Tanker Bob's Links
to Medical Sites
General Medical sites
Medscape
- Outsanding site that collects relatively technical articles from a
variety of professional medical publications.
Great way to keep up with the latest developments.
Virtual
Hospital Home Page - Some interesting medical reference material,
for both patients and providers.
Family
Practice
Handbook: Contents - Handy family medical reference online. Good
source of basic information.
"Virtual"
Pharmacy
Center - Martindale's Health Science Guide - Incredible reference
base of pharmacology and medical
links, including tons of physiological background data. Includes links to
travel warnings. If you can't find it
from here, it's probably not on the net.
Mayo
Clinic - Tons of info on the net from the famous folks.
Medicine
Net - Network of doctors who produce comprehensive, up-to-date
health information for the public.
CDC Home
Page - Center for Disease Control - government source of statistics
on health.
HyperDOC:
U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) - Speaks for itself. An
extensive online library.
WebDoctor
- Internet navigator for practicing physicians. Contains peer-reviewed
info.
AMA
Home Page - From the folks who brought you bran muffins for your
own good. Stop here if you like a lot of politics
mixed with your medicine.
National
Institutes of Health Home Page - The government's official health
beaurocracy.
The
IBS Page - Irritable Bowel Syndrome Web Site. - Help for those
suffering from said syndrome.
The
Human Transcript Map - Link to the project that's mapping the human
genome. They have a ways to go yet!
Mental Health Sites
Internet
Mental Health - Free online encyclopaedia. Excellent source of
facts and information on general topics and
specific conditions. Service based in Vancouver, Canada.
Mental
Health Net - More good info on Mental Health issues. Lots of links
and tons of information available.
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Home - Help and support for
patients and families from those who've been
there.
NYU
Psychiatry Reference Desk - Vast collection of psychiatry links.
Pharmacological sites
RxList
- The Internet Drug Index - Another searchable, comprehensive drug
reference system, including drug interactions..
Pharmacology
Glossary - Complete list of terms and abbreviations from the Boston
University School of Medicine.
Psychopharmacology
Tips - Lots of info and tips on phychoactive medications.
Virtual
Drug Store - Another good prescription and non-prescription medicine
reference site.
Help for those victimized by "repressed memory" quacks
Elusive
Evidence - Site to help those falsely accused of abuse, often
"discovered" by recovering supposedly
repressed memories.
Elizabeth
F. Loftus University of Washington - Homepage of the doctor whose
clinical research blew the top off the repressed
memory scams. Good source of published papers debunking repressed memory,
ritual sexual abuse, and rampant false
diagnoses of multiple personality disorder.
Recovery Sites
Online
AA Resources - Alcoholics Anonymous, the folks who started it all.
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