Health-related resources on the Internet

Search facilities and comprehensive sites

Medhunt http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/

MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp

OmniMedical Search http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/

WebMD http://www.webmd.com/

National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Healthline http://www.healthline.com/

Firstgov Health and Nutrition http://www.firstgov.com/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml

MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/

National Health Information Center http://www.healthfinder.gov

Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov

Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/

Medem Network http://medem.com/

Intelihealth http://www.intelihealth.com/

Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/

Descriptions and symptoms of diseases

Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sections.jsp

Physicians Desk Reference http://consumer.pdr.net/disease_states/index.html

Drug information

Internet Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com/

Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex

Physician’s Desk Reference http://consumer.pdr.net/drug_info/index.html

MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/medications/article.htm

Drugs.com http://www.drugs.com/

News

University of Pennsylvania Medical School http://www.medpagetoday.com/

Medical journals and publications

Free Medical Journals http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

Public Library of Science http://medicine.plosjournals.org

PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

Journal of the American Medical Association http://pubs.ama-assn.org/ (not all free)

New England Journal of Medicine http://content.nejm.org/ (not all free)

Harvard University Health Info http://www.health.harvard.edu/ (not free)

Medical encyclopedias and dictionaries

Healthfinder list http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/

MedlinePlus encyclopedia http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

MedlinePlus dictionary http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Evaluating information

Interpreting news on diet http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/media.html

Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec80226b9c

Medical Library Association list of trustworthy sites http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html

MedlinePlus list of references on evaluating health
information http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html

National Library of Medicine tutorial on Evaluating Internet
Health Information http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html

Quackwatch http://www.quackwatch.org/

Nutrition

Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html

List of various Federal Government sources http://www.firstgov.com/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml#vgn-food-nutrition-and-fitness-vgn

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/

Specific disorders

Harvard Dana-Farber Cancer Institute http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/can/cancer/

University of Pennsylvania OncoLink http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/

National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/

The American Heart Association, http://www.americanheart.org

American Stroke Association, http://www.strokeassociation.org

American Cancer Society, http://www.cancer.org

Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/

National Organization of Rare Disorders http://www.rarediseases.org/

Seniors

National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/

Medicare http://www.medicare.gov/

NIH Senior Health http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

ElderNet health http://www.eldernet.com/health.htm

Nursing home ratings http://www.gannettnewsservice.com/start.php

Medicare nursing home information http://www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp

AARP health http://www.aarp.org/health/

Healthcare providers

Healthfinder list http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

MedlinePlus directories of doctors, dentists, and hospitals http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html

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