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National Library of Medicine & Health
Alt HealthWatch
This full-text article database includes over 150 alternative medicine and complementary health magazines, journals and proceedings. Among the publications available are several Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine journals. It focuses on complementary, holistic, integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
MedlinePlus
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine - this one-stop site contains many links to information published by government agencies about different health conditions and links to organizations, directories, dictionaries, and clearinghouses.
MEDLINE with FULL TEXT
MEDLINE with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,370 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those, more than 1,340 have cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE, and of those, 528 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection.
PubMed
This site was designed to provide access to the current MEDLINE and then link to full-text articles where available from citations retrieved. A nice feature of PubMed is the ability to link to "related articles" when you find an article on your topic.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Get up-to-date public health information on communicable diseases (e.g. hepatitis, AIDS, tuberculosis, etc.). Invaluable information can be obtained from the Traveler's Health section including travel advisories for specific geographic regions, disease outbreaks, risks and prevention strategies, plus immunization recommendations. Full-text access to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), reports on communicable disease.
Clinical Trials
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. Before searching, you may want to learn more about clinical trials and more about this Web site.
ClinicalTrials.gov
Information on current clinical research studies: purpose, location and participants of trials.
Consumer Product Safety Commission Home Page
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent U.S. Federal regulatory agency, works to reduce the risks of injury or death from consumer products by issuing and maintaining safety standards, educating the public, issuing recalls, and research.
DIRLINE
Directory of Health Organizations.
Healthfinder - Powered by Google
DHHS Healthfinder now offers a powerful site and new way to access and search for information on this database.
healthfinder™
The online consumer health information web site produced by the U. S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The site offers user-friendly access to its original material (core information such as fact sheets and frequently-asked-questions on top health concerns), and hyperlinks to Federal, state, local, university and nonprofit consumer health resources, online documents, discussion groups, electronic mail lists, and federal databases.
LOCATORPLUS
Books, journals and audiovisuals in the NLM collections.
National Health Information Center
Provides the Health Information Resource Database listing over 1000 organizations and government offices that provide health information upon request. This site contains synopses of the annual Partnership for Networked Consumer Health Information conference.
NIH Senior Health
This website for older adults was developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health.
NLM Gateway
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MedlinePlus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj.
Natural Disasters- NOAH New York Online Access to Health
Provides access to Basic Information about natural disasters, health and safety issues and Specific types of disasters including earthquakes, floods, storms, hurricanes, wildfires, landslides, etc.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more. It is accessible at the PCOM campuses and libraries. To get access outside of PCOM campuses, use the PCOM Secure Site or Campus Cruiser.
ProQuest Training Tutorials
Training on Medical Databases is highly recommended. Go to the 2nd column on this page and begin with the 5 and 6 minute tutorials.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Access to PMC is free and unrestricted.
TOXNET
Specialized Information Services, NLM, TOXNET, a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Safety information for drugs (for human and animals), cosmetics, food products, and medical and radiological devices. Free full-text of FDA Consumer magazine articles is available on the site (from 1995) and under the Health Professionals section you can access the Bad Bug Book (offering basic facts on food borne pathogenic organisms and natural toxins). The FDA Web Site Index is easy to use. Check under "Web sites" for links to non-government sites.
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Cancer Resources
CancerLit
Select NCI's bibliographic literature database (CancerLIT) or cancer education publications.
CancerNet
The U.S. National Cancer Institute's web site includes a wide range of accurate, credible cancer information such as peer-reviewed statements on many different types of cancers for patients and detailed treatment statements for health care professionals, covering state-of-the-art care. It contains cancer fact sheets and other publications. All information is updated regularly, reviewed by oncology experts, and is based on current research.
CANHELP, Inc.
CANHELP, Inc. is a fee-based service that provides extensive, current, individualized information packets to cancer patients. Look at the Cancer Patient's Bill of Rights by the director of CANHELP, medical writer Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.
Cansearch Online Guide to Cancer Resources
From the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship; a guided tour designed to assist the unexperienced in finding sources on the Net to get to cancer resources quickly so they can find answers to their questions and become more informed patients and caretakers.
