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Medical Websites

http://www.medicinenet.com/diseases_and_conditions/article.htm

-     scroll down to “browse common topics”

http://www.medicineonline.com/

- Diseases & Conditions

* Allergy * Arthritis * Alzheimer's * Cancer * Cardiovascular Disorders *
Cholesterol * Constipation * Diabetes * Eczema* AIDS / HIV

    * More Topics...

http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health/HealthA-Z.shtml

- diseases and health topics alphabetized

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex

-     very reliable site about diseases; easy links to pages

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html

-     organized by diseases, systems, etc.

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/common-topics/default.htm

-     alphabetical list of diseases and conditions; information about drugs and
treatment too

http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html

-     organized by body system/type of disease

http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/

-     government website on many diseases- general and specific

http://health.yahoo.com/conditions/

-     clear topics here

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/default.asp?firstCat=3&secondCat=246

-     high quality information and research from the Cleveland Clinic about cardiovascular diseases

http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/animations.asp

- 3D animations of how certain diseases and conditions affect the body; may have to be
viewed at home due to bandwidth issues, but extremely informative; page links back to a
“symptom checker” page

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html

- lists diseases/conditions by category;some drug information available

http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bc4fbfe82e118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD

-     information about cancers and rare diseases that affect children

http://edcp.org/

-     Maryland Department of Health information about diseases, immunizations, etc.

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH?t=9276

- comprehensive health website; sponsored by Aetna healthcare, but good variety of
articles on specific parts of the disease

http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=113&Branch=5

-     alphabetical by diseases

http://www.medilexicon.com/drugsearch.php

- FDA approved search of drugs

http://www.cancer.gov/

-     information about all different types of cancers

http://www.alz.org/index.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_disease

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/alzheim/alzheim.htm

- Alzheimer’s information

www.google.com

-      in the google search bar, type in the name of the disease you are researching
and the word information

http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2005/07/29/genetics-and-public-health-information-to-trust/

-     read about how to evaluate medical websites on the internet

-      list of categories with blog entries on different diseases, drugs, and research

  http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/alzheimers_disease/

-     blog with articles about research and Alzheimer’s Disease from a chemist in the industry

-     advanced research only

  http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/cancer/

-     - blog with articles about research on cancer from a chemist in the industry

-     advanced research only

  http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/cardiovascular_disease/

-     blog with articles about research on cardiovascular disease and drug research
from a chemist in the industry

-     * advanced research only

  http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/infectious_diseases/

-     blog with articles about drugs for infectious diseases- viral and bacterial

-     * advanced research only  

 
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/diabetes_and_obesity/

-     blog with articles about drugs related to obesity and diabetes

-     * advanced research only

  http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/cat_index.php

-     complete list of blog topics by this author in categories

-     *advanced research only