Medical Portals
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National Library of Medicine / NIH  - National Center for Biotechnology Information
        This is the premiere data base indexing major medical clinical and research literature.
   NCBI Global
  "Cross database" search
        - PUBMED on STEROIDS !! Gives you a list of matches in various databases - including the ones below + more.
   PubMed
        The Traditional Boolean search based approach to searching the "mainstream' medical literature
        A FREE browser based front end to the long-standing pay-as-you-go text based search. Most
        recent articles have abstracts available. Links to online full text - free and paying.
     Pub Med Central
         Similar to PUB MED, but "limited" to journals with FULL TEXT available online.
      HubMed   
        An alternative interface to PubMed. The "Swiss Army Knife" approach some with some novel powerful features.
      NCBI BookShelf -
           Search a small but growing collection of online medical / research texts.

ONLINE MEDICAL DICTIONARY
     Medical Dictionary  from  cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk
         A good place to start if you need to understand medical terminology. Clean interface with hyper-links
           to terms within definitions and related links.

CROSS DATABASE SEARCH ENGINE:
      HONcodeHunt   Includes PubMEdCentral / eMedicine / many others including COMMERCIAL sites

Consumer oriented: 
      Healthopedia. Patient-friendly data on Diet.Conditions.Procedures.Common Injuris.Symptoms.Drugs.etc.
      MedNet Clean Interface diseases.symptoms.tests.medications.medical terms.
      WebMD
          Consumer oriented portal. Includes "Physician Search" distinct from AMA search.
           MedScape   a/f - for physicians - Focus on medical news
     M.D. Advice - Includes section on TESTS that lists PRICE
     The Doctor's Doctor - Explaining diseases, tests and reports to patients
     Medem - Linking Physicians & patients -/f- 
     LookSmart -  Hierarchical list of sites

Travelers:
      whoint
           Search the World Health Organization site. Information for travelers, epidemiologists.

Nutrition / Alternative / Holistic Medicine:
      Metamuscle Search
         Diet, supplement and exercise related site, with links to commercial sites, class action lawsuits, etc.
      Whole Health MD
         Emphasis on "alternate" approaches.
       Holistic Dentistry . Holistic dentistry emphasizing the effects of systemic diseases on the mouth

Commercial Sites:
     http://www.attorneys-med-serv.com/medinf.html: Selling publications and presentations to assist in legal case presentation

<>Encyclopedias:
      Emedicine.com
         A growing encyclopedia of articles written by volunteer authors from the medical community with
         annotations to the medical literature. Currently could use better editing to eliminate duplicate articles
         on the same topic.
Hierarchical Guides:
    Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
     Karolinska Institute - Sweden - Diseases indexed by MeSH
     Knowledge by specialty
       - Includes Forensic Medicine, Alternative medicine as well as a broad list of online information in
                 traditional medical disciplines - If you couldn't find it elsewhere -LOOK HERE !!
                      Books -  Guidelines  -  Databases  -  Dictionaries  - Encyclopedias -
                     Atlases  - Organizations - Lists of resources  Medical Schools - U.S. & abroad
     WWW Virtual Library  
DOCTOR ORIENTED WEB PORTALS.
      MedicineNet.Written and reviewed by board-certified physicians
      MD Net Guide- Links to Online Journals, Advocacy, & Internet Resources.
      Medscape .o-12/.
    MerckMedicus Links to Standard texts / Paid / Free resources  -12/f-
      LII . Librarian's Guide to Medical Resources - Librarian's eye view - Includes "Quacks, Rumors & Hoaxes"     
      Internet Public Library: Some resources only a librarian would have thought of 
    Reference Desk - Encyclopedic
      LibrarySpot.com- Not so extensive - but clean interface
      Open Directory - Health
      Cyberstack's    A different Hierarchical scheme.
      GoogleHealth> Medicine > Medical Specialties - Hierarchical
      MedExplorer - Focused on services: Administration, Hospitals, Laboratories, Community health
      Yahoo! Health 
           - From the INVENTOR of the hierarchical Web Index - Broader view of Health / Consumer / Physician

   Emory Guide Comprehensive hierarchical guide to Medicine on the WEB
      Galaxy-  Another Extensive Source indexed by topic - See "History"

      NY TIMES - Health Navigator - List of suggested Medical Web site
       digital-librarian - Suggested "Best of the Web"
       DeskRef - Suggested Top web sites
       Professor Gigabyte - Not the most organized - BUT maybe your link is here
       Emergency Medicine/Primary Care links 
              - One of the earlier guides Started by Ash Nashed - Morristown Emergency Residency
       MedWorld Research Tools    - Favorite sites from Medical researcher perspective
       Hardin MD  University of Iowa, with focus on Disease pictures

      CliniWeb International. OHSU
              - Plan on maintaining online medical database .Temporarily discontinued - pending funding

 
       Doctor's Guide- Global Edition ..Personal Edition .. Focusing on Medical NEWS - Structured as "pull down" menu
         
       Medical Matrix -By subscription Topical index for medical information a_juno/f

       Doctor's Page - One time Medical Site of the MONTH - List of sites chosen by doctors

        Skolar $$ - Trial available - 37 major texts plus other references.