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American Lithotripsy Society
- Organized in 1987, this voluntary membership
organization addresses the issues concerning
management and treatment of stone diseases
including aspects of lithotripsy as a treatment
modality for urinary stone diseases. Includes
information about membership, quality improvement
programs and patient care guidelines.
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American Prostate Society
- In addition to membership information, this site
offers publications and information for the lay
public.
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Ask NOAH About: Testicular Cancer - A new site which describes testicular cancer. Gives
basic information plus information about care and
treatment. Includes information on chemotherapy,
radiation, surgery, and clinical trials. NOAH
seeks to provide high quality full-text health
information for consumers that is accurate,
timely, relevant, and unbiased. A cooperative
project of the City University of New York, the
Metropolitan New York Library Council, the New
York Academy of Medicine and the New York Public
Library, NOAH supports English and Spanish.
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Ask NOAH About: Kidney and Urologic Diseases - A new site which describes kidney and urologic
diseases. Gives basic information plus
descriptions on various conditions and syndromes.
NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text
health information for consumers that is accurate,
timely, relevant, and unbiased. A cooperative
project of the City University of New York, the
Metropolitan New York Library Council, the New
York Academy of Medicine and the New York Public
Library, NOAH supports English and Spanish.
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Ask NOAH About: Men’s Health - NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health
information for consumers that is accurate,
timely, relevant, and unbiased. A cooperative
project of the City University of New York, the
Metropolitan New York Library Council, the New
York Academy of Medicine and the New York Public
Library, NOAH supports English and Spanish.
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BioSites Urology page
- "BioSites is a current listing of important
Internet resources in the biomedical sciences. The
sites evaluated here have been selected as part of
a collaborative project by staff in the Resource
Libraries within the Pacific Southwest Region of
the National Network of Libraries of Medicine."
BioSites makes it easier to locate the best
Internet resources on a given topic. The link here
is to BioSite's Urology page, which is still under
construction.
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CliniWeb Urogenital System page
- CliniWeb, a project at Oregon Health Sciences
University, is an index and table of contents to
over 2,500 Web sites of clinical information.
Keyword search or browse through the MeSH
hierarchy. CliniWeb is well researched and
current. Here is the link to the
Urologic and Male Genital Diseases page -
http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/C12/C12.html
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healthfinder™
- Maintains a robust list of consumer health
information web sites, selected online
publications, databases, self-help groups, as well
as the government agencies and non-profit
organizations. Search for the specific topic in
the A-Z topics list or type keywords in the search
dialog box.
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Infertility Resources
- This site "provide[s] information about IVF [in
vitro fertilization], GIFT [gamete intrafallopian
transfer], ICSI [intracytoplasmic sperm
injection], infertility clinics, donor egg and
surrogacy services (e.g., surrogate mothers),
sperm banks, adoption, infertility books and
journals, infertility newsgroups and support
organizations, and drugs, such as Metrodin,
Pergonal, Clomid." The site also offers a separate
list of resources for professional health care
givers, links to other sites, a bookstore, etc.
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Institute for Male Urology
- "...located in Encino California, just north of
Los Angeles, [this is] a group of urologists with
subspecialty training and expertise in the areas
of male infertility and chronic prostatitis. We
are committed to the care, treatment and study of
men with these difficult and personal problems by
a staff of academically recognized experts.
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MEDLINEplus: Health Topics
- The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus
pages provide a carefully selected list of
resources, not a comprehensive catalog. They are
designed to direct users to resources containing
information that will help them research their
health questions. Urology topics at MEDLINEplus
include pages on bladder diseases, impotence,
kidney failure, dialysis and transplantation,
kidney diseases, (general diseases) prostate
cancer, prostate diseases, urinary incontinence,
and urinary tract infections.
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Net Wellness Consumer Health Information Kidney
Diseases
- A site maintained by the University of
Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, and Case
Western Reserve University. Gives information
about the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the
kidney. Also gives additional web sites to
investigate about the kidneys.
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Testicular Cancer Center
- Aimed at the lay public, this site offers a
wealth information about testicular cancer,
infertility issues, etc.
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