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Alternative Medicine
Alternative
Medicine Foundation - A nonprofit organization
staffed by medical professionals that "provides
responsible and reliable information about alternative
medicine to the public and health professionals."
American Music
Therapy Association - Provides information about
the uses of and access to music therapy.
Herbal
Safety - Provides information about medicinal
plants and herbs. Provided by the UT El Paso / Austin
Cooperative Pharmacy Program & Paso del Norte
Health Foundation. English and Spanish
Herbal
Supplements: What to Know Before You Buy - This
article from the Mayo Clinic discusses the use of
Herbal Supplements.
National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Sponsored
by the National Institutes of Health, this site provides
information on popular health topics, clinical trials,
research, and training in alternative medicine.
Children
American Academy of
Pediatrics - Parents' guides to children and teen
health, safety and fitness concerns.
Bam! Body and Mind
- A kid's Web site with information on health,
diseases, fitness, nutrition, and safety. Sponsored
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Girl Power! -
A public education campaign "to help encourage
and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the
most of their lives." This site provides positive
"health messages to the unique needs, interests,
and challenges of girls." Sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
KidsHealth
- Provides information on various children's health
topics with sections for children, teens and parents.
Sponsored by the Nemours Foundation
Tonsil & Adenoid
Surgery - This is an interactive tutorial for
parents and kids. Part of the Center of Excellence
for Medical Multimedia.
Your
Gross and Cool Body - Part of "the Yuckiest
Site on the Internet", this Discovery Kids' Web
site about health and the human body has information
just for kids.
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Directories
Hardin
Meta Directory - Created "as a source to
find the best lists, or directories, of information
in health and medicine," this site is sponsored
by Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University
of Iowa Libraries.
Health and Human Services
- Information from the U. S. Department of Health
and Human Services covers diseases and conditions,
families and children, safety and wellness, food and
drug information and much more.
HealthWeb - Created
by librarians in academic medical centers, this site
gathers what they feel are the best sources of medical
information.
Healthfinder
- Find reviewed health WebHealthfinder is a Federal
site maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services and
other Federal agencies.
iSafetyNet
- This is a directory of Web resources for consumer
health and human services information. Sponsored by
the Portsmouth Group, Inc.
Drugs
Drug Library
- This site offers information on herbal and prescription
drugs, drug interactions, drug comparisons. Sponsored
by Express Scripts, Inc. an independent pharmacy benefit
manager.
Drugs,
Supplements and Herbal Information - Part of MedlinePlus,
this site provides information on prescription and
over the counter drugs.
InteliHealth
Drug Resource Center - Search for specific drugs,
guides to reading drug labels and drug safety information.
Sponsored by Aetna InteliHealth
PDRHealth
- Drug information in plain English, based on PDR
entries.
SafeMedication.com
- Information for prescription and alternative medications,
as well as vaccines. Sponsored by the American Society
of Health System Pharmacists
U.S.
Food and Drug Administration - Information on
drugs, consumer information, data on newly approved
drugs. Or, go directly to its search
page.
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Fitness
Exercise
and Physical Fitness - Provides links to various
fitness and exercise Web sites and tutorials, including
aquatics, stretching, Tai Chi, and more. Part of the
National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus
Fitness
programs - Ready to get started? - A Mayo Clinic
article that discusses the steps to beginning a fitness
program.
Physical
Activity for Everyone - Discusses the importance
of physical activity, lists activity recommendations
and ideas and gives guidelines for making physical
activity part of a lifestyle. Sponsored by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
President's
Challenge - The President's Challenge Physical
Activity and Fitness Awards Program has fitness guidelines
for kids, teens, adults and seniors. Sponsored by
the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
President's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports - This is "the
health, physical activity, fitness and sports information
website of the President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports."
SmallStep
- Steps to develop a healthy lifestyle with separate
sections for kids and teens/adults. A program of the
United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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Florida
Florida
Department of Children and Families - Provides
public health information as well as ACCESS,
the application for food stamps, temporary cash assistance
and Medicaid.
Florida Department
of Health - FDH provides information on public
health, health licenses and permits, tobacco, mothers
and children, and health statistics.
Floridahealthfinder
- offers comparative information on Florida's health
plans, including quality of care, access, and a member
satisfaction survey.
Florida
Health Stat - The Web site of the Agency for Health
Care Administration reports Florida's health care
data for hospitals, pharmacies, physicians, nursing
homes, and health plans. There is also a facility/provider
locater.
