
| HealthFinder | ||||||||||||||||
| This site is the U.S. government's gateway to consumer health and human services information. It offers links to "selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public." | ||||||||||||||||
| HealthWeb | ||||||||||||||||
| Health science librarians of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation (CIC) schools have developed this site to provide information about their libraries, links to evaluated health-related Internet sources (from AIDS to Women's Health) and related information. | ||||||||||||||||
| HIV InSite | ||||||||||||||||
| "Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and policy from the University of California San Francisco." | ||||||||||||||||
| JAMA Information Centers | ||||||||||||||||
| The Journal of the American Medical Association maintains a set of web "Information Centers" on particular medical topics. Each center provides peer-reviewed articles, patient support information, news items, and links to other web resources on the topic. | ||||||||||||||||
| Mayo Clinic | ||||||||||||||||
| Health information from the Mayo Clinic. Type a disease into the SEARCH box in the middle of the screen. Or look at the list of topics on the left of the screen. | ||||||||||||||||
| MedWeb Biomedical Intenet Resources | ||||||||||||||||
| A comprehensive, international list of medical sites, maintained by the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library of Emory University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Medical Therapy, 17th edition | ||||||||||||||||
| A version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Medical Therapy designed for the layperson. | ||||||||||||||||
| National Center for Health Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| National Institutes for Health Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| This site provides "information for and about the National Institutes ofHealth (NIH). Specifically this server provides Internet access to information about NIH health and clinical issues, NIH funded grants and research projects, and a variety of research resources in support of NIH intramural scientists." | ||||||||||||||||
| National Institute for Mental Health | ||||||||||||||||
| Oncolink | ||||||||||||||||
| This site, served up by the University of Pennsylvannia, is an execellent general site on cancer and related information. | ||||||||||||||||
| PubMed | ||||||||||||||||
| This is the National Library of Medicine's search service, which provides access to more than 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. | ||||||||||||||||
| RxList: The Internet Drug Index | ||||||||||||||||
| Your Gross and Cool Body | ||||||||||||||||
| This is the National Library of Medicine's search service, which provides access to more than 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nutrition Analysis Tool | ||||||||||||||||
| American Dietetic Association | ||||||||||||||||
| This site has several good sections: the Link to Nutrition Websites is an extensive set of links to other nutrition sites and Nutrition Resources provides various types of nutritional information. | ||||||||||||||||
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | ||||||||||||||||
| "The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply ... promoting health through educating the public about nutrition and alcohol; ...representing citizens' interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies." It has sections for kids, sections on alcohol, reports on current topics like olestra, and a Nutrition Action Healthletter. | ||||||||||||||||
| Network for Change/AnimalConcerns.org | ||||||||||||||||
| A list of links related to vegetarianism, provided by Network for Change/AnimalConcerns.org, "the online community for people concerned about the welfare and rights of animals." | ||||||||||||||||
| Ask Noah about Nutrition | ||||||||||||||||
| A basic overview of nutrition, food groups, and the food pyramid provided by the New York Public Library. | ||||||||||||||||
| Food & Drug Administration. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | ||||||||||||||||
| This is a comprehensive site outlining the work of the federal agency with primary oversight of food and drugs available to the American public. The work of the agency is described, the full text of its press releases and government testimonies is included, there is a section of consumer advice, and there are links to other nutrition sites. | ||||||||||||||||
| Food Resources | ||||||||||||||||
| "This site consists of images, links and citations to articles on food-, health- and nutrition-related information and knowledge." It is from the Department of Nutrition and Food Management of the Oregon State University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Health Web. Human Nutrition | ||||||||||||||||
| A site of links, with annotations, compiled by HealthWeb. This organization "provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs." | ||||||||||||||||
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