Medical
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Doctor Directory
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About 500,000 doctors in their database
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Health News Directory
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Current news feeds updated hourly
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Health Plan Directory
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Health plans for all 50 states
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Hospital Directory
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Over 10,000+ hospitals searchable by zip code and city
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American Medical Association
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut
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BlueCard PPO Provider Finder
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For finding participating out-of-state providers.
General Information
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AARP
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Formerly the American Association of Retired Persons. Provides information on long-term care options as well as Medicaid basics.
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AllHealth.com
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Cancer.org
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Doctor's Guide to the Internet
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Besides including the updated medical news from conferences,
medical literature, newswires and the net, there are links to new
medical sites, news groups, lists, and a medical find of the week.
Lots of press releases on new drugs or indications, of course.
A powerful medical database that is easy to use makes this site
particularly helpful.
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HealthDirect
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Consumer health news and information on drugs, diseases and common
conditions. A check list of diseases we all have a higher risk of getting.
Health hotlines. Plus a consumer guide to getting better healthcare.
Updated daily.
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HealthMall.com
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Healthworks
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New health and medical information service aimed at
both health professionals and members of the public who require
in-depth health related information.
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International Health Care Volunteers
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The University of Massachusetts Medical School has compiled on-line files
of more than 100 international non-profits that are seeking health-care
professionals interested in volunteering or working overseas.
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The International Journal of Medicine
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The Managed Care Information Center
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Provides managed care management information including newsletters,
directories, books and special reports.
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Masterfile
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Includes the AMA's directory of physicians.
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Med Help
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High quality medical information in lay terminology about many illnesses.
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Medicare
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Details on Medicare's nursing home coverage.
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Medscape
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A new, free Web site for health professionals and interested consumers.
Practice-oriented information is peer-reviewed and edited by
thought-leaders in AIDS, infectious diseases, urology, and surgery.
Highly-structured articles and full-color graphics are supplemented with
stored literature searches and annotated links to relevant Internet
resources.
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Multimedia Medical Reference Library
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Searches for specific medical information.
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National Health Information Center
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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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National Library of Medicine
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National Organization for Rare Diseases
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New England Journal of Medicine
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The New England Journal of Medicine On-line includes the complete text of
many features of the print Journal and partial text of others. The current
issue is available on the Web every week beginning Thursday morning. Past
issues from January, 1995 on are also available.
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OncoLink
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"Almost everything about cancer can be found here."
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Oncology.com
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OnHealth.com
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Pharmaceutical Information Network
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The Virtual Hospital
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WebMD.com
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Your Health Daily
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Health and medical news from around the globe.
Includes news, features, analysis and columns
from a variety of news sources in the United States, Asia and
Europe, including Medical Tribune News Service.
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The WEBster Medical Sites
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Aging with Dignity
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Outlines questions to consider when writing an advance directive, which spells out the type of care you want if you're terminally ill.
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Americans for Better Care of the Dying
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News about end-of-life issues, such as legislative initiatives.
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Last Acts
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A comprehensive directory of resources on end-of-life issues for professionals and the public.
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National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
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Includes a program locator to help find hospice and palliative-care services.