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Intelihealth
General information about kidney diseases and urologic diseases; includes health information from Harvard Medical School; free registration required.

Karolinska Institutet: Urologic and Male Genital Diseases
Provides links to information on urologic and male genital diseases, classified according to MeSH.

UROlog
a site for professionals in english and dutch, links to other sites, publications and organization,etc. free registration required for full access.

Urologychannel
Website is maintained by a Physician Board comprised of leading urologists; goal is to provide comprehensive information about all aspects of urologic conditions. Provides news stories, patient consultation and more.

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American College of Physicians position paper Inner City Health Care
In this position paper, the American College of Physicians seeks to highlight directions and innovations in public policy for inner-city health care with renewed determination that health care problems in the United States must be solved, especially in cities, where they are most extreme.

Public Health
Provides links to information on the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population.

Environmental Health, Occupational Health, and Toxicology
Supported by the National Library of Medicine, we provide access to websites reviewed by librarians with a specialization in the area of environmental health and toxicology. Topics include environmental health, occupational health, toxicology, and online journals.

Healthy People 2010
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service. Healthy People 2010 provides a vision for improved health for all Americans. Through a national process, people from across the country helped define, and are now pursuing, a prevention agenda for the Nation.

International Society for Urban Health
The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) is an association of researchers, scholars, and professionals from various disciplines and areas of the world who study the health effects of urban environments and urbanization.

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HSTAT
The U.S National Library of Medicine’s Health Services/Technology Assessment Text. From this page, you may search and retrieve full text materials from one or all of HSTAT’s various collections. Examples of the collections are: AHCPR’s Supported Guidlines and Technology Assessment and Review and NIH’s Clinical Studies and Consensus Development Programs

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American Psychiatric Association, Telepsychiatry Committee
Includes: Current Committee Activities, Programs, Publications, and their Position Statement on The Ethical Use of Telemedicine.

American Telemedicine Association
“The American Telemedicine Association is the leading resource and advocate promoting access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology … Established in 1993 as a non-profit organization.”

Center for Telemedicine Law, Washington, D.C.

Health Industry Business Communications Council
HIBCC is a nonprofit informatics standards development organization.

SatelLife
“Over the past fourteen years, SATELLIFE has been a leader in developing solutions to the everyday information needs of health professionals working in communities where AIDS and malaria are common place”

Telemedicine Information Exchange, Portland, Oregon
Created and maintained by the Telemedicine Research Center, the Telemedicine Information Exchange provides current news, research, and program information. Also offers a section on legal and ethical issues in the area of telemedicine

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About.com Guide to Sports Medicine
A collection of sports medicine sites.

Ackland Sports Medicine: Medical information
A collection of articles on sports medicine conditions.

cnn sports
Sports Illustrated headlines and news

National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA)
Information on the NATA organization and educational materials they provide.

NCAA Sports Sciences
Site contains educational information, Sports Medicine Handbook , Emergency Plan Template, drug testing and injury surveillance resources

The Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma
NISMAT is the first hospital based facility dedicated to the study of sports medicine. Featured here is a wealth of information on the Association’s research and publication activity as well as instructional sections on a variety of related topics.

Sport Information Resource Center (SIRC)
Includes a listing of sports events, sports and sports medicine organizations on the web. Can be searched by topic or sport.

SportsMed Web
This non-profit educational site is geared to endurance athletes, especially those participating in triathlons. Here you’ll find sections on stretching and strengthening, heat and hydration, the heart, injuries, nutrition, and ergogenic aids. Images depict appropriate stretches, diagrams of injuries, competition photos, and course maps.

Yale Sports Medicine Center
Includes a sport injury glossary, case studies related to sport injuries, tips on preventing injuries, and labeled anatomical images of the ankle, knee, elbow, and shoulder.