OncoLink
The University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Resource web page. It contains an excellent collection of pages including information on specific types of cancers, cancer treatments, social and psychological support and coping suggestions, and recent research advances. It is updated every day and contains information at many levels from basic to in-depth.
PDQ Physicians Data Query
NCI's comprehensive cancer database provides a wealth of information through an easy-to-use menu-driven system -- from basic lay level explanations on diagnoses and treatments to state-of-the-art therapeutic approaches to a registry of clinical trials (usually treatment studies) for specific diagnoses. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of approximately 2,000 open and 13,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals and organizations that provide cancer care
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Obesity Database
Overeaters Anonynous San Diego Intergroup
San Diego Metropolitan "Obersity is bad for Business"
Health Central Bariatric Surgery (useful of exercise & Bariatric information)
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EBSCOhost Databases
This section displays the three databases available for users: AltHealth Watch, E-Journals and Medline with full text. To search within a single database, click the database name listed. To select more than one database to search, check the boxes next to the databases and click Continue.
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Drug Information Databases
Customary Medicinal Knowledgebase
This database seeks to collect Public Domain information on customary medicinal plant knowledge possessed by the Australian Aboriginal people.
DailyMed - Current Medical Information.
It is provided by the National Library of Medicine as a public service and does not accept advertisement. It is a comprehensive source, but you can't search across the entire collection.
Dietary Supplements Database
The Dietary Supplements Labels Database, free from the National Library of Medicine, includes information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands. Information is also provided on the health benefits claimed by manufacturers.
Drugs.com
An up-to-date source of drug information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products. Free on the Internet, a commercial site.
Drug Digest
Information on the use of herbs, drugs, and vitamins, and their interactions. Also includes overviews on a variety of health conditions. Available free on the Web from Express Scripts, Inc., the nation's largest independent pharmacy benefit manager.
MedlinePlus.Gov - Drugs, Supplements and Herbs
A service of the National Library of Medicine/ NI H National Institutes of Health.
PDR Health, Physicians’ Desk Reference
This is an A to Z arrangement of drugs from the 2011 PDR. Search by drug name, health condition or disease. The most Popular searches and conditions are listed in side box on right.
PDR.net
PDR Network, the leading distributor of drug labeling information, product safety Alerts, and REMS programs includes the Physicians' Desk Reference® (PDR®), the most trusted and commonly used drug information reference, PDR.net®, mobile PDR®, and PDR Drug Alerts, the only service providing electronic delivery of mandated safety Alerts to physicians and other prescribers.
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Other Health Databases
ACU Trials
Database created by Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. It contains randomized trials and systematic reviews of acupuncture. Data is obtained primarily from PubMed, Cochrane Library and OCOM library resources. The PCOM Library access is ID pcomlib, PW student.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
National Institute for Health Research Service NHS, Canada. This site includes access to information from Canadian government databases: DARE, NHS EED and HTA.
ClinicalTrials.gov
Information on current clinical research studies: purpose, location and participants of trials.
Cochrane Library
Independent, high-quality, evidence for health care decision making. Access from the PCOM campus and library. Do Not Need to Login, just search and retrieve abstracts and full text. How to use? Go to Learn Tab or Tutorial section.
E-Medicine
Medical information written by physicians for patients and consumers on important health topics. Start by clicking on a letter in our topics A-Z, visit a Health Resource Center, or use our search function
Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature using Google's familiar search engine. Not as precise as using a database like Ebsco or Gale, but can be a good starting point to help narrow down your search. Google Scholar's focus is mostly on the humanities.
Health Central
This is a comprehensive consumer health site with information on topics from A-Z, discussion centers, and the online advice of Dr. Dean Edell. Other features include personalized health profiles and advice about finding and using health information from an online librarian, Rochelle Perrine Schmalz, the founding medical librarian of the first Planetree Health Resource Center, (opened in 1981).
