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Medical:
Health
CLINICAL
TRIAL RESULTS - Independent
- Amedeo.com
Offers free access to medical studies from hundreds of journals.
- Centerwatch
Lists over 41,000 active studies, and summarizes completed
trials.
- ClincalTrials.gov
Lists more than 10,000 trials, with links to completed studies.
- DrugDigest
Free site produced by Express Scripts, a company that
manages pharmacy benefit programs.
- Drugs.com
Free advertiser-supported drug information site.
- FDA
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Turn
up drug issues information raised in advisory committee
hearings, especially those held around the time of a drug's
approval.
- FDA
Drug Safety and Side Effects Links to websites containing
information regarding warnings and other issues about specific
drugs.
- MedlinePlus
Links to PubMed, a database site with citations and abstracts
from nearly 4,500 journals world-wide.
- MedWatch
Offers
safety information on drugs and other medical products regulated
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- National
Cancer Institute Lists open cancer trials; links
to latest results with easy-to-read summaries.
- National
Library of Medicine Offers abstracts and citations
from professional articles.
- Office
for Oregon Health Policy & Research Compares
the safety and effectiveness of various drugs by reviewing
drug research.
- TrialsCentral
Links to summaries of evidence from trials around the world.
- WebMD
Medical
news site.
- Worstpills.org
Warns
about drugs that the advocacy group, Public Citizen, considers
risky. Charges for some content. Offers subscription newsletter,
Worst Pills, Best Pills News.
CLINICAL
TRIAL RESULTS - Company Sponsored
- GlaxoSmithKline
Listing of clincal drug trial test results
- Eli
Lilly Lists results for eight products, with more
coming. The site will disclose all trial results on marketed
products finished after July 2004.
- ClinicalStudyResults.org
Offered by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America. Test results posted by drug makers on a voluntary
basis.
DRUG
INFORMATION
GENERAL
REFERENCE
- ACOR
Offers information about cancer through 70 online support
groups.
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
- DrGreene.com
Offers medical advice for problems in children in an almost-daily
Web chat format with a real doctor.
- Fertility
Friend Provides useful tools such as fertility charts
and a place to keep track of tests, appointments, menstrual
cycles, and other issues.
- Healthfinder
Consumer-oriented government health site.
- HealthWeb
Offers links to non-commercial, health-related, Internet-accessible
resources.
- MedlinePlus
Offers lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical
encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, extensive information
on prescription/nonprescription drugs, health information
from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials;
a good source of up-to-date health information from the
world's largest medical library.
- World
Health Organization
- Your
Disease Risk Site for assessing your risk for certain
diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis,
and stroke.
MEDICAL
SUBJECT AREAS
Cancer
- American
Cancer Society Offers the NexProfiler Tool for Cancer,
an interactive decision-making tool that helps patients
get analysis of their specific condition and a breakdown
of treatment types and outcomes.
- American
Society of Clinical Oncology Offers trial information
and an oncologist database.
- Association
of Cancer Online Resources More than 150 online
chat groups where cancer patients often offer help and suggestions
to other members.
- CancerTrialsHelp.org
Offers nationwide locations of open clinical trials.
- Centerwatch
Lists clinical trials, clinical research, and new drug therapies
in research and approved by FDA.
- National
Cancer Institute Lists clinical trials open around
the country.
- National
Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Provides information
and links to sites by cancer type.
- National
Pancreas Foundation Provides most current information
on diagnostic tools, medical and alternative treatments,
a directory of physicians who specialize in pancreatology,
and clinical trials.
- Oncolink
Offers information on cancer treatments and research advances.
- The
Lustgarten Foundation Distributes a comprehensive
handbook which offers up-to-date information on pancreatic
cancer, clinical trials and support resources as well as
a listing of Comprehensive and Clinical Cancer Centers.
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