Health, Insurance, and Medical Resources

Please note that I am not a qualified medical, pharmaceutical, or insurance advisor. The following sources are presented for general informational purposes only. You should seek guidance from qualified advisors and practitioners in planning and making adequate provisions for your needs.

Obtain health related information and update your knowledge of recent medical developments at:
1. Achoo
2. A.M.A. Health Insight
3. Better Health and Medical page
4. The Complete Home Medical Guide (published by The College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University)
5. CNN Health Page
6. Cyberspace Telemedical Office
7. Doctor's Guide to the Internet (courtesy of the P/S/L Consulting Group)
8. Doctors Online, Inc.
9. Go Ask Alice
10. Healthcare Review
11. Health Philadelphia/Philadelphia Online
12. InteliHealth
13. Johns Hopkins Medicine (a collaboration of the School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Health System of The Johns Hopkins University) publishes:
  1. Dome
  2. Health After Fifty
  3. Health News Feed
  4. @Hopkins Medicine
  5. Hopkins Medical News
  6. Research Highlights (a component of Facts and Figures)
  7. Press Releases
  8. Press Releases Archives
14. Mayo Health Oasis
15. Medical Breakthroughs
16. The Medical and Health Page
17. The Medical Help Page
18. The Medical News
19. The Medical Reporter
20. Medical Tribune
21. MedicineNet
22. Mediconsult: The Virtual Medical Center
23. My Virtual Reference Desk "Health and Nutrition"
24. NewsFile
25. On Health
26. The Patient Medical Assistant
27. ReutersHealth.com
28. Thrive (Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.)
29. U.K. Health Centre
30. "Your Health Daily" (The New York Times Syndicate)
Educate yourself on health and medicine at Columbia
Another useful source is the U.S. Department of Health & Home Services World Wide Web site, Healthfinder
Information sources on children's health for parents:
Another useful medical/health source is Healthy Ideas
Information on diet, now increasingly being recognized as a very important factor in our health, is available at the U.S Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
See also The Healthy Weight Newsletter
Specifics for the cautious in medical matters can be found at QuackWatch
For a wealth of health and medical information, see Dr. Koop's Community
Find health and medical information (including "International Issues") at The National Academy of Sciences
Various resources for persons with disabilities (including mental retardation), their families and support service providers can be found at Family Village
See also Mainstream Online: Magazine for the Able Disabled

British Journal of Orthodontics Online (published by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Orthodontic Society)
The Orthodontic Cyberjournal
Dentistry On-Line (cyber version of The International Forum for Dentistry published by Priory Lodge Education, Ltd.)

Alzheimer's Disease Review (published by the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky)
The American Academy of Family Physicians publishes:
Blood (published by The American Society of Hematology)
Archives of Internal Medicine
The British Medical Journal (published by the The British Medical Association)
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (published by The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons)
The Journal of the American Medical Association (published by the American Medical Association)
Emerging Infectious Diseases (published by The National Center for Infectious Diseases, a component of the C.D.C.)
Health Services Research (published by The Association for Health Services Research)
Infectious Disease News (published by SLACK, Incorporated)
The Internet Medical Journal
The Journal of Infectious Diseases (published by the Infectious Diseases Society of America through The University of Chicago Press Journals Division)
The Lancet
Medscape
Nature Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine (published by The Massachusettes Medical Society)
Priory Lodge Education, Ltd. publishes:
1. Anaesthesia On-Line (cyber version of The International Journal of Anaesthesia)
2. Family Practice On-Line (cyber version of The International Journal of Family Medical Practice and Primary Care)
3. General Practice On-Line (cyber version of The International Journal of General Practice and Primary Care)
4. Medicine On-Line (cyber version of The International Journal of Medicine)

The American Journal of Psychiatry (published by the American Psychiatric Press, Inc./The American Psychiatric Association)
The American Psychological Association publishes:
The Canadian Psychiatric Association publishes:
Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science (published by the Canadian Psychological Association)
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (published by The Institute of Psychoanalysis)
Psychiatry On-Line (published by Priory Lodge Education, Ltd.)
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
Psychiatric News (published by the American Psychiatric Association)

