N.C. Industrial Commission Webmaster Robert W. McDowell last updated this select list of Medical and Health Web Sites on
2 June 2008. Please e-mail any comments and suggestions for additional sites to:
mcdowelr@ind.commerce.state.nc.us
General Sites
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons — http://www.aaos.org/
Links to the home page of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons cover
many Workers' Compensation topics.
- American Medical Association—http://www.ama-assn.org/
This site includes a link to
DoctorFinder, a guide to locate a doctor "by name, specialty and location from over
690,000 physicians licensed to practice in the US."
-
Bioterrorism—Frequently Asked Questions—http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/415/bioterrorism_faqs.pdf
"Bioterrorism is the deliberate or threatened use of bacteria, viruses, and
toxins to cause disease, death, or fear. Bioterrorism could also be directed
against livestock, food crops, and environmental resources such as reservoirs."
- American Psychiatric Association—http://www.psych.org/
The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose
38,000 psychiatric physicians diagnose and treat mental and emotional illnesses and substance-use
disorders.
- Back Pain
Relief Guide—http://www.back-pain-relief-guide.info/
“Discover
how to get relief from upper, chronic, low and lower back pain with various
relief methods. Information on various back pain relief exercises, treatment
methods, alternative relief treatments such as yoga, acupuncture, chiropractic
manipulation.”
- The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Information Resource—http://www.thebody.com/
"The Body is a service of Body Health Resources Corporation" and is sponsored in part by Bristol-Myers Squibb Immunology and by CHIRON."
- Cancer News on the Net—http://www.cancernews.com/intro.htm
"Cancer News on the Net is dedicated to bringing patients and their families the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment. We are constantly searching for the best cancer information sources that are available on the Net."
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—http://www.cdc.gov/
This is the home page for "The Nation's Prevention Agency."
- Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation—http://www.hcahealthcare.com/
This health maintenance organization claims to have "the premier healthcare information site on-line."
- Duke Diet & Fitness Online
Weight-Loss Program—http://www.dukediet.com/
"Based on the world-renowned Duke Diet & Fitness Center Residential
Program in Durham, North Carolina, Duke Diet & Fitness Online applies the same
proven approach to weight loss: diet, fitness, behavioral strategies, and
medical expertise."
- Harvard
Medical School: Consumer Information—http://hms.harvard.edu/public/consumer/
This site publishes research news from the Harvard Medical School
faculty and affiliated institutions.
- HealthAnswers
Education®—http://www.healthanswers.com/
"HealthAnswers is a leading-edge marketing
solutions company producing highly innovative, results-oriented strategies,
products, and services for pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies,
and professional medical associations."
- healthfinder™ — http://www.healthfinder.gov/
"healthfinder™ is a gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government.... [It] can lead you to selected online publications, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public."
- HealthGate—http://www.healthgate.com/
"An important 'online source for health, wellness, and biomedical information,' HealthGate allows visitors to search MEDLINE, CANCERLIT, and the MDX Family Health Library—for free!
- Healthopedia.com—http://www.healthopedia.com/
This site is "a medical and health consumer information resource
containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language
from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focused health centers, and
more than 11,000 drugs and medications."
- HealthWorld Online: Home of
Self-Managed Care—http://www.healthy.net/
This site spotlights fitness, nutrition, and wellness.
- Mayo Clinic: Medical
Information and Tools for Healthy Living—http://www.mayoclinic.com/
This highly rated site features information on cancer, diet and nutrition, heart disease, and pregnancy and children,
plus an invaluable Symptom Checker feature:
http://mayoclinic.com/health/symptom-checker/DS00671.
- MedicineNet.com: Health
and Medical Information Produced by Doctors—http://www.medicinenet.com/
MedicineNet offers the latest medical news and information on diseases, treatments, pharmacy, etc.
- Medscape from WebMD—http://www.medscape.com/
Designed for healthcare professionals and consumers alike, Medscape claims that it offers "the Web's largest collection of free full-text, peer-reviewed articles, medical news, MEDLINE, and interactive quizzes. Updated daily!"
- The Merck Manual—http://www.merck.com/pubs/
Search this standard medical reference book for the medical topic(s) of your choice.
