Health/Medicine Links

Websites (updated February 2004)

 

 

The following medical websites were recommended by Health Care Professionals

 

General Health Sites

http://www.canadian-health-network.ca

            Health Canada (general health, occupational health and safety, sexual and reproductive health etc.)

 

http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/index.cfm

            From Women’s College/Sunnybrook (search, news, interviews, resources, quizzes)

 

http://medlineplus.gov/

            U.S. National Library of Medicine (health topics, drug information, encyclopedia, dictionary)

 

http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/so/detail1.asp

            Surgery Door (information on surgical procedures; health information, medical dictionary)

 

http://www.intelihealth.com

            Harvard Medical School Consumer Information (diseases, dental health, healthy lifestyles, drug info)

 

Cancer Sites

http://www.cancercare.on.ca/

            Cancer Care Ontario (care and treatment, prevention and detection, research)

 

http://www.bcsc.ca/

            Breast Cancer Society of Canada

 

http://www.cancereducation.com

            Cancer Information (patient & doctor)

 

Mental Sites

http://www.mentalhealth.com/

            Mental Health (disorders, medications, glossary)

 

http://www.psychdirect.com/

            Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience (Anxiety disorders, children, depression, law)

 

Sites for Health Care Professionals (senior science courses)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Search&DB=PubMed

            National Library of Medicine (articles on health care issues)