- 1UpHealth:
Medical resource provides comprehensive and authorative information
and news on diseases, symptoms, tests, surgery, injuries, nutrition,
medications, and poisons. Focuses on family and community health.
- American Parkinson
Disease Association: The
disease, local referrals, support groups, research funding
- American
Stroke Association - Info on strokes
- Arthritis
- Arthritis Foundation
- Ask
a Doctor - Personal answers to medical questions from 3
physicians. Thousands of board-certified doctors who answer
questions by e-mail, usually within an hour. $16.95 per question.
- Bottom Line's
Free Health Information This
index includes listings of toll-free numbers and Web site addresses
of organizations that provide useful health-related information.
A really great source of information on all sorts of topics.
- Breast
Cancer - A full featured
site covering every aspect of the disease.
- Cancer -
Covers all different types of
cancer with searches and lots of information.
- Caregiver Alliance
Information resource on long term
care.
- Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
- ChronicNet
This site is the most comprehensive
resource for reporting on chronic health conditions and disabilities
on the national, state, and local level
- Consumer
Reports drug evaluation. Prescription drugs can be expensive,
even if you have insurance coverage. But there are medicines
that can effectively meet your medical needs and give you better
value for your health care dollar. Consumer Reports Best Buy
Drugs is a free public education service from the nonprofit
Consumers Union. Reports on the drugs in various categories
can be downloaded to print out and discuss with your doctor.
- Diabetes (American
Diabetes Association Center) Do
you have diabetes and not know it? Take their test.
- Diabetes
(children with) - Food,
diet, dictionary. Diabetes basics, message boards, chat rooms.
Links galore.
- Diabetes Interview News - Free
weekly e-newsletter for people with diabetes. To subscribe,
send a message to diabetes-news-request@lists.best.com,
and write "subscribe" in the body of the message.
- Diabetes
(Joslin Diabetes Center) - Request
a free booklet on the latest research, a copy of their magazine
and a list of their affiliated clinics and centers.
- DrKoop
Register for a health letter via
E-mail. Extensive array of information on many health topics.
Indexed for easy lookup.
- Edell, Dr.
Dean The famous HealthCentral
explores the doctor's expertise and links to information.
- Food and Drug Administration
US Government's great index of
many health related topics.
- Government
Health sites Government
and non-profit health related search site.
- Health A to Z
The comprehensive search engine
for health and medicine topics. Thousands of articles.
- Health
After 50
- Health
and Age - Nutrition advice and information on various diseases
and conditions. Include Alzheimer's, falls, injuries, vision.
- Healthfinder
- Heart Disease
A very comprehensive site covering
all aspects of the disease. News, search, library, etc.
- Helen Hayes Hospital
care for physical disabilities,
chronic & disabling diseases.
- Johns Hopkins
Medical Center - Intelihealth
- KidsHealth
- KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web
providing doctor-approved health information about children
from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours
Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media.
- Lab Tests
Online Help
in understanding your lab test results (i.e. cholesterol screening).
Designed by various medical experts to help consumers understand
more about clinical tests.
- LifeClinic
- health and wellness. Special focus:
blood pressure and hypertension. Blood pressure kiosk locator
(just enter your zip code/address and see a map of nearby kiosks)
and on-line health charting.
- MayoHealth
Mayo Clinic. Search for topics.
New articles posted frequently. Info on prescriptions.
- Medicare
- The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
- MedicareRights
- Up to date info and activities that act as "Your guide
through the Medicare maze." Benefits under the new Medicare
law.
- MedecineNet
Search engine, Diseases, Conditions, Procedures & Tests,
Medications, Medical Dictionary, Healthy Living, informational
audio recordings. A great site, easy to use with lots of valuable
information.
- Medical
Help Line - Specific medical qquestions addressed by medical
professionals. People with the condition join in.
- MedScape
- Specialty pages, search, Today's News.
- MedlinePlus
Diseases and conditions and drugs to treat them. Explains use
of drugs, how each should be taken and side effects.
- National Council Against
Health Fraud a private
nonprofit, voluntary health agency that focuses upon health
misinformation, fraud, and quackery
- National Institutes
of Health
- National
Institute on Aging health information for older people.
- National Institue
of Neurological Disorders and Stoke Guides
to common neurological disorders
- National
Library of Medicine's MEDLINE
- National Parkinson's
Foundation: Advocacy
and information
- Neurology
WebForum: Online
patient and caregiver discussions
- OnHealth:
Symptom Checker, Daily briefing,
Wellness Manager, Ask the Expert, references & links galore.
- Parkinson's
Web, Harvard University:
Information and links
- Quackwatch
Check facts on supplements and
herbal remedies. A Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery
- Rory Foundation
(Non-profit)- Cancer 411, a comprehensive
cancer library and resource
- US Dept Health and
Human Services
- US Health Care Financing
Administration (Medicare/Medicaid)
- UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA
promotes public health
by establishing and disseminating officially recognized standards
of quality and authoritative information for the use of medicines
and other health care technologies by health professionals,
patients, and consumers.
- WebMD
-free information on a wide range of conditions and diseases.
|
|
