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AARP Explore
Health (Section WT Consumer)
Accenthealth.com (Section WB
Consumer)
ACCIDENTS-- PREVENTION (Section WA Consumer)--
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (Section WC Consumer)--
AIDS Clinical
Trial Information Service (See also: Section WA Consumer)
AIDSinfo.gov
HIV/AIDS
Treatment Directory
ADOLESCENCE (Section WS Consumer)--
BAM!
drDrew.com
The
Center for Young Women's Health-- Children's Hospital Boston
Face the Issue
FDA Kids' Home Page
4Girls Health
Girl Power!
Healthfinder.gov Kids
ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY (Section WS Consumer)--
Face the Issue
AIDS (Section WC Consumer)--
(See: ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
AIDS Clinical Trial Information Service (See
also: Section WA Consumer)
AIDSinfo.gov (Section WC Consumer)
ALCOHOLISM (Section WM Consumer)--
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information
ALCOHOLISM-- JUVENILE LITERATURE (Section WS Consumer)--
Face the Issue
Allergy and Asthma
Specialists (Section WD 300 Consumer)
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY (Section WD
300 Consumer)--
Allergy and Asthma Specialists
American Lung
Association
Asthma &
Allergy Foundation of America
Celiac and
Gluten Free Diet Support Page
Food
Allergy Network
Mothers of
Asthmatics, Inc.
ALMANACS (REF SOURCES)-- www.infoplease.com
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE-- (Section WB
Consumer)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
(See: COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES in the PROFESSIONAL section)
ALZHEIMER DISEASE-- (Section WT Consumer)
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (Section WT Consumer)
American Academy of Dermatology Patient
Information (Section WR Consumer)
American Academy of Family Physicians (Section WB Consumer)
American Academy of Family
Physicians 'Find a Family Doctor' (Section WB Consumer)
American Academy of Pediatrics (Section WS Consumer)
American College of Rheumatology Patient Information (Section WE Consumer)
American
Association of Blood Banks (Section
WH Consumer)
American Association of Poison
Control Centers Section WD
400-500 Consumer)
American Cancer Society (Section QZ
Consumer)
American Chronic Pain Association (Section WL Consumer)
American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ACOG)
(Sections WP, WQ Consumer)
American Diabetes Association (Section WK Consumer)
American Heart Association (Section WG Consumer)
American Lung Association (Sections WF Consumer & WD 300 Consumer)
American
Medical Association Physician Select (Section WB Consumer)
American Pain
Foundation (Section WL Consumer)
American Red Cross (Section WH
Consumer)
American Red Cross Talking
About Disaster: Guide (Section WA Consumer)
American Thyroid Association (Section WK Consumer)
ANATOMY--
bartleby.com
(A free source of common reference books, including Gray's Anatomy)
Virtual Hospital Anatomy and Cell Biology
(See also: REF
SOURCES, QS)
Annual Physical-- (See: PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATION)
ANTHRAX-- (Section WC Consumer)--
MedlinePlus
Health Topics
ANXIETY DISORDERS (Section WM Consumer)--
Anxiety/Panic
Attack Resource Site
Child
Anxiety Network
Anxiety/Panic Attack Resource Site (Section WM Consumer
ARTHRITIS (Section WE Consumer)--
Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
Artificial Sweeteners-- (See: SWEETENING AGENTS)
Association for Retarded
Citizens (ARC) (Section WA Consumer)
Association
of Vision Science Librarians Links
ASTHMA-- (See: ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY
(Section WD 300 Consumer))
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (Sectiuon WD 300 Consumer)
Back Pain-- (See: PAIN)
BackCare (Section WL Consumer)
BAM!
(Section WS Consumer)
bartleby.com (A free
source of common reference books, including Gray's Anatomy) (See also: REF SOURCES, QS)
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE--
(See PROFESSIONAL SECTION WA, Under BIOTERRORISM)
(See also: PERIODICALS, which contains articles from various
journals and magazines.)
