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| Previous 10 | Canada Drug Talk | http://www.canadadrugtalk.com/ Canada Drug Talk | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Provides facts, tips and news about importing prescription drugs from Canada. |
| Previous | American Health Care Reform | http://americanhealthcarereform.org American Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Advocates for single-payer, universal coverage in America to make healthcare for all a reality. |
| Random 1 | Arkansas Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | http://www.arphysmed.com Arkansas Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Arkansas/Localities/N/North_Little_Rock/Health Clinic guide to services of North Little Rock staff, chiropractor, physical therapist, and massage therapist. Doctor appointment contact available. |
| Random 2 | BBC Learning: Human Geography Websites | http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/library/human_geography.shtml BBC Learning: Human Geography Websites | Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Geography/Human_Geography Category page features news stories and links to related resources. Offers a section devoted to Medical Geography. |
| Random 3 | Dusty Old Books | http://www.dustyoldbooks.com/ Dusty Old Books | Top/Shopping/Publications/Books/Used_and_Rare/D Old and antiquarian books, specialties include medical, veterinary, pharmacy, and travel, photographs of all books. |
| Random 4 | Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate - Familydoctor.org | http://www.familydoctor.org/cgi-bin/multum.pl?op=GetLeaflet&id=17793&name=erythromycin%20ethylsuccinate Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate - Familydoctor.org | Top/Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications/E/Erythromycin Information for patients in English and Spanish. |
| Random 5 | Health For Your Pet | http://www.healthforyourpet.com Health For Your Pet | Top/Shopping/Pets/Supplies/Health/Natural_and_Herbal Natural health supplements for Dogs, cats and horses including vitamins and supplements, joint supplements, herbal and homeopathic remedies, flea, tick, wormers, equine liniments, equine joint health. |
| Next | Coalition to Protect America's Health Care | http://www.protecthealthcare.org Coalition to Protect America's Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals Information on how the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is hurting America's hospitals. |
| Next 10 | Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Board | http://www.nejm.org/content/1998/0339/0025/1851.asp Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Board | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data is readily available, an independent, comprehensive, and systematic program of post-marketing drug surveillance does not exist." |
| Random 1 | Amos Circus | http://www.chat.ru/~circusamos/index.htm Amos Circus | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Performers/Variety_Acts Igor Baranenko and Julia Peshkova present an aerial strap act with Russian circus archives and links. |
| Random 4 | RxFactStat | http://www.rxfactstat.com/ RxFactStat | Top/Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications Information on new FDA approvals, patient and prescribing information. |
| Random 4 | The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division | Top/Shopping/Publications/University_Presses Publishes about 50 journals in the social sciences, humanities, education, biological and medical sciences, and physical sciences. |
| Next 70 | Fat Friendly Health Professionals | http://cat-and-dragon.com/stef/fat/ffp.html Fat Friendly Health Professionals | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance/Directories Based on patient referrals. Also has tips on how to evaluate and educate a new health care provider. |
| Previous 70 | Health Policy Institute of Ohio | http://www.healthpolicyohio.org Health Policy Institute of Ohio | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy An independent, nonpartisan, statewide center that informs Ohio health policy by forecasting health trends, analyzing key health issues, and communicating current research to policymakers, state agencies, and other decision makers. |
| Next 170 | CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Anthrax | http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Anthrax/Anthrax.asp CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Anthrax | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical/Anthrax Links to news releases and sites related to the disease as a biological weapon. |
| Previous 170 | Frontline - Drug Wars | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs Frontline - Drug Wars | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Online accompaniment to the PBS series examining the war on illegal drugs. |
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| Previous 270 | Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement | http://www.nrle.org Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana Homepage of the NRLE promoting the Marijuana Initiative on the Nevada statewide ballot. |
