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Available via the World Wide Web  CaringBridge
from the website: CaringBridge® is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization offering free personalized Web sites to those wishing to stay in touch with family and friends during significant life events. Our mission is to bring together a global community of care powered by the love of family and friends in an easy, accessible and private way. CaringBridge authors quickly and easily create personalized Web sites that display journal entries and photographs. Well-wishers visit the site to read updates and leave messages in the Guestbook.

Available via the World Wide Web  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on diseases and conditions, emergency preparedness, healthy living, traveler's health, workplace safety and much more.

Available via the World Wide Web  DIRLINE: Directory of Information Resources Online
Looking for a support group or research organization? DIRLINE is an online directory of over 8,400 health-related organizations, including educational institutions, government agencies, and advocacy groups. Searchable by keyword.

Available via the World Wide Web  EpiQuery: NYC Interactive Health Data
from the website: EpiQuery is a web-based, user-friendly system designed to guide users through basic data analyses on several datasets. SAS statistical programs run behind the online interface to provide real-time analyses. Users can run cross-tabulations and find point estimates with confidence intervals.

Available via the World Wide Web  familydoctor.org
Created by the American Academy of Family Physicians, this website provides information concerning diseases and conditions, medications, and resources for healthy living. Site includes a searchable family doctor directory and a dictionary of common medical terms.

Available via the World Wide Web  Health Hotlines
Toll free numbers from the National Library of Medicine. Online database of health-related organizations operating toll-free telephone services.

Available via the World Wide Web  healthfinder
From the Web site: healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,800 health-related organizations.

Available via the World Wide Web  Lab Tests Online
Provides a list of laboratory tests for various health conditions.

Available via the World Wide Web  MayoClinic.com
A wide range of health topics from an internationally recognized authority. News items, research updates, disease briefs, and prevention guidelines.

Available via the World Wide Web  MEDLINEplus
Provides links to current and reliable sources of information on hundreds of diseases and health care topics. The drug database is excellent. See also the medical dictionaries, advice on finding a doctor and the link to MEDLINE via PubMed.

Available via the World Wide Web  MedWeb@Emory University
MedWeb is a catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University. MedWeb's primary audience is the academic and research community at Emory, but it has an excellent Consumer Health section.

Available via the World Wide Web  Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Online edition of The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 18th ed. Intended for physicians and medical students, the Merck Manual is valuable for anyone.

Available via the World Wide Web  Merck Manual: Home Edition
Contains all the useful information of the manual above, but is written in non-technical language.

Available via the World Wide Web  My Community's Health
Created and maintained by the NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, this website makes available many different types of statistical reports and profiles on the health of New York City residents.

Available via the World Wide Web  National Center for Health Statistics: Fast Stats A to Z
This easy-to-use page provides an A to Z list of topics and short, easy to understand statistics on a wide range of topics. Each page links to sites where more comprehensive data can be obtained.

Available via the World Wide Web  National Institutes of Health: Health Topics
This easy-to-use site from a reliable source allows you to search for information by browsing, keyword, or by broad categories which include body systems, common conditions/diseases, health and wellness, demographic groups and procedures.

Available via the World Wide Web  NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
NOAH is a guide in English and Spanish to the latest health information and resources from volunteer and local governmental agencies and from other health sites on the Internet.

Available via the World Wide Web  Toll Free Numbers for Health Information
Toll free numbers for organizations that provide health-related information, education, and support. Some of the organizations use recorded messages; others provide personalized counseling and referrals. Most offer educational materials; some charge handling fees.

Available via the World Wide Web  World Health Organization
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. (from the website)