Florida
Kidcare - Offers affordable, low-cost health insurance
for the uninsured children of Florida who are under
age 19 and meet income eligibility.
Florida Prescription
Drug Prices - "This website was developed
by the Florida Attorney General and the Agency for
Health Care Administration to help consumers shop
for the lowest price in their area for their prescription
drugs."
Health
Insurance Guide - from the Department of Financial
Services, provides tips for choosing a policy. Read
it online or call toll-free (800)342-2762.
HMOs,
a Guide for Consumers - from the Department of
Financial Services, explains how they differ from
standard health insurance. Read it online.
Long
Term Care Insurance - a guide from the Department
of Financial Services, covers insurance for services
provided by home health care agencies, adult day care
centers, traditional nursing homes and continuing
care retirement communities. Read it online.
Medicaid
- is for people with low income who meet certain eligibility
requirements. The program mostly covers children,
pregnant women, disabled adults, and seniors. Applications
for the Florida Medicaid Program are made through
the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
http://www.myflorida.com/cf_web/. Toll-free number
(866) 762-2237.
Compare
Medicare health plans on costs, benefits, quality
of care and member satisfaction and find providers
in Brevard.
Medicare
Supplement Insurance guide - will help seniors
evaluate companies licensed in Florida. From the Department
of Financial Services. Read it online.
Nursing
Home Guide - Learn what to look for when selecting
a nursing home and search for nursing homes in Florida.
Sponsored by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
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General
CDC - The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention site lets you search
for health information, data, and statistics as well
as extensive health information for travelers to foreign
countries.
Center of Excellence
for Medical Multimedia - Interactive online programs
on various health topics. Part of the United States
Air Force and the Office of the Surgeon General.
Clinical Trials
Listing Service - From CenterWatch. This site
contains lists of clinical trials of experimental
treatments for many diseases. All of the trials listed
accept new patients.
Consumer Health
Information - This resource provides general health,
nutrition and drug information, as well as current
food and drug recalls. Part of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration Web site.
Family Caregivers
Alliance - Information resource on long-term care.
Practical, hands-on information for caregivers to
assist in care, planning, stress-relief and locating
and using community resources.
Family
Village - Information on specific diagnoses, adaptive
products, recreational activities, disability-related
media and literature, for persons with cognitive and
other disabilities, for their families, and service
providers. Sponsored by the Waisman Center at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Hospice
– Hospice Foundation of America’s site
helps you locate a local hospice and includes information
on dealing with grief and loss.
InteliHealth
- Sections on dental health, disease and conditions,
drugs, and a healthy lifestyle. Sponsored by Aetna
and features Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health
Information.
Mayo Clinic
Health Oasis - This site offers consumer sources
on diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements,
treatment decisions, healthy living, and many other
health tools.
MedlinePlus
- Information on health topics, drugs and supplements,
a medical encyclopedia, health news, and directories
can be found on this site. MedlinePlus is a service
of the U. S. National Library of Medicine and the
National Institutes of Health.
National Institutes
of Health - This site offers information for consumers,
professionals and researchers, including NIH health
resources, clinical trials, MedlinePlus, health hotlines,
news releases, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry,
scientific interest groups, library catalogs, journals,
training, and more. NIH is part of the U. S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
National Organization
for Rare Disorders - This site features the Rare
Diseases Database with 1,100 diseases included, and
the Orphan Drug Database with over 900 orphan drugs
indexed.
Rating
America’s Nursing Homes – Gannett-provided
list of violation-free nursing homes as well as tips
on selecting an extended care facility.
Visible
Human - The National Library of Medicine offers
information about and sample images from the Visible
Human project.
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Health Care Selection
AMA
Physician Select - Search by name or medical specialty.
Find out where your doctor went to medical school
and if he/she is board-certified. Sponsored by the
American Medical Association.
American
Board of Medical Specialties - Free registration
is required to search this database of Certified Medical
Specialists.
Find
a Hospital - Information on over 6,000 hospitals
in the United States, including driving directions.
Information is from the American Hospital Association
survey of hospitals.
Florida
Compare Care - The Agency for Health Care Administration's
(AHCA) website provides comparison among hospitals/outpatient
surgery performance, physicians, and nursing homes.
