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Last checked 2/28/2001
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- Healthline
 finds information that has been reviewed and vetted by physicians.
- Dr Koop has sections on drugs, children's health, chat forum, and reviews of other health sites. This is sponsored by C. Everett Koop.
- InteliHealth is sponsored by John Hopkins. It has general health articles, ask the doctor, drug search, news, etc.
- Women's Health is highly recommended by doctors.
- Mayo Health Oasis has balanced articles on a great deal of topics. Site includes a search engine and a Q&A section where you can post questions on health and diet.
- WebMD has a lot of medical information.
- WebLinePlus is a government sponsored site that has a lot of medical information.
- The Merck Manual - medical reference standard intended for professionals.
- AllHealth.com has chats rooms, video, quizzes, Medline search, advice, etc.
- CBS Health Watch is sponsored by Medscape and has drug information, advice, articles, etc. The format is good for browsing since you always bump into something interesting.
- Medscape has well written news articles about medicine and includes a searchable drug database as well as the Medline service. You need to register and get a free password, however.
- CrazyMeds talks about psychiatric drugs in down to earth tones. Discusses side affects and explains the drugs mechanisms in easy to understand terms.
- GoAskAlice is a site where folks can ask embarassing questions to which responsible answers are provided by folks at Columbia University.
- CareTalk is a collection of Web resources for caregivers.
- The following were voted the best of the best in University of Michigan's Evaluation of Health Megasites: Omni, HealthFinder
- Best Hosptals as rated by USNews in 2000.
- MedicineNet has info on diseases, drugs, etc. The "Ask the Expert" section is very helpful. There is a drug interaction section, also.
- The Merck Manual - Home Edition is intended for laypersons. General material but easy to read.
- All Health is intended for women.
- Clinical Trials is a database of clinical trials. This is sponsored by the feds and has details of these studies in case you are interested in checking them out.
- Thrive Online Kind of an oxymoron, huh. Nice site with proactive health slant.
- Ask Dr. Weil has questions and answers on various topics as well as links to other resources.
- HealthWorld Online contains links to a wide variety of medical information sources.
- Baby Center is a great site if your expecting. Too bad it uses so many 'cookies'.
- The First Years has info for new parents like what to do about ear infections, bathing your baby, baby proofing the house, etc.
- RxTV has short Realvideo clips of medical issues.
- Reuter's Health Site has seven to ten short health news stories each day. There is an archive of about a week's worth of stories.
- The Online Medical Dictionary - Gralylab CancerWeb is a very comprehensive dictionary. You need to know what you are looking for since browsing is very difficult.
- Ohio University's Multimedia Medical Library has a huge list of short recordings of medical lectures intended for lay people. Also, there are heart sounds and other audio clips associated with medicine. Check out the 'exceptional sites' which include the Digital Anatomist.
- Total Knee Replacement has letters from the tkr-l listserv.
- Total Knee Replacement has information and makes use of RealPlayer to present small movies.
- Yahoo's Index of Women's Health links has links on breast cancer, menopause, endometriosis, osteoporosis, etc.
- CNN's Health Report has a newspaper style presentation. More news stories than facts but easy to read.
- Self Help for the Hard of Hearing - political forum and information on assistive technology
- Deafness - a bunch of links from the about.com folks that are associated with HOH including forums, equipment, advice, etc,
- Hard of Hearing Advocates
- Listen-Up
- Hearing Exchange
- House Ear Institute
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- Hearing Loss Web "Hearing Loss Web is dedicated to people who have hearing loss, but are not members of the traditional Deaf community."
- Hearing Loss Listserv
- Hearing Exchange List of Sites - big list of sites associated with devices for HOH or deaf (with site rankings).
- Hard of Hearing Assistive Devices
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Assistive Devices
- World Wide Nurse has resources for nurses on the Internet.
- Endometriosis Center
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet is intended for doctors but there are useful links for the public, also.
- Healthfinder "It is a state-of-the-art gateway, connecting people to health information that is clear, reliable and, most important, all in one place," said Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. Actually, it is a front-end menu to government issue health information.
- Healthtouch Online
- Nutrition links is a comprehensive set of links to nutrition information.
- Nutrition.gov is a collection of links to nutrition sites - mostly government maintained sites.
- Hardin Meta Directory contains links to various sites listed by category.
- New England Journal of Medicine requires subscription ($).
- Share Guide focuses on holistic medicine.
- Emory's MedWeb is a huge directory of medical information sites.
