Abortion
— Issues in Abortion Care, 7: Deciding women's lives are worth saving: Expanding the role of midlevel providers in safe abortion care. From the conference, Expanding access: Advancing the role of Midlevel Providers in Menstrual Regulation and Effective Abortion Care, Pilanesburg National Park, South Africa, December, Cosponsored by Ipas. 2001. 2/03, jk

— www.Imnotsorry.net Lay web site that seeks to help women both before and after their abortions by " . . . giving them a safe space to vent, ask questions, and celebrate reproductive choice." 7/03, jk

— National Abortion Foundation. "The NAF is the professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada. NAF members provide the broadest spectrum of abortion expertise in North America. Our members include some 400 nonprofit and private clinics, women’s health centers, Planned Parenthood facilities, and private physicians, as well as nationally and internationally recognized researchers, clinicians, and educators at major universities and teaching hospitals, who together care for more than half of the women who choose abortion each year in the United States. NAF's mission is to keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible."

— Safe abortion care: An imperative for health care workers. 19 minute video. Created by Ipas to enlist midlevel health care providers for training and enpowerment to fill a critical service role in their communities. 800-334-8446, 919-960-5705 to order.

— Early Options. "... a National Abortion Federation (NAF) program designed to educate and instruct health care professionals, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, counselors, nurses, and office staff, in the safe and effective administration of mifepristone/misoprostol for early medical abortion. The Early Options program also includes educational materials for women considering the early option pill. Additionally, NAF’s hotline (800-772-9100) is a valuable resource in providing information and referrals to qualified abortion providers."

Aging See also Geriatrics
— National Institutes of Aging Includes links to the NIA Publications List, and the Resource Directory for Older People, which includes over 40099 links to Federal agencies, AoA-supported resource centers, professional societies, private groups, and volunteer programs. 1/02,jk

Air Transportation for Patients
— Patient Assistance Resources, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, at NIH. Provides the National Patient Air Transportation Helpline, and four charitable Air Transport services. 11/26/01, jk

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Alternative/Herbal Medicine

— Alternative Medicine Foundation: HerbMed
"An interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public." 4/7/03, JK
— American Botanical Council Contents: | Botanical Booklet Series | Commission E Monographs | Common Herbs | Ginseng Evaluation Program | Herbal Medicine | HerbalGram | HerbClip | Herb Reference Guide | The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs Continuing Education | Terminology | Ethnobotanical Tours | Internships | Educational Links. Much of the site is devoted to the selling of their books. Reviewed 11/20/01, jk

— Dietary Supplements, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration . Extensive, free email notification list. On the day of our review, the site had information about the dangers of the dietary supplement LipoKinetix, and Dietary Supplements Claiming to Prevent or Treat Anthrax. 11/23/01, jk

— Herb Research Foundation Contents include "a specialty research library containing more than 300,000 scientific articles on thousands of herbs, education programs, botanical literature research, publications, herb safety reviews, and Herb Information Packets." Among their interesting articles at the time of this review, one stood out: Medical supplements may be treated as medical expenses." 11/22/01, jk

— National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
A section of the Combined Health Information Database (CHID). NCCAM maintains an information clearinghouse to collect, develop, and disseminate information to the public on Complementary Alternative Medicine practices and on the NCCAM. The AM Subfile of CHID includes references to fact sheets, textbooks, journals and journal articles, newsletters and newsletter articles, audiovisuals, directories, manuals, brochures and pamphlets, bibliographies, monographs, and reports. 11/20/01, jk

— National Consumers League . Their ". . . mission is to identify, protect, represent, and advance the economic and social interests of consumers and workers. The National Consumers League is a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers . . . We are the nation's oldest consumer organization." They offer a number of interesting patient education sites. A good example is "Aspirin and Coronary Artery Disease" 11/22/01, jk

— New York Online Access to Health (NOAH): Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Alzheimer Disease

—Alzheimer Canada This aesthetically pleasing site represents this national Society Site. It features a great deal of basic information for patients. In Common Questions, the first question is: "I believe my wife has Alzheimer Disease. How can I get her to see her doctor?" Also, the Physician Section ". . is designed to provide the latest clinical information to help physicians diagnose and manage Alzheimer Disease." It also offers providers practical ways to give support to people with the disease and their families. Their interactive Forum seems designed for all clinicians. 1/02, jk

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American Medical Society

—Code of Ethics 10/03, jk

Anatomy

— Cranial Nerves. Thackery Gray, Loyola University of Chicago. Annotated gross images of the cranial nerves. 11/01, jk

— The Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain. University of Iowa Virtual Hospital. Textbook of high quality photographs of the human brain. 11/01, jk

— Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body. The complete text and illustrations. 11/01, jk

— The NPAC/OLDA Visible Human Viewer. A amazing tool! Allows you to select and view images of 2-dimensional slices of a human body, using processed data from the Visible Human Project of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 11/01, jk

Asthma/ Allergy

— Key Clinical Activities for Quality Asthma Care
Recommendations of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program

See also United States Pharmacopoeia, and Organizations for other references about Asthma/ Allergy.

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