Medical Search Engines

PubMed- By the National Library of Medicine.

Healthfinder.gov - By the US Dept. of Health & Human Services (advertisement free).

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - If it's poisonous, lethal, or seriously noxious, you can probably find it—and a remedy—in this database of toxic substances and diseases.

HealthLinks.net

DiscoveryHealth.com - from Discovery.com

InteliHealth - Johns Hopkins electronic medical library has access to nearly 1 million pages of health information that's accurate, up-to-date and action-oriented.

MedChoice - Designed primarily for health professionals, now with consumer side, MedChoice is one of the most extensive medical databases available on the web, including simulations and a huge library of diagnostic images.

Medical World Search - Full text search capability for nearly 100,000 Web pages from thousands of selected medical sites.

MedicineNet - Search disease and pharmacy archives, "ask the experts," read hot news, or learn how to save a life with this mega-site maintained by physician-educators.

 

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Medical Provider & Malpractice Information

       

Medical Malpractice is not driving up the cost of health care!

National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Press Release 11-29-99 blames the majority of medical errors on the way the health system is organized. Their press release states medical errors kill 44,000-98,000 people in U.S. hospitals each year and claim that even using the lower estimate, more people die from medical mistakes each year than from highway accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS and more than 7,000 deaths annually (exceeding those from workplace injuries) occur from medication errors that take place both in and out of hospitals. NAS Institute of Medicine

Reducing Medical Errors Requires National Computerized Information Systems - NAS Institute of Medicine.  

13 Years of Malpractice Caps Result in California Premiums INCREASING 450%. 13 Years of Insurance Regulation Result in California Premiums DECREASING 2% Why do the insurance companies lie to doctors and rip them off?  It's time for doctors to fight back!  The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR) is a nationally-recognized, California-based, non-profit education and advocacy organization. Our job is to fight to protect your interests every day. We provide people with the facts, not propaganda. We hold the politicians and the special interests accountable when they endanger the public.

Guide to Top Doctors - by Consumers' Checkbook, a nonprofit consumer information & service resource.

AMA: Doctor Finder/Information

Board Certified Physician Search

Hospital Compare - by US Dept of Health & Human Services

Guide to Hospitals - by Consumers' Checkbook, a nonprofit consumer information & service resource.

Best Hospital Finder - Find the best hospitals in the US by US News & World Report

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.  This is a good source for investigations involving medical malpractice.

20,125 Questionable Doctors Disciplined by State & Federal Governments

License, Background Info & Disciplinary Actions concerning doctors in several states

New York Physician Profile

License Verifications - New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions - All professions.

New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct - professional misconduct by licensed physicians, physician assistants, or specialist assistants.

New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions - Disciplinary Actions - Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Nursing - Occupational Therapy - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Professional Engineering - Respiratory Therapy - Veterinary Medicine

Nursing Home Compare - Provides understandable information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.

Listing of State EMS offices

American Medical Forensic Specialists - Medical expert witnesses.

Cancer Misdiagnosed by hCG false positive results:

Laurence Anthony Cole, PhD Associate Professor in Reproductvie and Cancer Biology, Department of Obstetrics and  Gynecology and Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center - featured on ABC Prime Time 

hCG Reference Service - The hCG Reference Service is a consulting service. It was started to address these issues, aid in the interpretation of irregular or conflicting hCG results, help interpret low levels of hCG in non-pregnant individuals, and in individuals with trophoblast disease (hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma). It was also started to detect false-positive or phantom hCG results, and hCG of pituitary or cancer origin.

Jennifer Rufer's Story of Unnecessary Cancer Treatment May Have Saved Others - ABC Prime Time

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MEDICAL INFORMATION & MEDICAL RESEARCH

       

 

Medical Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Research

U.S. National Library of Medicine

MEDLINEplus - 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.

PubMed - a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Medem Library - Voted one of the top ten consumer health sites by the Medical Library Association.

Harrison's Online - The complete text, illustrations, and expanded features from the 15th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.

Free Medical Journals - The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet.

Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy

Center Watch Clinical Trials Listing Service

ClinicalTrials.gov - A service of NIH

Virtual Hospital - Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients.  The Virtual Hospital digital library contains thousands of textbooks and booklets for health care providers and patients.  The Virtual Hospital digital library also delivers Continuing Education (CE) to health care provider's offices and homes in a clinically relevant context at their convenience, thereby making CE more effective and efficient.

Virtual Children's Hospital -  

The Virtual Body - Anatomy and guided tours in English or Spanish.  

Anatomy and Histology Links

Anatomy of the Human Body [H Gray; 1918 Ed.] - Bartleby.com

AnatLine - From the National Library of Medicine. AnatLine is a prototype system consisting of an anatomical image database and an online browser. This prototype was developed by the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications at the National Library of Medicine to provide a client/server Internet interface to access gross anatomy images of the human body.

eSkeletons Project

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variations - Virtual Hospital

Musculoskeletal Atlas

Muscles Tutorial

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics - Fabulous web site with great images and a lot of good information.

Medical Library - by WebMD

Medical Encyclopedia - by drkoop.com

Today on Medscape - Daily Medical News on line.  A great website for medical information.

FDA consumer information  

CPR & First Aid training

Multiple links to Acute Care, Trauma, EMS, Rehab/Disability, & others

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) - Links to Patient Resources.

HealthBoards.com  provides over 80 message boards for specific health concerns that are free for anyone to participate in. You can post questions, comments, and respond to messages from others.

TMJ - Temporomanibular Joint Disease & Jaw Injuries

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What is Temporomandibular Joint Disease?

TMJ Anatomy & Function - University of Washington 

Mandible Fractures - How do you fix a broken jaw?

Temporomadibular Joint Tutorial [Gillespy & Richardson] - Washington U. (US)
TMJ Association, Ltd.
Temporomandibular Joint Disease [K.E. Goldman] - (US)
A Plain Talk Guide about Jaw Joints and TMJ - JJAMD (US)
About Chairside Consultation on TMJ Disorders [E Reiman]
About the Diagnosis & Treatment of TMJ
Cranio [journal] - (US)

Shoulder Injuries and Disorders - diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, prevention/screening, rehabilitation/recovery, specific conditions and more from Medline Plus the National Library of Medicine.

Acute Shoulder Injuries - including clavicle fracture, proximal humerus fracture, glenohumeral dislocation, acromioclavicular sprain, and rotator cuff tear.

Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries - Identifying and Treating 'Separated Shoulder' and Other Conditions

Patient Guide to Shoulder Surgeries and Injuries - Virtual Hospital

Common Shoulder Injuries Among Athletes - Evaluation & Management

Shoulder Injuries from Skiing

Shoulder Injuries & Golf

Preventing Shoulder Injury While kayaking or Paddling

Shoulder Injuries and Rehabilitation in Lacrosse

Shoulder Injury Research

Shoulder Injury Prevention - A series of exercises for the UN-injured swimmer or athlete.

Shoulder Injury Exercises

• Shoulder Strengthening Program
• Shoulder Range of Motion
• Posterior Shoulder Stretches
• Post-Op Shoulder Rehabilitation

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Knee Injuries   

 

Anatomy of the Knee

Knee Injuries - Very good, simple explanations of several common knee injuries and treatments by Institute for Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine at www.iasm.com.

Synvisc - A lubricating substance for osteoarthritis in the knee without surgery, but ask your doctor if there has been any research regarding long term effects.

A Patient's Guide to Knee Injuries

Dislocated kneecap and meniscus injury

Is Your Knee Weakness a Meniscus Injury?

Meniscus Injury & Prevention

Diagnosing a Meniscus Tear - ChiroWeb

Meniscus Injuries - About.com

Meniscus Tear - A good anatomical drawing of the knee and arthroscopic views of the knee at arthroscopy.com

Meniscus Tear

Bucket handle tear of medial meniscus

Knee Arthroplasty - YourSurgery.com

Knee Surgery - Meniscus Repair

Knee Surgery- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Repair

Total Knee Replacement: A Patient Guide - University of Iowa Department of Orthopaedics

Knee Replacement for Women - Women and men have different shape and size knees.  The Zimmer® Gender Solutions™ Knee matches a women's shape and size and has 3 distinct differences from other knee replacements—for a better fit, higher flexion, and more natural movement.

PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT - also known as unicompartmental knee arthroplasty or minimally invasive knee surgery.

Pain Information Center - By Ortho-McNeil, Inc.

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Arthritis

About Glucosamine

The Role of Glucosamine Sulfate and Chondroitin Sulfates in the Treatment of Degenerative Joint Disease

Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Injury and genetics

Arthritis Foundation

Arthritis Resource Center

• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • ArthritisLINK [P Gardiner] - (UK)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Page - Duquesne Univ.
  • Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease links - NOAH (US)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis - University of Iowa(US)
  • Recognition of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis - Southern Medical Association (US)
  • Feature articles on arthritis [C Eustice] - About.Com
  • Carbohydrates May Be the Culprit Behind Painful Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Felty Syndrome - MedicineNet (US)
  • About Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)
  • Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid
    • About Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - Vanderbilt U. (US)
    • Juvenile Arthritis -- Other Types and Related Conditions - Arthritis Foundation (US)
    • Enbrel (etanercept): Warning message, May '99 - FDA (US)
    • Enbrel® Safe, Effective in Children and Teenagers with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - NIAMS Mar '00
    • About Adult Still's Disease [Mandl and Esdaile] - UpToDate
    • Int'l Still's Disease Foundation [J Jay]
    • About Still's Disease [T Kufahl]
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing
    • About Ankylosing Spondylitis - Cleveland Clinic (US)
    • About Ankylosing Spondylitis - U of Washington, Seattle (US)
    • UK Nat'l Ankylosing Spondylitis Society
    • Spondyloarthropathies - The Family Practice Handbook, University of Iowa(US)
    • The Spondyloatrthropathies Link Library
    • The Spondylitis Association - (US)
    • About Ankylosing Spondylitis - AboutArthritis/MedicineNet
    • About Ankylosing Spondylitis Surgery - M.S. Hershey Med. C. (US)
    • Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew (Bekhterev) [in German] - (DE)
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Adam, via MedlinePlus
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Mayo Clinic (US)
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Univ of Washington, Seattle (US)
  • About Polymyalgia and Giant Cell Arteritis - (US)
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica synopsis [CR Wheeless]
  • Is there a Test for Polymyalgia Rheumatica? [I Rollo] - SeniorsCan (CA)

 

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Hearing Loss & Tinnitus (also spelled Tinnitis)

       

American Tinnitus Association

Dr. Vana's Helth Tips

Index to Hearing Health Resources on the Internet

Sonus Center for Tinnitus

Hearingconcern.com

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Breast Injuries

A note about implants and accidents.  I had a client who was in a car accident and had been hit in the rear.  One of her saline implants had ruptured and resulted in a small leak requiring surgical replacement.  This is an injury that was caused by the accident and for which the defendant is responsible.  Since implants come in pairs and the integrity of the remaining implant may be questionable, the insurance company or the defendant is financially responsible for replacing both implants.

Blunt traumatic mammary hematoma as part of a seatbelt syndrome - with images.

Does wearing a seatbelt increase my chances of rupture or trauma-induced Capsular Contracture (CC) if I have an accident? - A small piece of good advice for driving with breast implants.

Discussion - As with other conditions related to chest anatomy, crash forces are distributed more evenly in the presence of an air bag than with only a seatbelt or with no restraint. The low risk of implant rupture exists with allogenic or gel-filled implants, not flap procedures. While rupture has been reported anecdotally with seatbelt use, this phenomenon has not been noted to occur due to air bags. If a rupture occurs, a repair can be done. Flap reconstruction with native tissue is no more likely to be damaged than native breast tissue. The exact forces required to rupture an implant are not known, and might be an area for future research.  The National Crash Analysis Center, The George Washington University Medical Center.

