Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Dictionaries, Disabilities,
Drug Information, General, Locators, Mental Health,

Ministry Health Care, Saint Michael's Hospital
Serving the Stevens Point Area.

Community Connections & SPIN
Community Connections is a free, confidential referral phone line [(715) 345-5976 or toll free at (877)-631-1600] and web site SPIN serving Portage County. This database is continuously updated to ensure accurate, up-to-date information connecting callers to local services, agencies and groups. You can also contact Community Connections via e-mail at comconnect@co.portage.wi.us.

Marshfield Clinic
With nearly 600 physicians in over 80 medical specialties and subspecialties, and support personnel numbering over 3,800, Marshfield Clinic with its 36 Regional Centers is a clinic on the move.

Alternative Health News Online -- http://www.altmedicine.com/

Alternative Medicine Homepage -- http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
A metasite leading to many others on alternative medicine.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- http://nccam.nih.gov/about/advisory/naccam/index.htm
From the U.S. National Institute of Health.

Cancer Information Service
From the National Cancer Institute, this free information and education source provides recent, 
accurate information on cancer for patients, families, the general public and health professionals.

U.W. Comprehensive Cancer Center
Provides links to many sources of information on cancer of all kinds.

Pharma-Lexicon --http://www.pharma-lexicon.com
38,000 medical and pharmaceutical abbreviations and acronyms identified with leads
to scientific articles about the terms identified.

DisAbility.gov -- http://199.107.69.71/digov/public/DisplayPage.do%3fparentFolderId=500
From the federal government, guides to many specific resources.

Disabled Topics from Librarians Index to the Intenet -- http://www.lii.org/search/file/disabled
Both general and specific resources.

Waisman Center's Family Village --http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
Well organized guide to information and contacts in the realms of disabilities and chronic health conditions.

Wisconsin Division of Supportive Living -- http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/programs/disabilities.htm
A list of services available to disabled Wisconsin residents.

Healthtouch Drug Information -- http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/p_dri.htm
Provides information on over 7000 prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

RxList; The Internet Drug Index -- http://www.rxlist.com
Searchable index gives brand name, generic name, category, side effects, indications and contraindications for 4000 drugs.

Wisconsin Rx Medicare and other drug coverage options -- http://www.wismedrx.org/
Sponsored by the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, the site is meant to be "one-stop-shopping" for help paying for prescriptions in the state of Wisconsin. There are numerous publications available at the site that cover Medicare Part D and information about other programs, including a web-tool to help people discover their prescription coverage options - available in Sept.

Medicare Part D Disability Drug Benefit Helpline Project -- http://www.w-c-a.org/pages/partd.html
Sponsored by Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, the site has the Disability Drug Benefit Helpline's brochure as well as several publications that provide basic information about the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.

Centers for Disease Control --http://www.cdc.gov
The latest public health information, including In the News --(http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/), Traveler's Health --(http://www.cdc.gov/travel), and Public Health Emergency Prepardness and Response --(http://www.bt.cdc.gov/)

Dr. Koop's Community -- http://www.drkoop.com/
From the former Surgeon General of the U.S.

Consumer Health and Medical Information -- http://www.hsl.wisc.edu/reference/subject_guides/consumer_health/websites.cfm
From the University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Libraries, links to reputable sources on health, chronic conditions, diseases, drugs and alternative therapies, and Wisconsin health. This also provides links to National Library of Medicine (NLM) <http://www.nlm.nih.gov>, MedlinePlus <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/> and PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/>.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet -- http://www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm
For the professional but with some patient-level information.

Hardin Meta Directory -- http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
From the University of Iowa, lists of medical sites rated for size of list and speed of access.

Health Promotion Online -- http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/hpo/search.htm
From the Canadian national government, this can be read in French or English.

Healthfinder -- http://www.healthfinder.gov/
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a search engine and guide to reliable information.

Intelihealth -- http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH
From Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems.

Mayo Clinic's Health O@sis -- http://www.mayohealth.org/
From another trusted source.

Med Facts -- http://NationalJewish.org/
Specializing in respiratory, allergic and immune system diseases.

MEDLINE Plus -- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
From the National Library of Medicine <http;//www.nlm.nih.gov/>, consumer health links to reliable information, directories, dictionaries, drug information and organizations..

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy; -- http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
Merck Manual, Home Edition -- http://www.merckhomeedition.com
Two vesions of a widely respected text--one for professionals and one in plain English
for consumers.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health -- http://www.noah-health.org/index.html
Information in Spanish as well as English.

PubMed -- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
The National Library of Medicine's <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/> search service providing free access to over 11 million citations and abstracts from life sciences journals in the Medline database.

Doctor Finders:

American Board of Medical Specialties -- http://www.abms.org
AMA Physician Select -- http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

Hospital Finders:
American Hospital Directory -- http://www.ahd.com/freesearch.php3

Knowledge Exchange Network -- http://www.mentalhealth.org/index.htm
From National Mental Health Services, this provides resources on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

Mental Health InfoSource -- http://www.mhsource.com/
A metasite to leading sources of mental health information.

Mental Health Net -- http://mentalhelp.net/
The largest mental health site to date, this features 6300 resources, some aimed at the professional, some at the layperson. Links to online support groups, clinicians’ yellow pages, self help resources, journal articles and much more.

Psych Central: Dr.John Grohol’s Mental Health Page -- http://psychcentral.com/grohol.htm
Calling itself “your personalized, one-stop index” this links to mental health sites considered the best by Dr. Grohol. It also has a link to a chat room, book reviews and other information of interest.