Health

• Agencies & Organizations
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Provides information, data, and statistics on disease & health topics.
  • U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
    • HealthFinder
      Find health & human services information from government agencies, non-profit organizations, and universities.
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration
  • Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services
    Resource for BadgerCare, Medicaid eligibility and benefits, public health information, and health statistics. 
  • Wisconsin Medical Society

• Health and the Law
  • American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
    Link to websites including topics on aging, bioethics, cancer, children & health, genetics, managed care, nursing, and pain management.
• Health (National Conference of State Legislatures)
  Current law & legislation relating to health issues such as cigarette excise tax, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, tobacco, etc.
• Pain & the Law
  Dedicated to legal issues involving pain management & palliative care.
• State Legislation on Comprehensive Health Care (Library of Congress)

• Anatomy
  • Atlas of the Body (American Medical Association)
    Images, possible symptoms, glossary of terms
• Health Information (U.S. National Library of Medicine )
  Links to MEDLINE/PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov & specialized databases on topics such as AIDS/HIV, Cancer, Chemical Substances, Public Health, Toxicology etc
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  Facts, analysis, and explanation of health policy issues with an emphasis on those issues that most affect low-income & vulnerable populations.
  • Statehealthfacts.org
    Data on over 400 health-related topics from each state. Category topics include demographics & the economy, health status, health coverage & uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, health costs, health insurance, minority & women's health, HIV/AIDS etc.
• Merck Manual of Medical Information
• Statistics
  • Data & Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • FastStats A to Z (National Center for Health Statistics)
    Statistical information on health-related issues such as accidents, alcohol use, divorces, drug use, firearm mortality, homicide, lead exposure, occupational safety & health, etc.
  • Health Statistics (WI Dept. of Health Services)
    Links to numerous WI health-related statistics
  • State Health Facts.org: Your Source for State Health Data (Kaiser Family Foundation)
    Health policy information & statistics on issues such as managed care, health insurance coverage & the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, women's health, minority health, and HIV/AIDS. View information for a single state or do a 50 state comparison.
  • Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
    Links to statistical information on health-related issues such as cancer, child care, drug abuse, healthcare costs, Medicare/Medicaid, mortality, etc

Last Updated: December 30, 2009 | Up to Top