Websites for Mrs. Lemon’s Biology Classes Diseases Research Project

Databases  / General Health and Diseases Sites  /     Specific Diseases    Citation Machine


           Databases  

Facts on File Health Reference Center (subscription database trial)
   
 
   
     User Name: Whitmore  Password: Whitmore

Mel.org Databases: 

   Wilson Select Plus

    Sirs Discoverer

Mel.org Health and Medicine Databases:

        Health Reference Center Academic

       Health & Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health

        Medline                                                                 

                
General Health and Diseases Sites

(CDC)National Center for Disease Control
A-Z Index to diseases and treatments and more.

MedlinePlus

Mayo Clinic.com

Look up a disease or condition.

National Institutes of Health

World Health Organization
Information with a global perspective. Check the "Disease Outbreaks" section, and the "Information Resources".

(CDC)Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Check the "Health Topics A-Z" feature

Health Finder - A service of the National Health Information Center, U. Dept. of Health and Human Welfare
Enter disease name in this sites search box.
Hand-picked health information from A to Z — prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions, and alternative medicine — plus medical dictionaries, an encyclopedia, journals, and more.


Family Village – Specific Diagnoses Card Catalog
Check out the "Specific Diagnoses" and the "General Information" pages.   Contact information.  Scroll to bottom for more information links.

Discovery Channel
A good site to find whole news stories or documentaries on a disease or treatment for a disease.

World Health Organization
United Nations site with an international health focus. Good place to search disease such as avian flu and malaria. Look for links or put name of disease in the search box.

Yahoo Diseases

                 Specific Diseases

Digestive Diseases

Gene Related Diseases

    Genes and Diseases
Gene related diseases arranged by type. Scroll down to find specific disease.

    Genetic and Rare Conditions Site
A-Z links for hundreds of diseases.

    Your Genes and Your Health
Good site for researching genetic disorders such as Cystic Fibrosis, Hemophilia, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s.

Infectious Diseases

    (CDC)Center for Disease Control's Emerging Infectious Diseases
A peer-reviewed scientific journal; try the "search" feature for relevant articles.

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    (CDC)National Center for Infectious Diseases
      
Browse the complete infectious diseases index.

   ProMed: International Society for Infectious Disease
        
The global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases & toxins. Check the "Search the Archives" and "Alphabetic Index" lists.

   
The Vaccine Page
    The Vaccine Page provides access to up-to-the-minute news about vaccines and an annotated database of vaccine resources on the Internet.

    Yahoo Infectious Diseases

Lung Diseases

       American Lung Association

   Asthma
        WebMD Asthma Health Center
    
   
National Institute of Health

   Cystic Fibrosis
         Doctor’s Guide 
    Emphysema
         Lung Association

    Tuberculosis
         What Is Tuberculosis?

                 Citation Machine

Citation Machine    
   
Remember, you are to use MLA style
     You will have to indent the 2nd and further lines