Agencies, Centers, and Organizations:
1. American Academy of Dermatology
2. American Academy of Family Physicians
3. The American Academy of Neurology
4. American Academy of Ophthalmology
5. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
6. American Academy of Pediatrics
7. American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
8. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
9. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (Neurosurgery://On-Call)
10. American College of Cardiology
11. American College of Chest Physicians
12. American Geriatrics Society
13. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
14. American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine
15. American College of Radiation Oncology
16. American College of Surgeons
17. American Dietetic Association
18. American Foundation for Urologic Disease
19. American Heart Association
20. American Liver Foundation
21. American Lung Association
22. American Medical Association
  1. Atlanta Medical Association
  2. Medical Association of Georgia
23. The American Medical Women's Association
24. American Neurological Association
25. American Nurses Association Nursing World
26. American Paralysis Association
27. American Prostrate Society
28. American Red Cross
  1. American Red Cross of Central Florida Chapter (Orlando)
  2. Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter
29. American Social Health Association
30. The American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
31. American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery/American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators
32. American Society of Clinical Oncology
33. The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
34. The American Society of Hematology
35. American Thoracic Society
  1. Florida Thoracic Society
  2. Georgia Thoracic Society
36. American Urological Association
37. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
38. Association of American Medical Colleges
39. British Healthcare Internet Association
40. The British Medical Association
41. Canadian Medical Association
42. Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
43. Epilepsy Foundation
44. Georgia Division of Public Health
45. Health On the Net Foundation
46. Inflammation Research Association
47. Lupus Foundation of America
48. The Massachusettes Medical Society
49. Mayo
50. MedHelp International
51. Muscular Dystrophy Association
52. National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
53. National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
54. National Hemophilia Foundation
55. National Hospice Organization
56. The National Medical Association
57. National Multiple Sclerosis Society
58. National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
59. National Stroke Association
60. National Vaccine Center
61. Orthopaedic Research Society
62. Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
63. Pan American Health Organization
64. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
65. Royal College of Surgeons of England
66. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
67. Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research
68. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
69. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
70. United Cerbral Palsy
71. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H.H.S.)
72. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.)
73. World Health Organization

Aging and Geriatric Resources:
1. Administration on Aging (the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
2. AgeNet
3. Age Page Europe
4. Age of Reason
5. Alzheimer's Disease Resources
6. American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
7. American Association of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.)
8. American Federation for Aging Research
9. American Geriatrics Society
10. American Society on Aging
11. Arthritis Resources
12. Assisted Living/Nursing Homes
13. Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
14. Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine
15. Blindness and Visual Impairment Resources
16. British Geriatrics Society
17. The Brookdale Center on Aging (a unit of Hunter College of The City University of New York)
18. Cancer Resources
19. Cardiovascular Condition Resources
20. Deafness/Hearing Loss and Prevention/Amelioration Measures
21. Diabetes Resources
22. Elder Care Online
23. ElderNet
24. ElderWeb
25. The Georgia Consortium on the Psychology of Aging
26. The Gerontology Center at Georgia State University
27. The Gerontological Society of America
28. Health Care Financing Administration
29. The John H. Hartford Foundation for Geriatric Nursing
30. Insurance and Health Care Sources
31. The National Council on the Aging
32. National Institute on Aging
33. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
34. National Stroke Association
35. Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
36. Retirement Net Online
37. Retirement/Pension Resources on my Business, the Economy, Investment Data, the Law, and Taxes page
38. Senior Access
39. SeniorAlternatives for Living Online
40. SeniorCom
41. SeniorNet
42. Senior News Network
43. Senior Sites
44. Social Security Administration
45. Southern Gerontological Society
46. Third Age
47. The University of Georgia Gerontology Center

Alzheimer's Disease Resources:
1. Alzheimer Research Forum
2. Alzheimer's Association
  1. Atlanta Area Chapter
3. Alzheimers.com
4. Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center
5. Alzheimer's Disease Review (published by the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky)
6. Alzheimer's Disease Society (England)
7. The Alzheimer's Disease Web Page
8. Alzheimer Home Page