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS (Section WM Consumer)--
Child Anxiety Network
NAMI Resources for Responding to
Trauma and Terrorism
National
Center for PTSD
BIRTH DEFECTS-- (Section WL Consumer)--
Cleft Palate Foundation
March of Dimes
BIRTH DEFECTS--PREVENTION-- (Section WL Consumer)--
How Folate Can Help
Prevent Birth Defects
BLINDNESS-- (Section WW Consumer)--
National Federation for the Blind
BLOOD-- ANALYSIS-- POPULAR WORKS-- (Section WH Consumer)--
Lab Tests Online
BLOOD PRESSURE (Section WG Consumer)--
National High Blood
Pressure Education Program
BONES--
U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
Brady
Urological Institute (Section WJ Consumer)
BRAIN-- WOUNDS AND INJURIES (Section WL Consumer)--
Brain Injury Association of America
Massachusetts Brain Injury Association
Brain Injury Association of
America (Section WL
Consumer)
BREAST CANCER (Section QZ Consumer)--
Breast
Cancer Risk Calculator
Breastlink.com
Breast Cancer Risk
Calculator (Section QZ Consumer)
BREAST IMPLANTS--
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological
Health Breast Implant Information (Section WO Consumer)
Canadian Health Network (En
Francais) (Section WA Consumer)
CANCER click here for the entire consumer cancer section.
Cancer411.org (Section QZ Consumer)
CancerPain.org ( (See also: PAIN Section WL Consumer, QZ Consumer)
Cancer Research Foundation of America (Section QZ Consumer)
Cancer Survival Toolbox (Section QZ Consumer)
Cancerfacts.com (Section QZ Consumer)
CancerNet (Section QZ
Consumer)
CancerPage.com (Section QZ
Consumer)
CareGuide.com (Section WT
Consumer)
CAREGIVERS (Section WT Consumer)--
CareGuide.com
CarePlanner
CarePlanner
CDC en Espanol
(Section WA Consumer)
CDC Health
Related Hoaxes and Rumors (Section W Consumer)
CDC National Center for
Infectious Diseases Travelers' Health (Section WA Consumer)
Celiac and Gluten Free Diet Support Page (Section WD 300 Consumer)
The Center for Young Women's Health-- Children's
Hospital Boston (Section WS Consumer)
Child Anxiety Network (Section WM Consumer)
Children with Diabetes (Sections WS Consumer & WK Consumer)
Children's Tumor Foundation (en
Espanol and English) (Section QZ Consumer)
CHRC Non-English Language
and Health Literacy Resources (En Espanol) (Section WA
Consumer)
CHRONIC ILLNESS (Section WT Consumer)--
National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Now You Have a Diagnosis: What's Next?
CLEFT PALATE-- (Section WL Consumer)--
Cleft Palate Foundation
Cleft Palate
Foundation (Section WL Consumer)
Clinical Pharmacology
CLINICAL TRIALS (Section WA Consumer)--
AIDS Clinical
Trial Information Service (See also: Section WC Consumer)
clinicaltrials.gov
Use this site to locate patient information on what medical studies are being
conducted
on specific conditions.
