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Medical Resources

NLM's (National Library of Medicine's) Databases & Electronic Information Sources
 (tutorial on searching on the National Library of Medicine's PubMeStep By Step Guide to Searching PubMedd -- the Medline search engine)
Medline Search at National Library of Medicine  (Pub Med and Internet Grateful Med)
National Library of Medicine, LocatorPlus  (searchable catalog of the National Library of Medicine's books, journals, and audiovisuals as well as access points to other medical research tools)
National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus  (large medical resource site)
Researching Medical Literature On The Web  (article on where and how to do medical research online)
How to Search for Medical Information  (another excellent article on where and how to do medical research)
National Health Information Center - Health Information Resources Database  (huge database of names, real addresses and web addresses of organizations that provide health information)
The Doe Report: Medical Information, The Internet, and You  (yet another article on medical research on the internet)
CAPHIS - Consumer & Patient Health Information Section - Health Web Sites You Can Trust
The Merck Manual, Seventeenth Edition
The Merck Manual Home Edition Online
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body  (the classic text, together with illustrations and searchable)
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - Illustration Index  (browsable by thumbnails)
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - Subject Index
Visible Human Server  (virtual anatomic construction kit on the web with 3D anatomic models)
Common Conversion Factors  (formulas for converting grams, cc's, liters, pounds and other measurements)
CPT Codes, Physician Procedures Category, Code Or Description  (Search/Conversion engine for CPT codes or physician procedures)
ICD-9-CM Codes  (tabular list of disease codes)
ICD-9-CM Code Search Engine
Another ICD-9 Code Search Engine
AMA Physician Select...Online Doctor Finder  (also provides information on credentials)
American Board of Medical Specialties  (online verification of board certification of physicians and search engine for specialists)
Find a Maryland Physician, Maryland Med-Chi Society
Online Medical Dictionary  (largest online medical dictionary of which we are aware)
Complete Home Medical Guide - Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
MedicineNet - Medical Procedures & Tests Index
Medical Online Glossaries & Resources  (In the site's own words... "The Most Comprehensive Multilingual Listing of Online Medical Dictionaries on the Internet. Over 1,260 links to useful & informative medical & health-related web sites and medical dictionaries in eighteen languages")
Healthopedia  (In the site's own words, "...a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics.")
MedicineNet Online Medical Dictionary
Simplification Guide to Medical Terms  (glossary of medical terms - University of Michigan Medical School)
Biotech's Life Science Dictionary
Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
Medical Terminology Desk, Alphabetical Glossary of Medical Terminology
(Free access to online medical textbooks. The emergency medicineEmedicine Online Textbooks text is complete, but there are also texts in progress on many other subjects)
Medical Textbooks On-Line - Family Practice, Geriatrics, Infectious Disease, and many others
Virtual ER (emergency medicine resources)
E-Journal Showcase - Free Electronic Journals in Medicine and Health
Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web
Directory of Electronic Health Sciences Journals
Free Medical Journals.Com
Highwire Press, Stanford University  (163,162 free full-text articles and 725,290 total articles from various scientific journals)
Periodici Biomedici, Biomedical Journals  (alphabetized index and links to biomedical journals on the Web)
JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
The Lancet, Electronic Research Archive
New England Journal of Medicine  (free email subscription available to receive each issue's table of contents)
UHS Clinical Pathways  (collection of standardized medical approaches to common clinical problems)
Multimedia Medical Reference Library
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) Library  (pathology resources - articles, links, guidelines, cause of death tutorial)
The Virtual Autopsy
Medical Images and Illustrations  (links to medical image archives)
Surgical Planning Laboratory-Brigham and Women's Hospital, Radiology Department  (image and movie archive of various parts of the anatomy, plus numerous papers and presentations on various topics in imaging and an anatomy browser applet for viewing 3D models)
Medifocus  (Research reports for lawyers on selected topics in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. This is a for pay service.)