- National Emphysema Foundation
- American Heart Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC Wonder Database
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases
- Alzheimers - practical information.
- National Library of Medicine
- American Medical Association gives access to Journal of AMA, as well as a database of doctors which can be searched by name or specialty.
- Allerdays Allergy Information Center includes tips, advice, and pollen forecasts.
- Pollen.com gives forecasts of pollen pollution.
- Martindale's Health Science Guide
- Heart Info includes a FAQ about heart disease.
- Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries has information on various maladies caused by running.
- Combined Health Information Database A joint project of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this unified database of bibliographic records has been available to the public since 1985.
- Thyroid Info from the Mining Company.
- NCBI Pub Medlin Retrieval System is free.
- Dr. Felix's Free Medline Site has a Medline search tutorial - also has a list of sites that offer Medline search with some basic info on each site.
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from the Mining Co.
- Ahearingaid has prices on a bunch of aids.
- Advocacy Groups
- Orthopedics has a rather cheerful and perky feel to it.
- Migraine Help
- Vitamin Advisor
- Fitness On Line grabs articles from health magazines and displays them.
- Weight Loss 2000 has articles about weight and getting rid of it including a piece on various methods of weight reduction with a comparison of advantages and disadvantages.
- A few carpal tunnel syndrom sites: Typing Injury FAQ, CTS Information, and A Patient's Guide to CTS.
- Third Age Health Tips - alternative medicine and adivse for the 40 to 50 crowd.
- Alternative Medicine has a great deal of information on various alternative medicine topics including goverment and PA state resources. This is a professional site.
- PhotoTherapy FAQ - treatment for seasonal affective disorders.
- Dyslexia
- Chiropractor Online
- Physical Therapy Central - aimed at the professional therapist (not the professional patient).
- Health Plan Directory allows you to search for medical plan providers by state, across the U.S., to find the health and medical plan suited to your needs and location. Listings include; name of provider, address, telephone number, and type of organization.
- Medscape has well written news articles about medicine and includes a searchable drug database as well as the Medline service. You need to register, however.
- Quack Watch
- Mediconsult
- Healthy Ideas from Prevention Magazine has a good section on herbal medications.
- Her Health is holistic medicine for women.
- HealthGate which, among other resources, allows you to search MedLine for free but charges for the articles.
- Headaches sponsored by the American Council for Headache Education.
- Health World Online is sympathetic to alternative medicine. Self Help Central, part of Health World Online, has links to various self help resources.
- Aging Well focuses on "mature" adults. Immature adults please keep out.
- ER Watch This site is a database of about 2500 actual ER cases reported over the past couple of months.
- ER Speak is a dictionary of euphemisms and ER medical terms so you know what they are really saying about your condition.
- Doctor Tested Sites is a very short list of sites reviewed by doctors.
- WebDoctor has info on various diseases intended for physicians. You can also see the information sorted by medical specialty.
- Patient's Guide to the Internet has a good section on links to medical databases.
- Poison Control Centers is a simple list of them from all over the country ordered by state.
- Vitamin Buzz has information on vitamins and herbal remedies.
- American Lyme Disease Foundation
- Knee Problems
- HealthGrades gives you comparitive ratings of doctors and hospitals for specific procedures.
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: Influenza has everything you want to know: symptoms, treatments, information, etc.
- Center for Disease Control: Influenza has travel reports, national flu reports, as well as links and other info.
- Sunglasses
- Search Pointe is a directory of physicians. You can find their credentials and other minimal information. If you want a license and disciplinary action history, you have to pay for it.
- CPAPMan has products and info related to sleep apnea.
- CPAP Basics has brief but useful information on apnea.
- OSA FAQ has information on Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
- Sleep Disorder Links has a collection of links to sites dealing with various sleep disorders.
- Sleep Apnea Online Support Groups
- Apnea Support Gallery - has pictures of various CPAP equipment.
- BodyTrends sells healthy devices as does Human Kinetics.
- Your Orthopaedic Connection has info on arthritis, osteoporosis, etc.
- America's Doctor lets you communicate your question to a real doctor (or, at least, that's what they claim). They also have info on drugs and clinical trials.
- Addiction Resource Guide has all kinds of info on various additictions.
- Spinal Disorders
- CDC's Health Hoaxes separates fact from rumor.
- Hearing Loss Forum This is the alt.support.hearing-loss Usenet. In other words, this is a public forum for anybody who wants to say anything or ask anything about hearing loss.
