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