The following links are in addition to those listed on our Web Sites Page under the heading
“Health”.
These are all free internet resources. (Health Reference Center Academic, listed below under “Other General Sites”) is a proprietary database which ordinarily is not free, but your library card number is your password for free access.
We also have print resources available in the library, both circulating and Reference (in-library use only). And last but not least, don’t hesitate to take advantage of the human resources available at the Information Services Desk upstairs*, either to help you use any of these sites or to help you find more information. Remember—we’re here to help!
Quick and to the Point
Dictionary
Toll-free Health Hotlines
Human Anatomy Online
Medical Encyclopedia
General Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Full text of journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. You will need your library card number to access this database from home.
Mayo Clinic
Merck Manual (home edition)
Clinical Trials
National Library of Medicine's searchable database of clinical trials in which consumers may wish to participate.
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
The Alternative Medicine HomePage
Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Consumer Health Education
User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Drug Information
DailyMed - includes FDA approved labels (package inserts)
DrugDigest - pharmaceuticals, interactions and herbals—includes photographs of drugs
Drugs.com – more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products
RxList – The Internet Drug Index (advanced search allows searching by drug name, keyword, imprint code, NDC and medical terminology)
Health News
Med Help International – Online health community, with Doctor-to-Patient forums and Patient-to-Patient forums
MedicineNet – part of the WebMD Network
Organizations
National Library of Medicine's online directory of health organizations by topic
Local Health Services and Organizations
Go Local Massachusetts—Listing of health services available in Hampden County
Health 413—The Reminder’s western MA Health Resource
Specific Diseases and Conditions
Allergy, Asthma and COPD
American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
American Lung Association—lung diseases, tobacco control, air quality, asthma, allergy
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s Association
Alzheimer’s Disease
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s
Autism
Austism Society
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Healing Thresholds
Cancer
American Cancer Society
Mesothelioma – Asbestos.com
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
National Cancer Institute
Oncolink
Dentistry
American Dental Association
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
Digestive Diseases
MedlinePlus
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Eye Diseases and Conditions
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Macular Degeneration
National Eye Institute
Genetic conditions
Genetics Home Reference
Heart Disease
American Heart Association
National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
Chest Pain (angina)
Heart Attack (Also called: MI, Myocardial infarction)
Heart Diseases
Heart Failure
Heart Surgery
Hip or Knee Replacement
Hip Replacement
Knee Replacement
Joint Replacement
HIV/Aids
Aids Action Committee of Massachusetts
AidsInfo
Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Kidney Failure
Lung Diseases
American Lung Association
National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
Mental Illness
Depression
Mental Health Disorders
Psychotic Disorders (Severe mental illness)
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Stroke Association
Obesity
Orthopedics
Your Orthopaedic Connection—Injury prevention, osteoarthritis, sports and exercise, joint replacement and tumors
Pain
American Pain Foundation
MedlinePlus
National Pain Foundation
Pregnancy and Childbirth
American Pregnancy Association
Babycenter
BabyZone
Genetics/Birth Defects
Postpartum Depression
Pregnancy
Premature Babies
Prenatal Care, Labor and Delivery, and Postpartum Care
Staying Healthy During Pregnancy
Skin and Nail Conditions
American Academy of Dermatology
Sleep Disorders
Specific Groups
Caregivers
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s
The Family Caregiver Alliance
Health and Age
Easy to Read (Written for audiences who have difficulty reading or understanding information)
National Institutes of Health's Senior Health—for seniors and their caregivers. You can adjust text size, contrast, sound, and print choices easily.
Foreign Language Health Sites
Consumer Health Brochures in Multiple Languages
Health Information in Multiple Languages
Spanish
Healthfinder
Su guía a la información confiable de la salud, patrocinada por la Oficina de Prevención de Enfermedades y Promoción de la Salud
NOAH
Men
Men’s Health Topics
Men’s Health Center
Men’s Health
Prostate
UrologyHealth.org
Parenting and Kids
KidsHealth— “doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence”
Dr. Green
American Academy of Pediatrics
Seniors
National Institutes of Health's Senior Health—for seniors and their caregivers. You can adjust text size, contrast, sound, and print choices easily.
The American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging
Health and Age
Mayo Clinic Senior Health Center
MEDLINEplus Seniors’ Health Issues
Women’s
Office of Women’ Health
Women’s Health Information
MedlinePlus
Staying Healthy
ExRx.net - Exercise Prescription on the Net
HazMap— Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Health Check Tools—Use these quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and decision guides to check your knowledge and health status.
Household Products Database—“What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room?”
National Library of Medicine's Tox Town --web resource to help consumers understand toxins in their environment
ToxMap— visually explore data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund Program. Clickable map, or search by zip code, city, state, chemical name
And— let’s not forget our Pets!
AltVetweb (CAM)
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
American Veterinary Medicine Association
Animal Acupuncture
Ask My Vet
Cancer
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Diabetes
Healthy Pet
Pet Diets
Pet Education
Pet Health
Pet Health Topics (Dogs and Cats)
Pocket Pets and People
SPCA
Veterinary Partner
Cats
Cornell Feline Health Center
The Cat Fanciers' Associations, Inc.
What Indoor Cats Need
Exotic Pets
Zoonoses (Diseases transmitted Between Humans and Animals)
Animal diseases and your health
CDC Healthy Pets Healthy People
These links have been carefully selected to help you become an informed health care consumer able to make the most of any consultation with your health care provider, who has an understanding of your unique circumstances and the medical expertise necessary to recommend a course of treatment. They are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical care. Ask ME 3 is a web site that will help you have better communication with your health care provider.
*Questions?
Contact Susan Teale or Sharon Bellenoit
at the Information Desk
525-5400 x158
Or by email (Put “Health Question” in Subject)
Susan Teale steale@cwmars.org
Sharon Bellenoit sbellenoit@eastlongmeadowma.gov
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Updated 03/31/2010