| Other resource N0 | AllPot.com | http://www.allpot.com/ AllPot.com | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana Seeks to legalize domestic marijuana for all purposes - medical, industrial, and recreational. Contains extensive database of related articles. |
| Other resource N1 | Equal Rights 4 All | http://www.equalrights4all.org/ Equal Rights 4 All | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana Updated news source for cannabis, hemp, and marijuana consumers. |
| Other resource N2 | The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws | http://www.norml.org The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML NORML is a nonprofit lobbying organization working to legalize marijuana, stop arrests of smokers, provide educational research, and legal information on marijuana prohibition alternatives. |
| Other resource N3 | Columbia University NORML | http://www.columbia.edu/cu/norml Columbia University NORML | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML Columbia University in New York City NORML chapter |
| Other resource N4 | Indiana NORML, Inc. | http://www.inorml.org Indiana NORML, Inc. | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML Focuses on lobbying to reform marijuana/cannabis/hemp laws in Indiana. Helps educate and raise public awareness on related issues. Monthly meetings at Indianapolis headquarters. |
| Other resource N5 | Carolina NORML | http://www.unc.edu/student/orgs/norml Carolina NORML | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML This site is the web resource for Carolina NORML's ongoing fight to end the War on Marijuana and Hemp. |
| Other resource N6 | Illinois NORML | http://www.illinoisnorml.org Illinois NORML | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML Windy city politics for the Illinois branch. |
| Other resource N7 | Medicinal Marijuana Law on Trial | http://law.about.com/library/weekly/aa051999.htm Medicinal Marijuana Law on Trial | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Trial emphasizes conflict between federal drug law and state initiatives to allow for supervised medical use. With reference links. |
| Other resource N8 | Levellers Medical Marijuana Home Page | http://www.levellers.org/cannabis.html Levellers Medical Marijuana Home Page | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Contains information about hemp, cannabis, medical marijuana, ballot initiatives in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Florida, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state. |
| Other resource N9 | Nelson Cannabis Compassion Club | http://www.netidea.com/~compassionclub Nelson Cannabis Compassion Club | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes As a Cannabis Club, our mission is to provide our members with clean cannabis & natural therapies in a safe, healing environment |
| Other resource N10 | The Medical Marijuana Mission | http://www.themarijuanamission.com/ The Medical Marijuana Mission | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes The author is on a mission asking the Canadian government to help find a clean, affordable source of Marijuana for Medicinal purposes for those in need. |
| Other resource N11 | Yahooka's Health and Medicinal Resource | http://www.yahooka.com/pages/Health_and_Medicinal/ Yahooka's Health and Medicinal Resource | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes A guide to cannabis related sites and services. Links to sections devoted to medicinal use. |
| Other resource N12 | North Island Compassion Club | http://ca.geocities.com/n_i_compassion/index.html North Island Compassion Club | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes A local compassion type organization for medical patients living on North Vancouver Island, British Columbia . The founder and director promotes the use by example. |
| Other resource N13 | American Medical Marijuana Association | http://www.americanmarijuana.org/ American Medical Marijuana Association | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Group advocates a patient's right to use marijuana. Links to cannabis cultivation, medical use, and political activity. |
| Other resource N14 | Oregon Medical Marijuana Act and Oregonians for Medical Rights | http://www.omma1998.org Oregon Medical Marijuana Act and Oregonians for Medical Rights | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Learn about medical marijuana/cannabis from a chief petitioner of the OMMA who is a medical doctor. |
| Other resource N15 | Sister Somayah Kambui - Hemp Is Hep | http://www.geocities.com/sistersomayah Sister Somayah Kambui - Hemp Is Hep | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Long term sickle cell survivor and hemp activist Sister Somayah promotes medical marijuana by giving her life story. Click on sections give access to much information and many links. |
| Other resource N16 | Medical Cannabis Facts and Information | http://members.lycos.nl/medicalinfo/ Medical Cannabis Facts and Information | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes This pro - legalization site offers information on medical cannabis and statistics to prove the case for legalization. |
| Other resource N17 | Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (IOM report for the ONDCP) | http://www.taima.org/nas/marimed.htm Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (IOM report for the ONDCP) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes This site in Japan offers much information about the medical cannabis movement in California and the world.The home page is full of medical cannabis links to regional sites. |
