SECTION 2: STRATEGIES FOR LOCATING RELIABLE HIV/AIDS INFORMATION ON THE WEB

HIV/AIDS WEB SITES AND RESOURCES LIST

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HIV/AIDS Resources

For health-related information on hundreds of topics:

For information about joining an e-mail listserver or newsgroup:

For information about clinical drug trials:

For information about avoiding or monitoring hate groups on the Web:

For information about product safety, or Internet fraud, myths, hoaxes:

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HIV/AIDS Resources:

AEGIS -- AIDS Global Education Information System
http://www.aegis.org

AIDS Action
http://www.aidsaction.org

The Body
http://www.thebody.com/

CBAIOP -- Consumers' Boston AIDS Information Outreach Project
http://med-libwww.bu.edu/library/cbaiop.html

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) HIV/AIDS Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts.htm

Gay Men's Health Crisis
http://www.gmhc.org/

HIV InfoWeb
http://www.infoweb.org/

HIV InSite
http://www.hivinsite.org/

Project Inform
http://www.projinf.org/

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For health-related information on hundreds of topics:

MEDLINEplus
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

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For information about joining an e-mail listserver or newsgroup:

AEGIS Daily Report: The AIDS Mailing List (Send e-mail to subscribe. Leave your message area blank. Type SUBSCRIBE in the subject area.)
aids-request@lists.aegis.org

CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update Listserver (Send e-mail to subscribe. Leave your message area blank. Type SUBSCRIBE in the subject area.)
preventionews-subscribe@cdcnpin.org

HIVInfoWeb: HIV and AIDS Email Lists and USEnet Groups
http://www.infoweb.org/search/index.html#4

Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/email_alert/email.cfm

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For information about clinical drug trials:

AIDS Info Clinical Trials Information Service
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/clinical_trials/

HIV InSite TrialScope
http://www.hivinsite.org/tscope?page=ts-01-00

For information about avoiding or monitoring hate groups on the Web:

Tolerance.org
http://www.tolerance.org

For information about product safety, or Internet fraud, myths, hoaxes:

CDC -- Centers for Disease Control -- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About HIV/AIDS
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faqs.htm

FDA -- Food and Drug Administration (fraud or false information about drugs and medical products)
http://www.fda.gov/default.htm

FDA MedWatch (drugs and medical product safety)
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/

FDA MedWatch E-List (for e-mail updates on drugs and medical product safety)
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/elist.htm

FTP -- Federal Trade Commission (health-related medical products)
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-health.htm

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