U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services (http://www.hhs.gov/)
Government's principal agency for protecting the health of all
Americans and providing essential human services. Website provides
resources concerning medical research, drug abuse, food and drug
safety, substance abuse research and prevention, and mental health,
as well as resources for low-income families, children, and the
elderly.
Health Finder
(http://www.healthfinder.gov/)
Developed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
together with other federal agencies. Recognized as a key resource
for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human
services information on the Internet.
U.S. Food &
Drug Administration (FDA) (http://www.fda.gov/)
Provides information and resources about food, cosmetics, medicines,
and medical devices.
Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention (CDC) (http://www.cdc.gov/)
Offers statistics, news, consumer fact sheets, and other resources
on diseases.
National Institutes
of Health (http://www.nih.gov/)
Provides health resources, links to grants and funding opportunities,
and extensive scientific resources.
National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) (http://www.nimh.nih.gov)
Provides resources and research focusing on mental illness and
behavioral disorders.
National Cancer
Institute (http://www.nci.nih.gov/)
The NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Among
the valuable resources on this site is CancerNet, which provides
information on many aspects of cancer, including treatment, causes,
and clinical trials. In addition, it provides direct access to
a bibliographic database—Cancerlit—and to the Journal
of the National Cancer Institute.
National Institute
on Drug Abuse (http://www.nida.nih.gov/)
Resources for students, teachers, parents, researchers, and professionals
focusing on drug abuse and prevention.
The Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (http://www.samhsa.gov)
SAMHSA is the federal agency charged with improving the quality
and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative
services related to substance abuse and mental illnesses. The
SAMHSA website provides links to information about the agency,
SAMHSA programs, and resources and publications focusing on mental
health and drug abuse prevention issues.
Medline Plus (http://medlineplus.gov/)
Healthcare information from the National Library of Medicine.
National Institute
for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html)
Website focuses on workplace safety and health resources.
National Center
for Infectious Diseases (http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/)
Website provides research on infectious diseases (such as AIDS,
TB, and bacterial diseases), travelers' health, viral diseases,and resource tools for students and teachers.
Reports of the
Surgeon General (http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/ListByDate.html)
Contains official reports, conference and workshop reports, and
proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General.
Nutrition.gov (http://www.nutrition.gov)
USDA site that provides access to all online federal government
information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and
food safety. Covers food facts, lifecycle issues, health management,
food assistance, research statistics, and other resources.
National Institute of
Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) (http://www.niddk.nih.gov/)
The NIDDKD web site offers an extensive range of information centering
on diabetes, digestive, and kidney diseases. In addition to links
to clinical research and Congressional reports, the site also
provides links to specific diseases, nutrition, and statistical
information.
Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects (http://registry.fdlp.gov/)
Contains digitized collections of Federal and State documents, including materials related to current and historical public health projects.
US Government Agency CyberCemetary (http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/)
The CyberCemetery is an archive of government websites that have ceased operation (usually websites of defunct government agencies and commissions that have issued a final report). This collection features a variety of topics indicative of the broad nature of government information, including health and human services.
National Center
for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm)
Extensive U.S. health data on specific populations, subgroups,
and regions.
Clinical Trials
(http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui)
Provides regularly updated information about federally- and privately-supported
clinical research in human volunteers.
Digestive Disease
Statistics (http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/statistics.htm)
Site provides U.S. statistical information on specific digestive
diseases.
Kidney & Urologic
Disease Statistics (http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kustats/index.htm)
Site provides U.S. statistics about kidney and urologic diseases.
Diabetes Statistics
(http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/populations/index.htm)
Provides U.S. statistics on diabetes, including links to special
populations.
Healthy People
2010 (http://www.healthypeople.gov/)
Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation
to achieve over the first decade of the new century.
Morbidity &
Mortality Weekly Report (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/)
The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports
to the CDC by state health departments.
Clinical Trials
(http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui)
Provides regularly updated information about federally- and privately-supported
clinical research in human volunteers.
PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/)
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides
access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's
and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to
many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed Central (PMC)
(http://pubmedcentral.nih.gov)
PMC is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive
of life sciences journal literature. Access to PMC is free and
unrestricted.
BioMedSearch.com
(http://www.biomedsearch.com/)
BioMedSearch is an enhanced version of the NIH PubMed search that combines MedLine/PubMed data with data from other sources to make the most comprehensive biomedical literature search available. BioMedSearch also provides advanced account features that allow saved searches, alerts, saving documents to portfolios, commenting on documents and portfolios, and sharing documents with other registered users. Registering for BioMedSearch is free.
Tobacco Information
& Prevention Source: Smoking & Health Database Search
Menu (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/)
The database contains abstracts of journal articles, books and
book chapters, dissertations, reports, conference proceedings
and papers, government documents, and other resources that focus
on tobacco information and smoking prevention issues.
National Library
of Medicine: Specialized Information Sources (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/)
The Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division of the National
Library of Medicine (NLM) is responsible for information resources
and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS,
and specialized topics in minority health. The SIS web site contains
the following information:
- Toxicology & Environmental Health (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html)
Provides databases and other resources related to toxicology
and environmental health.
- Chemical Information (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemical.html)
Provides databases and other resources to help users search
for information by chemical name or structure.
- HIV/AIDS Information (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html)
Provides links to journal literature, clinical trials, and scientific
and consumer-related resources related to HIV/AIDS.
- Directory of Health Organizations (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dirline.html)
Provides links to DIRLINE, a directory of organizations and
other resources in health and biomedicine, and Health Hotline,
an online database of health-related organizations operating
toll-free telephone services.
NLM's Databases &
Electronic Information Sources (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/index.html)
This site provides a pathfinder to the National Library of Medicine's
(NLM ) health sciences databases, bibliographic citations, full-text
articles (when available), archival collections, and images.
Health Resources
Directory (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/databases.html)
Website includes a directory of links to databases from the National
Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, as
well as other federal and non-governmental health databases.
International Bibliographic
Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database (http://ods.od.nih.gov/showpage.aspx?pageid=48)
The IBIDS database, produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements
(ODS) at the National Institutes of Health, provides access to
bibliographic citations and abstracts from international scientific
literature on dietary supplements.