| Other resource N18 | Crackwalker's DewDrop Inn | http://crackwalker2.tripod.com/ Crackwalker's DewDrop Inn | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Dedicated to mental illness, diagnosis information, medications and the advocacy of medicinal marijuana for treatment. |
| Other resource N19 | Marijuana 4 Pain | http://tiffanyshay.tripod.com/marijuana4pain/ Marijuana 4 Pain | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes/Personal_Stories Tiffany tells her story of finding relief from pain with medical marijuana.Informational links about her condition are easy to access.A free email service is offered to all and a web-site sponsor search is available.The author can be contacted directly from here. |
| Other resource N20 | Drugs Plaza | http://www.drugs-plaza.com/recipes.htm Drugs Plaza | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes/Personal_Stories A site with a lot of worthwhile information about cannabis and mushrooms.Personal accounts make this site more understandable for all.There are many recipes for eating these drugs.A medical section is very handy for novice users.The shopping area offers a wide range of smoking accessories. |
| Other resource N21 | Memorial Page for Peter McWilliams (1950--2000) | http://www.hazlitt.org/hero/ Memorial Page for Peter McWilliams (1950--2000) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes/Personal_Stories Memorial page dedicated to Peter McWilliams (1950-2000) and his many accomplishments. Visitors may register and use posting feature. |
| Other resource N22 | High On Hope: Howard Marks Talks to Free Radical Sounds | http://freeradicalsounds.com/howmarks/howard.htm High On Hope: Howard Marks Talks to Free Radical Sounds | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Individual_Advocates A very candid interview. |
| Other resource N23 | League Against Intoxicants | http://www.nettinfo.no/fmr/eng/index.html League Against Intoxicants | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Anti-Legalization Site from Norway that includes several articles against the legalization of illicit drugs. |
| Other resource N24 | Legalizing Drugs | http://members.tripod.com/~jefferson100/legaldrugs/legaldrugs-00.html Legalizing Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Anti-Legalization Quick rebuttal points for common arguments for the legalisation of drugs. |
| Other resource N25 | Human Rights and the Drug War | http://www.hr95.org Human Rights and the Drug War | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs In a photographic essay, the public sees the actual faces of people filling American prisons today and learns the case histories of selected inmates whose sentences illustrate the often harsh and arbitrary policies imposed on first-time, non-violent drug offenders. |
| Other resource N26 | Malevolent Prohibition | http://unquietmind.com/prohibition1.html Malevolent Prohibition | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs A two-part editorial "Spurious Justification" and "Who Benefits from Prohibition?" Explores aspects of law and drug use. |
| Other resource N27 | Drug War Facts | http://www.drugwarfacts.org Drug War Facts | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Free online book - a collection of categorized information on various aspects of the drug war, all presented with full source citations and, where possible, links to the original. |
| Other resource N28 | Partnership for a Drug-Free America? | http://www.angelfire.com/boybands/mindfuk/war.html Partnership for a Drug-Free America? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Let's look closely at the supposed reasons why some drugs are "harmful". Are they really? |
| Other resource N29 | Drug Mistreatment by Jake Ginsky | http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/rehab.html Drug Mistreatment by Jake Ginsky | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Tens of thousands of American teenagers are forced into drug treatment programs each year by schools, parents, or the courts - despite not having any serious drug problem. |
| Other resource N30 | The Schaffer Library of Drug Policy | http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ The Schaffer Library of Drug Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Complete histories, books, periodicals and historical research documenting the failure of the War on Some Drugs. |
| Other resource N31 | The Dancing Bears: Tales from Jails by Gary Waid | http://www.angelfire.com/la/kaylee/tales.html The Dancing Bears: Tales from Jails by Gary Waid | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Prisoner of America's War on Drugs tells it like it is in the United States Prison Industrial Complex. |
| Other resource N32 | Marijuana and the Law - Cannabis Freedom Pages | http://www.theflow.nl/legalize.htm Marijuana and the Law - Cannabis Freedom Pages | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs A site devoted to drug policies and the strategies against them. Cannabis activist political links and civil liberties anti-prohibition information. |