Blindness and Visual Impairment Resources:
1. American Academy of Ophthalmology
2. The American Council of the Blind
3. American Foundation for the Blind
4. American Macular Degeneration Foundation
5. American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery/American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators
6. Blindness Resource Center
7. Glaucoma Research Foundation
8. International Glaucoma Association
9. Macular Degeneration Foundation
10. National Association for the Visually Handicapped
11. The National Federation of the Blind
12. N.I.H. National Eye Institute
13. Royal National Institute for the Blind of the United Kingdom

Cancer Resources:
1. American Brain Tumor Association
2. American Cancer Society
3. American College of Chest Physicians
4. American College of Radiation Oncology
5. American Institute for Cancer Research
6. American Lung Association
7. American Society of Clinical Oncology
8. Breast/Ovarian Cancer (See "Women's Resources")
9. Canadian Cancer Society
10. Cancer
11. Cancer Care
12. Cancer Information Network
13. Cancer News on the Net
14. CancerNet (courtesy of The National Cancer Institute)
15. cancerONLINE
16. Imperial Cancer Research Fund
17. International Cancer Alliance
18. International Union Against Cancer
19. The International Myeloma Foundation
20. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
21. Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign
22. Lung Cancer Information Library (courtesy of Medicine Online)
23. Lung Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Database (courtesy of Virtual Hospital)
24. Lymphoma Research Foundation of America
25. Male Breast Cancer
26. Mesothelioma Treatment Options
27. The National Cancer Institute
28. National Familial Lung Tumor Registry
29. National Comprehensive Cancer Network
30. National Kidney Cancer Association
31. Oncolink
32. Pathologia Paidon
33. The Texas Children's Cancer Center and Hematology Service

Women's Resources:
1. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2. The American Medical Women's Association
3. The Breast Cancer Information Center of the Feminist Majority Foundation
4. The Breast Cancer Information Clearinghouse
5. Cancer Resources
6. Cervical Dysplasia
7. The Community Breast Health Project
8. The Doctor's Guide to Breast Cancer Information and Resources (P/S/L Consulting Group, Inc.)
9. Information for Women on Food Safety, Nutrition and Cosmetics (F.D.A. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
10. National Women's Health Resource Center
11. N.I.H. Women's Health Initiative
12. Ovarian Cancer
13. National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
14. Personal Narrative by Patricia Murray
15. Personal Narrative by Nancy Delaney
16. Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research
17. Take Wellness to Heart
18. Women's Health
19. Women's Health Hotline
20. Women's Health Information Center (courtesy of the Journal of the American Medical Association)
21. Women's Medical Health Page

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On-line comparative data for most hospitals are available at The American Hospital Directory
Hospital Associations:

General information on insurance can be found at:
The Medicare Handbook and other useful information is available at Health Care Financing Administration and Medicare
Determine whether your planning should be short-term or long-term at the Northwestern Mutual Life Online Longevity Calculator The Longevity Game
Search database of 130 issuers of life insurance policy rates based upon age, sex, and tobacco usage at Quotesmith
Obtain help in calculating life and disability insurance needs as well as access to a glossary of insurance terms at Life-Line
Seek advice on insurance from A Consumer's Guide to Insurance
Check for HMO accreditation list which is updated monthly (but does not include a "plan-specific" quality data), accreditation summary reports on a growing number of plans, and a brochure entitled Choosing Quality: Finding the Health Plan That's Right for You The National Committee for Quality Assurance
Other Resources:

To search for prescription and over-the-counter drug uses/side effects, and other health-related resources, see Healthtouch
To check for dangerous medication interactions, consult The Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Find a comprehensive directory of links, fora, databases, and resources at the Pharmaceutical Information Network
Pharmaceutical Resources:
Learn about the latest government approved medications and investigations at The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Check out new prescription drugs at Virtual Drug Store
See also:
1. P/S/L Consulting Group
2. Pharmaceutical Online
3. Pharmacy On-Line (cyber version of The International Forum for Pharmacy published by Priory Lodge Education, Ltd.)
4. RxList
5. U.S. Pharmacist
6. U.S. Pharmacopeia

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