- Kosmix is a search engine for medical information.
- Pharmer.org - has a lot of medical drug info including who to identify a pill that you may have found in your travel bag but now you don't what the heck it is..
- DrugID.info - Pill identification..
- AfraidtoAsk - is a medical information site that specializes in providing material on potentially embarrassing conditions.
- OrganizedWisdom - is a medical information site where topics are maintained by individuals. Each 'card' has links to other sources.
- American Cancer Society
- Oncolink is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. Very good info on cancer.
- CancerCare has links to support services and information because "Life does not end when cancer begins."
- Breast Cancer Answers is the University of Wisconsin's project for dissemination of breast cancer information.
- National Cancer Institute
- Breast Cancer Info
- The Cancer Page
- Breast Cancer
- Mental Health is an excellent collection of information.
- Mental Health Who's Who is an index of mental health professionals. (Kind of sparse, at this time.)
- National Institute of Mental Health has a few articles on anxiety, depression, alzheimer's, etc.
- Mental Health Net is a well known "comprehensive guide to mental health online"
- The Shrink Tank is a psychologist site with links to other psychological sites. Check out the self-tests.
- Psychology in Daily Life is a public relations site from the American Psychological Association that contains brochures on topics like sexual harassment, controlling anger, panic disorders, etc.
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides 50+ information sheets which contain concise information on various mental health issues related to parenting.
- Marriage Builders
- Anxiety Disorders Education Program from the folks at NIMH. The site has Information for lay and professional visitors about panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, etc. ADEP addresses each disorder in four ways: with a "What is it" description, a Q&A-style Quick Facts subsection, an outline of treatment options, and advice on where to get help.
- Depression - an excellent overview
- Mental Health Infosource
- Panic Disorder
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrom
- Depression - links and articles
- Internet Mental Health - links
- AtHealth has a self help section, books, etc., including a section for professionals.
- The Mining Co.'s Mental Health links
- Dr Koop's Drug Store has information on drugs and their interactions with food and other drugs.
- Drugs.com has a revised search engine that allows you to search by condition with results that include treatments, causes, etc.
- RxList is the searchable Internet Drug Index which has indications of side effects, info on conditions treated by drug, etc. It even has a search engine that doesn't expect you to be able to spell the drug name.
- Drug Information from RxMed
- Drug Information from Medispan.
- Top 200 Prescription List is an abbreviated PDR for the most often prescribed drugs.
- Drug DB "...is one of the many services on the Pharmaceutical Information Network, provided by VirSci Corporation. This database is very easy to use and contains a great deal of drug information on both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Drugs can be browsed by generic or trade name, or searched. Included within the information about the drug are links to lists of other drugs with similar uses, articles, press releases..." Also, check the PharmInfo page, for more general medical links and info.
- Drug Interaction - you enter the drugs and see if there is any adverse interactions.
- US Pharmacopeia has information on drugs.
- Pharmacy Info has information on drugs.
- Pharmacy OnLine has heavy duty articles on drugs.
- HealthTouch has a fast search engine to find info on drugs.
- Herbs - herbal information center.
- Herb Index has good descriptions with history and folklore.
- Herbal Medicine has information on herbal medicines.
- Herbs has in-depth material on Gingko, Echinacea, licorice, and St. John's Wort.
- The Net Vet is full of links to all kinds of veterinary info.
- Natural Holistic Pet Care
- The Virtual Zoo and Vet - more a zoo than helpful veterinary info.
- Healthy Pet has sections on nutrition, pet care tips, behavior, etc. Sponsored by the American Animal Hospital Association.
- PBS's Animal Hospital: NOVA Online is a resource for pet owners which includes a Q&A section.
- DogHause is mostly about pets rather than pet medicine.
- Animal Links is links to sites about animals.
- Cat Fancier's Association Although there is little medicine here, you can see different breeds.
- All Pet's All Cats is a comprehensive site on cats. There is a big section on cat care. Well designed site although it uses frames.
- Hot Spot is about pet birds.
- Frisky Pet concerns itself with cats and dogs.
- Foster and Smith's Pet Education has plenty of information on the health of all kinds of pets.
- Pet Advisor has tips and instructions for caring for a cat or dog. Even includes some video instruction in their how-to's.
- VetCentric has information about pet and farm animal health that is more in depth than most would want. They have a ask-the-expert section where you can submit your question or you can read the archived Q&A.
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