HEALTH SCIENCES RESOURCES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Home Page

      This site features an on-line version of the agency's newsletter, clinical guidelines, health care

       cost,  and utilization data.

       http://www.ahrq.gov/

BioMedSearch

        BioMedSearch is a  free, comprehensive biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large

       collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications not found anywhere else for free.

       http://www.biomedsearch.com/

       A sizable index of lists of health-related web sites maintained by librarians at the University of

        Iowa   Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

       http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md

HealthInfoIowa

       A consumer health information source from the State Library of Iowa, funded by the National

       Library of Medicine. provides links to information and resources for consumers, healthcare

       providers, librarians, and students.

       http://www.healthinfoiowa.org

MEDICAL MATRIX

       Contains links to ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated and updated clinical medicine resources.

       Searchable by keyword and subject.

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

Medical Register

       This is a comprehensive online reference database of suppliers of products and services used in

        the medical industries.  Buyers can search and brows over 7,000 vendors in a copyrighted

        categorization of 25,000 products.

        http://www.medicregister.com

MedlinePlus

        The National Library of Medicine's free health informaiton Web resource.

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

NetWellness Home Page

        This database developed by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and other collaborators,

         contains consumer health information from text, pamphlets, experts, associations, and

         newspapers.  An "In the News" section is helpful in keeping up-to-date on current topics.

         http://www.netwellness.org

Yahoo! - Health

        A World Wide web search engine linking to health information home pages.

        http://health.yahoo.com/ 

CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES

Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center

          A publicly available collection of breast cancer publications created by a collaboration of librarians at ebrary and other

          organizations.

          http://site.ebrary.com/lib/breastcancer/home.action

CAPHIS Consumer and Patient Health Information Section

        Lists quality, reliable health care web sites.

        http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html

Federal Citizen Information Center

        The Consumer Information Catalog and other consumer information.  Click on Health section.

         http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Internet Health Resources - For Consumers

         Contains information about online and hardcopy newsletters, magazines, and books with

         practical health care information for consumers.  Links to other resources, searchable by

         subject.

         http://www.ihr.com/

healthfinder

       A gateway to consumer health & human services web sites from the U.S. government.

        http://www.healthfinder.gov/

HealthInfoIowa

       See description above. 

       http://www.healthinfoiowa.org

NetWellness Home Page

        See description above. 

         http://www.netwellness.org

NOAH (NY Online Access to Health)

         Provides information on many consumer health topics.  Updated regularly.

         http://www.noah-health.org

PDR Health

         Provides information on diseases, staying healthy, drugs, clinical trials, and treatment options.

         http://www.pdrhealth.com

PharmWeb

        Provides pharmaceutical information for patients, health professionals, and scientists.

        http://www.pharmweb.net

University of Iowa Cancer Information Service

        The Cancer Information Service provides information on cancer for patients and health

         professionals.

         http://www.uihealthcare.org/otherservices.aspx?id=20786

GOVERNMENT HEALTH RESOURCES

ClinicalTrials.gov  

         This is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United

         States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose,

          who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

          http://clinicaltrials.gov/

National Cancer Institute / Cancer Information

       Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. Designed for patients and professionals.  Links to

        information on cancer by topic and keyword.

        http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

        Includes Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Report, prevention guidelines, pamphlets, journals, and

        other publications of the CDC.

        http://www.cdc.gov/

National Health Information Center

        Provides links to many organizations & government offices that provide health information on

        request, as well as publications of the NHIC.

        http://www.health.gov/nhic/

National Institutes of Health Home Page

       Links to health information, science resources, and other NIH programs and publications.  Also

       provides access to the NLM databases (including PubMed and MedlinePlus) and other

       resources, as well as links to other health sources on the Internet.  Some databases require an

       account and password for access.

       http://www.nih.gov/

National Library of Medicine Home Page

       The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in

       Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library.  The Library collects materials and

        provides information and research services in the areas of biomedicine and health care.

        http://www.nlm.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine NLM Gateway

       The NLM Gateway is a Web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple

        retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

        http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd

NLM Health Services/Technology Assessment Texts

        This is a free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and

         support health care decision making.

         http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/

USA.gov Health & Nutrition

        Links to government information on health and nutrition.

        http:/www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml

www.health.gov

        A portal to government health web sites and databases.

        http://www.health.gov/

HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS

Alzheimer's Association

       http://www.alz.org/

American Cancer Society

       http://www.cancer.org/

American Diabetes Association

       http://www.diabetes.org/

The Iowa Nurses' Association

       http://www.iowanurses.org/

World Health Organization

      http://www.who.int/en