Links to Health-Related Sites

 

Use this link to access the Grossmont College Library's data base

 

Use this link for Google's search engine for scientific and scholarly information:
www.googlescholar.com

 

  • General Health sites
  • Sports Nutrition & General Nutrition
  • Cancer & Diabetes
  • Heart & Lung Disease
  • Eating Disorders
  • STDs
  • Substance Abuse / Support Groups

General Health sites


www.ama-assn.org/ama/home.page
  

American Medical Association

 

www.cdc.gov 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

www.healthfinder.gov
 

USA Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

 

www.nih.gov  
National Institutes of Health

 

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

National Institutes of Health Medline

 

https://jama.jamanetwork.com/journal.aspx
Journal of the American Medical Association

 

www.ahca.org  
American Health Care Association

 

www.hhs.gov 
   US Dept of Health & Human Services

 

www.who.org
  

World Health Organization

 

www.columbia.edu/cu/healthwise
  

Columbia University

 

www.quackwatch.com
  

Health fraud watchdog

 

www.fitness.gov
  

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport

 

www.up2SD.org
Suicide Prevention Resource


Sports Nutrition and General Nutrition

www.jissn.com
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (this is a GREAT site to start your supplement research)

 

www.googlescholar.com
Google's search engine for scientific and scholarly information

 

www.gssiweb.org
  

Gatorade Sports Science Institute

 

www.sportsci.org
  

Sports Science

 

www.acsm.org
American College of Sports Medicine

 

www.acsh.org
American Council on Science & Health

 

www.usantidoping.org
USA Anti-doping Agency

 

www.jssm.org
Journal of Sports Science & Medicine

 

http://www.nismat.org/
Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine

 

www.quackwatch.com
Site on health/nutrition fraud

 

www.choosemyplate.gov
Your personal nutritional recommendations guide

 

www.physsportsmed.com
The Physician and Sports Medicine journal

 

www.fda.gov
USA Food and Drug Administration

 

www.cspinet.org
Center for Science in the Public Interest

 

www.eatright.org
  

American Dietetic Association


Cancer & Diabetes

www.cancer.org
  

American Cancer Society

 

www.oncolink.upenn.edu/ 
University of Pennsylvania 

 

www.diabetes.org
  

American Diabetes Association

 

www.mesotheliomagroup.com/understanding-cancer
Mesothelioma Group (lung cancer)

www.mesotheliomaguide.com
Mesothelioma Guide (lung cancer)

 

www.asbestos.com
Mesothelioma (lung cancer) Awareness Center

 

www.cordbloodbanking.com  
Umbilical cord blood is a rich source of stem cells can be used to treat various diseases.

 


Heart & Lung Disease


www.americanheart.org
  

American Heart Association

 

www.lungusa.org
  

American Lung Association

 

www.asbestos.com
Mesothelioma Awareness Center

 

www.mesotheliomagroup.com/understanding-cancer
Mesothelioma Group

www.mesotheliomaguide.com
Mesothelioma Guide


Eating Disorders

www.aabainc.org
  

site for eating disorder research


STD's

www.cdc.gov
   

Centers for Disease Control

 

http://www.indiana.edu/~aids/category/aids/
HIV/AIDS information from University of Indiana

 

www.ashastd.org
American Social Health Association


Substance Abuse / Support Groups

www.aa.org
Alcohol abuse support group 

 

http://www.hhs.gov/
  

US Dept of Health & Human Services

 

www.na.org

Narcotics abuse support group

 

www.gamblersanonymous.org
Gambling support group information

 

www.codependents.org
Codependent support group information

 

www.adultchildren.org/
support group for adults who grew up with an addicted parent(s)

 

www.alanon.org
 support group for families of alcoholics 

 

www.alateen.org
support group for teenagers who have an alcoholic parent(s) 

 

www.well.com/user/woa/aodsites.htm
  

resources for addiction recovery 

 

www.addictioncenter.com
addiction info and referral to recovery resources