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• Medical and Cardiology Links

Medical and Cardiology Links

Sites	Description
The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition	A complete home medical reference. This is an on-line version of the best-selling Merck Manual Home Edition. Created and provided free from Merck & Co., Inc.
The Alternative Medicine Homepage	The Alternative Medicine Homepage is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.
RxList.com	The Internet Drug Index- get information on medications.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis	Comprehensive medical information from a reliable source.
HSForum.com	The Heart Surgery Forum- a Cardiothoracic Multimedia Journal. A comprehensive and up-to-date surgery site
CTSnet.org	Cardiothoracic Surgery Network- another cardiac surgery site.
InteliHealth.com	Home to Johns Hopkins Health Information. Sign-up for the health related e-mail service. InteliHealth is a media company formed as a joint venture between Aetna U.S. Healthcare(TM) and the Johns Hopkins University Hospital and Health System.
LipidHealth.org	Excellent resource in lipid management for physicians. Offers slides, case-studies, and bi-monthly newsletters. Sponsored by the National Lipid Education Council(TM).
MedPed	If you have a diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), sign up at the MedPed Registry. Sponsored by theUniversity of Utah.
American College of Cardiology	Check out the Patient Education section. There is also a comprehensive listing of guidelines and consensus statement for physicians.
PubMed	Free MEDLINE literature search. You will be able to search the entire scientific literature! PubMed is a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Medscape	A comprehesive medical information site. Information overload...
WebMD	Another comprehensive online health resource for consumers and physicians. Physician membership by subscription only.
CNN Health	Heart related headline news from CNN and WebMD.
American Heart Association	More information on heart disease and stroke. Check out the Heart and Stroke A-Z Guide. Excellent patient education site.
	healthfinder® is a gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government.
drkoop.com	drkoop.com is a company led by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General. An excellent consumer health information site.
Quackwatch	Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions. Site operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D. Search this site for health informaton.

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