Health and medicine news: US

Top medical sites:

New England Journal of Medicine The premiere medical journal in the world, now online.
How to search for Medical Sites Helpful tips from librarians

Medline sites:
One of the world's largest medical databases is available through various sites:

Matrix's Medline list
Medline One of the world's largest medical databases. Full search back to 1987, but only abstracts are available.
Free Medline National Library of Medicine offers free access to the the database that will allow the public to establish direct web links between MEDLINE abstracts and the publishers of the full-text articles.

Health search engines:

Healthfinder US department of health searches the web for you
Health Scout
Healthgate Offers quick and advanced searches of Medline, plus CancerLit and AIDS databases.
Pharminfo Database of drug information browsable by generic name or trade name.

Commercial web sites:

Other medical directories:

Pharmaceutical Information Network Search for information on drugs by name, with links to background articles. Corporate sponsorship, so beware.
Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade
US health databases
NIH databases Search the Combined Health Information Database
Mayo health news
Hebrewrehab.org Gerontological research and geriatrics.
Quackwatch

Alternative medicine:

US health news services:

Eureka Alert A comprehensive news server for up-to-date research in science, medicine, and technology.
Disability News Service Articles about US Supreme Court decisions, investigative reports, health, travel, recreation, employment, resources, a listserv and more.
Reuters Health news A pay-for service (free search and only $3.50 per article) for medical professionals
Reuters Health E-Line Specialized news search from one of the largest news organizations in the world. You can search by date for the last few weeks and topic.

AIDS:

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