American Medical Women's Association - Saline implants are firmer than silicone gel implants. The rate of saline implant rupture is higher. The rupture of an implant results in a sudden change in shape and loss of size in a breast. Implants can rupture spontaneously, presumably due to age of the silicone sheeting. They also may rupture as the result of trauma -- for example, hitting the steering wheel in an automobile accident.

Guidelines for Granting Medical Exemptions for Safety Belt Use in NY

SoftTouch  - Breast & Chest seat belt protector.

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Radiology & Medical Imaging

       

PediatricRadiology.com - a pediatric radiology and pediatric imaging digital library

RadiologyEducation.com - a digital library of radiology education resources

NetMedicine - has created an extensive Radiology Teaching Library on the Web containing hundreds of images. Save the images on your computer for future reference or for teaching purposes!

Musculoskeletal Radiology of Fractures

Aunt Minnie - Radiology Starts Here™ - A comprehensive website for the radiology professional and anyone else.

Radiology Info  - Info on all types of radiology Angiography/Interventional, Computed Tomography (CT), Diagnostic/Fluoroscopy, Mammography, Non-Invasive Vascular Studies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) & others.

Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

The American Board of Radiology

CXR.com-radiology

Medscape radiology

Radiology-AJR

Radiology

Radiographics

Musculoskeletal Imaging [K Whitten] - Regional Diagnostic Radiology

DAVID, Online Atlas of Human Anatomy for Clinical Imaging Diagnosis

TMJ Anatomy & Function - University of Washington - Diagnostic Radiology Anatomy Module

Oral Radiology Teaching Files: Diseases

Facial and Mandibular Fractures - Approaches To Differential Diagnosis In Musculoskeletal Imaging

Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology - Dalhousie Univ. (Canada)

Lumbar Myelograms - CME101.com

Brief info about Myelogram - Hershey Med C./Penn State U.

Your Doctor Has Ordered: A Myelogram - Virtual Hospital

Myelogram - Radiology Dept at Methodist Health Care System

Myelogram - Important Considerations, SpinUniverse.com

Myelogram Reaction - Spinal Fusions (Disc Problems) archives

Primal Pictures - Software that specializes in 3-D computer graphics of human anatomy with color graphics that are remarkable for their clarity and precision.  I just received the Interactive Knee which is absolutely amazing.  It shows the knee at various depths in various types of images such as 3d Model Mode; Topic Mode with views for Anatomy, Surgery, Biomechanics & Radiology; and MRI Mode.  There are movies such as one which shows a doctor conducting a McMurray's test. The view or movie is on the left side of the screen with corresponding text on the subject, on the right. Everything is interactive and changes to correlate with the word you click on. This is a fabulous program for the medical profession or the personal injury attorney. While it would be interesting for a lay person with a knee injury, it is easier to use with a basic understanding of the knee and would require the lay person to spend some time learning. I highly recommend this software. Primal Pictures, Ltd can be reached at 1-800-716-2475.

DOE Openness: Human Radiation Experiments - The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994.  Here, the Department of Energy presents documents relating to experiments that took place during the Cold War. Includes oral histories of those involved.

 

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Wrist, Hand, Repetitive Strain Injuries & Ergonomics

       

Ergonomics at Work - US Dept of Commerce National Technical Information Service

Anatomy of the Elbow

Anatomy of the Lateral Elbow

Anatomy of the Wrist

Bones of the Hand

A Patient's Guide to Hand Injuries & Surgery

CTS Place: the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Home Page - Everything you could want to know about carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and how to prevent it.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Interesting synopsis about the injury and the problem.

Incidence of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Repetitive Strain Injuries

The "Double Crush" and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Q & A about Repetitive Strain Injuries - Scroll down the page a little for an index.

Articles on Repetitive Strain Injuries

A Patient's Guide to Elbow Injuries & Surgery

A Patient's Guide to Wrist Injuries & Surgery

About Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epiconylitis) [S. Zeman]

Tennis Elbow Central [J Meltzer] - (US)

Preventing Tennis Injuries [Oransky & Kinneary] - (US)

A Note on Elbow Injuries - SouthWestern Univ. (US)

About Golfer's Elbow (medial epicondylitis) Problem [MR Patel] - Hand Surgery C. (US)

Introduction to Ergonomics

Working at Home - Ergonomics advice.