| Other resource N33 | Free William Leonard Pickard Website | http://www.freepickard.org Free William Leonard Pickard Website | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Dedicated to supporting freedom. Leonard is currently awaiting trial for LSD manufacturing. |
| Other resource N34 | King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project | http://home2.netcarrier.com/~aahpat/washindex.htm King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Doctors, lawyers, and pharmacists in Seattle, Washington join in calling for an end to the state's war on drugs. |
| Other resource N35 | Psychedelics: The Anti-Drug | http://www.theantidrug.org/ Psychedelics: The Anti-Drug | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Newsletter produced by the "New Office of International Drug Control Policy Reform". |
| Other resource N36 | Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It | http://www.judgejimgray.com Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs By Judge Jim P. Gray. In addition to the comments from the author of this book, who is a veteran trial judge in Southern California, the views of more than 40 judges and justices nationwide are cited in this documented. |
| Other resource N37 | Drug War Rant | http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/ Drug War Rant | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Weblog features news, analysis, and rants by Pete Guither about current issues in the drug war. |
| Other resource N38 | War on Drugs | http://www.viewcharts.com/drugwar.html War on Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs A recovering drug addict and former drug dealer explains a 5 step process for drug rehabilitation for drug users. |
| Other resource N39 | MAP: The Media Awareness Project | http://www.mapinc.org MAP: The Media Awareness Project | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs/News_and_Media MAP works to ensure more balanced and accurate media coverage of drug policy issues and maintains a comprehensive archive of drug policy news and many free e-mail subscription services. |
| Other resource N40 | IndyBay.org: Drug War News | http://www.indybay.org/drugwar/ IndyBay.org: Drug War News | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs/News_and_Media San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia's ongoing coverage of the "Out from the Shadows" drug policy reform summit in Mérida, the medical marijuana battle in California, and other current issues. |
| Other resource N41 | The Case of Ian Stillman | http://deafness.about.com/library/weekly/aa073002.htm The Case of Ian Stillman | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Smuggling The case of a deaf British man imprisoned in India for alleged drug smuggling. |
| Other resource N42 | Cancer Prevention Coalition | http://www.preventcancer.com Cancer Prevention Coalition | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer Headed by Samuel Epstein, M.D., Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Univ. of IL at Chicago. Information on the avoidable causes of cancer, cancer prevention, and the politics of cancer. |
| Other resource N43 | Some notes on Robert W. Bradford and His Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine | http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/Nonrecorg/cfcm.html Some notes on Robert W. Bradford and His Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Alleged_Cures An article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., about CFCM, the political arm of several interlocking corporations promoting and/or marketing questionable remedies for cancer and other serious diseases. |
| Other resource N44 | Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Complimentary Alternative Treatment Options | http://www.cancercenter.com/treatmentOptions/cam.cfm Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Complimentary Alternative Treatment Options | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Alternative_Treatments Offers information on nutritional therapy, pain management, naturopathic medicine, mind-body medicine, physical therapy and spiritual support services. |
| Other resource N45 | HIV InSite | http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu HIV InSite | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS Gateway to HIV/AIDS knowledge from the University of California, San Francisco. Comprehensive medical and societal news. |
| Other resource N46 | The AIDS Mirage | http://www.ourcivilisation.com/aids The AIDS Mirage | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views Hiram Caton's complete work "Debunking the AIDS Myth; An Explanation Why and How the Medical Profession Kills Gays." |
| Other resource N47 | Alive and Well - Eugene | http://aliveandwell-eugene.dreamhost.com Alive and Well - Eugene | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views/Organizations Organization advocates that HIV is not the cause of AIDS, and that anti-AIDS drugs, especially AZT, are responsible for deaths attributed to AIDS. |
| Other resource N48 | Healthy Oakland Teens Project (HOT) | http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/hotindex.html Healthy Oakland Teens Project (HOT) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Young_People/Organizations Program in which teens act as peer role models to teach adolescents about HIV and making responsible decisions. Curriculum, evaluation instruments, and staff contacts provided. |