Florida
Health Licensee Information - Search for Florida
licensed health care providers. Part of the Florida
Department of Health Web site.
Florida
Practitioner Profiling - Information on physicians
in Florida. Also includes information on how to contact
the various Boards and how to file a complaint. Part
of the Florida Department of Health Web site.
Hospital
Compare - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services database of Medicare participating hospitals
comparing quality measures of Heart Attack (AMI),
Heart Failure Care, and Pneumonia Care.
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Medical Specialty
AllAllergy
- Allergen database, allergy tips, glossaries, pollen
counts, sections for children and teens.
American Cancer Society–
Find out about new treatment guidelines, medical updates,
treatment centers, and clinical trials.
American Diabetes
Association– All about diabetes, including
nutrition, prevention, legal resources, local programs
for the public and health professionals.
American
Pain Foundation - Serve as an information clearinghouse
and resource center for people with pain, their families
and their caregivers, the general public, health care
professionals, policymakers, and the media. The Pain
Resource Locator is a database searchable by audience
served, language, medical specialty, and service offered.
American Heart
Association - The site features a wealth of information
about heart diseases and conditions for adults and
children along with resources for health professionals.
Check out the Heart Profilers section for a better
understanding of your heart treatment options.
Arthritis Foundation
- National organization offering information about
more than 100 types of arthritis, programs, services,
and research.
H. Lee Moffitt
Cancer Center and Research Institute - How to
make an appointment. How to refer a patient.
A listing of Moffitt's Publications, their clinical
programs and services and links to other cancer Websites
make this an exhaustive, yet user-friendly source.
Internet Stroke
Center - An independent educational service to
advance understanding of stroke research and clinical
care for patients, families, and health care professionals.
It offers clinical trials and stroke centers directories.
National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute - The institute provides
leadership for a national program in diseases of the
heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources;
and sleep disorders.
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Medicare/Medicaid
Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) - Consumer information
on the Medicare, Medicaid, and Child Health Insurance
Programs: beneficiaries, plans and providers, states,
researchers.
Medicaid
- is for people with low income who meet certain eligibility
requirements. The program mostly covers children,
pregnant women, disabled adults, and seniors. Applications
for the Florida Medicaid Program are made through
the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
http://www.myflorida.com/cf_web/. Toll-free number
(866) 762-2237.
Medicare -
Official U.S. Government Medicare site. Options include
Medigap Compare, Nursing Home Compare, Top 20 Medicare/Medicaid
Questions.
Compare
Medicare health plans on costs, benefits, quality
of care and member satisfaction and find providers
in Brevard.
Medicare
Supplement Insurance guide - will help seniors
evaluate companies licensed in Florida. From the Department
of Financial Services. Read it online.
SHINE -
(Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elderly) is a state
program whose goal is to help elders understand and
receive the health insurance coverage they need through
Medicare, Medicaid, Prescription Assistance, Long-Term
Care Planning & Insurance, and other health care
issues. 1-800-96-ELDER (1-800-963-5337) or email at
information@elderaffairs.org.
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Mental Health
Mental
Health Services Locator - Center for Mental Health
Services database provides information on mental health
services and resources.
National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill - NAMI is a national coalition
of local support groups whose members include patients,
their families, mental health professionals, and policy
advocates who work to support each other, educate
the public, and influence public policy. The site
includes links to online discussion groups.
National Institute
of Mental Health - Mental disorder information,
updates on clinical trials, statistics, news, research
reports.
And don't forget--if your search for an answer
didn't prove successful, contact the Reference Desk
at your nearest Brevard
County Public Library.
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Nutrition
Dietary
Guidelines for Americans - Guidelines provide
authoritative advice for people two years and older
about how good dietary habits can promote health and
reduce risk for major chronic diseases." Guidelines
are published jointly every 5 years since 1980 by
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
EatRight.org
- Food and nutrition information provided by the American
Dietetic Association.
Food and
Nutrition Information Center - The USDA National
Agricultural Library provides a variety of nutrition
information ranging from dietary supplements and food
safety to WIC and Healthy Aging.
MyPyramid.gov
- Steps to a Healthier You provides a lifestyle assessment
focused on a personalized food pyramid and current
exercise levels. Provided by the USDA.
Nutrition.gov
- This site provides current nutrition news and
updates as well as guides to healthy eating, maintaining
a healthy weight and food safety. Sponsored by the
USDA.
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