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Health and Medical Resources

Library Databases -- 39 databases of reliable, in-depth, and current information, inlcuding the Health Reference Center Academic, the Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module, and more. Always the best place to start for quality resources. You will need to log in with your regular user name and password. Add " @qsbyin " to your user name.

General Sites	Drugs and Alcohol	Genetics	*Nutrition*
*Cancer*	*Mental Health*	*Specific Diseases and Topics*

*General Sites*
National Institutes of Health	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Food and Drug Administration Home Page
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)	United States National Library of Medicine -- A wealth of information about health and diseases.
New York State Department of Health	American Academy of Pediatrics	Healthfinder -- A government sponsored guide to accurate health information.
Health on the Net Foundation -- "A Non-Governmental Organization under the aegis of the Direction générale de la santé Département de l'Action Sociale et de Santé (DASS - République et canton de Genève, Switzerland). HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information."	Medscape -- A site geared toward medical professionals, but useful for the general public. Registration is free.	Biointeractive -- "A website and a collection of biology-focused teaching materials created by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute."
American School Health Association	Healthy People 2010 -- "A statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats."	Teenshealth
drkoop.com -- A site set up by the former surgeon-general.	New England Journal of Medicine	Mayo Clinic -- "Access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic."
MedWeb -- From Emory University.	Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy -- For medical professionals.	Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Edition -- For the general reader.
Human Anatomy Online	Office of Rare Diseases -- From the National Institutes of Health.	Quackwatch -- "Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions."

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Drugs and Alcohol
Prevline: Prevention Online -- National clearinghouse for drug and alcohol information.	National Institute on Drug Abuse	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Partnership for a Drug-Free America	NIDA for Teens

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Genetics
OMIM -- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. "A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders."	Virtual Library on Genetics	Gene Gateway: Exploring Genes and Genetic Disorders
Office of Rare Diseases -- From the National Institutes of Health.	Genes and Disease -- "A collection of articles that discuss genes and the diseases that they cause." From the National Center for Biotechnology Information.	DNA -- Companion to the PBS series.

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*Nutrition*
American Dietetic Association	Dairy Council of California

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*Cancer*
American Institute of Cancer Research	Oncolink -- Information about cancer from the University of Pennsylvania.	Understanding Cancer -- From the National Cancer Institute.
CancerNet -- From the National Cancer Institute.

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*Mental Health*
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill	Internet Mental Health -- "A free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long."	Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation
Mental Help Net -- "Dedicated to educating the public about mental health, wellness, and family and relationship issues and concerns."	PD Central -- "A list of resources for people who care about someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD)."	Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page -- "One of the Net's best annotated guides to the most useful Websites, newsgroups, and mailing lists online today in mental health, psychology, social work, and psychiatry."
PSYweb	Depression Alliance	Tourette Syndrome "Plus"
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)	American Psychiatric Association	Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)	American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	National Mental Health Information Center -- From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Dr. Ivan's Depression Central -- "Internet's central clearinghouse for information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders."	National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- "An educational resource concerning PTSD and other enduring consequences of traumatic stress, for a variety of audiences."	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Alliance
Seasonal Affective Disorder Association	National Sleep Foundation	National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
National Eating Disorders Association	National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders

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*Specific Diseases and Topics*
American Journal of Bioethics -- Learn about the ethical issues involved in cloning, genetics, stem-cell resarch, and more.	American Heart Association	American Diabetes Association
Repetitive Stress Injury Page	Tolerance.org -- From the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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