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GENERAL HEALTH SITES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
FamilyDoctor.org
www.familydoctor.org
This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.
Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com
Easy to use website for general health information
MedlinePlus
www.medlineplus.gov
Trusted health information provided by National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine.
PDRHealth.com
www.pdrhealth.com
The PDRhealth site offers consumer-friendly explanations of disease states and conditions as well as the safe and effective use of prescription and non-prescription
drugs as well as herbal medicines. Operated by Physician's Desk Reference
Quackwatch
www.quackwatch.org
A guide to health fraud and quackery to help the user make informed medical decisions.
WebMD
www.webmd.com
Easy to use website for general health information.
DRUGS & MEDICATIONS
PDRHealth.com
www.pdrhealth.com
The PDRhealth site offers consumer-friendly explanations of disease states and conditions as well as the safe and effective use of prescription and non-prescription
drugs as well as herbal medicines. Operated by Physician's Desk Reference
RXAssist
www.rxassist.org
Patient assistance programs are run by pharmaceutical companies to provide free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine.
FOOD SAFETY & NUTRITION
Food Safety.gov
www.foodsafety.gov
Nutrition.gov
www.nutrition.gov
Provides reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating & physical activity from across the Federal government.
Office of Food Protection Inspection Report Access Page
food.ri.digitalhealthdepartment.com
The Rhode Island Department of Health's inspection reports on the state's restaurants.
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
www.yaleruddcenter.org/legislation
Search for food policy and obesity legislation filed by states and by Congress. Bill
status is monitored, and the database is updated regularly.
HEALTH REFORM
Healthcare.gov
www.healthcare.gov/
Government portal on healthcare.
Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Reform
healthreform.kff.org/
A comprehensive and easy to understand summary of the new Health Reform Law.
RESEARCH
Clinical Trials
clinicaltrials.gov/
A registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content
from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AGENCIES & INFORMATION
Rhode Island Department of Health
www.health.ri.gov/
Doc Finder
www.docboard.org/ri/df/search.htm
The RI Department of Health's Doc Finder gives background information on RI physicians.
Rhode Island Durable Healthcare Power of Attorney
www.riag.state.ri.us/documents/reports/healthcare/power_of_attorney.pdf
SENIOR HEALTH
MySeniorCare.com
www.myseniorcare.com
The leading online source for timely and professional information on home health, senior assisted living, hospice care and more.
NIH Senior Health
nihseniorhealth.gov/
Health information for seniors by the National Institute of Health
SPECIFIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
CANCER
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
ebrary Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center
site.ebrary.com/lib/breastcancer/home.action
ebrary's Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center features a range of authoritative
fact sheets, posters, and other materials from government agencies such as the National Cancer Institute, National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (U.S.), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, United States Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women's Health, and other authoritative sources.
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
www.cdc.gov//cancer/nbccedp
National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
www.komen.org
CELIAC DISEASE
Celiac Disease Foundation
www.celiac.org
DIABETES
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
www.jdrf.org
MedlinePlus Diabetes Page
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
Trusted diabetes information provided by National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine.
Rhode Island Dept. of Health Diabetes & Prevention Control Program
www.health.ri.gov/disease/diabetes/index.php
HEART DISEASE
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
SWINE FLU
EBSCO Publishing Influenza Evidence-based Information Portal
www.ebscohost.com/flu/
Due to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza (formerly known as Swine Flu) and concerns about
the 2009/2010 flu season, the EBSCO Publishing Medical and Nursing editors of DynaMedT, Nursing Reference CenterT (NRC) and Patient Education Reference CenterT
(PERC) have made key influenza information from these resources freely available to health care providers worldwide.
Flu.gov
www.flu.gov
Updated flu information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Rhode Island Department of Health Swine (H1N1) Flu information
www.health.ri.gov/flu
Swine Flu Information
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/swineflu.html
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