Health World
A colorful and healthful world is mapped out on this site offering both alternative and conventional medical information - including text on self-care approaches to common problems, excerpts from the classic Nutritional Influences on Illness, audio readings from the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, and links to the Merck Manual and Medline. The advisory board and authors are leaders in the fields of consumer health and complementary medicine. This site provides a fee-based Internet search service ($50/hr) that reviews web sites and includes a Medline search.
Healthy Roads- Staying Healthy Topics
Check side bar for additional helath topics.
Medscape
This site contains feature articles for health care professionals, patients, and families; and links to related clinical information. Access is free, but a one-time registration is required. They offer free Medline access and some access to full text journals. Updated weekly; email notification of updates is also available.
National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal
Provides the public, healthcare professionals and researchers with a gateway to current, accurate, and understandable drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. The Drug Information Portal offers a varied selection of resources and focused topics in medicine and drug-related information, with links to individual resources with drug information and summaries tailored to various audiences. General drug categories from MeSH are also included in the Drug Portal records.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
One of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the federal focal point for health research. The NIH website offers health information for the public as well as medical professionals.
NOAH New York Online Access to Health
Health Topics- Disorders and Conditions, Resources, Procedures
NOAH New York Online Access to Health
Index A to Z
OTseeker Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence
OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. OTseeker provides you with fast and easy access to trials from a wide range of sources.
Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)
PEDro is a free database of over 17,000 randomized trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. George Institute of Global Health, affiliated with University of Sydney, Australia.
Qigong and Energy Medicine Database
The Qigong and Energy Medicine Database™ is a collection of over 5000 abstracts collected by Dr. Sancier and the Qigong Institute over the past twenty years. It includes a database of Qigong dissertations.
Third Age
A site for older adults (the third age follows youth and the middle age) offering an online community for exploration of health and lifestyle issues through web site resources, community forums, chat rooms, personal stories and their own archives. Contains a marketplace of retail items (from books and cards to the gourmet items) and services (travel services, classifieds, real estate).
WebMD
Health A to Z Guide covers common health conditions. The site provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
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Fires and Disasters
Bioterrorism
Database from Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce. The links include: Biological/Chemical Agents & Other Threats | Emergency Response | Preparedness | Surveillance | Discussion and E-mail Lists | Education and Training | Grants and Funding
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 2010 IN San Diego Union Tribune, Sept 26, 2010.
A special issue published for San Diego residents with advice on how to prepare your family’s survival during possible disaster. Click on Site, Got to Sidebar on right and Click Arrows for content and to proceed to next pages
Disaster Recovery and Environmental Health links
Web sites from the NLM Specialized Information Services providing information on preparation for and recovery from disasters
Environmental Health & Toxicology- WILDFIRES
Environmental Health
Database from Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce. A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. Links include: Agencies and Associations | Children's Environmental Health | Hazardous Substances | Air | Water | Toxicology | Literature and Reports | Data Tools and Statistics | Education and Training | Legislation and Policy | Jobs and Careers
Environ Health- California Wildfires
Released by the National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services- This is a series of important web links to assist Californians and others affected by wildfires and poor air quality exposure. Scroll this link for numerous essential websites. Access is Free.
Wildfires: Center for Disease Control
Links maintained by the CDC for use by the public and health centers
Workforce Development
Database from Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce. Workforce development activities and resources for the public health workforce. Includes: Education and Training | Legislative Action | Meetings, Summits, Councils, or Conferences | New Workers Development Programs |Tools/Resources | Workforce Projects/Research
Incendios Forestales
Center for Disease Control, en espanol
Consumer Health Information from MEDLINE PLUS
Air Pollution
Asthma
Asthma In Children
Coping with Disasters
Disaster Preparation and Recovery
Lungs and Breathing
Natural Disasters
DISASTERS- EN ESPANOL
Incendios en California – información y asistencia del Gobierno
Preparación y recuperación de desastres naturales como huracanes, incendios, terremotos, otras emergencias y ataques terroristas.
