RailwayBridge.co.uk Health Links

The following links provide useful health information for professionals and the public.

Patient Information

American Medical Association: site includes health information page designed specifically for patients. (US)

A to Z of Health: aims to provide information to allow people to better manage their own health. (US)

Dr Koop: information site founded by former US Surgeon General Dr C Everett Koop. (US)

Healthfinder: a gateway to consumer health and human services information developed by the US Department of Health and Human Services. (US)

Health Watch: encourages scientific testing of conventional, complementary and alternative medicine and therapies. (UK)

InteliHealth: is a joint venture of Aetna US Healthcare® and Johns Hopkins University and Health System. Now one of the leading health information companies. (US)

NHS Direct: a useful source of medical information from the National Health Service. (UK)

Reuters Health Information: medical daily news for patients and doctors.

RxList: The Internet Drug Index

Surgery Door: comprehensive site from a major health information company. (UK)

Virtual Hospital: information for patients and doctors set up by the University of Iowa. (US)

Medical Journals

British Medical Journal: British Medical Journal

Journal of the American Medical Association: Journal of the American Medical Association

The Lancet: The Lancet

New England Journal of Medicine: New England Journal of Medicine

Sites For Professionals

CliniWeb: lists Internet biomedical information for medical students and practitioners.

Health On The Net: a non-profit organisation seeking to advance the development and application of new information technologies. Based in Geneva.

Healthtouch Online: brings together information from various health organizations.

National Institutes of Health: is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

NCBI: conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.

Net Doctor: provides access to major health information databases. Restricted to health professionals only. (UK)

OMNI: based at the University of Nottingham, UK. Provides information about Internet based medical resources. (UK)

WebMedLit: a useful site which will search other medical web sites for articles.

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