Bangor Public Library

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Bangor, Maine 04401
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Medical Websites



Good Starting Places:

Medline Plus -National Library of Medicine
http://medlineplus.gov/

Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/

Healthfinder -U.S. Dept. of Health
 http://www.healthfinder.gov/ 

Family Doctor - American Academy of Family Physicians
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html

Merck-Home Edition for Patients and Caregivers
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/

Keep Me Well
http://www.keepmewell.org/

 

Cancer Websites

click here for many sites

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

Links to Best Medical Websites 

Medical Library Association Top 100 Health Websites
http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/

Yale Univ./John Hay Whitney Medical Library Consumer Health Websites  
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/portals/consumer.html

Medical Library Association Recommended Sites for Cancer, Diabetes and Heart
 http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html#5

 

Medical Organizations and Associations

Directory of Health Organizations-Cancer, Heart, MS,...
http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/

Maine Health Forum                             
http://www.mainehealthforum.org/

 

Medication

 Institute for Safe Medication Practices 
http://consumermedsafety.org/

Local Hospital Websites
 

 

 Eastern Maine Medical Center       
http://www.emmc.org/

St. Joseph Hospital
http://www.stjoseph-me.org/

Acadia Hospital-(nonprofit psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment provider
serving the people of Maine)
http://acadiahospital.org/