Health and Medicine

[see also Occupational Health and Safety]

• Calgary Health Region: site provides information about local health services and physicians

• Canadian Health Network: information on a wide range of health issues, supplied by government and non-governmental agencies.

• Health Information Index from the National Institutes of Health (USA)

• Health on the Net Foundation: not-for-profit organization that provides links to and evaluations of sites providing health information

• Healthfinder: links to reliable health and medical websites from the US government and support groups

• Healthlink Alberta

• MayoClinic.com: information about illnesses, drugs and treatments

• Medbroadcast.com: Canadian site providing information for physicians and consumers on a variety of health topics.

• MedWeb

• Mental Help Net

• Patient's Guide to Healthcare Information on the Internet:  gives tips on evaluating health information sites, as well as identifying some useful sites

• Websites You Can Trust: from the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Libraries Association.

Health Related Search Engines

• MDChoice

• Acupuncture.com

• Alternative Medicine Homepage

• Body Mind Spirit Magazine: Western Canadian publication providing information on holistic health issues and practitioners

• Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal: a Calgary based source of information on Integrative Health issues

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (USA): from the National Institute of Health.

• Wild Rose College of Natural Healing: Calgary facility for the study and teaching of holistic health concepts and techniques.

Drug Information

• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse: substance abuse treatment services available in Canada.

• Drug Product Database: contains product specific information on drugs approved for use in Canada. Includes human, veterinary and disinfectant products. It contains approximately 20,000 marketed products.

• MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements: information for patients and doctors about traditional and complementary therapies.

• Narcotics Anonymous, Chinook Area: site provides information about Calgary and area assistance for addiction issues.

• Safemedication.com: consumer oriented drug information provided by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Medical Guides and Dictionaries

• Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists: information about laboratory tests from the Alberta organization responsible for regulating the profession

• Diagnostic Tests: the family health guide: information from Harvard Medical School about specific medical tests.

• drkoop.com: health news and information provided by the former U.S. Surgeon General and others

• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body: text and illustrations from the classic 1918 edition.

• Lab Tests Online: Patient centered source of information on medical tests and the reasons for them.

• Merck Manual of Geriatrics

• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th edition)

• On-line Medical Dictionary: search by keywords or by browsing

• Combined Health Information Database (CHID): a bibliographic database produced by U.S. Government health related agencies

Medical Journals and Indexes

• Genome

• JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association: includes indexes, text of selected articles, and the association's publishing policies.

• Medical Post: searchable site provides text of this Canadian publication.

• Medline is a database of more than 8.8 million references to articles published in 3800 biomedical journals.

• Medline Journals with Links to Publisher websites: links provided by publishers to Medline sources with websites. Some, though not all, provide text or the means of ordering the text of articles.

• Medlineplus: health information for the layperson, from the National Library of Medicine.

• ADAonline (American Dental Association): Frequently asked questions: consumers and patients

• Alberta Waitlist Registry: Gives information about wait times for publicly funded surgical and diagnostic tests and services provided in public facilities. Only facilities currently submitting to the Alberta Waitlist Registry appear in the tables on this Web site. Before you consider any changes to your treatment, it is important you discuss the information from this site with your physician or your specialist.

• Calgary Health Region: see the Health Connection for info about healthy lifestyles and illness prevention

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health

• Canadian Institute for Health Information: for Canadian health care statistics

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Includes information for travellers about health issues in difference countries

• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta: includes "Physician Finder" directory

• Informcalgary.org: a directory of Calgary's community, health and social services, jointly developed by the City of Calgary and the CRHA

• National Institutes of Health: U.S. government agency responsible for health research

• World Health Organization

Children's Health

• KidsHealth: award winning site provides information on childhood health and illness

Nutrition

• Calgary Health Region’s Food Security Programs: information on Calgary and area food assistance programs.

• Dietitians of Canada: information on meal planning, nutritional profiling and healthy living

• Health Canada, Food & Nutrition: access to Canada’s Food Guide, via Health Canada’s web site.

• Healthy Fridge

• MyPyramid: U.S. Department of Agriculture's interactive site lets you evaluate and improve your diet.

• National Institute of Nutrition: Canadian non-profit organization providing nutrition information.

• Nutrient Database: provides nutrient content of specific foods

• Nutrition.org: The Website of American Nutritional Sciences provides information about benefits, toxicity, dietary sources and recent research on specific nutrients.

• Office of Dietary Supplements: a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health

Multilanguage Health Information

• Healthy Roads Media

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