Office Ergonomics Checklist

Office Ergonomics - Point-summaries of problems, workplace set-up issues and stuff generally relevant to injury prevention.

How to sit at a computer

"Healthy Computing" by IBM - lots of information and illustrations on workplace setups and ergonomics including some neat animation.

Preventing overuse strain injury - Key points for managers

Ergonomic Case Studies - Real life examples in which ergonomics hazards have been addressed for many different jobs. Each case study consists of a task description, ergonomic risk factors, administrative or design solutions, comments, and vendor information.

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DISABILITIES

       

See also SPINE INJURIES on this page

Camp Loyaltown for children with disabilities

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc  Founded in 1979 by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF) is a national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center - The Americans with Disabilities Act Document Centre provides a wealth of hard-to-find documents on disability law as well as links to other related sites.

National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project

New York Assistive Technology Advocacy Project

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc (NLS) is a not-for-profit agency located in Buffalo, New York. NLS provides free legal services to persons with low-income and persons with disabilities. It also provides a wide range of technical assistance and support services, primarily under its disability-related grants. While the majority of its services are provided within Erie County, New York, NLS also provides disability-related services for all of Western New York and operates both a Statewide and National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project to assist persons with disabilities and the advocates and agencies that serve them.

U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act

Commission on Mental & Physical Disability Law - American Bar Association

The N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability - Boston University School of Law

DisabilityResources.org - Disability Resources is a nonprofit organization that provides information about resources for independent living.

Disabled Rights Action Committee

The Council for Disability Rights

American for Disabled for Attendant Programs Today - Provides legal news updates on issues of importance to persons with disabilities. Includes press releases and links to discussion groups.

Accessology, Inc.

Active Voices in Disabilities

American Sign Language - Basic dictionary of ASL terms

Center For Applied Special Technology

Computers for Handicapped Independence Program

The National Parent Network on Disabilities

The National Rehabilitation Information Center

The Physical Activity & Disability Virtual Laboratory

RVL S.C.O.R.E. International

Shake-A-Leg

DisabilityResources.org 

Kessler Medical Rehabiliation and Education Corp.

Disabled American Veterans

Paralyzed Veterans of America

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Government Resources

Center for Information Technology Accommodation

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Department of Veterans Affairs

Disability.gov

Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines

HUD Home Page: People Who Are Disabled

National Council on Disability (NCD)

National Library Service for Blind/Physically Handicapped

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research - Model
  Spinal Cord Injury System

National Institute on Disability and Rehabiliation Research - Rehabiliation
  Research and Training Centers

Paralyzed Veterans of America 
  PVA State Chapters

President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities

SECTION 8 PROGRAM FACT SHEET

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Disability Publications

Ability

Accent on Living

Can DO.com

Disability Resources on the Internet

Life on Wheels

Mainstream- Magazine of the Able-Disabled

New Mobility 

Paraplegia News

Sports 'N Spokes

Thomas Land Publications

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Disability Support Groups & Pages

Ability Forum

AbilityHub.com

AccessLife

Eric & Amy's Page

Family Friendly Fun and Life Resources  

Institute for Human Development

Joni & Freinds - The Disability Outreach of Joni Erickson Tada

Margie's Spinal Cord Information Support Page

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

    NSCIA State Chapters

Paralyzed Veterans of America 

   PVA State Chapters

The Quad Link

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Safety Standard Setting Organizations

American National Standards Institute

American Society for Testing & Materials

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

Snell Memorial Foundation

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Sports

Disabled Sports USA

Paraplegia News

Wheelchair Sports, USA

 

Disability Rights Law

A Guide to Disability Rights Law Website

A Guide to Disability Rights Law Document

 

Financial Aid

Aid for Students With Disabilities

Structured Financial Settlements

Medical Insurance Disputes, Hospital Bill Errors & Medical Bill Errors

 

Resources in Other Languages

Paralysis Society of America (Spanish)

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