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Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Provides information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in areas of treatment, research, clinical trials and training.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States. Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site, Traveler's Information provides up-to-date information on health conditions around the world.
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA promotes and protects the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use. The A - Z index links to a variety of topics that present consumer information.
A key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
This sites provides a medical dictionary. Users type in words in the search box. It also has spell check by typing a few letter of a word.
This is a medical encyclopedia. It has an A-Index for quick navigation and user can browse by first letters of topics.
Information on over 600 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Provides information on prevention, treatment, and recovery from substance abuse and mental illness.
Provides Merck Manual online medical library. It also includes an A-Z index to ease navigation.
National Center for Health Statistics
Compilation of health statistics from nation’s principal health statistics agency.
NC Health Info
A local resource offering access to web sites of local health services, providers and programs serving residents of North Carolina.
Provides a general overview of various health topics, as well as research and clinical trial information.