| Other resource N49 | Healthcare Workers and HIV/AIDS | http://www.thebody.com/whatis/carework.html Healthcare Workers and HIV/AIDS | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Workplace Resources related to protecting health care workers (including dental professionals) from occupational exposure to post-exposure prevention, presented by The Body. |
| Other resource N50 | Race, Health Care and the Law | http://www.udayton.edu/~health/ Race, Health Care and the Law | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Race_and_Ethnicity Explores the role of the law in improving the health status of people-of-color and to assuring access to quality health care. |
| Other resource N51 | Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs | http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/publications/needlereport.html Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Substance_Use Report on impact in the United States and abroad. |
| Other resource N52 | Protease Dis-Inhibitors? The Gay Bareback Phenomenon | http://www.managingdesire.org/sexpanic/ProteaseDisInhibitors.html Protease Dis-Inhibitors? The Gay Bareback Phenomenon | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Bareback_Sex Article examining the impact that HIV drugs may have had on the increased popularity of unsafe sex. |
| Other resource N53 | Bio-Compatible Dentistry | http://www.zip.com.au/~rgammal/index.html Bio-Compatible Dentistry | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Dentistry Dental amalgam and root canal therapy may be the greatest danger to our health. This site has been created to bring information about bio-compatible dentistry to the public and to all health care professionals. It in no way takes the place of medical diagnosis. |
| Other resource N54 | Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research | http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Interdisciplinary research Institute focusing on local, state and national health care and policy issues. |
| Other resource N55 | Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | http://www.pcrm.org/ Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy A non-profit organization that promotes preventive medicine, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services. |
| Other resource N56 | Health-Care Reform - A Mindful Approach | http://www.health-care-reform.net Health-Care Reform - A Mindful Approach | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy A detailed, revolutionary plan is presented by a medical doctor to reform the health-care system by restructuring medical education. The program would be individualized, cost free, and open to any motivated person. |
| Other resource N57 | Harvard Health Caucus at the Harvard Medical School | http://web.med.harvard.edu/healthcaucus Harvard Health Caucus at the Harvard Medical School | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy A student-run interdisciplinary think tank dedicated to thoughtful discourse in health policy. |
| Other resource N58 | Health Promotion Policy Unit | http://www.dph.gla.ac.uk/hppu Health Promotion Policy Unit | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The HPPU at the University of Glasgow, led by Professor Ken Judge, undertakes health policy analysis and research about the effectiveness of interventions related to health inequality. |
| Other resource N59 | Almanac of Policy Issues: Health Policy | http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/index.shtml Almanac of Policy Issues: Health Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Background information and links on U.S. health policy. |
| Other resource N60 | National Health Policy, Education, and Research Group | http://nhperg.org National Health Policy, Education, and Research Group | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Devoted to increasing public awareness of alternatives to the market system of health insurance in the United States through research, education, and grassroots outreach. |
| Other resource N61 | Concerned Citizens For Care | http://www.concernedcitizensforcare.org Concerned Citizens For Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy A grass-roots organization for citizens who are concerned about healthcare issues and Pennsylvania medicine. It is organized by the Bucks County Physician Hospital Alliance in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. |
| Other resource N62 | Washington Business Group on Health | http://www.wbgh.com/ Washington Business Group on Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy National non profit organization exclusively devoted to the analysis of health policy and related work site issues from the perspective of large employers. |
| Other resource N63 | Protect Your Healthcare | http://www.protectyourhealthcare.org Protect Your Healthcare | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Site that advocates against congressional legislation allowing Association Health Plans to take away current healthcare protections under state law. |
