LOCAL HEALTH LINKS

Columbia County Health System

Spokane Regional Health District

Walla Walla County Health Department

Washington State Local Health Departments/Districts

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LOAN

Are you in need of crutches, walkers or other medical equipment? The local organizations below have equipment loan services available:

Eagles -- call 382-2112

The Senior Center -- number forthcoming

Aging and Long Term Care -- 382-4787

ORGANIZATIONS

Columbia Cares

GENERAL INFORMATION

American Medical Association (AMA)

American Medical Association -- Health Tests Direct

Search for a physician by name or specialty.

American Association of Posion Control Centers

Asbestos

Assisted Living Facility Directory -- Washington

Biomedical Search

BioMedSearch is a biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications not found anywhere else for free, making it the most comprehensive free search on the web.

Center for Disease Control

Family Doctor (from American Academy of Family Physicians)

Healthfinder: Your guide to reliable health information

Internet Encyclopedia of Mental Health Information

Mayo Clinic.com

MDChoice.com

The Ultimate Medical Information Finder (divided into sections for consumers and healthcare professionals, this site includes an opportunity to search for photographs, illustrations, videos, or audios on your health topic.

Medical Matrix

Ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources

MedicineNet.com

Doctor-produced health care information

MEDLINE plus: A National Library of Medicine Service

Mesothelioma

National Organization of Rate Disorders (NORD)

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)

A meta site with listings by topic and source with a large selection of materials in Spanish as well as English.

National Cancer Institute (English & Spanish)

University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden

Washington State Department of Social and Heath Services Online Application

Human Anatomy Online (Provided by MyHealthScore.com)

Medline Plus: Anatomy

Washington Poison Control Center

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Healthfinder

Alternative medicine (Links to information on alternative / complementary medicine, including organizations, journals, and general information) sponsored by Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

Quackwatch

An overview of "alternative methods", questionable therapies and detailed reports on unconventional treatments and sources of reliable advice. Operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D.

DRUG INFORMATION

CenterWatch: Clinical trials listing service

Drug Watch

DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Aetna inteliHealth

Content partner Harvard Medical School
Drug Resource Center

RXList: the Internet Drug Index

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