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Online Health References

  • AEGIS (The largest HIV/AIDS web site in the world) Covers key topics, gives fact sheets and includes information about the law and AIDS.

  • AMA Physician Select DoctorFinder provides you with basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States. This includes more than 690,000 doctors.

  • Bodymass Calculator Find out if you are at a healthy weight for your height.

  • Check InteractionsDrug Digest Allows you to check for adverse drug interactions if you are taking multiple prescriptions.

  • Clinical Trials.GovA service of the National Institutes of Health ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

  • Denver Public Library Medical WebsitesReliable sites for diseases and other health conditions.

  • Fingertip Formulary Scroll down to the alphabet. A simple-to-use tool that allows you to determine formulary drug status for health plans in your area. Tells you at what level your insurance company will cover drugs.

  • Healthfinder.Gov Diseases and Conditions Alphabetical index to disease and conditions provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

  • Long-Term Care Planning Tool Find out how much you can expect to pay in long-term health expenses. This tool will ask between twelve and twenty questions and will then provide you with the long-term care results you need by comparing your answers to those of individuals with similar profiles.

  • Mayo Clinic Symptom Checker Use this guide to discover the most common causes of the most common symptoms.

  • Medical Dictionary A service of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

  • Medline Encyclopedia The A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations

  • The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Merck has created The Merck Manuals, a series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers. The Online Medical Library is updated periodically with new information, and contains photographs, and audio and video material not present in the print versions.

  • Oncolink-University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center A cancer resource center from the University of Pennsylvania.

  • RxList The Internet Drug Index Includes a drug index and a pill identifier.

  • U Compare Health CareHealth Rating Site for Doctors, Nursing Homes and Hospitals.

  • Weight Maintenance Calculator Calculates the calories you need to maintain your weight.


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