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BODY ISSUES:

Sites included in this section seem to begin with concerns of the body, in spite of the prior discussion.

Aetna U.S. Healthcare site   offers a long list of information categories and a user defined search option. An interesting interactivevisual is the Flu-O-Meter which provides indications by state.

CBS Health Watch  by Medscape is an attractive and useful consumer version of Medscape’s professional site.

Dr. Koop’s Site,  the former Surgeon General,  has many interesting features. These include a drug interaction checker and calculators for several specific conditions such as asthma and cholesterol reduction.

WebMDHealth  offers many features of other medical sites. The research reports are technical but clear. Included is a member to member bulletin board feature which facilitates personal exchanges regarding questions and experiences.

Alzheimers Information & Research Information about several Alzheimer related topics. Click on Clinical Trials for research studies being done in your area. 

National Hospice Organization offers information about its service. They "Educate about and advocate for the fundamental Philosophy and Principles of Hospice care to meet the unique needs of each terminally ill person and his or her family." Hospice care gets rave reviews from people who use it. 

Mayo Clinic Health Oasis a site of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research provides updated information regarding many health related topics. Play with the site to appreciate its many resources.

Health on the Net Foundation is the site for this international organization. A rich information resource for a wide range of health issues ranging from medical questions to a searchable database of medical images and movies.

Lifelong is produced by the American Federation for Aging Research and offers free research based publications relevant to aging among its services. 

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service providing access to 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE and related data bases. 

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a great source of information and news about health issues. Click on Travelers’ Health to learn about possible health cautions for your next overseas trip. 

Wing of Madness: A Depression Guide  is a site concerned with clinical depression. It provides answers to many questions about depression , articles about depression and lists of resources. The site’s author states that she is not a health-care professional and that the site is for informational purposes only. That it is, and carefully prepared.

HIV InSite  bills itself as the “Gateway to AIDS Knowledge.” The site is organized into the following major topics: Medical Information (research findings and clinical linformation), Prevention and Education (what works and doesn’t work for preventing HIV infection), Social Issues, Statistics and Epidemiology, Links (to related sites), a Spanish language section, International, Key Topics, US Map (state by state information) and Feedback and Survey.

Women's Issues...

National Women's Health Information Center has the following introduction to its site: “The National Women's Health Information Center" is a one-stop gateway for women seeking health  information. NWHIC is a free information and resource service on women's health issues designed just for you, whether you're a consumer, a health care professional, a researcher, an educator, or a student. An attractive site that allows you to focus on specific topics. In English and Spanish.

Premarin  is taken by millions of women. If you are taking or consider taking it, read this 10-page illuminating article.

Women's Health is a New York Times on the web resource. It included articles, comprehensive guides to issues of concern to women and an "annotated guide to more than 100 Web sites offering detailed information on women's health."

Doctor's Guide gives the latest medical news and alerts for menopause.