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General Health Resources
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
An agency of the Department of
Health and Human Services. CDC promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling
disease, injury, and disability.
healthfinder®
healthfinder® is a free guide to reliable health information,
developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The site
provides an easy-to-use, searchable index of carefully reviewed health
information from over 1,800 government agencies, nonprofit
organizations, and universities.
National
Center for Health Statistics
A national health
statistics agency that compiles statistical information
to guide actions and policies to improve public health.
National
Institutes of Health
Medical research center and
federal agency. The goal of the institute is to acquire new knowledge to
help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability.
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Conducts, fosters, coordinates, and guides research on the causes,
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and
stroke, and supports basic research in related scientific areas.
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a federal agency for
research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety.
The
National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
A service of the
Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human
Services. NWHIC provides an array of Federal and
other information resources related to women's health.
Cardiology/Vascular Resources
and Medical Associations
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The Institute plans, conducts, fosters, and supports clinical research
in diseases of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders.
American
Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national
voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death
from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Health-Heart.org
Information about nutrition, health and heart disease. Includes tips
on how to have a healthy heart.American
College of Cardiology
Professional society of over
28,000 cardiovascular physicians and scientists from around the world.
The mission of the society is to foster optimal cardiovascular care
and disease prevention through professional education, promotion of
research, leadership in the development of standards and guidelines and
the formulation of health care policy.
Cardiovascular
Research Foundation
One of the world's largest private research
foundations in medicine. Promotes advances in cardiovascular medicine,
anchored by three complementary principles: research, education and
patient care.
Other Medical Associations
American
College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the
nation's largest medical specialty society. Its mission is to enhance
the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and
professionalism in the practice of medicine.
Government
Regulatory Agencies
Food
and Drug Administration
Regulatory agency for food, drugs and medical devices. Promotes public health by reviewing
clinical research and taking appropriate action on the marketing of
regulated products in a timely manner.
United
States Department of Health & Human Services
Principal government agency for protecting the health of Americans
and providing essential human services. The department includes more
than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities, one of
which is medical and social science research.
United
States Department of Agriculture
The mission of the USDA is to Enhance the quality of life for
the American people by supporting production of agriculture.
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