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HEALTH and MEDICAL

Research

If you need to search for journal articles, please go to our research page and access Ebscohost. This is good place to get full text articles. Most internet sites will only provide abstracts of articles, or will provide the article for a fee.

US National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and healthcare. Their comprehensive website is easy to use and very informative.

PubMEd
Search for journal articles online. Most entries are citations only, not full text.

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
Online Version of the book. Contains complete information about health care for the entire family.

Family Doctor.org
Website created by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Articles and information are also available in Spanish.

Clinical Trials
Contains a listing of industry sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients.
Also included on this site are lists of newly released drugs, clinical research information, and a listing of health associations.

Clinical Trials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers.

MedHunt
Medical search engine. Searches multiple medical sites.

Mental Health.com
Comprehensive site of mental health disorders. Includes research, self-diagnosis, and links to other pertinent sites.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The official government site for complementary and alternative medicines.

WebMD

MedLine Plus
Health Information from the National Library of Medicine.
 

 

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Hospitals and Doctors

US News rates the nation's best hospitals

Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory for NJ
 
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The following sites will help you find a physician, specialist, or dentist

AMA Physician Select 

Medem Physician Finder

HealthGrades.com

American Dental Association

American Chiropractic Association

American Board of Medical Specialists

American Academy of Dermatology

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New Jersey Information

UMDNJ - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
This site has a collection of health-related Web sites specific to the state of New Jersey. Here you can access state and county health resources, or look for information related to Garden State health insurance topics. Links to hospitals and other health care facilities in every county in the state are also included. Additionally, statistical information on New Jersey health is also available.

Healthy NJ

NJ Doctor List   

New Jersey HMO's Performance Report
This is a report card of various New Jersey HMOs. Included are ratings HMO members give their plans in areas such as overall quality of care, access to specialists, and ability of personal care physicians to communicate with their patients.

Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory for NJ

          

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Last update: 10/30/2008