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Oklahoma links
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Site provides birth and death certificates, health statistics and health links.
Oklahoma's County Health Departments
Includes contact phone numbers and addresses of county administrators in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Medical Professionals
Search for information about Oklahoma physicians and other medical professionals via the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; also check on disciplinary action status.
Osteopathic Physician Search
Search for osteophathic physicans via the Board of Osteopathic Examiners; also check on disciplinary action within the past five years.
Oklahoma State Medical Association
Site includes "healthy" web sites, helpful phone numbers and publications.
Oklahoma Osteopathic Association
The professional association of osteopathic physicians in Oklahoma; the site includes issue alerts, a newsletter, a calendar and a physician search.
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Site includes health statistics, related links and news releases.
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Includes news articles and resources.
Oklahoma Indian Health Services
Site provides information about the Indian hospitals and health care programs in the Oklahoma area.
Oklahoma Board of Licensure and Supervision
Site offers information about the board, agendas and results of board meetings and contact numbers.
Oklahoma Board of Dentistry
Still under construction, but includes contact numbers, rules and regulations and state dental act.
Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy
Includes related links, newsletter and board of directors.
Oklahoma Crisis, Referral and Other Information Hotlines
Site gives list of Oklahoma hotline numbers.
Oklahoma American Heart Association
Site includes contact numbers, local events, research facts and statistics.
Oklahoma Mutliple Sclerosis Society
Site gives list of contact numbers to Oklahoma chapters.
Oklahoma American Lung Association
Includes map site to click for Oklahoma chapter, which has contact numbers, programs, volunteer services and lung health information.
Oklahoma American Cancer Society
Provides a map cite to click for Oklahoma chapter that has stories, prevention, detection and treatment.
Oklahoma Nurses Association
Includes FAQs and health-related contact numbers.
National Medical Network's Oklahoma Hospital Listing
Site provides links to several Oklahoma hospitals' Web pages.
Hospital Select's Listing of Oklahoma Hospitals
Site provides basic information about numerous Oklahoma hospitals.

National Links

Organizations
American Medical Association
Site includes doctor directory, news releases and health information.
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
Links to state medical boards.
American Nurses Association: Nursing World
Site includes contact numbers, searches, journal and other nursing resources.
American Red Cross
Site includes local American Red Cross search, news and calendar of events.
American Heart Association
Site includes warning signs, publications, statistics and reference guide.
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Center for Health Care Reporting
IRE's ongoing project to provide health care reporting tips, links to health-related websites, resources and databases.
World Health Organization
Site includes health-related statistical information nationally and internationally, reports and health topics.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Site includes search for local state chapers, programs and clinical studies.
American Lung Association
Site includes current news articles, publications and statistics.
American Psychological Society
Site includes reports, news releases, psychological-related links and publications.
The American Cancer Society
Site includes cancer information, facts and figures, archives and access embargoed information.

Publications
American Medical Association Journals
This site offers access to several medical journals.

General Reference
AMA Physician Directory
American Medical Associations search database of physicians
Health Finder
Search government sites for health information; includes a health library.
Diseases and Conditions
Get information about diseases and conditions from the Mayo Clinic.
Prescription Drugs
Get information about drugs and their side effects from the Mayo Clinic.
First Aid and Self Care
Get information about first aid and care of common conditions from the Mayo Clinic.
National Library of Medicine
Site includes extensive links by topic area.
Health Finder
Search government sites for health information; includes a health library.
National Center for Health Statistics
CDC's extensive health statistics site, including fast stats from A to Z, news releases and publications.
The Combined Health Information Base
Site offers simple and detailed searches for medical terms and database topic searches.
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Center for Health Care Reporting
IRE's ongoing project to provide health care reporting tips, links to health-related websites, resources and databases.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Health Information
Site includes fact sheets, medical research and treatment on health-related topics.
Reuters Health Information
Site includes news archive, drug database, and medical news for the professional and consumer.
SciNews-MedNews
Search for medical and science stories. Reporters can access embargoed news stories and request for experts in medical and scientific research.
The Argus Clearinghouse
Includes search engine and guides to medical specialities, disabilities, fitness and nutrition.
Mental Health Net
Provides news updates, professional sources and links.
CancerNet
Site divides information into patient, health professionals and basic researcher sources.
Pharmaceutical Information Network
Includes drug information, disease information centers, discussion groups, glossary and pharmacy links.
Wellness Web: The Patient's Network
This site includes a "master index" where journalists can search for specific health topics.
Self-Help Sourcebook
Site provides guide to self-help organizations and groups.
Medicine Online-Hospitals
List of hospital links nationwide.
Hospital Select
Provides basic information about hospitals in the United States.
The On-line Allergy Center
Site offers allergy facts, news updates, treatments and feature articles.
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
This site includes searchable databases, related links and resources by topic.
HIV/AIDS Information Resources
Includes one of the largest websites on HIV/AIDS and other topic-related publications.
AIDS Virtual Library
Contains interactive reference, archives and safer sex information.
Martindale's Medical Dictionaries and Glossaries
Popular medical terms in nine European languages.
Martindale's "Virtual" Nutrition Center
Includes information about food chemistry, food law and safety and food poisoning.
Martindale's "Virtual" Veterinary Center
Contains searchable databases on animal diseases, viruses and parasites.
Martindale's "Virtual" Dental Center
Site includes glossaries, dental literature and on-line journals.

Government Agencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nation's top health site includes databases, rules and regulations, publications and news releases.
Health Finder
Search government sites for health information; includes a health library.
National Institutes of Health
Contains news updates, press releases and special section for the media.
U.S. Public Health Service
Site includes search for public health agencies and support groups.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Site provides access to HHS records, press releases and health finder search.
National Center for Health Statistics
CDC's extensive health statistics site, including fast stats from A to Z, news releases and publications.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Site includes glossaries, freedom of information, animal and food drug sources.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Includes databases and press releases.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Includes news briefs and releases, health information database and federal programs.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Site offers news releases, health-related links and list of staff members.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Site includes news releases, meeting summaries and publications.
Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services' site offers press releases, calendar of events and feature articles.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Site includes health hazard evaluations, health databases and press releases.
Health Care Financing Administration
Includes freedom of information, insurance statistics, and general information about Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs.

Search
Search.com Health
Site includes links to several consumer health sources, such as searchable databases on mental health issues and medical journals.
Yahoo! Health
Yahoo! directs journalists to more specific health-related topics.
Medscape
Includes medical specialty sites, searchable databases and journals.

Oklahoma Web Resources

This page was created by news-editorial senior Quannah Leonard on May 11, 1999, as part of an honors project for JB4393 Computer-Assisted Reporting.