Health

Health & Medicine

This especially useful resource for families presents the latest news and research on allergies and asthma. It includes a directory of member physicians, fact sheets, companies that offer member discounts on related products and medical devices available for purchase.

Alternative Medicine.com

America's Best HMO's

U.S. News Online's ranking of the 271 of the nation's managed-care plans, ranked state-by-state.

American Dietetic Association

American Dietetic Association site; lots of information, includes locating a dietician by zip code.

American Medical Association

Arthritis Foundation

Learn about the more than 100 forms of arthritis, including conventional and alternative forms of treatment.

Ask the Dietitian

BestDoctors.com

Independent service helps to find the right medical care

Buying Medical Products Online

"Thinking of buying prescription or over-the-counter drugs online? Is it safe? How can you tell if a Website that sells medical products is legitimate? What is FDA doing to stop sites that are breaking the law? What should you do before you buy medical products online? Here's information on how you can take advantage of the convenience and privacy of online buying while still protecting your health and your money."

CancerNet

The purpose of this site is to provide recent and accurate cancer information from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Federal Government’s principal agency for cancer research. The NCI is a component of the National Institutes of Health, the focal point for the nation’s biomedical research.

Cancer Center

Centers for Disease Control

Centerwatch

"You can use this site to find a wealth of information related to clinical trails, such as a listing of over 35,000 industry and government- sponsored clinical trials as well as new drug therapies approved by the FDA."

ClinicalTrials.gov

"The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies."

CNN Food and Health

Combined Health Information Database

Consumer Drug Info

FDA site gives information on newly approved prescription drugs.

Cyberdiet

All sorts of nutrition and diet information. Includes self-assessment tools, personalized meal planners and a recipe index.

Cyberdiet

This site contains basic information on the more popular diet programs.

drkoop.com

Lots of medical information ranging from first aid to perscription information."

Employer Quality Partnership

Information on How to Choose a Health Plan" & "Navigating the Health Care System"

Family Medicine Online

Food and Nutrition Information Center

Gives nutritional composition of thousands of foods.

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Online

This is the on-line companion to the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide. "This site provides updated information about how to keep you and your family healthy, about symptoms and diseases, and about other topics - the most important new information since the book’s publication. You will also find additional detailed information on diagnostic tests and other subjects, interactive features that cannot be achieved by any book, and regular news features about research coming out of Harvard Medical School."

Health New Directory

Choose "Health News Headlines" for reliable news sites on a variety of medical conditions.

Health on the Net

"An international initiative, Health On the Net Foundation (HON) is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. HON is dedicated to realizing the benefits of the Internet and related technologies in the fields of health and medicine. The purpose of the foundation is to advance the development and application of new information technologies, notably in the fields of health and medicine." Also includes MEDHUNT, a medical search engine.

Healthfinder

Healthworld On-line

Healthy Weight Network

Identifies weight loss and diet frauds, what normal eating is, and more.

Huntington's Disease Society of America Northeast Ohio Chapter

Intelihealth

Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information.

Kids Health

Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

From the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

Martindale's Health Science Guide

"Virtual" medical center.

Mayo Clinic's Mayo Health Oasis

This site offers a personal health scorecard, planners for healthy weight, exercise, stress management and smoking cessation plus other interactive tools and lots of medical information.

Medical World Search

MedicineNet

Find information on procedures and tests, diseases and treatments, first aid and poison control centers.

Medline PLUS

From the National Library of Medicine. "Find information on hundreds of diseases, conditions and wellness issues." Also, check out the drug information database.

Medscape

Access to Medline, TOXLINE,AIDSLINE from the National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health. Also search for article from Reuters and MSNBC, plus 5 Medscape journals.

Merek Manual of Medical Information

Access of the first edition of the Merck Manual, home edition, and parts of the just published second edition are available for free at this site.

Middletown Thrall Library Links 2 Health

Consumer health guide, with links to medical journals such as JAMA and Lancet.

National Institute of Health

The Natural Pharmacist

Information about alternative therapies from physicians and pharmacist, information is derived from scientific studies. Both postive and negative findings are presented.

NetWellness

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)

Office of Alternative Medicine

Nutrition.gov

Access to all nutritional information generated by the federal government.

PDR.net for Consumers

Physician's Desk Reference for consumers for the latest drug information.

Proteus Health Search Plus

Search health and medical services and directories.

PubMed

"PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. "

Quackwatch

You may send in questions and reports of medical fraud; many articles on questionable theories.

Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Directory of Databases

Find out about clinical and scientific research on alternative medicine treatments in the U.S., Asia and Europe.

RxList The Internet Drug Index

SARS

Tufts University Nutrition Navigator

WebMD

This site has information for consumers, physicians, nurses (coming soon), and health teachers.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

Search the MEDLINE, MEDLINEplus, Greatful Med and other databases. Check to see current clinical research trials.

Wellness Web

Wellspring Wellness Newsletter