General Health Sites
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Site |
Description |
Medlineplus |
Extensive information from the National Institutes of Health on over 700 diseases and conditions
Lists of hospitals and physicians
Medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary
Health information in Spanish
Drug information
Clinical trial links
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Familydoctor |
Health information grouped by women, men, parents, children, and seniors, Over-the-counter medication guide,
Health Tools |
Mayo Clinic |
Health information from the Mayo Clinic
Symptom Checker
First-Aid Guide
Ask a Specialist |
NOAH |
New York Online Access to Health in English and Spanish, from New York hospitals and public libraries |
Center for Disease Control (CDC) |
CDC operated by the Dept of Health and Human Services provides information to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats |
Kidshealth |
Health information about children from the Nemours Foundation |
E-Connections |
Consumer health information provided by Catholic Health Partners and Healthwise |
Medem |
From the American Medical Association and associated medical societies, provides consumer health information
Can create your own ehealth record |
HIV InSite |
Current, comprehensive information on HIV/AIDS from the Univeristy of Calif San Fransisco School of Medicine |
Cancer sites
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Cancer.gov |
Cancer topics, clinical trials, statistics, research, news |
American Cancer Society |
Cancer information for patients, families, health professionals |
Clinical Trials |
From the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes
of Health.
Provides current information about clinical research studies |
Health Databases
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Pubmed |
From the US National Library of Medicine provides over 16 million citations from MEDLINE back to 1950, some full-text articles |
Drug Information Sites
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Medlineplus.gov |
Has prescription drug, over-the-counter drug, supplements and herbal medical information |
FDA |
Patient/Consumer drug information for common drugs |
Medwatch |
FDA Safety data includes drug recalls and safety alerts |
Internet Guides
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Evaluating Health Information |
List of how-to evaluate health articles found on the internet, very helpful |
User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating
Health Information on the Web
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From the Medical Library Association, things to look for when surfing for health information on the web |