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (See also: QZ Consumer)
clinicaltrials.gov
(Section WA Consumer)
The
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association (See also: LIBRARIES)
Consumer Health Internet
Resources-- Treadwell Library, Mass. General Hospital (See
also: LIBRARIES Section)
Consumer
Health Library Directory, Medical Library Association (See
also: LIBRARIES)
CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS-- MASSACHUSETTS (MASS. INFO)--
Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY (Section WA Consumer)--
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
CROHN DISEASE-- (Section WI Consumer)--
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (Section
WI Consumer)
CULTURAL DIVERSITY (Section WA Consumer)--
Canadian Health Network (En Francais)
CDC en Espanol
CHRC Non-English Language and
Health Literacy Resources (En Espanol)
Eccles Health Science
Library Health Brochures (Arabic, Cambodian, Croatian, Farsi, Japanese,
Vietnamese, Espanol)
El Sitio Oficial del Gobierno de los
Estados Unidos para Informacion Sobre Medicare (En Espanol) (see
also WT Consumer)
Foreign
Language Patient Information-- Online Resources (used by permission)
Healthfinder Espanol
Hmong Health Website
HONselect (see SEARCH ENGINES)
Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (En Espanol)
Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse
(Francais, Espanol, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese)
(See also: MASS SOURCES)
MedlinePlus Informacion de Salud (En Espanol)
Multicultural Communication (Multilingual
Consumer Health Info)
Multilingual Library of Consumer Information
Programas e Projetos (Portuguese)
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) (En
Espanol) (Sections WA Consumer, WB
Consumer)
S.P.I.R.A.L. Select Patient
Information Resources in Asian Languages-- Tufts University
The 24 Languages Project
(Eccles Library, U Utah)
University of Utah Recursos en
Espanol
Cyberdiet.com (Section QU Consumer)
CYSTIC FIBROSIS (Section WT Consumer)--
Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Section WT Consumer)
Deleware Pain Initiative (Section WL Consumer)
DEPRESSION (Section WM Consumer)--
Walkers Web
DEPRESSION-- JUVENILE LITERATURE (Section WS Consumer)--
Face the Issue
DERMATOLOGY (Section WR Consumer)--
American Academy of Dermatology Patient
Information
DIABETES (Section WK Consumer)--
American
Diabetes Association
Children with Diabetes
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE-- (Section WB Consumer)--
The Family
Health Guide
DICTIONARIES, MEDICAL (REF SOURCES)--
Medline Plus
DICTIONARIES, POLYGLOT (REF
SOURCES)--
refdesk.com
DietWatch
Digestive System-- See: GASTROENTEROLOGY
DIRECTORIES (REF SOURCES)--
HIV/AIDS
Treatment Directory (Section WC Consumer)
WhoWhere
DIRLINE (Section WA Consumer)
Disability
Resources (Section WT Consumer)
DISASTER RELIEF-- (Section WA Consumer)--
American Red
Cross Talking About Disaster: Guide
DISEASE (Section QZ Consumer)--
Intelihealth
Massachusetts Health Promotion
Clearinghouse (See also: MASS INFO)
Medline Plus Use this National
Library of Medicine site to find links to most diseases. Click
on 'Health Topics A-Z.'
Doctors-- (See: PHYSICIANS)
drDrew.com (Section WS Consumer)
DRUG ABUSE (Section WM Consumer)--
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information
Partnership for a Drug Free America
DRUG ABUSE-- JUVENILE LITERATURE (Section WS Consumer)--
Face the Issue
Drug Infonet (Section QV Consumer)
DRUG INTERACTIONS (Section QV Consumer)--
RxList.com
DrugDigest (Section QV Consumer)
DRUGS (Section QV Consumer)--
Clinical
Pharmacology
DrugDigest
Drug Infonet
Food &
Drug Administration (FDA) Home Page
Mayo Clinic
Drug Search
MedlinePlus Drug
Information
RxList.com
Easy to Read-- (see LITERACY)
EATING DISORDERS (Section WM Consumer)--
The Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
