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GENERAL HEALTH WEBSITES:
Health.com – diseases & conditions, nutrition, mental health, fitness: http://www.health.com/health
Health finder – variety of health topics: http://healthfinder.gov/
Insure Child Safety - cyber, drug, alcohol, fire and car safety: http://usinsurancenet.com/insure-child-safety/
Internet Health Directory - provides links to many health and medicine sites: www.internet-health-directory.com
Kidshealth.org – variety of teen health topics: http://kidshealth.org/teen
Magill's Medical Guide and Salem Press Cancer databases: http://health.salempress.com
Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical/HomePage
msn Health & Fitness - information about fitness and nutrition: http://health.msn.com/
National Health Information Center: http://www.health.gov/nhic
National Health Information Center publications - access to national health observances, federal health information centers, phone numbers, websites, and more: www.health.gov/nhic/pubs/default.htm
National Institutes of Health – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: http://www.nih.gov
Tox Town: Environmental health concerns and toxic chemicals where you live, work and play - covers consumer health through newswires, interactive tutorials, medical encyclopedia, drug info and more: www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov
WebMD – health, mind & body, diet, diseases: http://webmd.com
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
DISEASES & DISORDERS:
American Heart Association – heart conditions:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Conditions_UCM_001087_SubHomePage.jsp
American Lung Association – lung diseases: http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
Clinical Trials.gov: U.S. National Institutes of Health – provides information on clinical studies for many diseases and conditions: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Disease Resources – conditions and diseases: http://www.disease-resources.com/
How Stuff Works: Health Discovery - diseases and conditions: http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions
Magill’s Medical Guide and Salem Press Cancer database: diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues. Also includes recent developments in medicine. Salem Health: Cancer, is an A-Z encyclopedia for patients, with information about 835 topics in cancer: http://health.salempress.com/
Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Clinical Informatics – consumer health information: http://www.mcw.edu/clinicalinformatics/healthlink.htm
Medline Plus – trusted health informationhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: National Institutes of Health – provides access to recent biomedical research publications concerning human subjects: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
National Rehabilitation Information Center: http://www.naric.com/
HEALTH & YOUR BODY:
American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance: www.aahperd.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BAM – nutrition: http://www.bam.gov
Dotti’s Weight Loss Zone – calorie counts & nutritional information: http://www.dwlz.com/links.html
Fitness.gov – President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition: www.fitness.gov
Food Insight: International Food Information Council Foundation – nutrition and food safety: http://www.foodinsight.org
Gillette Children’s Hospital - click on brain map & see how the brain works:http://gillettechildrens.org
Just Move – American Heart Association: www.justmove.org
Keep Kids Healthy – parenting tips: http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/parenting_tips/index.html
McDonalds – look up some nutrition facts: www.mcdonalds.com
MedlinePlus – Nutrition: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nutrition.html
Melpomene.org: Women Health Resources – fitness & diet for females: http://melpomene.org
MyPyramid.gov: United States Department of Agriculture – customized food pyramid:http://mypyramid.gov
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - figure out your bmi: www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - heart, cholesterol, high blood pressure information: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan
Nutrition Explorations: www.nutritionexplorations.org
Nutrition Navigator Archives: http://navigator.tufts.edu/
Saint Paul Public Schools Café - look up some nutrition facts for our school cafeteria: http://www.sppscafe.org/home.html
SmallStep.gov - small steps towards better health: http://www.smallstep.gov/
Teen’s Health – food & fitness: http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/
ThinkQuest – nutrition & exercise for teens: http://library.thinkquest.org/10991
United States Food and Drug Administration - food storage: http://www.fda.gov
Usborne Quicklinks – Type: Library of Science in the search bar. Select: Human Body. Type: page 18. When you are done, try page 20: http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_homepage.asp
Vitamins & Nutrition Center - provides information on vitamins, nutrition, and vitamin research: www.vitamins-nutrition.org
HEALTH & YOUR MIND:
Internet Mental Health: http://www.mentalhealth.com/
MentalHelp.net: http://www.mentalhelp.net/
National Institute of Mental Health – defines several mental illnesses and provides information on how to get help : http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) – suicide and depression information: http://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=7049F2F1-C9C4-C392-588484F7906539D6
Stress Help Center – defines causes of stress and how to manage it: http://www.stresshelpcenter.com/
United States Department of Veterans Affairs – Suicide Prevention: http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/
WebMD – Stress Management Health Center: http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/stress-management-topic-overview
CHEMICAL HEALTH:
Above the Influence – for teens, provides information about drugs and how to handle the peer pressure involved: http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/
Alcohol Screening.org – how much is too much? http://www.alcoholscreening.org
American Council for Drug Education – fact sheets on alcohol and drugs: http://www.acde.org/common/Contents.htm
Amen Clinics, Inc. – research on the brain and the effects of drugs: http://www.amenclinics.com/
The Cool Spot – for teens, provides information on alcohol use and abuse:http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
