Libraries
Health/Nutrition
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Searchable Databases | Health Agencies | Publications/Reports | Health Journals
Databases
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- You can look up health indicators by topic, geography, or initiative. There is a wealth of information here collected from many different agencies and databases.
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- The site houses maps and data at the county level for information dealing with food and nutrition issues, including food accessibility, physical activity, prices, obesity and diabetes rates, and more. You can download an Excel spreadsheet with lots of county-level data . Use the tabs at the bottom to navigate to different data.
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- Click on a state and get information for percent of the population on nutrient intakes, obesity and exercise.
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- This site organizes information on genomes (not just the human genome) including "sequences, maps, chromosomes, assemblies and annotations." You can browse buy organism and even submit a genome.
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- Find information on cancer types and treatments and much more.
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- Perform data set queries of CDC databases or view STD reports.
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- Nutrition tips, meal plans and recipes are available at this USDA site. You can also use the to create a personalized nutrition and fitness plan and track your progress over time.
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- Information on keeping food safe, storing it properly and food recalls and alerts.
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(National Institutes of Health)
- Lots of health information and links to databases, articles and research.
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- This search tool leads to health publications, databases, and both government and not-for-profit organization websites.
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- At this premier website you can search medical dictionaries and encyclopedias, hospital and physician directories, and a database of information (including side-effects and drug interactions) on prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
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- Your guide to nutrition and health information on Federal Government Websites.
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- Search the database of more than 9 million citations to medical articles. PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Agencies
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- ACF oversees many sub-agencies including AFDC, Children's Bureau, and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Find info on welfare reform, Head Start and other programs.
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- Includes the Aging Network; this site is a good resource for issues confronting older Americans with links to current law and legislation and statistical reports.
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- Lots of information on elder care, managed care, mental health, research, plus fact sheets for consumers.
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- Find health information, statistics on emerging diseases, and more.
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- Information on Medicare and Medicaid, statistical data, agency publications, and programs are few of the things you'll find here.
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- Link to Health Department agencies from here.
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- Find out what the FDA says about cosmetic products, drugs in the news and more.
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- Nutrition Assistance Programs from the USDA.
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- Cancer types, treatment, prevention, risk factors, survival rates and more.
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- Information abounds on genetic material/projects. Also find here various searchable databases.
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- Find out about various types of complementary and alternative medical practices and programs for research.
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- Find published reports and health statistics.
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- A good source for information on heart/blood/lung diseases including asthma, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and sleep disorders.
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- Find out about the Human Genome Project, human genetics, and policy and ethics issues surrounding the Project.
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- Link to the separate Institutes, Centers, and Divisions that make up the NIH, and browse an A-Z topic index or search for general health information.
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- The world's largest medical library, link to many medical databases from this site.
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- Link to SAMHSA's sub-agencies or find reports and statistical information. Get help for mental health and substance abuse problems.
Publications/Reports
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(Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporint System)
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Formerly Your Medicare Handbook
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World Health Organization Reports from 1995 to present.
Journals
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from Vital and Health Statistics
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(No. 1 to present)
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(Summer 1996 to 2008)
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(1992 to present)
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(1995 to present)
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(1976 to present)
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(4/89 to 4/95 text versions only; 5/95 to present in HTML)
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(Aug 1991 to present)
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(1982 edition to present)
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(Jan 1990 to present)
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(Feb 1983 to present)
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(July 1994 to July 1998)
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- MMWR (1982 to present)
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formerly (Aug 1998 to present)
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(Feb 1994 to present)
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(NHLBI--Aug 1995 to present)
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(1995 to present)
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(1992 to present)