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This is a collection of web sites addressing health/medical/ nursing issues:

Licensing Information
News
Meta Sites
Education/Research Organizations
Health Statistics
General & Subject Specific Sites

Licensing Information

Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing - Information on licensing process, rules, and statutes. Check here for the status for your Utah license.

News

ReutersHealth - Reuters Medical News which is daily updated.

drkoop.com - "Our Web site is based on the vision of Dr. C. Everett Koop,the former U.S. Surgeon General, who believes that people should be empowered to better manage their personal health with comprehensive, trusted information. drkoop.com strives to be the most trusted and complete source of consumer healthcare information and services on the Internet."

Dr. Andrew Weil - Site of Dr. Andrew Weil, a leader "in the integration of Western medicine and the exploding field of alternative medicine."

Medscape Nursing - This site "offers the most comprehensive collection of authoritative and useful medical information and educational programs on the Internet." The site is free but you need to register.

Medical Breakthroughs - "Medical News from the world's leading medical centers and research labs."

Center Watch - This is the CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service. "You can use this web site to find a variety of information related to clinical trials. Our web site is designed to be a resource both for patients interested in participating in clinical trials and for research professionals."

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Meta Sites

Hardin MD - Nursing - Site that lists the best sites for nursing.

HealthWeb - "HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs."

HealthWeb - Nursing - This resource is a collaborative effort of the Taubman Medical Library, the School of Nursing at The University of Michigan, and the HealthWeb project. HealthWeb is a cooperative project of the Health Sciences Librarians of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region.

Allnurses.com - Resources about all aspects of the nursing profession.

The "Virtual" Nursing Center - The Martindale Health Science Guide provided by the University of California, Irvine.

CINAHL Information System - Provides information on selected World Wide Web Sites of interest to the health professions.

Resources for Nurses and Families - Site maintained by Dr. Diane Wink, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida.

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Education/Research Organizations

Lippincott Nursing Center - Excellent information about continuing education, career, associations, forum and much more.

National Institute for Nursing Research

Qual Page - Resources for qualitative researchers

The Nursing Theory page - Provides links to nursing theories.

ANA NursingWorld - Provides links to State Nurses Associations

Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)

Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN)

Web Site for Health Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics - NCHS is the Nation's main health statistical agency.

Health Services Information Center - University of Washington, Laura Larsson. Data sources are arranged by subjects!

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General and Subject Specific Sites

AEGIS - AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS) is maintained by the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It is the largest HIV related Web site which is daily updated.

AgingStats.Gov - "Web Site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics"

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - By the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

All the Virology on the WWW - "Seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet. We have collected all the virology related Web sites that might be of interest to our fellow virologists, and others interested in learning more about viruses. Additionally, we have created an index to virus pictures on the web, The Big Picture Book of Viruses, which also functions as a resource for viral taxonomy. A collection of some of the best Online Virology and Microbiology Courses available can also be found here, courtesy of Dr. Alan Cann. If you're interested in even more information, we have The Virology Bookshop, an on-line microbiology and virology bookstore with a significant discount for our users." (text by Garry Lab)

Alternative Medicine Homepage - "The Alternative Medicine Homepage is a jump station for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies." It is maintained by the University of Pittsburgh's Falk Library of Health Sciences.

Center for international health information - Site gives statistics on population, health and nutrition for many developing countries.

Food and Nutrition Information Center - An official cite of USDA (United States Department of Agriculture).

JAMA - Current issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

JAMA & Archives Collections - A topical index to articles in JAMA & Archives from January 1998 forward. Topics include Aging/ Geriatrics, Infectious Diseases, Men's Health, and Women's Health, and more.

MayoClinic - Site published by MayoClinic giving "Reliable Information for Healthier Life."

NP Central - Information for and about Nurse Practitioners

Oncolink - The best site for information about cancer. Look for the menu devoted to specific types of cancer.

Online BirthCenter - This site provides information about midwifery, pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.

Pathology Site - Great Images! "This electronic resource includes over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, and laboratory exercises that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated with human disease conditions." Created by Edward C. Klatt MD, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and by designated contributors.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Latest press releases from this government agency. Site has searchable archives.

Whole Brain Atlas - Images of the brain put on by Keith A. Johnson, M.D. and J. Alex Becker

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