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National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care. Extensive access to this information is available though this website.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans. The CDC is globally recognized for conducting research and investigations and for its action oriented approach. CDC applies research and findings to improve people’s daily lives and responds to health emergencies.
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MedlinePlus
The MedlinePlus site directs you to trusted information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles.
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American Medical Association (Medem)
Based in San Francisco and incorporated in 1999, Medem was founded by the AMA and several national medical specialty societies to develop and provide secure, online communications services for use by physicians and other healthcare providers. Selected one of the top ten most useful websites by the Medical Library Association, the Medical Library provides patients with reliable health care information from introductory to advanced texts.
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American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is committed to providing sound scientific information for healthcare professionals and patients. Their site presents a comprehensive resource database of information related to heart health, covering both prevention and disease.
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American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization. The American Cancer Society's web site is an extension of the Society's mission to provide lifesaving information to the public. The user-friendly site includes an interactive cancer resource center containing in-depth information on every major cancer type.
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organization representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP. The health information presented here is organized in an easy to locate directory format called "Conditions A to Z."
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American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the nation's largest medical specialty society. Its mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. This website offers links to health information of interest to both professionals and patients.
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American Dental Association
The ADA is the professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement; leading a unified profession through initiatives in advocacy, education, research and the development of standards. This site offers links to a variety of oral health topics of interest to consumers and professional.
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PubMed/Entrez
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital Health Information Portal
For the 16 years in a row, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has topped U.S. News & World Report's annual Rankings of American hospitals. Their health information pages provide links to the current medical knowledge related to a variety of diseases and conditions.
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Mayo Clinic Health Information
This site is owned by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, located in Rochester, MN. The useful and up-to-date information and tools proveded here reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of Mayo Clinic.
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Cleveland Clinic Patient Education and Health Information
This Web site is produced by the Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information. Their goal is to promote education, inquiry and the well-being of all patients and visitors by providing the most timely, appropriate and useful health information available. This site offers information on over 900 health topics, community programs, clinical trials, support groups and educational classes.
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Healthfinder
Healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.
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NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
NOAH provides access to high quality consumer health information in English and Spanish. Librarians and health professionals in New York and beyond find, select, and organize full-text consumer health information that is current, relevant, accurate and unbiased. This content is posted freely for access through this web portal.
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PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). With PubMed Central, NLM is taking the lead in preserving and maintaining unrestricted access to the electronic literature.
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