Medical Resources

Surgery
Surgery links into categories and provides preformulated PubMed searches for surgery-related research articles.
 * MEDLINEplus -National Library of Medicine.


 * Virtual Hospital: Surgeries Health Topic Information for adult and pediatric patients and providers.


 * Healthfinder

The U.S. government's directory of authoritative health information including links to online journals, medical dictionaries, and prevention and self-care information. This topic page arranges clinical trial links into categories and provides a pre-formulated PubMed search for clinical trial research articles.


 * MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine

Arranges directory links into categories including physicians, specialists, hospitals, services, and facilities.

Drug and Pharmacy Information
 * CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service

Includes information on new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA.


 * Drugs.com

A drug information database for consumers and medical professionals, providing information about prescription and over-the-counter medications, treatment notes for specific diseases and conditions, and topical articles and news related to pharmaceuticals.


 * Herb Research Foundation (HRF)

A nonprofit research and educational organization focusing on herbs and medicinal plants.


 * Longwood Herbal Task Force

Joint effort of Boston's Children's Hospital, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Includes monographs with references to scientific evidence as well as consumer and clinician leaflets plus drug/herb interactions.


 * MayoClinic.com: Drug Information

Informative articles pertaining to medications as well as in-depth information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs.


 * [http://www.rxlist.com/ RxList - The Internet Drug Index

Evaluating Health Information
 * Deciphering Medspeak

The Medical Library Association's site helps translate common "medspeak" terms. It includes tips on how to identify quality health-care information on the Internet.


 * QUICK: Quality Information Checklist

Designed to help children ages 5-7 evaluate the quality of health sites. Includes graphics, animations and a Teacher's Guide.

Foreign Language
 * American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Facts for Families

Available in English, Dutch, and French.


 * CAPHIS Resources in Spanish for Consumer Health Information

Quality resources and links from the Medical Library Association's Consumer Health and Patient Information Center (CAPHIS).

From the University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, 4th edition.


 * Pharma-Lexicon

Contains a list of pharmaceutical, medical and veterinary acronyms, abbreviations and their meanings.

Multicultural
 * CCHCP -- The Cross Cultural Health Care Program

The site contains cultural profiles useful to health-care providers or community liaisons including free, downloadable files on the Arab, Cambodian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Lao, Mien, Oromo, Samoan, Somali, South Asian, Soviet Jewish, and Ukrainian cultures. Additional profiles can be purchased.


 * EthnoMed

Sponsored by the Harborview Medical Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, contains information about cultural beliefs and medical issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle. Includes cultural profiles for Somalis, Cambodians, Vietnamese, and others as well as foreign language patient materials


 * Healthweb Minority Health

Sites dealing with general aspects of minority health and links to sites for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Americans, and others.


 * Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links

Links to general resources dealing with transcultural health and health care for various religious faiths including the Amish, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Islam, and ethnic groups, including Hmong, Thai, and Cambodian.

Surgery Information
 * MEDLINEplus-National Library of Medicine -- Surgery Health Topic

This topic page arranges surgery links into categories and provides preformulated PubMed searches for surgery-related research articles.


 * Virtual Hospital: Surgeries Health Topic

Information for adult and pediatric patients and providers.

See also Free Medical Resources