Medical: Health

CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS - Independent

• Amedeo.com Offers free access to medical studies from hundreds of journals.
• Centerwatch Lists over 41,000 active studies, and summarizes completed trials.
• ClincalTrials.gov Lists more than 10,000 trials, with links to completed studies.
• DrugDigest Free site produced by Express Scripts, a company that manages pharmacy benefit programs.
• Drugs.com Free advertiser-supported drug information site.
• DrugWatch.com Comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.
• FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Turn up drug issues information raised in advisory committee hearings, especially those held around the time of a drug's approval.
• FDA Drug Safety and Side Effects Links to websites containing information regarding warnings and other issues about specific drugs.
• MedlinePlus Links to PubMed, a database site with citations and abstracts from nearly 4,500 journals world-wide.
• MedWatch Offers safety information on drugs and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• National Cancer Institute Lists open cancer trials; links to latest results with easy-to-read summaries.
• National Library of Medicine Offers abstracts and citations from professional articles.
• Office for Oregon Health Policy & Research Compares the safety and effectiveness of various drugs by reviewing drug research.
• TrialsCentral Links to summaries of evidence from trials around the world.
• WebMD Medical news site.
• Worstpills.org Warns about drugs that the advocacy group, Public Citizen, considers risky. Charges for some content. Offers subscription newsletter, Worst Pills, Best Pills News.

CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS - Company Sponsored

• GlaxoSmithKline Listing of clincal drug trial test results
• Eli Lilly Lists results for eight products, with more coming. The site will disclose all trial results on marketed products finished after July 2004.
• ClinicalStudyResults.org Offered by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Test results posted by drug makers on a voluntary basis.

DRUG INFORMATION

• AARP "Choosing the Right Prescription Drug"
• Consumer Union's "Best Buy Drugs"
• Oregon's project reports

GENERAL REFERENCE

• ACOR Offers information about cancer through 70 online support groups.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• DrGreene.com Offers medical advice for problems in children in an almost-daily Web chat format with a real doctor.
• Fertility Friend Provides useful tools such as fertility charts and a place to keep track of tests, appointments, menstrual cycles, and other issues.
• Healthfinder Consumer-oriented government health site.
• LPN to BSN Online LPN To BSN Online.org is a proven resource for current licensed practical nurses (LPNs) who want to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree online.
• MedlinePlus Offers lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, extensive information on prescription/nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials; a good source of up-to-date health information from the world's largest medical library.
• PARAMEDICtoRN.org is dedicated to helping students find the right degree program that fits their academic and career plans. So if you're interested in becoming an RN and working in the healthcare industry, you've come to the right place.
• World Health Organization
• Your Disease Risk Site for assessing your risk for certain diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and stroke.

MEDICAL SUBJECT AREAS

Cancer

• American Cancer Society Offers the NexProfiler Tool for Cancer, an interactive decision-making tool that helps patients get analysis of their specific condition and a breakdown of treatment types and outcomes.
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Offers trial information and an oncologist database.
• Association of Cancer Online Resources More than 150 online chat groups where cancer patients often offer help and suggestions to other members.
• CancerTrialsHelp.org Offers nationwide locations of open clinical trials.
• Centerwatch Lists clinical trials, clinical research, and new drug therapies in research and approved by FDA.
• National Cancer Institute Lists clinical trials open around the country.
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Provides information and links to sites by cancer type.
• National Pancreas Foundation Provides most current information on diagnostic tools, medical and alternative treatments, a directory of physicians who specialize in pancreatology, and clinical trials.
• Oncolink Offers information on cancer treatments and research advances.
• The Lustgarten Foundation Distributes a comprehensive handbook which offers up-to-date information on pancreatic cancer, clinical trials and support resources as well as a listing of Comprehensive and Clinical Cancer Centers.

Cholesterol

• The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)

Heart

• American Heart Association
• National Stroke Association