Medical Megasites (Diseases, Conditions):
- MEDLINEplus (This site is highly recommended for information on diseases and conditions. Start your search with this excellent federal web site that has all types of information on hundreds of ailments; it also includes a medical encyclopedia and dictionary)
- Centers for Disease Control (U.S. government site; contains information on diseases and conditions, work safety, environmental health, stages of life, emerging diseases, and up to the moment health news)
- American Medical Association. Type a keyword in the Search no. 1 box, which searches the main AMA site.
- Dr. Koop
- Health A to Z: Your Family Health Site
- Health on the Net (6800 images and movies of human anatomy and of illnesses and conditions; click on the A to Z index or put a keyword in the search box)
- Healthfinder (U.S. government-sponsored; disease and drug databases)
- Mayo Clinic Diseases & Conditions (also has a symptom checker, a first aid guide, and a disease and condition center featuring a large collection of information about major diseases)
- Medem Medical Library (scroll down to life stages, diseases and conditions, therapies, and health and society)
- MedicineNet (by doctors for patients)
- Merck Manuals Online Medical Library (edition for patients and caregivers; very good source for finding information based on symptoms; site has descriptions of illnesses, disorders, symptoms, prevention and treatments)
- MerckSource has guides to conditions, a symptom checker, a health encyclopedia in English and Spanish, medical procedures and tests, and medical news.
- New York Online Access to Health (in Spanish and English)
- WebMD's Disease and Condition Health Centers
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Medical Assistant Student Help Sites:
- Learning Sites for Medical Assistants (lecture notes, practice tests, patient care procedures, history of medicine, administrative and clinical, medical law and ethics, etc.)
- Medical Assistant Net -- Beginning the Externship (tips for a successful externship)
- How to Succeed in a Medical Office Environment (very good article; scroll down to see many links to career, salary, tips, how to get a job, professional information, etc.)
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