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Last revised June 29, 2012

Related glossaries include Molecular Medicine, Cancer genomics, Molecular Diagnostics, Basic genetics & genomics  

Bandolier, National Health Service R & D Directorate, Oxford, UK http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/  Evidence based medicine.

CenterWatch http://www.centerwatch.com/  A listing of more than 41,000 industry- and government- sponsored clinical trials as well as new drug therapies recently approved by the FDA. Our site is designed to be a resource both for patients interested in participating in clinical trials and for research professionals.

Centre for Health Evidence, Univ. of Alberta, Canada http://www.cche.net/che/home.asp 

Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses  National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  http://www.health.gov/nhic/Pubs/clearinghouses.htm  

Healthfinder^R  http://www.healthfinder.gov/  A free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service [to] lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, Web sites, and support and self- help groups, as well as government agencies and not- for- profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public

Intelihealth, Inc., US http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html  Includes drug resource center, Merriam- Webster's Medical Dictionary, physician locator, tests and procedures directory, hospital locator and Health A- Z.  InteliHealth's expert editors "consumerize" health information to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. 

Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/   Searchable by drug name, as well as diseases, tests and procedures and other topics.

MedlinePlus Health Information, National Library of Medicine, US, 2001 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html 

MedSpeak Deciphering, Medical Library Association http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/ 

Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy   http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/   Full text of the 17th edition.

MerckSource  http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_home.jsp Condition Guides, Health Centers, Resource Library, You and your doctor. 

National Institutes of Health website  http://www.nih.gov/ http://www.nih.gov/   Use the site search engine.

NIH Senior Health, National Institutes of Health http://nihseniorhealth.gov/ 

PubMed (Medline), National Library of Medicine, US   http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/   

WebMD http://www.webmd.com/ 

Bibliography
Evaluating Health Information, Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html 
Resources for Health Consumers, Medical Library Association http://www.mlanet.org/resources/consumr_index.html 

Biology for non-biologists

Genetics & genomics: Student and teacher websites

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