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Free Consumer Health Web Sites
Government Web Sites |
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Healthfinder.gov
- Information on diseases, conditions and injuries.
- Links to federal and state health organizations.
- Drug databases searchable by drug names or conditions to be treated.
MedlinePlus
- Information on over 700 health topics.
- Illustrated medical encyclopedia and dictionary.
- Interactive patient tutorials.
- Latest health news.
- All information available in Spanish.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health and safety topics including vaccines and immunizations.
- Publications and products including public health law news.
- Federal and state data and statistics.
U.S Food and Drug Administration
- Information on approval for food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics and more.
National Cancer Institute
- Information available by type of cancer, clinical trials and more.
NIH Senior Health
- Provides health information related to aging in an easily accessible format.
- Offered by the National Institutes of Health
TOXNET
- Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, household products and more.
National Center for Contemporary & Alternative Medicine
- Explores complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science.
- Information on dietery and health supplements, alternative medicine and more.
- Information on clinical trials.
PubMed
- Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine .
- Includes over 16 million citations from biomedical journals back to the 1950s.
- Includes links to some full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed Central (PMC)
- Produced by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
DIRLINE
- Lists support organizations focusing on particular diseases and conditions.
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Non Profit Organization Web Sites |
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CAPHIS
- The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association.
- Information organized by specific health topics and specific interest groups such as women's health.
Family Doctor
- Operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
- Information on diseases, health and wellness.
HIV InSite
- Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
Library for Health Information
- A Web site of consumer health information offered by the Ohio State University (OSU) Medical Center.
- Information about diseases and conditions.
- Patient education materials.
- listings of physicians associated with OSU Medical Center.
NetWellness
- Provides high quality information created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University.
- Its Ask an Expert has nearly 300 health professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, dentists, genetics counselors, optometrists, athletic trainers, and social workers who answer all legitimate questions, usually within a few days.
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
- Provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish.
Kidshealth
- Largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
American Pain Foundation
- Information aims to improve the quality of life for people with pain.
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Commercial Web Sites |
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Mayo Clinic
- Search by diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements, treatment decisions, and more.
- Offers tools for personal health evaluation.
InteliHealth
- Feature Harvard Medical School ' s consumer health information.
- Recent health news.
Medicinenet
- Network of U.S Board certified physicians and allied health professionals.
- Provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers.
- Allows registration for free health-related newsletters.
WebMD
- Symptom checker.
- Discussions about current health news.
Merck Manual of Medical Information
- Based on the popular textbook, this online version is written for health care consumers.
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