Athletic Training

Recommended Web Sites:

• Professional Organizations:
  • National Athletic Trainers Association
  • Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma
• Videos Online:
  • Videos for Patients - UW Department of Orthopedics
• General Sites
  • Aging Activities - data on trends in health and aging
  • CDC Wonder - public health data
  • Food and Nutrition Information Center
  • healthweb.org
  • MedlinePlus
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Clinical Resources:
  • Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - at the Merck homepage, search Merck or click on "Publications"
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • USP (U.S. Pharmacopeia) Provides information on more than 750 medicines, including precautions to be observed while taking a specific drug, and the major side effects associated with its use.
• State Resources:
  • State Health Facts Online
  • Virginia Department of Health
  • Virginia Department of Health Professions
• Health Statistics
  • America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
  • FedStats (general U.S. statistics)
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - note: the files are in .pdf format
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    
  • U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
  • Virginia Center for Health Statistics