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Allegany County - General Health Information.

Biological and Chemical Weapons: This site from the National Library of Medicine offers the latest information on bilogical and chemical weapons. Includes interactive tutorial on Anthrax.   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biologicalandchemicalweapons.html
 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New topics are added on an ongoing basis.   http://www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm
 
Clinical Trials: The U.S. National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/ ), through its National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ ), has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.   http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/c/r
Search Words: Medical Research
 
Health Sciences and Human Services Library Consumer Health Links: This University of Maryland library is the Regional Medical Library of the National Library of Medicine and a sponsor of this project.  http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/
Search Words: Consumer Health Information
 
History of Medicine: This resource, from the National Library of Medicine, contains resources for historical scholarship in medicine and related sciences.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/hmd.html
 
Interactive Health Modules: These tutorials, found at the National Library of Medicine MEDLINEplus site, are interactive health education resources from the Patient Education Institute. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial. NOTE These tutorials require a special Flash plug-in, version 4 or above. If you do not have Flash, you will be prompted to obtain a free download of the software before you start the tutorial.   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials.html
Search Words: Consumer Health Information
 
Maryland Disease and Treatments: Information on diseases and treatments in Maryland compiled by SAILOR, Maryland's Online Public Information Network.   http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/MD_topics/hea/_dis.html
Search Words: Consumer Health Information
 
MEDLINEplus: Health Topics (information on conditions, diseases, and wellness plus a medical encyclopedia); Dictionaries; Directories (locations and credentials of doctors, dentists, and hospitals); Other Resources (access to organizations, consumer health libraries, international sites, publications, MEDLINE, and more).   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Search Words: Consumer Health Information
 
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region: Links to consumer health information sites as well as information for health professionals and medical librarians. Western Maryland InfoHealth is funded by a subcontract from the NN/LM SE/A.  http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/sea/
Search Words: Consumer Health Information
 
National Organizations Providing Health Information: National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus directory of national organizations providing health information  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations.html
Search Words: Consumer Health Information
 
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