EATING DISORDERS-- JUVENILE LITERATURE (Section WS Consumer)--
Face the Issue
El Sitio Oficial del
Gobierno de los Estados Unidos para Informacion Sobre Medicare (En
Espanol) (Section WA Consumer)
Eccles Health Science
Library Health Brochures (Arabic, Cambodian, Croatian, Farsi, Japanese,
Vietnamese, Espanol) (Section WA
Consumer)
ELDERLY (Section WT Consumer)--
AARP Explore Health
CareGuide.com
NIHSeniorHealth
ELDERLY ABUSE (Section WT Consumer)--
National Center on Elder
Abuse
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(REF SOURCES)
ENCYCLOPEDIAS-- (REF SOURCES)--
Encyclopaedia Britannica
ENDOCRINOLOGY (Section WD200 Consumer)--
EndocrineWeb
EndocrineWeb
EVALUATION-- HEALTH ASPECTS--
Evaluating
Web Sites Links
EYE--
Association of Vision
Science Librarians Links
Laser Eye Surgery (From the FDA)
National Eye Institute
Face the Issue
The Family Health
Guide (Section WB Consumer)
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological
Health Breast Implant Information (Section WO Consumer)
FDA
Kids' Home Page (Section WS
Consumer)
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- UNITED STATES -- INFORMATION SERVICES (Section W
Consumer)--
FirstGov
(SEARCH ENGINES)
FirstGov for Science (SEARCH
ENGINES, Section
W)
Healthfinder
Medline Plus
National Institutes of Health Online
Consumer Publications
PubMed
Access to MEDLINE
United States
Postal Service (REFERENCE SOURCES)
FirstGov (SEARCH ENGINES)
FirstGov for Science (SEARCH
ENGINES, Section
W, Section W
Consumer)
Flu-- See: INFLUENZA
Food Allergy Network (Section WD 300 Consumer)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Home Page (Section QV Consumer)
4Girls Health (Section WS Consumer)
Foreign
Language Patient Information-- Online Resources (used by permission) (Section WA Consumer)
FRAUD (Section W Consumer)--
CDC Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors
Top Health Frauds & How to
Spot a Quack-- Food & Drug Administration
FreeBooks4Doctors (REF SOURCES Section)
GASTROENTEROLOGY-- (Section WI Consumer)
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (Section WI
Consumer)--
International
Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Gay Lesbian
Bisexual Transgender Health Pages (Section WA Consumer)
Girl Power! (Section WS Consumer)
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS-- (SEARCH ENGINES)--
FirstGov
Gray's Anatomy-- bartleby.com (A free
source of common reference books, including Gray's Anatomy) (See also: REF SOURCES, QS)
HANDICAPPED (Section WT Consumer)--
Disability
Resources
HANDICAPPED-- COMPUTER PROGRAMS (Section WT Consumer)--
Trace
Center
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (Section WD 400-500 Consumer)--
Household Products Database
HEALTH PROMOTION (Section WA Consumer)--
Accenthealth.com
Canadian
Health Network (En Francais)
Health Promotion
Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania (English, Espanol, Asian) (Section
WB Consumer)
HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES (Section WA Consumer)--
DIRLINE
HealthCentral
Women's Health (Sections WA, WP, WQ Consumer) (See also: WOMEN'S HEALTH)
Healthfinder (Governmental search engine)
(Section W Consumer)
Healthfinder Espanol (Section WA Consumer)
Healthfinder Just for You Men (See
also: MEN) (Section WA Consumer)
Healthfinder Just for You
Women (See also: WOMEN'S HEALTH) (Section WA,
WP, WQ Consumer)
Healthfinder.gov Kids (Section WS Consumer)
HEART DISEASES (Section WG Consumer)--
American Heart Association
Heart Failure Society of America
HeartCenter Online
HEART DISEASES-- PREVENTION AND CONTROL (Section WG Consumer)--
Homocysteine, American Academy of Family
Phyisicians
Heart Failure Society of America
HeartCenter Online
HEPATITIS (Section WC Consumer)--
Masshepc.org (Mass. Dept. of Public Health)
HISTORY OF MEDICINE--
HISTLINE is no longer available. For
best results, search PubMed using the
term "history."
