American Heart Association

  • Here you'll find the most comprehensive information on heart disease and stroke as well as late-breaking news.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • Check out the "In The News" Section where you will find a link to "Disease Links". Here you will find enormous amounts of information on many diseases. If you plan to do any traveling, be sure to check out their "Travelers' Health" section.
Deaf World Web.
  • This is a great site where you can find the ASL (American Sign Language) dictionary on-line. The site is not only for adults, but great for deaf children where they can find penpals, arts, stories and more. They have a section for products and services for the deaf as well. If you are deaf, or, you know someone who is, check out this great site.
healthfinder™
  • This is a great site that will lead you to hundreds of Health and Medical sites. The site is updated often and has very good information on a huge variety of subjects.
Healthy Way.
  • After having surfed the Net for over a year, Healthy Way has indexed over 9,844 Medical and Health related links! This is GREAT site and one you should make a point on visiting.
National Eye Institute (NEI).
  • Eye Disease Information for Patients. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with an eye disease, they provide brochures that will provide information on symptoms, treatment, prognosis, and research.
National Cancer Institute.
  • The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the government's cancer research program. NCI is the largest of the 17 biomedical research institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). You may want to check out these two links found on their site.
    • Public: Information on cancer topics for the general public, for health educators and communicators, and for students and teachers.
    • Patients: This site is designed specifically for people with cancer and the people who care about them. It is a place to come back to continuously throughout diagnosis, treatment, and coping. They have much more information on their site as well. This is a great place to begin you research.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • In their "Health-Related Information" section, you will find topics like:
    [ Cardiovascular Information ], [ Lung Information ], [ Blood Information ], [ Sleep Disorders Information ] [ Other Health Information ], [ List of Publications ], [Information Center ] [ Studies Seeking Patients ] and others.
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
  • NHGRI is one of 24 institutes, centers, or divisions that make up the NIH, the federal government's primary agency for the support of biomedical research. The collective research components of the NIH make up the largest biomedical research facility in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To carry out these diverse duties, NHGRI is organized into several administrative units including: the Office of the Director, the Division of Extramural Research, and the Division of Intramural Research.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • The NICHD conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and populations.
National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR)
  • Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Genetic Diseases and just about anything else you want to know in the Dental area.
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases.
  • Fact sheets, brochures, newsletters, easy-to-read publications, health education campaign materials, and lists of resource organizations. Choose from the following categories: Diabetes, Digestive Diseases, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Hematologic Diseases, Kidney Diseases, Nutrition and Obesity, Urologic Diseases.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institutes of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases.
  • The NIAMS conducts and supports basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research and research training and disseminates information on many of the most debilitating diseases affecting the Nation's health. These diseases include the many forms of arthritis and diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and the skin. The Institute also conducts and supports basic research on the normal structure and function of joints, muscles, bones, and skin. Basic research involves a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including immunology, genetics, molecular biology, structural biology, biochemistry, physiology, virology, and pharmacology. Clinical research addresses the fields of rheumatology, orthopedics, dermatology, metabolic bone diseases, heritable disorders of bone and cartilage, inherited and inflammatory muscle diseases, and sports medicine.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  • The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Nation's outstanding institute for research on environment-related diseases, from A to Z.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
  • NIGMS supports basic biomedical research that is not targeted to specific diseases, but that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
National Institutes of Health.
  • The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • Public Information on specific mental disorders, diagnosis and treatment, "Mental Illness in America", Consensus Conference proceedings, NIMH long range plans & research reports, publications order forms, quicktime videos, information on the DEPRESSION Awareness, Recognition, & Treatment (D/ART) and the Anxiety Disorders Education Program, and other resources (también publicaciones en Español para pacientes y el público en general).