- National Institutes of Health—http://www.nih.gov/
The NIH home page provides easy access to the organization's constituent agencies and scientific resources, including the:
- U.S. National Library
of Medicine—http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
This U.S. National Library of Medicine service can search
MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, AIDSLINE, and PREMEDLINE.
- National Cancer Institute—http://www.nci.nih.gov/
The NCI's Cancer Information Service provides answers to cancer questions.
- National Eye Institute—http://www.nei.nih.gov/
"One of the components that constitute the Federal government's National Institutes of Health, the National Eye Institute (NEI) supports more than 75 percent of the vision research conducted in the United States at approximately 250 medical centers, hospitals, universities, and other institutions. In addition, the Institute conducts studies in its own facilities in Bethesda, Maryland to combat the myriad eye disorders affecting millions of people worldwide."
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism—http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
"NIAAA publications including the Alcohol Alert bulletin, the quarterly scientific journal
Alcohol Health & Research World, pamphlets/brochures, surveillance reports, research monographs, manuals, and online databases (ETOH and Quick Facts)."
- OncoLink, The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource—http://oncolink.upenn.edu/
The center "is dedicated to providing the most advanced and innovative programs in cancer care, research, and education."
- Online Cancer Guide
—http://www.onlinecancerguide.com/
"A comprehensive resource providing complete information on various types of cancers such as prostrate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, throat, blood cancer, brain cancer, bone cancer, etc. Also know about the causes of these cancers, symptoms, various treatment methods."
- The Parenting Community: ParentsPlace.com—http://www.parentsplace.com/
"We offer articles on pregnancy, breastfeeding, baby, adolescence, parenting twins, step-parenting, single parenting, fathering, children's health and education, family activities, and more. PLUS, we offer opportunities for parenting dialog and for shopping."
- RxList—The
Internet Drug Index for Prescription Drugs and Medications—http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp
This site features detailed information on drug actions and interactions.
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Carpal Tunnel, Repetitive Stress, and Wrist Pain Injuries
- IMAK Products Corporation—http://www.imakproducts.com/
IMAK makes "ergonomic products that help relieve pain associated with
carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist pain, and other repetitive strain injuries."
-
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Cornell
University)—http://explorations.scicentr.org/textonly/hedge/hedge.chunk1.html
"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common type of cumulative
trauma disorder, or repetitive strain injury, that affects office professionals
who work at computer keyboards on a daily basis. CTS involves swelling of the
tendons that pass through a narrow passageway in the wrist (the carpal tunnel)
and control the flexing motion of the fingers. The tendons share this narrow
channel with the median nerve, which passes impulses back and forth to the first
three fingers and the lower portion of the thumb."
- Medical
Multimedia Group, LLC—http://www.medicalmultimediagroup.com/
"Medical Multimedia Group, Inc. specializes in translating complex medical concepts into understandable interactive teaching software and Internet/Intranet development." This site includes online guides to back, shoulder, knee, foot, and ankle problems, as well as cumulative trauma disorders and artificial joint replacement.
- NIOSH
Safety and Health Topic: Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders—http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ctsfs.html
Information on ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders from the
National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH)
.
- Repetitive Strain Injury
UK Mailing List—http://www.rsi-uk.org.uk/
"[Repetitive Strain Injury]
is used as an umbrella term to refer to various kinds of work-related
musculoskeletal injuries - for instance, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis,
tenosynovitis, bursitis, epicondylitis, and others. Such injuries are also known
as Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs),
Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULDs),
and Occupational Overuse Injuries. Doctors and other healthcare
professionals tend not to use these shorthand terms, but instead refer to the
problems by their separate and specific names, e.g. tendonitis."
-
Repetitive Stress Injury Information—http://www.cs.fsu.edu/reference/employees/carpal.html
This Florida State University Department of Computer Science web page includes links to
three other Repetitive Stress Injury web pages.