Making It Easier to Read Prescriptions  (article from FDA Consumer magazine about proposals for making it easier to read prescriptions, together with helpful listing of common abbreviations)
HealthScout  (many helpful articles with the latest news in medical science on various medical issues)
MedicConsult  (articles and resources on numerous medical conditions, with pulldown menu on front page)
Virtual Hospital  (articles and resources for the general public and for the medical profession by the University of Iowa Health Care)
DrKoop.Com  (articles on an assortment of common medical ailments, named after the bearded, former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop)
Medem - Healthcare Information from the Nations Medical Societies
NIH - Health Information Index  (information on diseases currently under investigation by NIH or NIH-supported scientists, major NIH research areas, and important health-related topics)
Medical Matrix  (large indexed site containing clinical medical resources. You must register to enter site, but it's free)
Medical Legal Web Directory  (large listing of medical-legal web sites)
MedMark - Medical Bookmarks  (database of web medical resources, searchable and indexed by specialty)
The Diseases Database  (cross-referenced index of human disease, medications, symptoms, signs, abnormal investigation findings etc. This site provides a medical textbook-like index and search portal.)
Obstetrical Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis
Article: Interpretation of the Electronic Fetal Heart Rate During Labor
Fetal Echocardiography Homepage
The Use of Electronic Fetal Monitoring - National Electronic Library for Health - Full Text Guideline Collection  (huge collection of citations to articles in the medical literature on electronic fetal monitoring)
The Global Regional Anesthesia Website  (anesthesia resources...ugly site, but packed with links)
Interactive Anesthesia Bulletin Board  (post questions and answers on issues in anesthesia)
American Society of Anesthesiologists; Standards, Guidelines and Statements
Healthfinder  (U.S. Government health site search engine and index)
Bill's Net World  (topic index of medical sites on the Web)
HealthAtoZ, The Search Engine for Health and Medicine
Neurotrauma Law Nexus (Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries)
The Complete Neurological Examination
Neuroexam.Com  (Describes itself as: "An interactive online guide to the neurological examination")
Health Web
Medscape  (medical news and medical resource metasite)
Trauma.Org, Care of the Injured  (trauma resources)
AAST Webnet - The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma  (information regarding all phases of the care of the trauma patient)
American Trauma Society
World Wide Wounds  (resource for dressing materials and practical wound management information)
American Heart Association, Heart and Stroke Resources
Internet Stroke Center
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
WorldOrtho.com's Electronic Orthopedic Textbook
Spine Universe  (large resource site for back and neck injuries and impairments)
Spine-Health.com  (large resource site for back and neck injuries and impairments)
Yale Heart Book
Neurosurgery Online  (Official Journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
Human Anatomy On-line
Southern California Orthopedic Institute  (orthopedic resources)
Arthritis and Glucosamine Information Center  (information and resources on arthritis and glucosamine)
Cancer News on the Net
Acurian  (state-by-state listings of clinical trials of cutting-edge drugs under investigation both by pharmaceutical manufacturers and/or academic research facilities)
Martindale's Health Science Guide 2003
Martindale's The Virtual Medical Center  (huge medical resource site)
MedWeb - Emory University  (catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the health science library at Emory University)
NIH's CHID - Combined Health Information Database  (large, searchable bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government covering 16 topics and providing titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources)
BioMedNet  (large directory of medical resources by Reed Elsevier)
InfoRetrieve  (research site ... PubMed, ArticleFinder, Medline, DocSource, article retrieval and delivery)
MedicineNet  (large, searchable medical resource site)
CWRU School of Medicine, Medical Resources  (Case Western Reserve University)
The Medical Algorithms Project  (over 3,000 medical algorithms available for download. A medical algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare.)
Index to Algorithms - American Family Physician
OB-GYN.Net  (obstetric and gynecologic resources)
The Archives of Sci.Med.Obgyn  (web site for newsgroup sci.med.obgyn)
U.S. Pharmacopeia  (pharmaceutical resources from The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.)
Drug Digest  (consumer health and drug information)
Clinical Pharmacology 2000  (An electronic drug reference and drug therapy management website, requiring registration, but registration is free)
FDA Drug and Device Product Approvals
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm (Searchable database of approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs, together with all documentation and materials pertaining to each, including approval history, gathered together from across FDA's many web pages)
RxList, The Internet Drug Index
Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips
Pharma-Lexicon  (search engine for huge index of medical and pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations and their definitions)
Dr. Bob's Mental Health Links
Walter Reed Army Medical Center...Medical Links
Burn Information
Chemical Burns
American Burn Association
Geriatric Care - Resources on Geriatric Issues