| ***NOTE - - This page has links to medical and health information available on the Internet. The first eight links are for medical info searches. The last four are useful for checking the legitimacy of health claims found on the Internet. Check 'www.capeandislandscoas.org' for additional Cape COA sites where this page was acquired. |
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| MedlinePlus is a data base of links that will lead you to just about any imaginable resource for information on diseases, medical conditions and related health issues.A good place to start for legitimate medical information. It has links to sites which will allow you to dig as deeply as you wish into a subject. |
| http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ |
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| WebMD is a data base primarily for physicians and health care professionals. However, it has a section devoted to consumers and features a HealthMed Library, On-line Chats, News in Medicine and Message Boards. http://www.webmd.com/ |
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| The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. NHIC was established in 1979 by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://nhic-nt.health.org/ |
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| Center for Disease Control - This site contains Disease information specifically for seniors plus links to resources concerning disease control in general. http://www.cdc.gov/health/seniors.htm |
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| HEALTHFINDER This begins with a directory of Web Sites on Aging with links to specific NIH Institute branches that support research related to aging concern. Information is often in the form of clinical trial results. This site covers a multitude of health concerns but this one is designed specifically to meet the needs of seniors. http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/seniors.htm |
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| FOR WOMEN This JAMA Website highlights the most important articles in the scientific literature relavent to the treatment of women. It has abstracts of articles in simple-to-follow format. It also has selected commentaries and links to full text. http://www.ama-assn.org/women |
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| ALSO FOR WOMEN. It contains Health Topics, Current News and Events, plus FAQ's, It also has medical information for Special Groups. It covers links to sites in the USA and Canada. http://www.4women.gov/ |
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| REUTERS NEWS This site is the one to monitor if you are interested in currents in health related issues. This is the site which has the information on health advances used by news and TV stations. http://www.reutershealth.com/ |
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AVOIDING HEALTH SCAMS
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| QUACKWATCH Inc., a member of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Its activities include: 1. Investigating questionable claims 2. Answering inquiries 3. Distributing reliable publications 4. Reporting illegal marketing 5. Generating consumer-protection lawsuits 6. Improving the quality of health information on the Internet 7. Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet |
| http://www.quackwatch.com/ |
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| NATIONAL COUNCIL AGAINST HEALTH FRAUD(NCAHF) covers issues of health fraud. It also has a directory of contributing editors and writers on health fraud along with their addresses, affiliations and e-mail addresses and fax numbers. |
| http://www.ncahf.org/ |
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| THE MAYO CLINIC OASIS is a source of reliable health information from Mayo Clinic.This site is directed by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists, writers and educators. Mayo Clinic Health Oasis is updated each weekday to bring you the most relevant health information. This page is the Oasis library which has a series of health related links, beginning with one devoted to alternative medicine which should be read by anyone considering alternative medical products or procedures |
| http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/common/htm/library.htm |
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| HEALTH CARE REALITY CHECK contains science-based information on Alternative and Complementary Medicine. http://www.hcrc.org/ |
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