Agencies and Associations

• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Foundation
• American Heart Association
• Cancer.gov
• Crohns Colitis Foundation of America
• DocBoard
• FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
• Hospital Compare
• National Cancer Institute
• Oncolink
• Rhode Island Cancer Council
• Rhode Island Department of Health
• Rhode Island Health Center Association
  Provides information about RI's Community Health Centers.

Alternative Medicine

• Holistic Internet Community

Drugs

• Clinical Pharmacology Online
  Information on pharmaceuticals, interactions, herbals. Includes photographs of drugs and information for the physician and patient.
  Click on "Drug Advisor" under heading "Eckerd On Call"
  (right side of homepage).
• GettingWell.com
• RxList - The Internet Drug Index

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Health Finder
• Healthopedia.com
  The mission of Healthopedia.com "is to be the Internet's most trusted and extensive information resource for health and medical content." The site features a Medical Encyclopedia with information about a plethora of health-related topics.
• The Merck Manual
• MedLine Plus

Family Health

• FamilyDoctor.org
  From the American Academy of Family Practitioners, this site has an outstanding approach to family health.

Medical Statistics on Individual Diseases

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Nutrition

• IFIC:  International Food Information Council Foundation
  Provides scientific information on food safety land nutrition.

Research Sites

• Dirline
  Offers listings of support groups and research organizations.
• Lymphoma Research Foundation: Patient Multimedia Library
  (Windows Media Player)
• Martindale's Health Science Guide 2001
  Provides access to on-line medical journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, nutrition literature, and dictionaries for on-line medical research.
• Medical Information for the Layperson
  This link courtesy of  the East Greenwich Free Library provides an extensive guide to searching for medical information.
• National Institutes of Health
  One of the world's foremost biomedical research centers.
• National Institute of Mental Health
  Provides background and government research information on mental health topics.

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