GENERAL MEDICAL SITES

Quackwatch, operated by Dr. Stephen Barrett, provides insight into scams, lies, and half-truths that are rampant on the Internet, especially concerning medicine.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides free public access to MEDLINE.

Medscape Today is a comprehensive source of clinical information organized by medical specialty. A huge searchable database is available, including MEDLINE, drug information, and full text articles.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet is a good starting point for everything from support groups to planning leisure and travel.

The Medical Matrix contains many useful links, most of which have been recommended by physicians.

Healthfinder is a gateway to consumer health and human services information and was developed by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

MedWeb is a comprehensive medical database with an effective search facility hosted by Emory University.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) include a search tool that can retrieve all dermatologically relevant articles. For example, the 1992 consensus conference on the treatment and detection of malignant melanoma can be viewed.

PDR.net, created by Medical Economics Company Inc, provides American physicians with free online medical

information, including the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) index, MEDLINE searches, and archives of several medical journals.

WebDoctor is a comprehensive index of Internet resources for physicians, including several links for dermatology.

Yahoo! Health sites

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site includes the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and vital statistics, as well as information regarding health concerns and recommendations for international travelers.

World Health Organization (WHO)

The Food and Drug Administration site includes current US drug regulations, the orange book of approved products, and consumer drug information. This site is a useful source for information about food-borne illnesses, including Escherichia coli outbreaks, and the function of chemicals in cosmetics.

National Center for Biotechnology Information

A New Gene Map of the Human Genome

HospitalWeb includes links to web pages of hospitals, both in the United States and globally.

The Mayo Clinic has compiled medical information. For additional links, see the Mayo Clinic's Department of Dermatology. Information regarding melanoma clinical trials and staging also can be found.

Reuters Health Information Services offers daily medical news.

OncoLink (The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center) features extensive information on cancer for patients and health care professionals.

Cancer.gov is the National Cancer Institute's effort to provide accurate information about all types of cancer for patients and physicians.

American Cancer Society site includes useful information for patients with skin cancer.

Virtual Library Biomedical Page (Harvard)

CenterWatch: Clinical Trials Listing Service can help enroll a patient in a clinical trial. For example, the various trials concerning systemic lupus erythematosus are listed.

Best Doctors helps patients find information about, and access to, medical care. The site partners with HealthCentral, a consumer health information service that features the physician broadcaster, Dr Dean Edell.

BioMedNet is for biological and medical researchers and features a large library.

GeneTests genetic testing resource comes from the Children's Health Care System in Seattle.

The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man from the National Center for Biotechnology Information keeps updated information on over 10,000 disease entities. This is an excellent site to use for learning about the latest molecular defects known in diseases and is a searchable database.

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