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The Library has 299 websites and
13 results for the letter "D".
- 1. DailyMed
- Provider:National Library of Medicine
- Keywords: consumer health , drugs , NLM , pharmaceutical , trademark
- Description: DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. This information includes FDA approved labels (package inserts). This website provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource for medication content and labeling. Other information about prescription drugs may also be included. "NLM regularly processes data files uploaded from FDA's system and provides and maintains this Web site for the public to use in accessing the information."
- 2. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Provider:Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Keywords: advocacy , consumer health , mental health
- Description: From the website: "The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation’s leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses, depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably.
- 3. DermAtlas (Dermatology Image Atlas)
- Provider:Johns Hopkins University
- Keywords: images , skin , dermatology
- Description: Approximately 11,000 images of dermatologic conditions. "This website was designed by Bernard A. Cohen, M.D., Division of Pediatric Dermatology and Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D., Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with technical assistance of Michael Cohen, for educational use by health care professionals, parents and patients."
- 4. Disabled World
- Provider:Disabled World (Lynn and Ian Langtree)
- Keywords: alternative medicine , consumer health , networking , international , disability
- Description: Subtitled "Health and Disability Community News," this website offers resources and information on travel and assistive technology; news and articles concerning disabilities and health issues; and links to social networking sites for the disabled, including its own community site.
- 5. Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC)
- Provider:National Library of Medicine
- Keywords: disaster , U.S. Government , healthcare professional , emergency preparedness
- Description: "DIMRC is tasked with the effective collection, organization, and dissemination of health information for natural, accidental, or deliberate disasters. DIMRC is committed to providing this essential information as part of the Federal effort to help prepare, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the adverse health effects of disasters in conjunction with Federal, State, local government, private organizations, and local communities. To accomplish this, DIMRC will focus its efforts on providing disaster health information resources and informatics research that will be directly beneficial for public health officials, healthcare providers, special populations, and the public."
- 6. Disaster Planning for Home Health Care Providers
- Provider:U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Keywords: consumer health , disaster , federal agencies , geriatrics , medical history , U.S. Government , healthcare professional , emergency preparedness
- Description: This document provides some checklist items and guidelines for assisting the homebound patient in preparing for disasters and in evacuation readiness. A form is included for entering essential data like personal medical information and a personal emergency contacts list.
- 7. Disaster Psychiatry Handbook
- Provider:American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Foundation
- Keywords: disaster , drugs , ethics , point-of-care , psychiatry , public health , physician , PTSD
- Description: This brief handbook, full of authoritative references and written for psychiatric health professionals, contains chapters on cultural and ethnic considerations, medico-legal issues, communicating through the media, and providing guidance for parents and caregivers.
- 8. disasterassistance.gov: Access to Disaster Help and Resources
- Provider:U.S. Government agencies
- Keywords: disaster , federal agencies , government , portal , public health , U.S. Government , hurricane
- Description: "DisasterAssistance.gov is a secure, user-friendly U.S. Government web portal that consolidates disaster assistance information in one place. If you need assistance following a presidentially declared disaster— which has been designated for individual assistance— you can now to go to DisasterAssistance.gov to register online. Local resource information to help keep citizens safe during an emergency is also available. Currently, 17 U.S. Government agencies, which sponsor almost 60 forms of assistance, contribute to the portal."
- 9. DisasterHelp - Your Guide to Disaster Recovery Resources
- Provider:FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Keywords: advocacy , consumer health , disaster , emergency medicine , federal agencies , gateway , portal , public administration , public health , Spanish , social services , RSS feed , safety , weather , emergency preparedness
- Description: This website is a comprehensive, well-organized portal to disaster resource websites chosen from important federal, state and local sources. There are links to news feeds on weather and declared natural disasters; information on dealing with immediate, basic needs- food and water, shelter, First Aid. Links to CDC and OSHA information on chemical contamination/decontamination are listed. Resources from cleanup to applying for federal aid and benefits, from psychological help to preservation of essential personal papers, are linked here. Paths to information targeted for parents, homeowners, business owners and farmers in the aftermath of a disaster are also provided.
- 10. Disease Management Project - Cleveland Clinic
- Provider:Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
- Keywords: diagnosis , clinical practice guidelines , point-of-care , physician , disease
- Description: The Disease Management Project is an online medical reference designed to provide nationally established treatment guidelines for the most commonly seen diseases and conditions. This freely accessible, illustrated resource is arranged in sections by discipline, with chapters under each. A fuller version has also been published as a book. "Authored by specialists at The Cleveland Clinic, each chapter is designed to incorporate national clinical practice guidelines in a fashion which is simple, straightforward, and of maximum clinical utility."
- 11. DocFinder (Texas)
- Provider:Administrators in Medicine (AIM)
- Keywords: consumer health , ethics , licensing , Texas , organizations, societies , physician , healthcare professional
- Description: Texas DocFinder enables the user to research individual physicians. Find the number, status, type and expiration date of a physician's license; check on whether the Texas Board of Medical Examiners has taken disciplinary action against a physician; and learn age and details of the physician's education and stated medical specialty.
- 12. DPDx Parasite Image Library
- Provider:CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
- Keywords: images , parasite
- Description: "The Division of Parasitic Diseases' (DPD) mission is to prevent and control parasitic diseases in the United States and throughout the world." This is a large bank of downloadable images of parasites.
- 13. Drugs.com
- Provider:Drugsite Trust
- Keywords: dietary supplements , drugs , pharmaceutical , pharmacology
- Description: The Drugs.com database is a compilation of licensed information from Wolters Kluwer Health, Physicians’ Desk Reference, Cerner Multum and Thomson Micromedex. It provides information on more than 24,000 prescription, over-the-counter and natural products. Search by name or medical condition. A "pill finder" image collection and a drug interactions database are also provided.