HIV-- (see: ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME) (Section WC Consumer))
HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory (Section WC Consumer)
Hmong Health Website (Section WA Consumer)
Hoaxes-- (See: FRAUD)
Homocysteine,
American Academy of Family Phyisicians (Section WG Consumer)
HOMOSEXUALITY (Section WA Consumer)--
Gay Lesbian Bisexual
Transgender Health Pages
HONselect (see WA
Consumer, SEARCH ENGINES)
HOUSE CLEANING-- HEALTH ASPECTS (Section WD 400-500
Consumer)--
Household
Products Database
Household
Products Database (Section WD
400-500 Consumer)
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY (Section WT Consumer)--
CareGuide.com
INFLUENZA-- (Section WC Consumer)
MedlinePlus-- Influenza
INFORMATION SERVICES-- (SEARCH
ENGINES)--
HONselect
Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (Section WA Consumer)
Intelihealth
(Section QZ Consumer)
International Foundation for
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (Section WI Consumer)
Joe Chemo (Section WM
Consumer)
Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
Lab Tests Online (Section WH Consumer)
Laser Eye Surgery (From the
FDA)
LIBRARIES--
The Consumer and
Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association
Internet Public
Library
Lowell General Hospital Health Science Library
Catalogue
LIBRARY CATALOGUES-- STATE OF MASS. (See also LIBRARIES Section)
LITERACY-- (Section WB Consumer)--
Medline
Plus (type in "Easy to Read")
Medlineplus Tutorials (English
and Espanol)
Healthfinder
(type in "Easy to Read", English and Espanol)
Health
Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania (English, Espanol, Asian)
Oncolink
(Cancer Information, type in "Easy to Read")
Lowell Diabetes Endocrine Center (Use left-hand navigation bar, under "Routine Screening Tests") (Section WB Consumer)
Lowell General Hospital Find a Doctor (Section WB Consumer)
Lowell General Hospital Health Information A consumer health collection of materials. (LGH Databases)
LYME DISEASE--
Lyme Disease
Foundation Inc. (Section WC Consumer)
Lyme Disease Foundation Inc. (Section WC Consumer)
LYMPHOMA (Section QZ Consumer)--
LymphomaFocus.org
LymphomaFocus.org (Section QZ Consumer)
MACULAR DEGENERATION (Section WW Consumer)--
The Macular Degeneration Help Center
The Macular Degeneration Help Center (Section WW Consumer)
March of Dimes (Section WL Consumer)
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis (Section WB Consumer)
Massachusetts Brain Injury
Association (Section WL Consumer,
MASS INFO)
Massachusetts Health
Promotion Clearinghouse (Sections WA
Consumer, MASS. INFO)
Massachusetts Physician Profiles
(MASS. INFO)
MASSACHUSETTS-- INFORMATION SERVICES (See also: MASS
INFO)--
Mass.Gov
Mass.Gov (See also: MASS INFO)
Masshepc.org (Mass. Dept. of Public Health)
(Section WC Consumer)
Mayo Clinic Drug Search (Section QV Consumer)
M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center (Section WB Consumer)
Medbroadcast.com
(Sections WS, WB Consumer)
Medem.com (Section WB
Consumer)
MEDICAL ERRORS-- (Section W Consumer)--
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
Medical Examinations-- (See: PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATIONS)
MEDICARE (Section WT Consumer)--
El
Sitio Oficial del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos para Informacion Sobre Medicare
(En Espanol) (See also WA Consumer)
Medicare Consumer Health
Information Page
Medicare Consumer Health Information Page
(Section WT Consumer)
Medline Plus (See also REF SOURCES)
MEDLINEplus Current Health News
MedlinePlus Drug Information (Section QV Consumer)
MedlinePlus-- Influenza
(Section WC Consumer)
MedlinePlus Informacion de
Salud (En Espanol) (Section WA Consumer)
MedlinePlus—Obesity
Page (Section WD 200 Consumer)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
(Sections: WA Consumer, QZ Consumer)
MEN (Section WB Consumer)--
Healthfinder Just for You Men
Men's
Health Network
Mental Help Net (Section WM Consumer)
MENTAL HEALTH (Section WM Consumer)--
Mental Help Net
National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill
Merck Manual Online (See also REF SOURCES)
Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc. (Section WD 300 Consumer)
Multicultural-- See CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Multilingual Library of Consumer Information
(Section WA Consumer)
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (Section WL Consumer)--
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Multiple Sclerosis Association of
America (Section WL Consumer)
