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Department of Health and Human Services

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancernet

World Wide Web: www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/

Gopher: gopher.nih.gov
path: Health and Clinical Information

Information on cancer and cancer treatment, such as National Cancer Institute statements on specific cancers and their treatment, discussions of screening for various cancers, articles about cancer prevention and information about specific drugs. CancerLit, a database of citations from and abstracts of scholarly articles about cancer and cancer treatment, may be accessed by topic or keyword.

NCI International Cancer Information Center

World Wide Web: http://www.cancer.gov/about_nci/doc_img.aspx?viewid=c327e305-6604-42ea-9626-c5100b65b090

Information on ICIC projects with links to other NCI and NIH sites.

NCI Laboratory of Mathematical Biology

World Wide Web: www.lmmb.ncifcrf.gov/

Research information on computational structural biology, GELLAB-II, Protein Disease Database, RNA structure analysis and other sources. Links to relevant software.

National Center for Biotechnology Information

World Wide Web: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Biotechnology information, including molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics, and relevant software. Includes library of articles and collected databases deposited with the NCBI.

National Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

World Wide Web: vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

Biology and chemistry collections and computer and PC information resources, including teleconferences. Links to information on imports and exports, women's health, food and cosmetics labeling, CFSAN advisory committees, and seafood. Includes a Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia searchable by common or scientific name.

National Center for Toxicological Research

Gopher: gopher.nctr.fda.gov

Files on environmental toxins and the toxicity of products, and links to other sites, including the Nation-al Toxicology Program, Computational Biology at Johns Hopkins University and the IUBIO Biology Ar-chive at Indiana University. Also includes scientific research on determining the FDA's current and future regulatory needs, especially regarding toxicity and genetic aberrations.

National Health Information Center

World Wide Web: http://www.health.gov/nhic

Searchable database to put health professionals and consumers with health questions in touch with organizations able to provide answers. Also includes links to toll-free numbers for health information, federal health information centers and clearinghouses, and a directory of federal work-site health promotion initiatives.

National Institutes of Health

World Wide Web: www.nih.gov/

Gopher: gopher.nih.gov

Access to biomedical information on health issues and clinical protocols, NIH grants and contracts, research opportunities, molecular biology, special interest groups, NIH calendar of events, NIH library online information services and the information superhighway ON-RAMP. Includes NIH's Gopher: Users Guide.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Gopher: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm

List of advisory panels, articles, program announce-ments, research guidelines and proposals. Minutes of the institute's last meeting. Updated reports on the artificial heart and the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council, and technology transfer information.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

World Wide Web: www.niaid.nih.gov/

Gopher: gopher.niaid.nih.gov (Note: No longer active)

Information for researchers and administrators, AIDS-related information, NIAID press releases, Centers for Disease Control Daily AIDS Summaries and NIAID Protocol Recruitment Sheets.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

World Wide Web: www.niddk.nih.gov/

Training, research and funding information on diabetes, digestive diseases and nutrition, endocrine disorders, kidney disorders and urologic disorders.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

World Wide Web: www.niehs.nih.gov/

Gopher: gopher.niehs.nih.gov (Note: No longer active)

Directories containing files on NIEHS research grants and contracts, intramural research, library and technical information, and information on environmental health perspectives, NIEHS directory and organizational structure.

National Institute of Mental Health

World Wide Web: www.nimh.nih.gov/home.htm

Gopher: >gopher.nimh.nih.gov (Note: No longer active)

Medical information, computer archives for various operating systems, press advisories, contract and grant information, and calls for volunteers for studies.

National Library of Medicine

World Wide Web: www.nlm.nih.gov/

Gopher: gopher.nlm.nih.gov (Note: No longer active)

HyperDOC, the NLM server, includes NLM and NIH visitor information, current events, and research and development activities of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications and the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

National Toxicology Program

World Wide Web: ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/

Gopher: (Note: No longer active)

Search the status of all NTP studies by keyword. Full text of abstracts of NTP long-term cancer studies, reproductive studies and teratology studies. Also, the annual plan and contact and event information.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

World Wide Web: www.samhsa.gov/

Information on SAMSHA programs and services, statistical information on drug abuse, SAMSHA's strategic plan and mission, and event and conference information.
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