Incendios Forestales
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
Proteger a su familia de los incendios (PDF, 360 KB)
FEMA
Recursos Federales Asisten A Los Residentes Y Bomberos En La Respuesta A Los Incendios En El Sur De California
FEMA
Seguridad contra incendios
Medlineplus en Español
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HIV/AIDS Resources
AEGIS: AIDS Education Global Information System
AEGIS is a non-profit, user-supported service containing, "the largest HIV knowledge base in the world." Contains a powerful search engine for locating scientific abstracts, news from major wireservices and articles written by persons living with HIV.
AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center (AETC NRC)
This website gives information on finding AIDS Education and Training Centers around the country, introduces new AIDS Education initiatives, and offers clinicians information on new drugs.
AIDS Info HIV/AIDS Information
This site, a Service of DHHS, includes numerous components with HIV/AIDS information treatment and prevention and research.
AIDSinfo Mobile-Index
Glossary
AIDS Resource Center
A resource guide which includes medical news, FAQs and other related information.
AIDS Treatment Data Network
Provides patient information on opportunistic infections, treatments, and advocacy.
American College Health Association
This site takes you to a list of links that are relevant to HIV/AIDS.
Being Alive / San Diego
General AIDS/HIV Resource for patients in the San Diego area.
Caring for Someone with AIDS at Home
Information for home caregivers from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) on the basics of care giving and how to protect themselves, provide emotional support, guard against infections and more. Includes an AIDS glossary.
CDC: HIV/AIDS Resources
More information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention.
CDC National Prevention Information Network
(formerly the National AIDS Clearinghouse) From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Centers For Disease Control
Clearing house for educational information (mostly provided free). Also gook links to other sites. Extensive database on research, statistics, MMWR, and clinical trial information.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) HIV AIDS Direct Links
This valuable site includes an A to Z list of information on HIV AIDS conditions and studies.
Critical Path AIDS Project--AIDS Treatment Information
The Critical Path AIDS Project was founded by people with HIV/AIDS to provide treatment, resource, and prevention information in wide-ranging levels of detail--for researchers, service providers, treatment activists -- but, first and foremost, for other people with HIV/AIDS who often find themselves in urgent need of information quickly and painlessly.
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Provides "fact sheets" on opportunistic infections and current antiretroviral treatments.
Healthy Roads Media
This site has created a number of new free health materials. There is a set of HIV/AIDS
materials in English and French, made possible with the support of the Specialized Information Services Division of theNational Library of Medicine. These short informative education programs on HIV AIDS include disease description, prevention and treatment.
HIV/AIDS
Database from Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce. The links include Associations and Organizations | Discussion and E-mail Lists | Grants and Funding | Health Data Tools and Statistics | Health Promotion and Health Education | Legislation and Policy | Literature and Guidelines
HIV InSite
AIDS Information resource from the University of California San Francisco.
HIV AIDS ITunes and IPad Apps Links
AIDSinfo Glossary
JAMA and Archives, HIV/AIDS
This site features various journal articles that cover a range of topics about HIV/AIDS.
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
Provides the latest on medical treatments & clinical trials, publications available, AIDS conferences & events, and more.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Provices fact sheets for patients on treatments, opportunistic infections and other related information.
Medibolics
Information related to AIDS Wasting Syndrome and use of nutrition, steroids, and supplements in managing it. Includes interesting information about Crix-belly and suggestions on how to deal with it.
Medline Plus
Medline offers a dictionary definition of AIDS and offers links to tutorials about different aspects of the disease-such as alternative therapy and disease management-and is also available in Spanish.
Medscape HIV/AIDS
This website offers easy access to information about resource centers, news, journals, and information from the industry.
National Institutes of Health
Provides information on HIV/AIDS, links to other government health agencies.
National Library of Medicine
Good link page to other sites. Provides clinical information, summaries of published research, extensive database for information searches.
Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH
Provides information on alternative treatments such as herbal remedies. Can order material for small fee.
