Human Physiology & Related Conditions

General Links
The Human Body
Body Systems
Disease/Condition Links
History of Medicine
Images

Alphabetic List of Specific Disease/Disorders
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/alphalist.html
Allows searching for valid sites and articles dealing with specific diseases.

The Biology Place
See your teacher for login and password

Biology Project
A content-rich, interactive resource for learning biology on the Web

Biology Web Site References for Students and Teachers
http://www.kensbiorefs.com/index.html

Chemicals & Human Health
Basic toxicology, lung toxicology, environmental tobacco
smoke & lung development

Health A To Z - The Search Engine for Health & Medicine
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/index.jsp

Health Center.com FIX
http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/

Health Information Resources: Keyword Listing   FIX
http://nhic-nt.health.org/AlphaKeyword.htm
Allows searching by keyword to find a variety of diseases and heath related topics.  Site is produced by the
National Health Information Center.

Human Genome Project
Explore this site for information about the U.S. and worldwide Human Genome Project.

Human Biology
DNA forensics, karyotyping, genetics, blood types, reproduction, etc.

MedicineNet
http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&nc=Y&p=A_DT

Med Web
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/default.htm
Excellent source of information on human body malfunctions and diseases.

The Human Body

BodyQuest
An exploration of anatomy

Human Anatomy Online
A content-rich site exploring the human body that utilizes Java

Anatomical Travelogue Video - National Football League Coming Soon.
The dynamics of the body during football including common injuries.

Southern California Orthopedic Institute
http://www.scoi.com/index.html
Excellent bone anatomy. Click on body part of interest.

The Visible Human Project - List of Animations
A project by the U.S. National Library of Medicine
    A Guided Tour of the Visible Human, VOXEL-Man

The Virtual Anatomy Project  FIX
The Virtual Anatomy project at Colorado State University is working on generating a 3D geometric database of the human body. (This site appears to be down temporarily).

The Virtual Hospital

Body Systems

Organ Systems Index - Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Nervous and Respiratory Systems only

Heart : An Online Exploration
An interactive tour of the human heart

Brain Facts and Figures

Images 

Histology on the Net
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/
Hundreds of microscopic anatomical image

Images from the History of Medicine
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

Diseases and Conditions

ADD/ADHD

ABC's of ADD - National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
http://www.add.org/content/abc1.htm

Attention-Deficit Disorder - CHADD National Resource Center on AD/HD
http://www.help4adhd.org/en/treatment

AIDS/HIV

ARIC's AIDS Medical Information Library
http://www.critpath.org/aric/library.htm

All the Virology on the WWW: AIDS/HIV Information and Research
http://www.virology.net/garryfavwebaids3.html

Alcohol (coming soon)

Aspirin

Aspirin - Aspirin Foundation of America
    Consumer Information - How It Works, Uses of Aspirin
    http://www.aspirin.org/consumer.html
    For additional information, consult the Professional Information section.
  
Aspirin - Molecule of the Month
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/aspirin/aspirin.htm

"An Aspirin A Day - Just Another Cliche?" - Tamar Nordenberg
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/299_asp.html

Alzheimer's

What is Alzheimer's Disease? Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/WhatIsAD.asp

Dementia FIX
http://www.informatik.fh-luebeck.de/icd/icdchVF-Dementia.html

Bubonic Plague

Plague
http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html

A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Bubonic plague hits San Francisco
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm00bu.html

Human Plague -- India, 1994
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00033015.htm

CDC Plague Home Page
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm

CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague: Diagnosis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/diagnosis.htm

Bubonic Plague 1  FIX
http://www2.educ.ksu.edu/

The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html

Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html

Chemical Weapons

MEDLINEplus: Biological and Chemical Weapons
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biologicalandchemicalweapons.html

Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons
 http://www.who.int/emc/deliberate_epi.html

Chemical Weapons and Warfare Agents - Chemistry
 http://chemistry.about.com/cs/chemicalweapons/

Yahoo: Chemical and Biological Weapons - Gives a useful list of chemical weapons with links to sites referencing health aspects.

