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If you experience any outages or errors
and are located in a branch please report
the problem to the Information Desk. If you are connected remotely
from home, please use our Webmaster contact
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Alternative
Medicine |
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Alternative
Medicine from Yahoo |
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Yahoo’s directory of alternative medicine
websites. |
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Quackwatch |
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Information about alternative health practices
and treatments. |
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Anne
Arundel County Resources |
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Anne
Arundel County Health Department |
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Local health services and issues, and
links to websites for both the layperson and the health professional. |
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Anne
Arundel County Medical Center (previously listed as Anne Arundel Health
System, Inc.) |
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Information about the Medical Center's
services, programs and affiliated doctors, along with related health
and wellness resources. |
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Baltimore
Washington Medical Center |
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Information about the Center and its related
services and activities. The site offers "Health Guides"
with consumer-friendly medical information and an online physician
referral service |
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Network of Care for Behavioral Health |
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This Web site is a resource for individuals, families and agencies concerned with behavioral and mental health. It provides information about behavioral health services, laws, and related news, as well as communication tools and other features. |
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Network of Care for Children & Family Services |
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Network of Care is a "No Wrong Door," highly interactive information site where consumers, community-based organizations and local children-serving agencies all can go to easily access a wide selection of resources and services throughout Anne Arundel County. |
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Directories:
Physicians, Hospitals, Hospices & HMO’s |
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American
Board of Medical Specialties Public Education Program |
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List of board certified specialists in
24 approved medical specialities. Although the information is free,
the site requires users to register and login. |
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American
Medical Association |
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The professional organization for doctors
in America with links to a Doctor Finder and Hospital Finder. |
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Board
of Physician Quality Assurance of Maryland |
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Licensing information and any complaints
about Maryland health professionals with a link to AMA Physician Select
that provides a similar service nationwide. |
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Health
Care Database |
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Find a doctor or dentist. Users can search
by location, specialty and name. |
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Hospital Compare |
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This government-sponsored site provides
information on how well hospitals care for their adult patients
with certain medical conditions. |
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Hospice and Pallative
Care (previously listed as National Hospice Foundation) |
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Site contains information on selecting
and evaluating hospice care. |
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Maryland Health --Go Local |
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Maryland Health Go Local is the link to local Maryland health programs and services in partnership with NLM’s MedlinePlus consumer health information website. It links to information for hospitals, nursing homes, support groups, adult day care centers, hospice care, substance abuse treatment centers, health screening providers and much more. |
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Nursing
Home Compare |
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Information about performance of every
certified Medicare and Medicade nursing home in the United States. |
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SmileFinder |
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Find a dentist in the United States or
Canada by searching location and specialty, including a map to the
office. |
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US
News.com Best Hospitals |
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Home of the annual US News and World Report
annual hospital review. Provides objective ratings of 205 hospitals
in 17 specialities. |
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Maryland
Health Care Commission |
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Source of the HMO Quality and Performance
Report and the Maryland Nursing Home Report Card and much, much more. |
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Diseases
and Conditions |
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Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy |
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Online version of classical print source. |
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Cancer
Care, Inc. |
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Online information and support for cancer
patients, their family and friends. |
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CancerNet |
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Information for the layperson, the health
professional, and the researcher, and with a glossary and a page for
kids, maintained by the National Cancer Institute. |
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National Institute of Mental Health |
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Click on “Health Information”
for descriptions of mental disorders, treatments and resources. The
webpage also includes info about mental health research, clinical
trials and downloadable NIMH publications. |
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People
Living with Cancer |
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A patient information web site of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology with information on 50 types of cancer,
clinical trials, coping skills, drugs, and side effects. Includes
a dictionary and patient support organizations, as well as chat &
message boards. |
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American
Diabetes Association |
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Information about preventing the disease
and living with diabetes host by this organization. |
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National
Diabetes Education Program |
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Cooperative effort by two government health
agencies to provide a wealth of information about the diabetes. |
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National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse |
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Goverment sponsored site with links to
many resources including Clinical Trials, Statistics and Treatments. |
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Drugs
and Clinical Trials |
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Consumer Reports Best Buy
Drugs |
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Learn about more affordable drug treatment options to discuss with your doctor from this free public education service from the nonprofit Consumers Union. |
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Clinical
Trials.gov
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National Institute of Health site provides
patients and families of patients current information about clinical
research studies. |
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PDR Health |
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Information on prescription and non-prescription
drugs, written in plain English and based upon information found
in the Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR). Also offers comprehensive
overviews of diseases and conditions, nutrition and clinical trials.
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General
Health |
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American Council on Exercise (ACE) |
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ACE is a nonprofit fitness certification
organization. Their website provides educational resources for
maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Click on the “Exercise library” for
articles and illustrated instructions on a variety of workouts. |
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Healia  |
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Consumer health search engine to find quality health information on the web. |
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Healthfinder |
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Health and Human Services site offering
information on general health and wellness issues. |
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Intelihealth.com |
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Consumer health information with searchable
symptom database, dictionary, drug information and more. Sponsored
by Aetna Insurance. |
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Lab
Tests Online |
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Medical organization site that describes
the purpose, limitations and meaning of the most common lab tests.
You can search by test or by ailment. |
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Mayo
Clinic.com |
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Mayo Clinic site with health and nutritional
information including a virtual cookbook. |
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Medicine
Net |
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Includes drug information, a medical dictionary,
and articles by health professionals about first aid, diseases and
treatments, procedures and tests. |
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Medline
Plus |
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National Library of Medicine access to
clearinghouses, organizations, information about health issues by
topic, and Medline search for article citations and abstracts. |
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Teen Health & Wellness |
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Information on diseases, drugs, fitness, mental health, etc. In-branch and remote access. For remote access click on "Log In with your Library Card" and enter your Anne Arundel Library Card number on the next page. |
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Health:
Magazine and Journal Articles. |
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Ebsco
Health Source: Consumer Edition |
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Allows searches for information on many
health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition,
childcare, sports medicine and general health. Searchable
full text for consumer health, general health, nutrition and professional
health care publications. Database subscription provided by Sailor.
For remote access, enter your library card # at the prompt. |
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Ebsco
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition |
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Allows searches of scholarly full text
journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Database subscription
provided by Sailor. For remote access, enter your library card
# at the prompt.
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Health
& Wellness Resource Center |
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Current full-text articles from periodicals and professional
journals as well as pamphlets, encyclopedias and web sites in the
health care field. Access to this database is available both in branches and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card number at
the prompt. |
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PubMed |
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Index to medical periodicals maintained
by the National Library of Medicine. Provides citations and abstracts
only. Articles are not fulltext. Ask a librarian to obtain the fulltext
of articles. |
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Health
Statistics. |
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Fast
Stats--National Center for Health Statistics |
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An excellent source for statistical information
on health issues from Accidents to Wyoming. Searches are alphabetical. |
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Nutrition
and Health |
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NutritionData's
Nutrition Facts Analyzer |
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Find nutritional facts and breakdowns for
fast food menu items and other foods. The nutrient search tool allows
you to find foods that are highest (or lowest) in specific dietary
nutrients. |
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Nutrition
Source |
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Created by the Harvard School of Public
Health, this website provides timely information on diet and nutrition.
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Senior
Health / Kid's Health |
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Medicare |
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U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
site with comprehensive information on Medicare.
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NIHSeniorHealth.gov |
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This site jointly developed by the National
Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine features health
information for seniors. |
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Kidshealth |
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Age-appropriate information for kids, teens
and parents on a wide array of topics about medical, emotional and
developmental issues.
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