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
Inc. (Section WL Consumer)
Muscular Dystrophy Association
(Section WE Consumer)
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES-- (Section WE Consumer)--
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NAMI
Resources for Responding to Trauma and Terrorism (Section WM
Consumer)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(Section WM Consumer)
National Cancer Institute (Section QZ Consumer)
National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (Section WT
Consumer)
National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (Section WA
Consumer)
National Center for PTSD (Section WM Consumer)
National Center on Elder Abuse (Section WT Consumer)
National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol & Drug Information (Section WM Consumer)
National Eye Institute (Section WW Consumer)
National Federation for the Blind
(Section WW Consumer)
National Heart Lung Blood Institute (Section
WH Consumer)
National High Blood Pressure Education Program (Section WG Consumer)
National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Disorders (Section WD 200
Consumer)
National Institutes of
Health Online Consumer Publications (Section W
Consumer)
National Osteoporosis Foundation (Section WE Consumer)
National Psoriasis Foundation (Section WR Consumer)
National Self-Help Clearinghouse
(Section WT Consumer)
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (Section WM Consumer)
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
(Section WL Consumer)
National Stroke Association (Section WL
Consumer)
National Youth
Violence Prevention Resource Center (Section WS Consumer)
netLibrary
Effective 2/1/01, all Massachusetts Regional Library system members have access to netLibrary,
an online collection of materials that includes 3,000 public domain titles, and 3,000
recently published books. Subject matter includes consumer health, business,
careers, consumer law, psychology, self help, computer how-to books, and web
development. Brought to you by the Boston Public Library Statewide
Reference and Referral Center, funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners. (See also: REF SOURCES)
NetWellness (Section WA
Consumer)
NEUROFIBROMATOSES--
Children's Tumor Foundation (en Espanol and
English) (Section QZ Consumer)
(Section WL Consumer)
New York Online Access to
Health (NOAH) (En Espanol) (Sections WA Consumer,
WB Consumer)
New York Times (PERIODICALS Section)
NEWSPAPERS (PERIODICALS Section)--
MEDLINEplus
Current Health News
Reuter's
Health Industry Briefing
NF-- (See: NEUROFIBROMATOSES)
NIHSeniorHealth (Section WT Consumer)
NMRLS Home Access to
(Periodical) Databases Access to several state-funded periodical databases of
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NMRLS and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. (See
also: PERIODICALS)
Now You Have a
Diagnosis: What's Next? (Section WT Consumer)
NUTRITION (Section QU Consumer)--
Cyberdiet.com
DietWatch
nutrition.gov
NURSING-- (Section WY
Consumer)--
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater
Lowell, Inc.
nutrition.gov (Section
QU Consumer)
OBESITY-- (Section WD 200 Consumer)--
MedlinePlus—Obesity
Page
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive
& Kidney Disorders
Oncolink (Cancer Information, type in "Easy to
Read") (Sections QZ Consumer, WB Consumer)
ORGANIZATIONS-- (Section WA Consumer)--
DIRLINE
OSTEOPOROSIS (Section WE Consumer)--
National
Osteoporosis Foundation
Osteoporosis and
Related Bone Disease National Resource Center
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease National Resource
Center
PAIN (Section WL Consumer)--
American Chronic Pain Association
American Pain Foundation
BackCare
CancerPain.org ( (See also: PAIN Section WL Consumer, Section QZ
Consumer)
Deleware Pain Initiative
Pain.com
Parentsoup.com (Section WS Consumer)
ParentsPlace.com (Section WS Consumer)
Partnership for a Drug Free America (Section WM Consumer)
Patient Education Resource
Center, U Michigan (Section QZ Consumer)
PCOSA (Section WP
Consumer)
PEDIATRICS (Section WS Consumer)--
American Academy of Pediatrics
Children
with Diabetes
Medbroadcast.com
Parentsoup.com
ParentsPlace.com
PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATIONS (Section WB
Consumer)--
Lowell Diabetes Endocrine Center (Use left-hand navigation
bar, under "Routine Screening Tests")
PERIODICALS
PHYSICIANS-- (Section WB Consumer)--
American Academy of Family Physicians 'Find a Family
Doctor'
American Medical Association
Physician Select
Lowell
General Hospital Find a Doctor
