Medical Websites- Spring Research Paper

- Students: Please use the following links to start your research. These are all high-quality websites that have been reviewed for you. If you want to use a different website that you find on your own, please ask Mrs. Gaunce, Mr. Goldberg, or Ms. Collopy!

- Searching tips:

1. Keep searches short and concise.
2. Do not type in a long question or idea into any search bar; rather, type in one to three key-words that will help you find good information.
3. All websites are not high-quality. Look at who owns/maintains the website. Be careful of websites that have flashing advertisements and seeem unprofessional.

http://www.medicinenet.com/diseases_and_conditions/article.htm
- scroll down to “browse common topics”

http://www.medicineonline.com/
- Diseases & Conditions
* Allergy * Arthritis * Alzheimer's * Cancer * Cardiovascular Disorders * Cholesterol * Constipation * Diabetes * Eczema* AIDS / HIV
* More Topics...

http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health/HealthA-Z.shtml
- diseases and health topics alphabetized

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex
- very reliable site about diseases; easy links to pages

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html
- organized by diseases, systems, etc.

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/common-topics/default.htm
- alphabetical list of diseases and conditions; information about drugs and treatment too

http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
- organized by body system/type of disease

http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/
- government website on many diseases- general and specific

http://health.yahoo.com/conditions/
- clear topics here

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/default.asp?firstCat=3&secondCat=246
- high quality information and research from the Cleveland Clinic about cardiovascular diseases

http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/animations.asp
- 3D animations of how certain diseases and conditions affect the body; may have to be viewed at home due to bandwidth issues, but extremely informative; page links back to a “symptom checker” page

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
- lists diseases/conditions by category;some drug information available

http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bc4fbfe82e118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD
- information about cancers and rare diseases that affect children


http://edcp.org/
- Maryland Department of Health information about diseases, immunizations, etc.

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH?t=9276
- comprehensive health website; sponsored by Aetna healthcare, but good variety of articles on specific parts of the disease

http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=113&Branch=5
- alphabetical by diseases

http://www.medilexicon.com/drugsearch.php
- FDA approved search of drugs

http://www.cancer.gov/
- information about all different types of cancers

http://www.alz.org/index.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_disease
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/alzheim/alzheim.htm

- Alzheimer’s information

www.google.com
- in the google search bar, type in the name of the disease you are researching and the word information; for example- lou gehrig's information

http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2005/07/29/genetics-and-public-health-information-to-trust/
- read about how to evaluate medical websites on the internet
- list of categories with blog entries on different diseases, drugs, and research


http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/alzheimers_disease/
- blog with articles about research and Alzheimer’s Disease from a chemist in the industry
- advanced research only
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http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/cancer/
- - blog with articles about research on cancer from a chemist in the industry
- advanced research only
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http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/cardiovascular_disease/
- blog with articles about research on cardiovascular disease and drug research from a chemist in the industry
- * advanced research only
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http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/infectious_diseases/
- blog with articles about drugs for infectious diseases- viral and bacterial
- * advanced research only
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http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/diabetes_and_obesity/
- blog with articles about drugs related to obesity and diabetes
- * advanced research only
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http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/cat_index.php
- complete list of blog topics by this author in categories
- *advanced research only
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