A Positive Life
This site offers information about HIV, treating and living with HIV, and information for caregivers and ASOs (AIDS Service Organizations)
Project Inform
Provides patient information on treatments, therapies, and clinical trials. Has "what's hot" section covering latest treatments and developments in antiretroviral treatments. Produces many "position papers" for patients.
The Body
Provides information on treatments for AIDS related infections and antiretroviral therapies
UCSD AIDS Research Institute
The ARI is a research facility within UCSD; their website offers a chance for community members to donate to the research cause and also offers links to different AIDS affiliates around the country.
UCSD- Owen Clinic Information Resources
This link provides access to the University of California San Diego direct health information resources available through the Owen Clinic for HIV AIDS. There is a Complementary Medicine component, which includes information on multidisciplinary modalities of treatment including herbs, nutrition, life style, vitamins, drug interactions, etc.
La SIDA (AIDS) Bookmarks in Español(Spanish)
PlaneTree en Español
CDC National AIDS Hotline / La Línea Nacional del SIDA de los CDC VIH y SIDA
HIV | InSite | Hojas informativas
Clinical, Treatment and Research Databases
Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group Home Page
The mission of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Integrated Data System (IDS) is to support the ACTG Network through the effective use of internet technology to provide timely and valuable information to our global users, including: HIV/AIDS research networks, clinical research sites, pharmaceutical companies, laboratories, data management center, investigators, community members, and other organizations. The IDS is comprised of the public and member websites and a portal.
Community Programs For Clinical Research on AIDS
The Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) is an experienced community-based clinical trials network whose main goal is to obtain evidence to properly inform healthcare providers and people living with HIV on the most appropriate use of available HIV therapies in diverse populations across the spectrum of HIV diseases...
FDA: HIV AIDS OSHI Index
Produced by the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Special Health Issues
HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know
From the AIDSinfo Information Service, this document describes established and new treatment options.
MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources
Provides clinical information on point of care, published evidence, and reviews.
Nat'l Inst of Allergy and Infectious Disease: Div of AIDS
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.
Office of Minority Health, Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary's Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health. The Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH programs address disease prevention, health promotion, risk reduction, healthier lifestyle choices, use of health care services, and barriers to health care.
National Association of People with Aids (NAPWA)
NAPWA advocates for the lives and dignity of all people living with HIV/AIDS, especially the more than a million Americans who live with it today. NAPWA provides funding for public awareness programs, testing, treatment, and support services. They also educate legislators and policy makers about other issues people with HIV often have to live with – housing insecurity, substance abuse, poverty, homophobia, stigma.
The NAMES Project Foundation: The AIDS Memorial Quilt
Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. The web site includes information about The NAMES Project Foundation, a guide to making panels for The Quilt, interesting facts about The Quilt, a look at its history and more...
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Home Page
The Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) is the preeminent organization in the world for evaluating treatments for HIV-infected children and adolescents, and for developing new approaches for the interruption of mother-to-infant transmission.
The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network
The United Methodist Church has been responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis since the early 1980s. The General Board of Global Ministries has responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis through programs of awareness, care, and support.
HIV/AIDS Medical Indexes and Directories
Project Inform Home Page - HIV / AIDS Treatment Information and Advocacy
HIV treatment organization providing a free nationwide treatment hotline, as well as local and national educational meetings.
HIV/AIDS Forums and Support Groups:
Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Disease
We offer a variety of services, a few which are specific to women in the Bay Area and others that are inclusive of women throughout the state.
HIV/AIDS Medical News and Newsletters
Reuters Health Information Services
Reuters Health provides daily breaking news coverage of the global pharmaceutical, medical and consumer health sectors. Select "Medical News" and then use the search field to look for news on AIDS, etc.
HSLS Medical & Scientific News Resources
Providing news and announcements in resources like newsletters, lectures, and more.
CNN - Health
CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information.
AIDS Treatment News
Bog and current news on AIDS.
A&U America's AIDS Magazine Online
Artistic, literary, creative and cultural responses to the AIDS crisis.
HIV/AIDS Blog Center: Perspectives From the HIV/AIDS Community
Favorite columnists on AIDS topics selected by The Body.com
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