Health and Medical Resources
Diseases Web Sites
  • Aegis--The largest AIDS/HIV knowledgebase in the world, fully indexed, searchable, and updated daily.

  • American Cancer Association--A complete guide to the vast resources of the American Cancer Association.

  • American Heart Association--The official website of the the organization that fights heart disease in America.

  • CancerNet--Information, fact sheets, and publications on Cancer, including monthly updates.

  • Cancer Center-UPenn--The first multimedia cancer information resource placed on the Internet.

  • Center for Disease Control--Tap into the vast resources of the CDC designed to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.

  • Diseases--A virtual medical resource center--covering all aspects of the health care industry--everything from causes to treatment.
    Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco
  • Action on Smoking and Health--A national organization devoted solely to the problems of smoking and non-smokers' rights.

  • Substance Abuse Prevention Center--An easy-to-search central clearinghouse for substance abuse information.

  • Tobacco Free Kids--A comprehensive resource for information on the use of tobacco (includes state tobacco settlements)

  • Partnership for a Drug Free America--Welcome to the most complete and accurate compilation of information about drugs on the Web. The more you know about drugs, the more you can do to help the people you care about.
    General Health Web Sites
  • HealthInfoIowa--HealthInfoIowa is a resource for online consumer health information for all ages.

  • Health A to Z--A comprehensive search engine designed specifically for health related issues.

  • Health Information Network--Sponsored by the NEA, this site focuses on health issues affecting students and school employees.
    Medical Web Sites
  • American Medical Association--A useful site with links to consumer health information, vast AIDS information center and a searchable data base of more than 650,000 physicians.

  • Mayo Clinic--Welcome to the Mayo Foundation for Education and Research, one of the world's great teaching hospitals.

  • U.S. National Library of Medicine--Comprehensive list of information relating to health and medicine (including MEDLINE) in the United States.

  • University of Pittsburgh's Alternative Medicine Homepage--This medicine page links you to other alternative-medicine sites as well as to clinical studies and National Institute of Health research on alternative methods.

  • Virtual Hospital--Virtual Hospital is a continuously updated digital health sciences library providing information to the general public on a variety of health issues. (sponsored by the Univ. of Iowa)
    Wellness Web Sites
  • Body Mass Calculator--Helps determine your ideal weight and what your proportional measurements should be.

  • Healthwise-Health Education and Wellness--A practical health question and answer service.

  • UWSP's Wellness Center--One of the Net's most comprehensive wellness sites. Also includes links for fitness, nutrition, safe substance use, safecare self-checks, etc.
    Updated by Jacob Werner 11-24-08
    East Buchanan Community School Tech Team
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