Lowell General Hospital Physician Web Sites
Massachusetts Physician Profiles
(MASS. INFO)
POISON CONTROL CENTERS (Section WD 400-500 Consumer)--
American
Association of Poison Control Centers
Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention
serving Massachusetts & Rhode Island
Regional Poison Control Listings
POLLEN-- (Section WD 300 Consumer)--
Allergy and Asthma Specialists
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (Section WP Consumer)--
PCOSA
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER-- (Section WM Consumer)--
National Center for PTSD
POSTAL SERVICE-- (REFERENCE SOURCES)--
United States Postal Service
PreOp.com (Section WO Consumer)
Prevention's Healthy Ideas
(Section WA Consumer)
Programas e Projetos (Portuguese) (Section WA Consumer)
Prostate Health (Section WJ
Consumer)
PSORIASIS-- (Section WR Consumer)--
National Psoriasis Foundation
PubMed This Federally-funded search
engine accesses MEDLINE, the largest medical periodical database in the United
States. Find citations and abstracts of medical articles. If you are an LGH
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RADIOLOGY-- (Section WN Consumer)
Society of Cardiovascular
& Interventional Radiology
RANKOW, VALERIE--
Foreign
Language Patient Information-- Online Resources (used by permission)
(Section WA Consumer)
REFERENCE BOOKS
refdesk.com (See: REF SOURCES)
Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention
serving Massachusetts & Rhode Island (Section (WD 400-500 Consumer)
RHEUMATOLOGY (Section WE Consumer)--
American College of Rheumatology Patient Information
RxList.com
SEXUALITY--
American College
of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ACOG) (Sections WP & WQ Consumer)
The
Center for Young Women's Health-- Children's Hospital Boston (Section WS Consumer)
drDrew.com (Section WS Consumer)
SMALLPOX (Section WC Consumer)--
Smallpox.gov
Smallpox.gov (Section WC Consumer)
SMOKING (Section WM Consumer)--
Joe Chemo
SOCIAL SUPPORT (Section WT Consumer)--
DIRLINE
National
Self-Help Clearinghouse
Now You Have a Diagnosis: What's Next?
Society of
Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology (Section WN Consumer)
The Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
(Section WM Consumer)
SPINAL CORD-- WOUNDS AND INJURIES (Section WL Consumer)--
National Spinal Cord
Injury Association
S.P.I.R.A.L.
Select Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages-- Tufts University (Section WA Consumer)
STROKE (Section WL Consumer)--
National Stroke
Association
Sugar Substitutes (See: SWEETENING AGENTS)
Sugar Substitutes (Section WA Consumer)
SUICIDE-- PREVENTION (Section WM Consumer)--
The Samaritans
Ulifeline
Support Groups-- See: SOCIAL SUPPORT
SURGERY (Section WO Consumer)--
PreOp.com
SWEETENING AGENTS-- (Section WA Consumer)
Sugar Substitutes
The
Samaritans (Section WM Consumer)
THYROID CANCER (Section QZ Consumer)--
Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
Thyroid Cancer Survivors'
Association, Inc. (Section QZ
Consumer)
THYROID GLAND (Section WK Consumer)--
American
Thyroid Association
Thyroid Foundation of America
Thyroid Foundation of America (Section WK Consumer)
Trace Center (Section WT Consumer)
TRAVEL-- HEALTH ASPECTS (Section WA Consumer)--
CDC
National Center for Infectious Diseases Travelers' Health
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
(Section W Consumer)
The 24 Languages Project (Eccles Library, U Utah) (Section WA Consumer)
(REFERENCE SOURCES)
Ulifeline
(Section WM Consumer)
United States Postal Service (REFERENCE SOURCES)
University of Utah Recursos
en Espanol (Section WA Consumer)
Urinary-- See: UROLOGY
UROLOGY-- (Section WJ Consumer)
Brady Urological
Institute
U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Section WA Consumer)
VIOLENCE-- PREVENTION AND CONTROL-- (Section WS
Consumer)
National
Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
VIOLENCE-- PREVENTION AND CONTROL-- JUVENILE LITERATURE (Section WS Consumer)--
Face the Issue
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Lowell, Inc. (Section WY Consumer)
VIOLENCE-- SEXUAL BEHAVIOR-- (Section WM Consumer)--
National Sexual Violence Resource center
Walkers Web (Section WM Consumer)
WebMD (Search
Engines)
WEIGHT LOSS-- DietWatch
WIRS Links
(Section WE Consumer)
WOMEN'S HEALTH (Section WA Consumer)--
Breast
Cancer Risk Calculator
HealthCentral
Women's Health
Healthfinder Just for You Women
Women.com
Your Cancer
Risk: Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention (Section QZ
Consumer)
ZIP CODES-- United States Postal Service (REFERENCE SOURCES)