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Portals & Multiple Agency Websites
The federal agencies' websites are good starting points when
looking for general information on a relevant topic, or when
looking for specific information that you know the agency handles.
Virtually all of the websites have a site index or a search
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Health and Human Services Department - Protects health
and give a special helping hand to those who need assistance.
Provides support and protection to older Americans, infants,
and children. Provides aid to people with disabilities,
as well as assistance and new opportunity for those in need.
Responsible for public health in the United States. Supports
the world's largest medical research effort. Assures the
safety of foods and health care products. Fights against
the ravages of drug and alcohol abuse. |
Important Sub-Agencies
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Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention - Provides a system
of health surveillance to monitor and prevent outbreak of
diseases. With the assistance of states and other partners,
it guards against international disease transmission, maintains
national health statistics and provides for immunization
services and supports research into disease and injury prevention.
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Food
& Drug Administration - Assures the safety of foods
and cosmetics, and the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals,
biological products and medical devices. |
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National
Center for Health Statistics - Principal vital and health
statistics agency. Provides a wide variety of data with
which to monitor the Nation's health. Part of the Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention. |
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National
Institutes of Health - With 17 separate institutes,
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's premier
medical research organization, supporting some 35,000 research
projects nationwide in diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's,
diabetes, arthritis, heart ailments and AIDS. |
Other Agencies
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Center
for Nutrition Policy & Promotion - Develops and
coordinates nutrition policy within the Agriculture
Department. Assesses the cost-effectiveness of government
sponsored nutrition programs on food consumption, food expenditures,
food-related behavior, and nutritional status. Prepares
periodic updates on the cost of family food plans and of
raising children. Investigates techniques for effective
nutrition communication for Americans. Evaluates the Nutrient
Content of the U.S. food supply. |
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Food
& Nutrition Service - Increases food security and
reduces hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations
by providing children and low-income people access to food,
a healthful diet, and nutrition education in a manner that
supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.
Part of the Agriculture Department.
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healthfinder®
- Guide to reliable consumer health and human services information,
developed by the Health and
Human Services Department. healthfinder® can lead
you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases,
websites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government
agencies February 12, 2008 information for the public. Aimed at the general public.
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MEDLINEplus
Health Information - Provides access to extensive information
about specific diseases and conditions and also has web
links to consumer health information from the National
Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals
and physicians, health information in Spanish and other
languages, and clinical trials. Created by the National
Library of Medicine. Aimed at health professionals and
the general public. |
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PubMed - Provides access to over 14 million journal citations back to 1950 on all aspects of medicine, as well as microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology, and environmental health. Can also search a number of other life sciences databases such as Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, and Taxonomy. |
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy and nutrition education activities. They are jointly issued by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services and updated every 5 years. The 6th edition was released in January 2005. |
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Emerging
Infectious Diseases - Peer-reviewed journal, issued
6 times a year, on tracking and analyzing disease trends.
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Environmental
Health Perspectives - Monthly peer-reviewed
journal for the latest environmental health research and
information on topics ranging from molecular biology, ecology,
and atmospheric physics to regulatory and public policy
news and comment. Browse or search articles back to 1972. |
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FDA
Consumer - Official magazine of the Food
and Drug Administration, published 6 times a year. FDA
Consumer offers you a wealth of new and in-depth information
on how to get healthy and stay healthy. Reports on current
FDA activities to ensure that the products the agency regulates--food,
human and animal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, radiation-emitting
products, biologics--are fit to use. Browse or keyword search
issues back to 1989. |
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Food
& Nutrition Research Briefs - Quarterly newsletter
from the Agricultural
Research Service. Browse or keyword search issues back
to 1995. |
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ICD.9.CM
International Classification of Diseases - Used to code
and classify morbidity data from the inpatient and outpatient
records, physician offices, and most National
Center for Health Statistics surveys. |
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Medicare
and You - Annual handbook on Medicare benefits, Medicare
plan choices, Medicare health plans around the country,
and where to call for help. |
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