Health Links: General Information
Please note that the websites linked to this page are not a part of Granite Medical, and are not endorsed by our practice. Granite recommends that you consult your physician before making any medical decisions.
Health Organizations and Links
- American Association of Retired People (AARP)
- American Medical Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Social Health Association
- Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
- Centerwatch: lists clinical trials on diseases. Provides research summaries and contact information.
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- America's Health Insurance Plans
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Medscape
- PubMed
- Public Health Service
- Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
- Healthfinder - Quick and easy way to get information, from the U.S. government
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) - Access to announcements, databases, current research, publications, and grants.
- MedicineNet - An extensive medical reference with information on disease, First Aid, and poison control.
Alternative Medicine
- Alternative Medicine - provides links to information sources
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (at the National Institute of Health) Information about the latest complementary and alternative medicine research explores CAM healing practices.
Questions and Answers
Fitness Topics
Governmental Health Resources
- Center for Disease Control (Atlanta)
- Healthfinder: a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes for Health: links to the major federal agencies and health institutes.
- National Library of Medicine: provides access to the world's largest biomedical library. Easy-access site for general info: MedLinePlus
- World Health Organization
Drug and Medication Information
- Coumadin (crystalline warfarin sodium), is an anticoagulant which acts by inhibiting vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors.
- Dr. Koop's Drugstore
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Medicine Program This organization was established by volunteers dedicated to alleviating the plight of an ever increasing number of patients who cannot afford their prescription medication.
- PDRHealth PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
- Pharmaceutical Companies - Emergency Information Numbers
- The Virtual Drugstore
Nutrition
- The USDA/ARS Index of Food and Nutrition Internet Resources maintained by the US Department of Agriculture
- For Cholessterol.com
- Fast Food Finder - Get the skinny on how much fat is in your favorite fast food.
- International Food Information Council - Food safety and nutrition information including: food labeling, sweeteners, pesticides, and additives/supplements.
- Vegetarian Resource Group - This site includes vegetarian and vegan recipes, vegetarian and vegan nutrition information, vegetarian and vegan cookbooks, Vegetarian Journal excerpts, vegetarian travel information and even a Vegetarian Game.
- The DASH Diet - DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) was a research study designed to test the effect of dietary patterns on blood pressure.
- (CFSAN) - The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is a department of the FDA whose mission is "to promote and protect the public health and economic interest by ensuring that the food supply is safe, nutritious, wholesome, and honest, and that cosmetics are safe and properly labeled." Includes Information for Women on Food Safety, Nutrition and Cosmetics.
- National Eating Disorders Association
- Something Fishy's Eating Disorders A sensitive and comprehensive look at eating disorders, maintained by The Something Fishy Web page.
Online Medical Journals and Health Publications
- Home Medical Guide - Columbia University
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- New England Journal of Medicine
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Search Engines
- Health A to Z
- Medhunt
- Healthfinder: a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- WebMD