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  • Neurological Information and Publications from NINDS Office of Scientific and Health Reports. You will find information on subjects like:
    Adrenoleukodystrophy, Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, AIDS, the neurological manifestations of Alexander's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Anencephaly, Angelman Syndrome, Anoxia/Hypoxia, Arachnoiditis, Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), Asperger's Syndrome, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism (fact sheet), Autism (mini fact sheet), Back Pain, Behcet's Disease, Batten Disease, Bell's palsy, Binswanger's Disease, Brachial Plexus Injuries, Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries, Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Canavan Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Central Pain Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder (CMT), Chiari Malformation, Coma including Persistent Vegetative State, Corticobasal Degeneration, Craniosynostosis, Dandy Walker Syndrome, Dermatomyositis, Diabetic Neuropathy, Dysautonomia, Dystonias, Dyslexia, Encephalitis/Meningitis, Epilepsy (fact sheet), Epilepsy (mini fact sheet), Fabry's Disease, Febrile Seizures, Gaucher's Disease, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Hallervorden-Spatz Disease, Headache (fact sheet), Headache: Hope Through Research (brochure), Hemifacial Spasm, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Huntington's Disease, Hydranencephaly, Hydrocephalus, adult-onset, Hydrocephalus, childhood onset, Inclusion Body Myositis, Incontinentia Pigmenti, Infantile Spasms, Joubert Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Learning Disabilities, Leigh's Disease, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, Lissencephaly, Locked-In Syndrome, Lupus, the neurological sequelae of Lyme Disease, the neurological sequelae of Menkes Disease, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Microcephaly, Mitochondrial Myopathies, Mobius Syndrome, Multi-Infarct Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Myasthenia Gravis, Myoclonus, Narcolepsy, Neurofibromatosis, Niemann-Pick Disease, Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (OPCA), Orthostatic Hypotenison, Parkinson's Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease, Periodic Paralyses, Peripheral Neuropathy, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Pick's Disease, Pituitary Tumors, Polymyositis, Post-polio syndrome (PPS), Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Pseudotumor Cerebri, Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type I, Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type II, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, Restless Legs, Rett Syndrome, Reye's Syndrome, Sandhoff Disease, Schizencephaly, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Shingles (Herpes Zoster), Shy-Drager Syndrome, Sjogren's Syndrome, Sleep Apnea, Spasticity, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury: Emerging Concepts---An NIH Workshop (report), Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Stiffman Syndrome, Stroke, Stroke in Children, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Sydenham Chorea, Syncope, Syringomyelia, Tardive Dyskinesia, Tay-Sachs Disease, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Tremor, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Tuberous Sclerosis, von Hippel-Lindau Disease, William's Syndrome, Wilson's Disease, Zellweger Syndrome .
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
  • The National Institute of Nursing Research supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span--from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. According to its broad mandate, the Institute seeks to understand and ease the symptoms of acute and chronic illness, to prevent or delay the onset of disease or disability or slow its progression, to find effective approaches to achieving and sustaining good health, and to improve the clinical settings in which care is provided. The NINR's research extends to problems encountered by patients, families, and caregivers. It also emphasizes the special needs of at-risk and underserved populations. These efforts are crucial in translating scientific advances into cost-effective health care that does not compromise quality.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  • The Public Information Office at the National Institute on Aging produces science-based educational materials on a wide range of topics related to health and aging. Topics cover specific diseases and health conditions, treatments, and research. The materials are for use by the general public, patients and family members, health professionals, voluntary and community organizations, and the media.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, commonly referred to as ETOH is an online bibliographic database containing over 100,000 records on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. They have a great many other related publications on alcohol related subjects as well.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
  • At the NIDCD, biomedical and behavioral research and research training is conducted and supported in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language that affect 46 million Americans. Disorders of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language affect more than one in ten Americans. To broaden the dissemination of information about disorders of human communication, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) established the NIDCD Information Clearinghouse in 1991 which you can find on their site. The Clearinghouse develops health-related materials such as directories, information packets, fact sheets, and pamphlets about deafness and communication disorders.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • Just about anything you need to know about abusive drugs may be found on this site. Recent scientific advances have revolutionized our understanding of drug abuse and addiction. The majority of these advances, which have dramatic implications for how to best prevent and treat addiction, have been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. NIDA supported science addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, ranging from the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research.
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  • You may search Medline, the on-line medical information database. This is a good site.
Pharmaceutical Information Network.
  • Patients, consumers, and physicians are turning increasingly to the Internet for guidance about health and medicine. If you are looking for pharmaceutical information, this is the first site you may wish to check.