Science and Medicine Resources

Updated January 23, 1997

Organizations

Health Resources

Specific Diseases

Drugs & Addiction

Science/Technology

Biotechnology

Environment & Energy

Climate &Weather

Agriculture

Animals



Health and Medical Organizations

Department of Health and Human Services

Main entry point for various DHHS divisions, plus links to information on relevant topics.

National Institutes of Health

News, health information, contacts, and links to specific offices.

CDC

The main entry point for CDC's information on diseases, statistics and publications, including MMWR.

National Library of Medicine

Massive collection of databases pertaining to medicine. Some require billed accounts and passwords.

AMA

The American Medical Association. Check out their Reference Library with information on disease treatments and support groups or Physician Select A searchable database of over half a million doctors, you can search by name or medical specialty.

American Psychological Association

News, public policy, media information, and discussions about psychology for the general public.

World Health Organization

An international organization devoted to raising health levels throughout the world.

Center for Food Safety

The Food and Drug Administration's site for information about biotechnology, food additives, labeling, illnesses and so forth. Also contains links to other resources and E-mail and phone numbers for FDA and HHS.

Other Health Resources

Achoo

Links, newsgroups and news.

Doctor's Guide

Doctor's Guide to the Internet. Meant for doctors, but pretty useful for savvy laypersons. It's won a zillion awards.

Health Explorer

Search or browse to over 3000 health/medicine related sites

The Medical Reporter

A monthly emag for interested laypersons.

Medical Matrix

An extensive list of sites for information about diseases, medical education, health care policy, medical literature and much more.

Medscape

Pretty darn clever name huh? Requires userid and password or register free yourself. Search Medline for free!

Medworld

A really great site maintained by medical students at Stanford

Women's Health Issues

Information on emotional, physical and sexual health issues for women

Global Health Network

A consortium of doctors, schools, businesses and organizations promoting health worldwide.

Information on Specific Diseases

Alzheimer's Disease

Information from the Institute for Brain Aging and Demential at the University of California Irvine.

Alzheimer Web

Still-developing site, with some basic information, books, articles, conferences and links to research laboratories.

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse

Website with scores of documents about all aspects of AIDS.
  Breast Cancer Compendium  
A wide-ranging collection of info and links.
  Cancer Net   Fact sheets, news, physicians' information, etc., from the National Cancer Institute.
  Oncolink   News, meetings, peer-reviewed journals, statistics on cancer.
 Cancer Information for Patients and Families   Information about types of cancer, treatments, support sources, problems and solutions for families.
 Disease Fact Sheets   A gopher site with the excruciating details on everything from botulism to swimmer's itch, from the New York State Department of Health.

 Drugs and Addiction Information

 National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information  
Statistics, surveys, terminology and treatment programs related to addictions.
 Controlled Substances Effects   What narcotics, depressants, stimulants and so forth will do to you. Also featues a drug slang dictionary.

 Science/Technology

  NASA   The space agency's site for news, educational programs and information sources.
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission   Information on nuclear reactors, materials and radioactive wastes.
 Biosciences Resources   A long listing of links to sites concerned with most fields of bioscience.
 Chemistry   Extensive listing of lots of sources for all aspects of chemistry.
 Physics   Extensive listing of lots of sources for all aspects of physics.
 Astronomy   Extensive listing of lots of sources for all aspects of astronomy.
 Office of Technology Assessment   Research, policy issues and contacts for OTA's programs.

 Biotechnology Resources

 Biotechnology    Good starting point for sources of information about all aspects of biotechnology research in various fields.
 Biotechnology Information Center    A USDA service listing publications, resources, newsletters and other information about biotechnology.

 Environmental and Energy Resources

  Environmental Sources   Large listing of Web sites for environmental information, organizations, publications and mailing list archives.
 Environmental Public Interest Groups   People working to clean up the air, the water, etc.
 Water and Oceans   Organizations, activist groups and information resources involving lakes and seas and kitchen faucets
 Water Information   Organizations, events, and searchable databases of water-related research and experts.
 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources   From the Department of Energy, links to information about what's going on to make energy go farther and last longer.
 Solstice: Renewable Energy and Sustainable Techology   Scientific, educational, social, economic and policy issues from an organization promoting renewable energy.
 Acid Rain   Conferences, publications, organizations and information sites about acid rain.
 Toxics, Hazards and Wastes   Conferences, publications, organizations and information sites about hazardous materials.
 Hazardous Substances Information   Database of information on releases of hazardous materials and effects on human health.
 Endangered Species   Organizations, inventories and databases related to endangered species around the world.

 Climate and Weather Information

 Global Change Master Directory   Good starting point for information about Earth science, biosphere, climate and global change. With searchable databases.
  Climate   News, organizations and scientific data about climate, change, ozone depletion, etc.
 Weather   Get almost up-to-the-minute weather reports and forecasts for more than 250 cities in the United States.

  Agriculture

 National Agricultural Library   Major source of information, some of it accessible by computer, some only by conventional means

  Animals

 NetVet   Information and links to other resources about animals and veterinary medicine.


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