TNCC : Learning Resources : Research Guide : Health

Scope: General and popular health. For related information, see also the research guide on NURSING.

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American Medical Association
Bien! Border Health Information Network - Includes consumer health, resources for health providers, and informacíon en Español.
Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics - Resources on Internet for health care professionals and researchers.
Dr. Koop's Community - Dr. Koop's efforts to promote better health behaviors and preventive care. Now includes excellent information in streaming video format.
Government Performance Project 2004 - Health Care - From Governing Magazine, this report, titled "A Case of Neglect: Why Health Care Is Getting Worse, Even Though Medicine Is Getting Better," examines problems with public health, long-term care, mental health, children's care, insurance coverage, and prescription drugs. Also has summaries for individual states.
Health Law Blog - Frequently updated "more or less continuous commentary on pretty much anything -- if not quite everything -- that is happening in the health law field" courtesy of Thomas Mayo, Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.
Health Poll Search - From the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, this searchable archive of over 65 years of findings about public opinion on health issues helps you discover how Americans' views of health issues have changed over time.
Health.gov - a portal to websites of a number of multiagency health initiatives of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and other federal departments and agencies. Can get to Healthfinder from this page so may want to combine.
Healthfinder - U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.
Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations - January 2004 report from the Institute of Medicine. Site offers .pdf (Adobe) downloads of this and several other reports.
Kaiser Family Foundation - Explore research on health policy issues including Medicaid, health coverage for the uninsured, state health facts and policies, and more.
KidsHealth - For parents, teens, and kids.
Martindale's Health Science Guide - Reliable and current resource for medical cases, multimedia tutorials, movies, and databases for learning about health care and nursing.
MayoClinic.com - Health information from experts at the respected Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Medical Journals Index - Master index to online journals, some with no subscription costs.
MedlinePlus - A goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
MedWatch: the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program - "Internet gateway for timely safety information on the drugs and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." Searchable by date, recalls, medication errors, dietary supplements, and medical devices. Also gives access to FDA databases, and allows online reporting of adverse events.
Merck Manual
MerckSource - The respected publisher of medical information offers online access to several of its books, news, interactive tools, a Medline search, and a collection of questions to ask your doctor.
National Safety Council - Includes fact sheets on many safety, health, and environmental topics.
National Center for Health Statistics
Reports of the Surgeon General - Besides the series of reports on the effects of smoking, there are reports on Improving Hispanic/Latino Health, Physical Activity and Health, Violence and Public Health, and lots more.
State Health Facts - From the Kaiser Family Foundation. Find individual state profiles, or compare states on a number of measures: Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, women's health, minority health, managed care, the uninsured, etc.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Hot Topics page. Information on drugs, foods, medical devices, radiological products, biological products and current concerns such as West Nile Virus
WebMD Health - Healthcare site for consumers.