Resources for Health Information
American Dental Association
The American Dental Association provides information on topics about your teeth and oral health (such as Anxiety about dental visits).
CancerNet (National Cancer Institute)
A source of current cancer information for patients and anyone interested in learning more about cancer.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention
Provides information on specific diseases. A good starting point for reliable STD facts.
Family Doctor
The American Academy of Family Physicians provides information for general educational purposes for the whole family. All of the information has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals.
Healthfinder
The U.S. Department of Health & Human services along with other federal agencies designed this web site as a gateway to consumer health information. It provides access to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups. It also links to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.
Kids Health
Provides doctor-approved, up-to-date and accurate health information about children from before birth through adolescents.
Mayo Clinic
Sponsored by the Mayo Clinic, this site offers general information about health and medical topics. New information is added daily.
Medem
Medem is the web site project of several organizations—including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It is a comprehensive and trusted source of health care content on the Internet.
Medlineplus
A web site established by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest biomedical library and creator of the Medline database. An alphabetical list of medical and health topics consists of hundreds of specific diseases, conditions and wellness issues. Health information in Spanish is also included.
National Health Information Center
This site is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It provides links to many organizations that have information about specific medical topics.
National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC)
A project of the Office on Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NWHIC is a gateway to women’s health information resources that allows visitors to read and download a wide variety of materials developed by federal government agencies, and private sector resources.