readysetresearch: Ready Reference Guide: Health & Medicine Reference

Health & Medicine Reference

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CPID: Consumer Products Information Database
Find health effects of consumer products. Enter Products, Manufacturers, Chemicals, Product Categories or Product Types
Drugs@FDA
FDA-approved drugs
FDA's MedWatch
The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
Home Edition of The Merck Manual of Medical Information
"The best first place to go for medical information"
MayoClinic
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Health Information
MedlinePlus
U.S. National Library of Medicine. Topics; Drugs & Supplements; Genetics; Medical Tests; Videos & Tools
MyHealthfinder.gov
US Dept of Health & Human Services
WebMD Health
What We Do for Our Users
WebMD provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information. You can trust that our content is timely and credible.
WHO: World Health Organization
WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Our goal is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.

American Psychological Association: Topics
Mental Health America
Mental Health America (MHA)'s work is driven by its commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need them; with recovery as the goal.
National Institute for Mental Health
Search by topics. Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses.

HerbMed - American Botanical Council
Provide education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine — serving the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry and media.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicines
We conduct and support research and provide information about complementary health products and practices.
Sloan Kettering's About Herbs, Botanicals, and Other Products
Expert advice and information on supplements, integrative medicine treatments, and more.

CDC- National Center for Health Statistics
Food Surveys Research Group
Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory:
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
WWEIA (What We Eat in America)
Dietary Methods Research
What's In the Foods You Eat Search Tool
FNDDS (Food & Nutrition Database)
FPED (Food Patterns Equivalency Database)
FICRCD (Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities)
FSRG Listserv
Food Surveys 1935-1998
State Health Facts- The Henry Kaiser Foundation
Provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. In some cases, data are available for counties, territories, and other geographies. State Health Facts is comprised of more than 800 health indicators and provides users with the ability to map, rank, trend, and download data. Data come from a variety of public and private sources, including Kaiser Family Foundation reports, public websites, government surveys and reports, and private organizations
WHO: Data Collection and Analysis Tools
World Health Organization