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Healthfinder
Healthfinder is a consumer health and human services information web site from the US government containing access to online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Healthy People 2010
The national prevention initiative to improve the health of all Americans, is the product of unprecedented cooperation among government, voluntary and professional organizations, business, and individuals. Health People 2000 is still available.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
A full-text version of the book which can be searched by section, index, or keyword. Seventeenth Edition, Published by Merck & Co., Inc.,

WebMedLit
A resource that tracks medical journals on the Web and PR Newswire to find articles and arranges the articles by topic. Topics include AIDS/Virology, Cardiovascular, Cancer/Oncology, Immunology, Medical Economics and Women’s Health.

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MedWeb: Preventive Medicine

Continuing Pharmacy Education
Pharmacy continuing education links from the University of Alberta.

Continuing Education

Basic Pharmacokinetics
An introductory textbook by Michael C. Makoid, Philip J. Vuchetich and Umesh V. Banakar. (Files are in Adobe .PDF format.)

HyperTox Web Page
An abridged, WWW version of a hypertext tutorial on clinical toxicology. Covers the toxicity of many commonly used drugs. The program and the page were designed by Andrew Dawson, a clinical toxicologist at Newcastle Mater Hospital, Newcastle, Queensland, Australia.

Online Course in Medical Bacteriology
A brief introduction by Mark Pallen, Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology at St.Bartholomews Hospital Medical College, London, UK.

PERI
Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute. A private company, established by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, that specializes in training the employees of PhRMA member companies.

Programmed Problem Sets in Pharmacology
Reviews of general pharmacokinetics, four common classes of drugs (autonomic nervous system agents, cardiovascular agents, antibiotics and general anesthetics) and pharmacological emergencies. A series of online problem sets from the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine.

Toxicology Tutor
An online tutorial on the basic principles of toxicology. Produced by the National Library of Medicine’s Specialized Information Services Division.

U. S. and Foreign Pharmacy Programs

A searchable database of schools of pharmacy.
Maintained at PharmWeb by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). This database has contact information and URL listings.

Virtual Library Pharmacy Page
This page has a listing of all of the Foreign and Domestic schools of pharmacy that maintain WWW sites.

Medical College of Wisconsin Palliative Care Center
The Palliative Care Center is committed to improving care for the dying in America through the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative education and clinical care programs.

Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG), University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
The purpose of this website is to facilitate public access to information about pain relief and public policy, including material published by the PPSG and other authoritative sources. PPSG, at the University of Wisconsin, addresses both domestic and international policy issues and is a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care.

Palliative Care Education & Research – Michigan State University
This web site, sponsored by the Cancer Center at Michigan State University, offers a variety of general and program specific resources.

Palliative Medicine Resouces on the Internet
This site from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Science provides helpful clinical and education weblinks, including access to their General Internal Medicine’s online course, Palliative Medicine, MED-880.

UPMC Comprehensive Palliative Care Program
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Palliative Care Program site includes a newsletter, resource links, and a case of the month.

All about Vision
A consumer’s guide to eye care and vision correction. Keyword searchable.

American Academy of Optometry, links to online resources
A directory of optometry links provided by the American Academy of Optometry (AAO).

EyeMAC’s Healthlinks
A listing of optometry and ophthalmology resources for health professionals, researchers, and patients

NASA Vision Science
A comprehensive listing of internet resources in vision science research. Links include conferences, discussions, laboratories, institutes, academic departments, jobs, post docs, training, organizations, directories, journals, software, products, images, mail & news, guides & FAQ’s, bibliographies & databases, clinical, and miscellaneous. Keyword searchable. Part of the WWW Virtual Library.

OPTCOM – Optometric Computing Homepage
From the Southern Council of Optometrists, inc. Links include conferences, digital grand rounds by CIBA, World Continuing Education Database, mailing lists, software, discussions, state organizations, jobs, classified ads.

Optometry.com
Forums and resources for patients. Additional resources and job listings for eye care professionals.

OSA: Optical Society of America
OpticsNet: Meetings, Optics and Photonics research,vision and color, bio-optics, optical technology, applications, and industry news

SLACK Incorporated Eye Care Internet Resources
Links to organizations, institutions, private practitioners and centers, publications, commercial sites, charitable and grassroots groups, governmental sites, listserves and newsgroups.

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