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General
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention - serves as the national
focus for developing and applying
disease prevention and control, environmental health, and
health promotion and education activities
designed to improve the
health of the people of the United States.
Drug InfoNet
- provides drug and
disease information for healthcare needs
Healthfinder
- a guide to reliable
health information
Mayo Clinic - manage your
health with information and tools that reflect the expertise of
Mayo's 2,500 physicians and
scientists, learn how to access medical services, and
discover Mayo's medical research and education offerings
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
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data based on weekly reports to the Center for Disease Control by
state health departments
National Library of Medicine - provides a wide variety
of resources related to the biomedical and health
sciences both past and present
Nutrition Data - generates nutrition facts labels and provides
simplified nutritional analyses for all foods
and recipes
Quackwatch - is a
nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related
frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct
Virtual Hospital
- a digital library of health
information provided by the University of Iowa |
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Government
Sites
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention -
serves as the national focus for developing and applying
disease prevention and control, environmental
health, and health promotion and education activities
designed to
improve the health of the people of the United
States
Department of
Health and Human Services -
the United States government's principal agency for protecting
the health of all Americans and providing
essential human services, especially for those who are least
able
to help themselves
Department of
Veterans Affairs -
administers the laws providing benefits and other services to
veterans and
their dependents and the beneficiaries of
veterans
Food and Drug
Administration - one of the
nation's oldest and most respected consumer protection agencies
Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- mission is to assure health care security for beneficiaries
Health Services Research Library - information provided by the
National Library of Medicine
National Cancer
Institute - the Federal
Government's principal agency for cancer research and training
National
Center for Health Statistics -
compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to
improve the health of all people
National Institutes
of Health (NIH) - acquires
new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat
disease and disability, from the rarest genetic
disorder to the common cold
Occupational Safety
& Health Administration (OSHA)
- mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect
the health of America's workers
Substance Abuse
& Mental Health Services Administration
- a Federal agency charged with improving
the quality and availability of prevention,
treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness,
death, disability, and cost to society resulting from
substance abuse and mental illnesses |
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International
Sites
Health Canada
- the federal department responsible
for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve
their health
World
Health Organization - a
United Nations specialized agency who works toward a state
of complete
physical, mental and social well-being for all
people and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity |
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Health
Care Associations/Societies
American
Association of Medical Assistants
- enables medical assisting professionals to enhance and
demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and
professionalism required by employers and patients; protect
medical assistants' right to practice; and promote effective,
efficient health care delivery through optimal
use of multiskilled
Certified Medical Assistants (CMAs)
American
Medical Association - the nation's leader in promoting
professionalism in medicine and setting
standards for medical education, practice, and
ethics
American
Medical Women's Association (AMWA) -
is an organization which functions at the local,
national, and international level to
advance women in medicine and improve women's health.
American Public
Health Association - brings together researchers, health
service providers, administrators,
teachers, and other health workers in a unique,
multidisciplinary environment of professional exchange,
study, and
action
Association of
Schools of Public Health - the only national organization
representing the deans, faculty,
and students of the accredited member schools
of public health and other programs seeking accreditation
as
schools of public health |
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Health
Economics
HealthEconomics.com
- the professional's guide to Health Economics, Medical and
Pharmacy resources
on the Internet
Health
Economics Program -
conducts research and applied policy analysis to monitor changes
in the
health care marketplace; to understand factors
influencing health care cost, quality and access; and to
provide technical assistance in the development
of state health care policy |
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