| Drug and Pharmacy
Information
Drugs.com
A drug information database for consumers and
medical professionals, providing information about
prescription and over-the-counter medications,
treatment notes for specific diseases and
conditions, and topical articles and news related to
pharmaceuticals.
Herb Research Foundation (HRF)
A nonprofit research and educational organization
focusing on herbs and medicinal plants.
MayoClinic.com: Drug
Information
Informative articles pertaining to medications as
well as in-depth information on prescription and
over-the-counter drugs.
RxList - The Internet Drug
Index
General Medical Information Sites
Healthfinder
The U.S. government's directory of authoritative
health information including links to online
journals, medical dictionaries, and prevention and
self-care information.
MayoClinic.com
Easy-to-understand information on health and medical
topics, all reviewed for accuracy by Mayo Clinic
experts. Content includes interactive resources and
tools, information on specific diseases and
disorders, management of particular chronic
conditions, suggestions for healthy lifestyles,
consumer drug information, first aid, specialists'
answers to frequently asked questions about diseases
and health decision-making guides. (A service of
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research).
MEDLINEplus
Provides access to 500 health topics, medical
encyclopedias and dictionaries, and links to
self-help groups, clinical trials, preformulated
PubMed searches, lists of hospitals and physicians
health and information in Spanish and other
languages.
Doctor and Hospital Information
America's Best Hospitals
U.S. News and World Report ranks 205 top medical
centers in 17 specialties.
Hospice Web
Addresses frequently asked questions, provides
information on hospice services, includes a hospice
locator and categorized links to hospice Web sites.
Multicultural
CCHCP
-- The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
The site contains cultural profiles useful to
health-care providers or community liaisons
including free, downloadable files on the Arab,
Cambodian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Lao, Mien, Oromo,
Samoan, Somali, South Asian, Soviet Jewish, and
Ukrainian cultures. Additional profiles can be
purchased.
EthnoMed
Sponsored by the Harborview Medical Center at the
University of Washington in Seattle, contains
information about cultural beliefs and medical
issues pertinent to the health care of recent
immigrants to Seattle. Includes cultural profiles
for Somalis, Cambodians, Vietnamese, and others as
well as foreign language patient materials |
