Additional Links

The sites accessed by these links are not affiliated with Rapides Regional Medical Center

General websites:

1. PUBMED PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's free, search service that provides access to over 10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participation online journals.
2. Internet Grateful Med A gateway interface for assisted searching in a changing environment. A collection of 15 databases that may be searched individually using the PUBMED interface.
3. American Society on Aging
4. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
5. NABCO (National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations)
6. National Women's Health Information Center
7. CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
8. Drug Database: DrugDB A centralized index containing basic information about many drugs on PharmInfoNet. Drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names and tradenames in two separate sections
9. Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Hypertext presentation of the 17^th edition of the world's most widely used general medical text. Covers human diseases, symptoms, common clinical procedures, and laboratory tests. Searchable by keyword and includes hyperlinks to chapters, topics, diagrams, and tables throughout the text.
10. Search Engines - Health & Medicine
11. American College of Physicians Contains items from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
12. National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana  Strives to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
13. National Kidney Foundation - Making Lives Better Preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of organs for transplantation.

1. American Medical Association Includes highlights, summaries, and features from JAMA, The American Medical News, and other journals. Also provides legislative updates, medical news, patient education materials, and physician employment opportunities.
2. American Academy of Family Physicians A national association of more than 80,000 family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students.
3. American Diabetic Association (ADA)
4. American Hospital Association
5. American Board of Family Practice
6. American Nurses Association
7. American Public Health Association
8. World Health Organization
9. American Osteopathic Association

1. Medical Meetings, Congresses, etc.
2. National Medical Specialties Societies
3. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
4. Continuing Medical Education (CME) Links to CME on the Internet. From the Texas Medical Association

1. National Guideline Clearinghouse
2. Centers for Disease Control A major resource for U.S. Government vital and health statistics and for information on infectious diseases, chronic diseases, environmental hazards and injuries. Publications include Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, MMWR Recommendations and Reports, and CDC Surveillance Summaries, and Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal by the National Center for Infectious Diseases.
3. National Center for Infectious Diseases
4. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
5. The National Eye Institute
6. National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR)
7. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
8. Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (JDF)
9. Food & Drug Administration
10. Louisiana Library Connection Databases
11. ClinicalTrials.gov NIH clinical trials provides patients with easy access to information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation and additional disease and treatment information.

British Medical Journal

New England Journal of Medicine

JAMA (Journals of American Medical Association

Archives Specialties

- includes Dermatology, Facial & Plastic Surgery, Family Medicine, General Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Opthalmology, Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Surgery.

American Family Physician

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