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• American Council on Science and Health 
  The American Council on Science and Health is a nonprofit consumer education organization concerned with public health issues. ACSH covers a full spectrum of public health issues, including cigarette smoking, AIDS, alcohol consumption, nutrition, pharmaceutical safety, low-level radiation, biotechnology, food safety, pesticides, health-care reform, medical screening, health quackery and many other topics in the area of food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.

• BioMedLink 
  BioMedLink is BioMedNet’s database of Internet links for biological and medical researchers. Keyword(s) searches can be restricted by type of resource, model organism, biological specialty, and/or medical specialty, and option to eliminate links-only sites and low-rated sites. Searches retrieve ranked, dated, annotated links. Database categories can also be browsed.

• Canadian Medical Association 
  The website search page of the Canadian Medical Association allows keyword(s) searches that retrieve Canadian Medical Association Journal letters, consensus conference statements, and practice guidelines that may include links to other sites. Provides links to other departments including publications, clinical resources, and professional development.

• General Health Message Board 
  From Healthboards.Com, General Health message board discussion topics inlcude subjects like patient right, health awareness, diseases and emergency medical services and many other. Healthboards.Com provides over 80 message boards about specific health issues. These discussion groups are free to participate in.

• Health Supplement Retailer 
  Search the archives of Health Supplement Retailer(HSR), a monthly magazine focusing on areas like herbs, nutrition, homeopathy, ayurveda etc.

• HealthLine 
  Whether it is about arthritis, depression, breast cancer, conjunctivitis, acne, dandruff or any other health related issue, the archives of Healthline Magazine, Skin Care Magazine and Allergy & Asthma Magazine maintained at Healthline.Com has probably all that you want to know. Search by keywords or browse the specific magazine archive. Follow the link on the homepage to their monthly quiz to test out your health knowledge.

• Hospital Select 
  Before you find yourself in an emergency situation, make sure there is a place where you can get treatment nearby. Hospital Select provides information on over 6000 hospitals in the United States. Find hospitals in your area by state, city or keyword query. Results consist of the names and addresses of the hospitals, links to their Web pages, and pertinent data such as number of staffed and ICU beds, service lines, and accreditations. Hospital Select is sponsored by the American Medical Association.

• Managed Care 
  Search out the archives of Managed Care magazine, an independent guide for physicians and health plan executives on capitation, contracting, physician compensation, disease management, NCQA accreditation & HEDIS, ethics, practice management, formulary development, and other health insurance and delivery issues.

• Medical World Search 
  The Medical World Search allows full text searches of nearly 100,000 web pages on thousands of screened medical sites. A database pick list includes major sites, MEDLINE, and general web search engines. Search results are presented as a list that includes linked titles, a brief description, link for further searches, and the URL. Documents include guides to clinical preventive services, clinical practice guidelines, cross-linked fact sheets, and drug package inserts.

• Mediconsult.com 
  The Mediconsult.com search page allows keyword searches that can be restricted to condition(s), ranging from acid reflux to women’s health, and content (conference highlights, educational materials, journal articles, medical news, support groups). Includes medical information, community, and fee services links. Provides a MEDLINE link.

• MedWeb 
  MedWeb, from Emory University, allows searching its catalogue of links covering all aspects of medicine and bioscience. Searches retrieve an annotated list of linked titles, frequently identifying the site. Allows access to an advanced search and browse by keyword page that provides a comprehensive, categorized index of the medical links comprising the database ranging from academic departments to writing.

• MMRL 
  Part of the Multimedia Medical Reference Library (MMRL) website, providing resources for consumers and health professionals, includes a search page allowing Barnes and Noble booksellers, MEDLINE, and MMRL reference library searches. The reference library comprises links to information in external resources including academic centers, organizations and agencies, and text and reference books online. Searches yield links with brief titles and source descriptors. Includes a link to the MMRL homepage and other departments.

• New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) 
  A collaborative project of The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library, NOAH (New York Access to Health) serves as a virtual library of English and Spanish consumer health information. NOAH features thousands of legitimate health resources on the Web, selected by library science professionals and a scientific advisory board of health professionals. The search engine of NOAH accepts both English and Spanish keywords, making this site one of the most useful bilingual health resources on the Web.

• QuackWatch 
  QuackWatch, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the mission to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Their activities include Investigating questionable claims, Reporting illegal marketing, improving the quality of health information on the Internet, and Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet. Search the site to find out a wealth of information in the above areas.

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