- Typing Injuries Frequently
Asked Questions—Answered—http://www.tifaq.com/
“Typing Injuries Frequently Asked Questions is here to provide
valuable information to employers, health professionals, educators, persons at
risk of typing injuries, and more. Anyone who wants to learn more about
repetitive strain injuries (RSI’s)—what they are, how to deal with them, how to
prevent them, etc.—will find a wealth of information here at Typing Injuries
Frequently Asked Questions.”
- University of
Virginia Office of Environmental Health & Safety
—http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/
This web site contains a
wealth of information on environmental health and safety issues.
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Chemotherapy
Olympic ice-skating champion and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton's new web site
is designed to provide the latest information about chemotherapy to patients and
their families, caregivers and friends. A program of the
Scott Hamilton CARES
initiative, Chemo Care provides information on chemotherapy, chemotherapy
side effects, and chemotherapy drug information.
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Chronic Pain
- American Chronic Pain
Association—http://www.theacpa.org/
"The American Chronic Pain Association was founded in 1980 by Penney
Cowan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . After many years of living with chronic
pain, Penney had taken part in the pain management program at the Cleveland
Clinic and was eager to maintain the skills she had learned there when she
returned to her daily life."
- ClinicalTrials.gov—http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
"ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about
federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may
participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information
provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from
health care professionals."
-
MedlinePlus®: Health Information
from the National Library of Medicine—http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
This site is a service of the
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the
National Institutes of Health.
- The National Pain
Foundation—http://www.painconnection.com/
"An on-line educational and support
community for persons in pain, their families and physicians. Your source for
treatment options and pain information that is peer reviewed by leading pain
specialists."
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Headaches
- American Headache Society (ACHE)—http://www.achenet.org/
"[The American Headache Society Committee for Headache Education] is a national non-profit patient/physician partnership providing support for sufferers of chronic headache while working to educate the public about this terribly misunderstood illness. Founded in 1990, ACHE reaches out to thousands of head pain sufferers with education and support activities, such as this website."
- National Headache Foundation
(NHF)—http://www.headaches.org/
"More than 45 million Americans suffer from chronic, recurring headaches. Although we know much about the different types of headache, ongoing research continues to reveal new drugs, new diagnostic techniques and better ways to treat headache. By becoming an NHF member, you gain access to the latest, up-to-date information on managing your headaches and join nearly 20,000 other headache sufferers who are committed to making the NHF the #1 source for headache help."
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Medical Links Only
- CDC Information Sources—http://www.cdc.gov/other.htm
Compiled by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this list includes key government agencies, plus links to state and local health departments.
- Hardin MD:
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources—http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/
"'We list the sites that list the sites' ... Hardin Meta Directory pages have pointers to the most complete and frequently cited lists in each subject. For subjects not yet included in Hardin MD, go directly to the comprehensive index sites that are included in Meta Directory pages."
- Injury-Related Websites—http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/injweb/websites.htm
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compiled this extensive list of sites.
- Medical Matrix, LLC:
Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources—http://www.medmatrix.org/
This site lists "selected, ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated, continuously updated, full-text patient care resources."
- MedWeb
Community—http://www.medweb.emory.edu/SPT--Home.php
"MedWeb
is a catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the staff
of the Robert W. Woodruff Health
Sciences Center Library at Emory University.
The brain child of Steve Foote, MedWeb evolved to include a number of editors
with the original database created by Andy Koglenik."
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Medical Products
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Hospitals and HMOs
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Travel
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Medicine-Specific Search Engines
- Healthatoz: The Search Engine for Health and Medicine—http://www.Healthatoz.com/
Healthatoz lists thousands of sites in dozens of subject areas.
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OmniMedicalSearch.com—http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/
"The most comprehensive medical search platform on the internet
focusing on results from authoritative sources. OmniMedicalSearch.com offers
five main search options, as well as a doctor directory, information on various
conditions and diseases, and other serendipitous medical resource tools. There
is no cost, registration, or obligation for using OmniMedicalSearch.com. Custom
search tabs offer authoritative results for both the general public and
healthcare professionals (MedPro search option)."
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Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Disorders Guide—http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/
This is a comprehensive information guide to sleep disorders. It includes descriptions of sleep disorders; their symptoms;
their causes; and their treatments of various sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, insomnia, snoring, restless legs, and narcolepsy.
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