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• The links below provide access to general information on disease, health, and wiliness.
• Links to important information on Genetics, Hazardous Materials, Medicare,
  and Toxic Chemicals, are also included.
• To locate agencies that provide health related services to Western New Yorkers, link
  to our Community Resources web page.

	Rx for Health Information This Rx form is designed to deliver free, reliable, and understandable health information to Kaleida Health customers and the greater WNY community. Your requests are filled by professional libarians from all Kaleida Health Hospitals. The online version will automatically be forwarded to a professional medical librarian. The print version, once completed, may be mailed, faxed, or hand delivered to the most convenient Kaleida Health Library. To open this form Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program, must be installed on your computer.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Health promotion, patient education/program descriptions from several U.S. government health-related agencies.

Cancer Information Service - From the National Cancer Institute (NCI), this site provides easy to understand information on all aspects of cancer. "The Cancer Information Service (CIS), a national information and education network, is a free public service of NCI." Readers will find recent news, factual information, additional web sites, and LiveHelp. Many pages are published in Spanish as well as English.

Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements
Occasional updates from the Medical Letter - Developed to 'help prescribers deal with questions arising from [pharmaceutical ads]' directed to consumers. Link located at the bottom of the right column.

FirstGov for Consumers - A "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal information resources available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by category -- such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, and Transportation. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information.

Genetics Home Reference - National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions. Currently offers summaries for 72 genetic conditions and 58 genes.

Good Health Information - The National Library of Medicine and the American Library Association want to show you how to find the information that will help you achieve good health.

Guide to Healthy Web Surfing from Medline Plus - Suggestions and tips to help you judge the quality of the health information you find online. Includes valuable pointers on how to protect your privacy.

Hazardous Materials, Toxic Chemicals

Haz-Map - Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases. Hazardous Agents listed by Type, by Adverse Effects, or Alphabetically.
Occupational diseases listed by Type, by Jobs/Symptoms, or Alphabetically.
High risk jobs listed by Type or Alphabetically.
Includes additional searches, glossary, and references with links.

Household Products Database - NLM's Household Products Database (HPD) now links over 5,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers. HPD allows scientists and
consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

Tox Town - Graphics-heavy site, little original content. Predominantly links to sites such as NLM, EPA or OSHA where original content articles reside.
Note: Plug-in Macromedia Flash player needed for best results.

Healthfinder - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. A gateway to reliable consumer health information, with links to online publications, clearinghouses, support groups, and more. Healthfinder Espanol provides the same information in Spanish.

Healthfinder Kids - For children, parents, and families. Topics include child care, product safety, adoption, development, fathers, single parents...

Intelihealth - Collaborative project from Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and Aetna Insurance. This searchable site contains current, high quality health information in the form of clearly written articles, quizzes, and self assessments. Its interactive tools were developed for clarity and ease of use.

Medicare

medicare.gov - U.S. Government site for people with Medicare

NYS Department of Health - additional updates about Medicare prescription drug plans, and other information.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medlineplus - National Library of Medicine. Provides reliable professional and patient information on organizations, clinical trials, dictionaries, and more in Spanish and other languages.
Chemical emergencies - lnformation to help protect yourself in the event of a chemical emergency. Includes link to help create a disaster plan.

Mental Health Resources on the Web for Families: a quick reference guide - Internet resources for mental health information, and tips on how to locate and identify additional reliable web sites. Produced by the Natan F. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, a NYS Office of Mental Health facility. See also NYS Office of Mental Health: Additional publications on mental health issues.

NIH on-line consumer health publications - A good source for reliable online publications.

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) - Full-text, quality health information for consumers in English and Spanish.

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