Your Health

For General Advice:

• Healthfinder - The federal government's gateway to health and medical information.
          www.healthfinder.org

• National Institute of Health - NIH's Health Information Index tells you where you can to learn more about hundreds of diseases.   It also provides many links to other useful resources.
         www.nih.gov/health

• National Library of Medicine - The official site of the Bethesda, Maryland-based National Libary of Medicine offers access to more thatn 40 online databases.
          www.nlm.nih.gov

More Specific Sites:

• Alcoholism - National Institure on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.  This site takes you to publications ranging from technical reports to easy-to-read pamphlets and brochures on alcohol-related topics, databases, and the latest news about alcoholism and its treatment.
          www.niaaa.nih.gov

• American Cancer Society - This is one of the most useful Internet locations for cancer information.
          www.cancer.org

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Run by the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, this site tells you about newly approved prescription drugs, as well as those sold over the counter.
          www.fda.gov/cder/drug.html

• American Academy of Opthalmology - Click on Public Information for facts about eyes and eye diseases.
         www.eyenet.org

• American Heart Association - The emphasis  here is on consumer information, such as dietary recommendations, exercise programs and products, risk factors for stroke, and suggestions on how to recover from one.
          www.amhrt.org

• American Council for Headache Education - On this site, you can learn to distinguish the type of headache you have and where to go for appropriate help.
          www.achenet.org

• The National Institute of Mental Health - The institute's official site features an on line reading room, where you can browse pbulications on such topics as Alzheimer's disease, depression, eating disorders, and St. John's wort.
           www.nimh.nih.gov

• American Psychological Association - This site offers a Help Center that steers users to online brochures with solutions to real life problems.
           www.apa.org

• American Pain Society - The APS provides a variety of reliable resources on its site for people with pain.
           www.ampainsoc.org

• American Academy of Dermatology - This site offers information on such topics as aging skin, athlete's foot, and treating the itch of poison ivy.
           www.aad.org

• American Dental Association - This site's Topical Index and Frequently Asked Questions section contains useful information for patients.
           www.ada.org

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - This is the place to go if you're traveling abroad and need to know about necessary vaccinations or local health risks.
           www.cdc.gov/travel

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