Cystic Fibrosis

About Cystic Fibrosis
http://www.cff.org/about_cf/what_is_cf.cfm?CFID=260962&CFTOKEN=48670065

Cystic-L: Cystic Fibrosis Information and Support
http://www.cystic-l.org/handbook/

What is Cystic Fibrosis? Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.cfri.org/home.htm

Dengue Fever

CDC Dengue Fever Homepage
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/

Dengue Fever - Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001374.htm

Dengue Fever - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/dengue.htm

Dengue Fever - eMedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic124.htm

Dengue - World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/ctd/dengue/

Diabetes

National Diabetes Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ddt/pubs/facts98.htm

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercewf

Ebola Virus

Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever: General Information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/virlfvr/ebolainf.htm

Ebola Virus Links on the Web
http://www.iohk.com/UserPages/amy/ebola.html

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
http://www.nofas.org/main/index2.htm

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Home Page
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fas/default.htm

Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/medicine/genetherapy.html

Gene Therapy- An Overview
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/IWT/Gene_Therapy_Overview.html

Genetic Disorders (coming soon)

Hypoglycemia (coming soon)

Leprosy

Leprosy Info
http://www.who.int/lep/

Communicable Disease Fact Sheet
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/leprosy.htm

DBMD-Hansen's Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/hansens_t.htm

Lou Gehrig's Disease

ALS Association
http://www.alsa.org/

ALS Network
http://alsnetwork.com/index.html

Malaria

Malaria - CDC Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/malaria/default.htm

Malaria Prevention and Control - World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/ctd/html/malaria.html

What is Malaria? - Malaria Foundation International
http://www.malaria.org/whatismalaria.html

Prescription Drugs for Preventing Malaria - CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/malaria/factsht_malaria_drugs.htm

Multiple Births

Midwest Today: When Fertility Therapy Runs Amok
http://www.midtod.com/fertility.phtml

Multiple Sclerosis

MEDLINEplus Health Information:Multiple Sclerosis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000737.htm

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.nmss.org/
'Access the latest information about MS, diagnosis and treatments, resources for living with MS, and Society
funded research efforts.'

Multiple Sclerosis
http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/ms/
Overview, lectures, images, 'what's new', and ongoing research projects

Polio

End of Polio
http://www.endofpolio.org/home.html

Polio- For Student Research
http://www.polionet.org/ForStudents.htm

International Polio Network
http://www.post-polio.org/ipn/fact.html

Prions/Mad Cow Disease

Prion Diseases
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/335/Prions.html

Prions: Puzzling Infectious Proteins
http://science-education.nih.gov/nihHTML/ose/snapshots/multimedia/ritn/prions/prions1.html

Virtual Hospital: Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System
http://www.vh.org/Providers/TeachingFiles/CNSInfDisR2/Text/PInf.CDE.html

Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle Cell Information Center
http://www.emory.edu/PEDS/SICKLE/

Welcome to The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
http://www.ascaa.org/

NHLBI, Sickle Cell Anemia
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/blood/sickle/sca_fact.htm

Sleeping Sickness

African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis)

East African Trypanosomiasis - CDC Fact Sheet http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trypanosomiasis/factsht_ea_trypanosomiasis.htm

West African Trypanosomiasis - CDC Fact Sheet
 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trypanosomiasis/factsht_wa_trypanosomiasis.htm

Sleeping Sickness - Third World Traveler
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Disease/sleeping_sickness.html

Stomach Ulcers

Stomach Ulcers
http://www.mamashealth.com/Stomach.asp

Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/ulcers/ulcers.htm

Street Drugs (coming soon)

Stroke (coming soon)

Sturge-Weber Syndrome 

NINDS Sturge-Weber Syndrome Information Page
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/sturge_doc.htm

Sturge-Weber Syndrome - eMedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic356.htm

Sturge-Weber Syndrome
http://radlinux1.usuf1.usuhs.mil/rad/home/cases/sw_dis.html

Sturge-Weber Syndrome - National Organization for Rare Disorders
http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Sturge%20Weber%20Syndrome

Sun Exposure

Don't Get Burned by Skin Cancer
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/health/july01.shtm

Minimizing the Dangers of Sun Exposure
http://www.uspharmacist.com/NewLook/DisplayArticle.cfm?item_num=898

Tears/Crying/Laughter

Pathological Laughter and Crying: A Link to the Cerebellum
http://webperso.easyconnect.fr/baillement/texte-laughter.pdf

Adult Crying: A Biopsychosocial Approach - Book Review
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/03/crying.pdf

The Secret Life of the Brain: The Adult Brain - Laughter
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode4/laughter/page2.html

Tourette's Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome Association
http://www.tsa-usa.org/

Tourette Syndrome "Plus"
http://www.tourettsyndrome.net/

West Nile Virus

Questions and Answers About West Nile Virus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/q&a.htm

West Nile Virus
http://westnilevirus.nbii.gov/

West Nile Virus- West Nile Fever
http://www.westnilefever.com/