Holyoke Consumer Health Library, Inc.

Special Topics [Disclaimer]

This page contains links to quality health websites on specific themes or specialized topics. NOTE: Be sure to try the more comprehensive health websites, too, because they may include excellent information on your topic. Example: MedlinePlus or other sites on our Web Resources page.

CONTENTS:

• Webpages we have created for specific audiences:
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Holyoke Water Resources
  • Senior Health
  • Teen Health
• A selection of other recommended websites on special topics:
  • Breastfeeding
  • Disabilities
  • Medications
  • Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Breastfeeding

• La Leche League International
  http://www.lalecheleague.org/
  Information intensive site on breastfeeding. Goal is to provide "education, information, support, and encouragement" to women who want to breastfeed. Some information in other languages: Recursos en Español; Breastfeeding Information in Russian. (Chinese and Italian also available)

Disabilities

• Family Village
  http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
  Comprehensive coverage for disability resources.  Full-text info. on specific diagnoses or general disability related topics.  Links to associations, chat groups, online journals, newsletters & magazines.  Full-text articles from Exceptional Parent Magazine, Special Child Magazine and more.

Medications

• Drug Information (PDRhealth)
  http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/index.html
  Searchable database of drugs, prescription, OTC, herbal medicine, or nutrition supplements for full text information. Same information as in the PDR Family Guides to Prescription Drugs and Women's Health and Encyclopedia of Medical Care. Other highlights are full-text Magazine Archives (13 titles, mostly free, back to 1996) and Info about Doctors (includes Fertility Clinic  comparisons). Requires registration but Basic Plan is free.

Alternative Medicine

• The Alternative Medicine Home Page
  http://www.pitt.edu/%7Ecbw/altm.html
  Begin your search for alternative health information here to avoid falling into the bottomless pit of ads and "questionable" data on this topic. Created by a librarian, this page links to the Indexes, Guides & Directories of health supersites. Useful and interesting links, especially the Directories of  Practitioners and Schools, Training, Licensure sites.
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
  http://nccam.nih.gov/health/
  NCCAM conducts research and disseminates information to practitioners and the public. Links to Information Resources include the CAM Citation Index, a browsable, searchable subset of the MEDLINE database (1963-1999) including 180,000+ citations.
• NIH Office of Dietary Supplements IBIDS Database
  http://ods.od.nih.gov/
  The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health  to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements. IBIDS was developed and will be maintained through an interagency partnership with the Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Citations are currently drawn from MEDLINE (biomedical), AGRICOLA (botanical and agricultural science), and AGRIS (agricultural science worldwide).