Drug Free.org – information on drugs and how to get help to stop using:
Drugs.com – provides information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicine and natural products. Includes pill identification and drug interaction program: http://www.drugs.com/
Drug Report - how to talk to kids and teens about drugs. Includes cited research articles on key factors and the impact of several drugs and alcohol. https://www.drugreport.com/talking-to-children-and-teens-about-drugs/#sources-links
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University – research on substance use/effects: http://www.casacolumbia.org/templates/Home.aspx?articleid=287&zoneid=32
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx
National Institute on Drug Abuse – science of drug abuse and addiction: http://drugabuse.gov
Smoke Free Kids – anti-tobacco: http://smokefreekids.com/schools.htm
Streetdrugs.org – recognizing them and getting help to stop using: http://www.streetdrugs.org/
FAMILY LIFE, SEXUALITY & SOCIAL HEALTH
The Global HIV/AIDS Timeline – Kaiser Foundation: http://www.kff.org/hivaids/timeline/hivtimeline.cfm
Healthcommunities.com – teen pregnancy: http://www.womenshealthchannel.com/teen-pregnancy/index.shtml
HIVpositive.com – information on AIDS: http://www.HIVpositive.com
Minnesota Family Council: http://mfc.org
Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention & Parenting: http://moapp.org
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm
HEALTH & SOCIETY:
Ad meter – USA Today’s yearly meter of favorite Super Bowl ads: http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/admeter/2010-02-07-results-chart_N.htm
Dove’s campaign for real beauty worldwide - video on how models are distorted for marketing: www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/
Global Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.globalhealthfacts.org
Government Health policies – Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kff.org
Media Awareness Network – media literacy and digital literacy resources http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/marketing/index.cfm
Media literacy.com – media & consumerism: http://www.medialiteracy.com/index.htm
Reduce.org – how to reduce waste: www.reduce.org
Rethink Recycling – Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board: http://www.rethinkrecycling.com/
State Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.statehealthfacts.org/
Will Steger Foundation – climate education, green tips and more: http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/
REFERENCE WEBSITES:
Citizendium.org – experts and professionals writing about their expertise: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page
How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Ipl2.org (Internet Public Library and Librarians’ Internet Index) – general information: http://www.ipl.org/
Reference.com – provides links to several reference sites: www.reference.com
Wikipedia – general information not necessarily written by experts: http://wikipedia.org
**The following links are purchased databases (citations provided for you):
Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO database) - focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes full text articles for over 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports, hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts covering alternative medicine. Indexing and abstracts go back as far as 1984, and full text as far back as 1990. Under “Limit your results” select FULL TEXT:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=awh
Ethnic NewsWatch database - ethnic magazines & newspapers. Click FULL TEXTDOCUMENTS ONLY box:http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=306&DBId=14398#sform
Gale Group Discovering Collection database - magazines, newspapers & books:
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC;jsessionid=86B8BD3AA0576E40679BB6F66BBDC15F?locID=mnkspps
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO database) – magazines, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, videos:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=chc
*Gale Kids InfoBits database - magazines, newspapers & books:http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?locID=mnkspps
Gale Student Resources in Context database – magazines, newspapers, videos, audio & books:http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnkspps?db=SRC-1
Gale Virtual Reference Library database – reference information on diseases and health:http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=stpaulps
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO database) - consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Under “Limit your results” select FULL TEXT:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hxh
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO database) - provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. Under “Limit your results” select FULL TEXT:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hch
*Kids Search (EBSCO database) – magazines, newspapers & books:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=srck5
Magill’s Medical Guide and Salem Press Cancer database: diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues. Also includes recent developments in medicine. Salem Health: Cancer, is an A-Z encyclopedia for patients, with information about 835 topics in cancer: http://health.salempress.com/
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO database) – provides pros and cons to many topics, including health related. Magazines, newspapers & books: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?&authtype=ip,uid&site=pov
ProQuest database - magazine & newspaper articles. Click FULL TEXT DOCUMENTS ONLYbox:http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=302&cfc
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DICTIONARY - THESAURUS - WRITING HELP WEBSITES:
Dictionary.com - a few dictionaries with one search bar: www.dictionary.com
Guide to Writing and Grammar – covers parts of speech, usage, paragraphs, PowerPointsand more: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Onelook.com - several dictionaries with one search bar: www.onelook.com
Study Guides and Strategies - study skills, test prep, etc.: http://studygs.net/
Thesaurus.com - several sources for finding synonyms: www.thesaurus.com
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