Special Resources
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» Medicine
Numerous medical management & clinical practice guidelines from the US federal government, medical schools, medical academies & associations. Examples: Occupational medicine, acute chemical exposures, heart disease & stroke, endocrine disorders, family practice, clinical preventive services, orthopedics, etc. Examples of medical databases: MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, AISLINE, HISTLINE, HSRPROJ, SDILINE, TOXLINE & CANCERLIT. Clinical trials listing services. Medical reference dictionaries. Large pharmaceutical databases.
Claims Management » Health Claims Code Sets
DRG, APG & ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM coding - Medicare payment rates
Health » Assessments
Online health self-evaluations and questionnaires
Health » Consumer Info
Health and medical resources and libraries for the general public
Health » Drug Free Workplace
Workplace substance abuse programs, drug policies and more
Laboratories Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies
Health » Poison Control
Overview, symptoms, treatment from poisonings of medicine, chemicals, household products, etc.
Industrial Hygiene » Occup Resp Disease
Respiratory workplace disease information
Mortality information on occupationally-related respiratory diseases
Occupationally-related respiratory disease surveillance data from AOEC, CDC, MSHA, OSHA, BLS, NCHS, SSA
Medicine » Allergies
Clinical resources on the medical treatment of asthma, MCS, dermatitis, etc.
Medicine » Anesthesia
Textbooks, adverse events, anesthesia safety and related materials
International Registry to investigate the mechanism of perioperative ION
Medicine » Bioterrorism
Medical management of biological and chemical casualties - clinical guides
Medicine » Brain Injuries
Traumatic brain injury reference materials
Medicine » Cancer
Clinical resources on the medical treatment of cancer
Database of information reviewed by oncology experts based on the results of current research
Medicine » Cardiovascular
Clinical resources on the medical treatment of cardiovascular disease
Large number of articles and fact sheets from the AHA for medical professionals
Medicine » Clinical Guidelines
Full text of clinical practice guidelines for numerous specialties in medicine
An internet resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
Medicine » Databases
Online access to massive medical and toxicology databases
More than 342,000 online documents on the subject of HIV/AIDS - includes US government sources
Reference source of demographic and professional information on individual physicians in US
Access to more than a million citations & abstracts from over thousands of different sources
Access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, numeric datasets, etc.
Over 1 24,000 citations of international rehabilitation research published between 1990 and the present
National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing & referral system
A biological activity database, relevant literature citations, computational models, models for risk assessment
Database of FDA consensus standards used for medical device product clearance and approval
The NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences
Provides access to GenBank Sequence Database and other biotechnology databases
A medical genetics information resource developed for physicians, other healthcare providers, and researchers
Provides lists of index sites that link to medical and health related topics
Access to informatioin on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related topics
Prevention, testing, treatment, research programs, policies and resources
Search engine finds names, addresses, phone numbers, maps of hospitals in the USA
Goal of database is to collect the address and contact details of every hospital in the world
Access to database on health services research & use of clinical practice guidelines
National Library of Medicine search engine for a variety of databases
Information on diseases currently under investigation by NIH and other important health-related topi
Diagnostic radiological images from thousands of real-life cases
DNA and protein sequence, gene expression, cellular role, protein family & taxonomic data
National Library of Medicine clinical alerts issued by NIH agencies
Allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at US National Library of Medicine
Database on current information on cancer treatment and clinical trials
Online access to ten databases that support vocational integration of the disabled
Text of National Academy of Sciences reports on medical sciences & health care
National Library of Medicine databases - require userid/password
Medicine » Dermatology
Clinical resources on the medical treatment of dermatology disorders
Plants causing mechanical and chemical injury, herbal remedies, etc.
Chemicals Causing Skin or Sense Organ Toxicity
Medicine » Disease-Infectious
Clinical resources on the medical treatment of infectious disease
Causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial and mycotic diseases
Clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, complications and more
Medicine » Emergency Medicine
Clinical resources on emergency medicine
Includes clinical algorithms and drugs used in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Medicine » Patient Handouts
Full text of handouts applicable for patients
Hundreds of diseases, including symptoms, prevention methods and treatment options
Medicine » Pharmaceuticals
Clinical resources on pharmacology
Search engine provides access to over 4,000 drugs on US market
Drug interactions that are the result of competition for, or effects on the human cytochrome P450 system
Brand and generic drug search, FDA new approvals, news, drug basics, poison control
Database of information on medications for consumers - alphabetical by drug
New drug approvals, consumer drug info, adverse events reporting system, drug master files & more
This guide is designed to help you make decisions about the foods you eat when you are taking medications
Evidence for effectiveness and potential drug interactions for both Hispanic and commercial herbal remedies
A database of abstracts of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements
Information on drugs recently approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration
Information on medications cross-indexed with related medications, diseases and conditions
Addresses, e-mail addresses, links & telephone numbers for many pharmaceutical manufacturing firms
Clinical trial results for for many marketed pharmaceuticals
Articles on new drugs approved by the FDA as well as articles on new drugs from around the world
Medicine » Radiology
Clinical resources for radiology
References from the American College of Radiology on Appropriate Utilization
Medicine » References
Lab values, height/weight charts, glossaries, abbreviations & measurements, etc.
A dictionary of over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations
Medicine » Rehabilitation
Clinical and non-clinical resources on rehabilitation
A Guide for Health Professionals for healthcare facilities design
Medicine » Surgery
Clinical resources on surgery
Medicine » Trials
Clinical research trials and noteworthy treatments
Search for clinical trials in the National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trials database
Collection of research studies being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center - search engine
Supplies information on the clinical trials and treatments available for brain tumors
International listing of thousands of ongoing clinical trials actively recruiting patients
Search National Cancer Institute list of 4,000+ clinical trials accepting participants
Listing of the available research treatment programs for cancer and other diseases
Search the collection of research studies being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center
Information on ongoing clinical trials for children and adults with cancer
Reference » Dictionaries
Glossaries and dictionaries (all in English)
Thousands of terms associated with the life sciences
Reference » Graphics
Download thousands of graphics including buttons and backgrounds
NIAAA is making available resources that have been used in the Institute's publications and presenta
Use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages
Risk Mgt » Medical Liability
Medical malpractice, risk management in medicine, insurance, etc.
Safety » Medical Devices
FDA regulatory guidance for manufacturers of medical devices
501(k)s, PMAs, GGP, MDR, MAUDE, NHRIC and other FDA medical device databases
Information on in-home diagnostic tests (in vitro diagnostic devices, or IVDs)
Statistics » Health
Government and industry sources of statistical data on health conditions
Database of cancer incidence information from registries in North America
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