Consumer and Patient Health Information
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Top Consumer Health Sites:
MEDLINEplus (National Library of Medicine's Consumer Health Resource)
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health |
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CAPHIS |
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library
Association (CAPHIS) produces a Top 100 list of web
sites consumers can trust. |
| Center
for Medical Consumers |
A non-profit organization that provides timely and important information
for healthcare consumers. Of particular interest is its reporting of
surgical procedures performed by volume in New York State hospitals.
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| CDC Health Topics A to Z |
An alphabetical listing of health and disease topics found on the CDC's
web site. |
familydoctor.org
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Healthy living information for the whole family, in English
and Spanish. |
| Hardin.MD |
A metadirectory
of health subjects -- a list of lists -- developed by Hardin Library for
the Health Sciences a the University of Iowa. |
| HealthFinder |
A guide to health information produced by the US federal government,
maintained by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. |
| HIV
InSite |
Current information on HIV and AIDS treatment and policy brought to
you by the experts at the University of California, San Francisco. |
| Mayo
Clinic |
Up to date information for patients and consumers from the prominent
treatment center, including disease information, information on healthy
living, and drug information. |
| Medem |
Founded by several medical
societies, including the American Medical Association, Medem provides
an abundance of consumer health information, as well as providing means
for physician patient communications. |
| MEDLINEplus |
The National Library of Medicine's
portal to patient and consumer health information, includes current
news and a new "go local" feature which assists in finding
regional services. |
| National
Cancer Institute |
Best starting place for patients
and consumers looking for quality information about cancer. |
| Nemours
Foundation (Kidshealth.org) |
The most popular site for information on children's health,
written for children, teens, and parents. Spanish information is now
available as well. |
| NOAH
- New York Online Access to Health |
Provides access to quality-filtered consumer and patient health
information in English and Spanish. |
