Health Website Resources

For most of us, the Internet has become a valuable source of health information. However, it is important that the information on a website is accurate, up-to-date and not considered as a substitute for advice from a health care provider.

Top 25 Health Related Web Sites

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• Centers for Disease Control
• Food and Drug Administration
• MayoClinic.com
• MDConsult
• MEDEM
• MedicineNet.com
• National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
• National Health Information Center
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Library of Medicine
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Nursing Consult
• NOAH
• Revolution Health
• Up-To-Date
• Web MD
• wired.MD
• Wrong Diagnosis

General Health Links

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

AGING AND ELDERLY

• AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)aarp.org
• American Council on Science and Health acsh.org
• American Health Assistance Foundation ahaf.org
• FirstGov for Seniors firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors
• Medicare medicare.gov/
• National Hispanic Council on Aging nhcoa.org
• National Senior Citizens' Law Center nsclc.org
• Nursing Home Compare medicare.gov
• Social Security Online ssa.gov

AIDS and HIV

ALCOHOL ABUSE

• Please see Substance Abuse

ALLERGIES and ASTHMA

• American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology aaaai.org/patients.stm

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine nccam.nih.gov/

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

• Alzheimer's Association alz.org

ARTHRITIS and RHEUMATISM

• Arthritis Foundation arthritis.org

BONE HEALTH

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons orthoinfo.aaos.org
• National Osteoporosis Foundation nof.org
• NIH Osteoporis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center osteo.org

CANCER

• American Cancer Society cancer.org
• National Cancer Institute nci.nih.gov
• OncoLink ( University of Pennsylvania) oncolink.com

CHILD ABUSE

• Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower barbarasinatrachildrenscenter.org
• ChildHelp USA childhelp.org
• Prevent Child Abuse America preventchildabuse.org

CLINICAL TRIALS

• ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov

DIABETES

• American Diabetes Association diabetes.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Diabetes cdc.gov/diabetes
• National Diabetes Education Program ndep.nih.gov
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases niddk.nih.gov

EYES & VISION

• American Macular Degeneration Foundation macular.org
• Macular Degeneration Foundation eyesight.org
• Macular Degeneration Partnership amd.org
• National Eye Institute nei.nih.gov

HEALTH INFORMATION

• American Academy of Family Physicians familydoctor.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cdc.gov
• Food and Drug Administration fda.gov
• MayoClinic.com mayohealth.org
• MEDEM (a partnership of medical societies including the American Medical Association) medem.com
• MEDLINEplus medlineplus.gov
• MedicineNet.com medicinenet.com
• NOAH (New York Online Access to Health in English and Spanish) noah-health.org
• Web MD webmd.com

HEALTH INSURANCE

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cms.hhs.gov
• Medicare medicare.gov

HEART

• American Heart Association americanheart.org
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute nhlbi.nih.gov
• HealthGrades healthgrades.com
• 100 Top Hospitals 100tophospitals.com

LABORATORY TESTS

• Lab Tests Online (American Association of Clinical Chemistry) labtestsonline.org

LEUKEMIA

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society leukemia.org

LUNG

LUPUS

• The Lupus Foundation of America lupus.org

LYMPHOMA

• Please see Leukemia

MEDICAL MYTHS & QUESTIONABLE TREATMENTS

• American Council on Science and Health acsh.org
• National Council Against Health Fraud ncahf.org
• Quackwatch quackwatch.org

MEDICAL NEWS

• Reuters reutershealth.com

MEDICATIONS

• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research fda.gov/cder
• RxList rxlist.com
• USP DI ( United States Pharmacopoeia) nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

MENTAL HEALTH

• National Institute of Mental Health nimh.nih.gov

NURSING HOMES

• HealthGrades healthgrades.com

NUTRITION

OSTEOPOROSIS

• Please see Bones listing

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

• American Parkinson's Disease Association apdaparkinson.org
• National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. parkinson.org
• Parkinson's Disease Foundation parkinsons-foundation.org

PHYSICIANS

• American Board of Medical Specialties abms.org
• HealthGrades healthgrades.com

STROKE

• American Stroke Association strokeassociation.org
• National Stroke Association stroke.org

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• Al-Anon/Alateen al-anon.alateen.org

WOMEN'S HEALTH

• National Women's Health Resource Center healthywomen.org
• The North American Menopause Society menopause.org
• WebMD Healthy Women my.webmd.com/living_better/her