| Other resource N64 | Health Policy Institute of Ohio | http://www.healthpolicyohio.org Health Policy Institute of Ohio | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy An independent, nonpartisan, statewide center that informs Ohio health policy by forecasting health trends, analyzing key health issues, and communicating current research to policymakers, state agencies, and other decision makers. |
| Other resource N65 | Institute of Health Law Studies | http://www.ihls.org Institute of Health Law Studies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The Institute of Health Law Studies, based at the California Western School of Law, is a nonprofit organization performing research, advocacy, and community service to promote quality and safety in health care. |
| Other resource N66 | Institute for Health Freedom | http://www.forhealthfreedom.org/ Institute for Health Freedom | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Established to bring the issues of personal health freedom to the forefront of America's health policy debate, IHF's mission is to present the ethical and economic case for strengthening personal health freedom. |
| Other resource N67 | National Center for Policy Analysis: Health Care Issues | http://www.public-policy.org/~ncpa/pi/health/hedex1.html National Center for Policy Analysis: Health Care Issues | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation The NCPA has one of the largest collections of papers and articles on health care policy online. |
| Other resource N68 | Council for Affordable Health Insurance | http://www.cahi.org/ Council for Affordable Health Insurance | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Promotes a free-market approach to reform, and works to preserve freedom of choice and quality of care while addressing the issue of affordability. |
| Other resource N69 | Is There a Right to Health Care? | http://www.objectivistcenter.org/articles/dkelley_right-to-health-care.asp Is There a Right to Health Care? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation An article on health care and welfare by David Kelley of The Objectivist Center |
| Other resource N70 | Health Care Reform Update | http://cfmresearch.tripod.com/loosingourway/ Health Care Reform Update | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Regular updates on U.S. health care reform as well as links to related news articles. |
| Other resource N71 | CNE Health | http://www.cnehealth.org/ CNE Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation CNE Health is a forum for exploring market based ideas and policy proposals which put the patient at the forefront of health care. The sites includes The Puls, a weblog. |
| Other resource N72 | Part B News | http://www.partbnews.com Part B News | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Newsletter reporting on Part B coverage, coding, billing and reimbursement rules for physician services. Explains how to comply with Medicare payment rules to receive the full, correct reimbursement earned. |
| Other resource N73 | House Ways and Means Green Book: Medicare | http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/archive/medicare_greenbook2000.shtml House Ways and Means Green Book: Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Background on Medicare eligibility, benefits, financing, Medicare+Choice, and related legislative issues. |
| Other resource N74 | Medicare - Panacea Or Death Potion? | http://pages.prodigy.net/krtq73aa/medi.htm Medicare - Panacea Or Death Potion? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare An article critical of Medicare and federal involvement in the health care system. |
| Other resource N75 | Clinician Task Force | http://www.cliniciantaskforce.org Clinician Task Force | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Several of the nation's most experienced and respected seating and mobility clinicians working to improve Medicare coverage guidelines for wheeled mobility devices. |
| Other resource N76 | Almanac of Policy Issues: Medicaid | http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/medicaid.shtml Almanac of Policy Issues: Medicaid | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Background information and links on the U.S. Medicaid program. |
| Other resource N77 | Is the Medicaid Program Fair? | http://www.medicaid.1colony.com Is the Medicaid Program Fair? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Stories, issues and discussions about the difficulty of getting assistance through this government program. |
| Other resource N78 | American Public Health Association: SCHIP and Public Health | http://www.apha.org/ppp/schip/ American Public Health Association: SCHIP and Public Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program SCHIP page of APHA, the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals. |
| Other resource N79 | Children's Health Matters | http://www.childrenshealthmatters.org Children's Health Matters | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Outreach program that facilitates enrollment of children in Medicaid and other insurance programs |
| Other resource N80 | Almanac of Policy Issues: Prescription Drugs | http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/prescription_drugs.shtml Almanac of Policy Issues: Prescription Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Links and background information about U.S. public policy affecting prescription drugs and prescription drug coverage. |