Medical Websites of Interest

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Articles
"Certified" Therapist?
"The Autism Puzzle"
What is BCBA anyway?
What is the ABLLS-R?
ASD Evaluations
SLP & ABA
Sign vs. PECS
Diagnosis-Eligibility
Release Records
NAS on Autism
Hire an ABA?
ADHD or Sleep?
Sleep Tips
Aggression
Communication
FBA
NASP & FBAs
Rx data sharing
More than Rx needed
Social Maladjustment
A good Psych Report?

Links
Aspergers
Autism
Support Groups
Behavioral
Consumer Resources
Education
Learning Disorders
Medical
Psychology
Specific Disorders

The National Library of Medicine is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and offers a range of free information sources on medicine to the public. It is the world's largest medical library and creator of Medline/PubMed. Medline provides the public with access to a searchable database including information, references, and abstracts on medical and related topics from over 4500 biomedical journals.

Free evidence-based prescription information for the Palm OS distilled from primary sources and the latest treatment guidelines, with over 2,700 branded and generic drugs including:
    Adult and Pediatric dosing
    Interactions
    Adverse reactions
    Contraindications
    Off-label indications
    Mechanism of action
    Pricing/Packaging
    MultiCheck - Check for interactions among up to 30 drugs at a time
    DocAlert messages
    AutoUpdate - Drug updates daily
    Formulary Information

Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools. After a simple, one time, free registration, Medscape automatically delivers to you the specialty site that best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape home page to any of our specialty and profession sites. Some of Medscape's key features include: Physician Optimized MEDLINE, Over 250 on-line CME activities, .... and more. The result is a medical Web site rich in content, broad in appeal, and high in quality."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide a wealth of medical information to the public. Their Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New topics are added on an ongoing basis.

The FDA site has sections on Drugs, Foods, Medical Devices, Biologics, Cosmetics, and other products that it regulates. The website is fully searchable and has a wealth of information on medications be they prescription or over-the-counter.

The National Institutes of Health website offers a variety of information from each of its various Institutes. Access is provided free of charge to Medline and other searchable databases on medical topics. This includes access to information on current research programs and projects underway that are funded via NIH and its various institutes.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. Before searching, you may want to learn more about clinical trials.

"Welcome to MEDLINEplus, a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MEDLINEplus is updated daily and can be bookmarked at the URL: medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MEDLINEplus endorse any company or product."

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