Health, Anatomy and Physiology
- American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) -- Contains news briefs, practice guidelines, patient education resources on the lungs, career information, and much more.
- American Hospital Association -- Provides statistics, studies, web links, full-text reports, career information, and more.
- American Medical Association -- medical information, including journals and consumer information.
- Avian (Bird) Flu -- fact sheet from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
- Columbia University's Complete Home Medical Guide, organized by chapters, with a Table of Contents.
- Chronic Wasting Disease Resources -- compiled by MVCC Librarian Krista Hartman
- CROET (Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology) -- Includes news articles and links to information on workplace health and safety.
- Cultural Food Pyramid -- provides links to a wide variety of food pyramids, including Indian, Caribbean, Japanese and many more.
- Data and Statistics -- information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including its National Center for Health Statistics and the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Food & Nutrition Information Center --USDA site with links to food composition, dietary guidelines, food guide pyramid, topics A-Z menu, and food and nutrition resources for teachers
- Government Views of SARS -- "online primary resources about SARS. This site concentrates on Government documents and information about SARS both from the United States and from international resources." Prepared by Grace-Ellen McCrann,City College of NY Chief, Government Documents Division.
- Gray’s Anatomy -- Full text of the 1918 edition of this classic human anatomy book.
- Hardin MD --Searchable collection of links to a wide range of diseases, and including pictures, compiled by the University of Iowa’s Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
- HealthScout -- A consumer-oriented site with information on diseases, addictions, fitness, alternative medicine, and drug interactions.
- Healthtouch -- A consumer-oriented searchable database that contains a medication guide, health resource directory, and information on health topics, vitamins and supplements, and natural medicine.
- HealthWeb -- an annotated subject list of health information sites.
- The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education -- From the Florida State University College of Medicine, this resource includes over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, and laboratory exercises on human diseases and conditions.
- Lab Tests Online --Compiled by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, this searchable database includes descriptions of lab tests, conditions and diseases, and screening tests.
- Learn CPR -- The University of Washington School of Medicine’s full text instructions on performing CPR on adults, children, infants, cats, and dogs, as well as CPR facts, a video demonstration, and more.
- Martindale's Health Science Guide -- contains links to medical cases, teaching files, journal articles, atlases and image databases for 19 subject categories including dental, medical law, public health, nursing, pharmacy, and anatomy.
- Mayo Clinic -- a searchable site filled with information on diseases, drugs, first aid, and more.
- Medline Plus: Interactive Health Tutorials -- from the Patient Education Institute; "each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language".
- Merck Health Library -- contains the online texts of the Merck Manual, the A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, the PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary and more.
- The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy -- searchable articles on pharmacology and a wide range of physical and psychiatric disorders.
- mvHealth.com -- sponsored by uticaod.com this web site contains articles and news on many health topics.
- National Center for Infectious Disease --Searchable database of information on infectious diseases with tools for teachers, student resources, and the full text of the latest issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse -- A wealth of copyright-free information on treatments and complications, a diabetes dictionary, links to resources, and more in both English and Spanish
- National Institutes of Health -- another Federal government site, including news and events and Health Information including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research.
- National Library of Medicine -- news and information from the Federal government, including free Medline and images and articles on the History of Medicine.
- New York State Department of Health Consumer Info -- contains information on over 50 health topics of interest to consumers, including HIPAA.
- New York State Dietetic Association -- Contains lots of nutrition and nutrition-related legislative information.
- New York State Hospital Profile (NYSHP) -- consumer information including "each hospital's available services and licensed beds, qulaity of care measures, volume and types of procedures performed and contact information".
- New York State Society for Respiratory Care -- Includes state licensing information, news of awards and professional development opportunites, and links to other sites.
- NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) -- provides consumer medical information on a range of topics. It is a coordinated project of public agencies in New York State, and it is available in English and Spanish.
- The Pathology Guy -- Includes links to information on a broad range of topics in pathology as well as hints for the pathology teacher.
- Public Library of Science -- Open access journals for biology, medicine, computational biology and genetics.
- Quackwatch -- A guide to health fraud and quackery created by a doctor.
- SARSReference -- A full text medical textbook providing a comprehensive overview of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
- Surfable Book Project: World Book Medical Encyclopedia -- provides many links to web sites on a wide variety of health topics.
- The Urbana Atlas of Pathology -- Searchable collection of hundreds of images taken by Professor Donald R. Thrush, M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- A wealth of searchable information, including dictionaries, fact sheets, statistics, reports, news, consumer information, and much more.
- Virtual Hospital -- contains full-text pamphlets and articles on a wide range of health topics as well as resources for teachers and medical students.
- Vital Statistics of New York State from the NYS Department of Health.
- WebMD -- Search engine for health and medical information.
- The Whole Brain Atlas -- Two Harvard doctors have compiled this collection of CT, MRI and SPECT/PET images of the human brain.
- World Health Organization -- Includes reports, press releases, statistical information, and more on the state of health in countries around the world.
