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AIDS / H I V

H I V / AIDS Treatment Information Service
a central resource for federally-approved treatment guidelines for H I V and AIDS.

National H I V Telephone Consultation Service
community provider AIDS training.

CDC National Prevention Information Network
a service of the National Center for H I V, S T D, and T B Prevention.


Bioterrorism

CDC Bioterrorism site
Specific agents, laboratory information, emergency response, planning, surveillance

Biological Terrorism General Guidance [PDF-386KB]
a quick pocket guide on the diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis of inhaled anthrax, botulism, plague, pneumonic tularemia, and smallpox.

Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
a Johns Hopkins University site to raise consciousness, increase the knowledge base, and catalyze development of effective and practical systems to respond to epidemics caused by biological weapons.

JAMA Articles Available on Biological Weapons
an American Society of Clinical Pathologists collection of links to JAMA articles on anthrax, botulism toxin, plague, smallpox, and tularemia.

MEDLINEplus: Biodefense and Bioterrorism
a National Library of Medicine site providing updates, overviews, and info on coping, research, prevention/screening, and treatment.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
a CDC site to assist in the rapid development of federal, state, and local capacity to address potential bioterrorism events.


Cancer

CANCERLIT®
is an NCI bibliographic database that contains more than 1.5 million citations and abstracts from over 4,000 different sources including biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses.

CancerNet
your gateway to the most recent and accurate cancer information from the National Cancer Institute, a component of the National Institutes of Health.


Cardiovascular Disease

ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

The Treatment of Dyslipidemias in Native Americans [DOC-670KB]
Lipid guidelines developed as a result of an Indian Health conference held in Scottsdale, AZ, December 11 - 13, 2000 (large MSW document).


Diabetes Mellitus

American Diabetes Association
The nation's leading non-profit health organization dedicated to prevention and cure of diabetes.

Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives
AI/AN-specific information from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse.

Diabetes Public Health Resource
a CDC division that takes information from clinical trials and incorporates it into clinical and public health practices.

Kids Learn About Diabetes
Kid-friendly site with information about diet, activity, feelings, testing, etc. Includes a chat room. Cute!

MEDLINEplus: Diabetes
MEDLINEplus list of diabetes information resources.

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
operated by NIDDK.

Palliative Care

Growth House, Inc.
The Internet's leading online community for end of life care.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

CDC SARS web site
Information for clinicians and patients from the CDC on diagnosis, isolation and infection control, etc

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