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This page was last updated on June 24th, 2008
This page was last updated on June 24th, 2008
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Colorado Health Site: Chronic Illnesses
Provides free access to support services, resources, holistic health and other medical information for persons with chronic medical conditions.
Wired for Health
Health information at the touch of a button for young people and their teachers, Wired for Health aims to provide accurate and engaging information on health.
HealthySelf: Health and Medical Information Research Service
HealthySelf provides fee-based health and medical information on diseases, procedures, treatments (conventional and alternative) and resources.
Seek Wellness
Information on incontinence, sexual problems, low testosterone, high fiber foods, eating disorders, wellness, fitness, overactive bladder, arthritis, and some other diseases.
How to Review Your Blood Test Results
Explains glucose, electrolytes, minerals, thyroid and others.
Navy Health Book
General and comprehensive information for patient education which includes Health Promotion, Adult Medicine and Pediatrics. Compiled from the HEALTHWATCH articles in the Naval Service Medical News.
JAMA's Patient Education Pages
The full text of patient education pages from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
SoYouWanna Be A Human Guinea Pig?
This full-length article will teach you how to "volunteer" for science experiments, from simple questionnaires to complex drug trials.
Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
Describes what the various types of ultrasound examinations can tell your doctor, how to prepare for your examination, and a description of the procedure.
The Medical Reporter
An independent, educational health and medical magazine on the Web for health care consumers.
HELP - Health Education Library for People
with many free online full-text books and magazines on health and illness.
Healthtouch Online
A resource that brings together valuable information from trusted sources on topics such as medications, health, diseases, supplements, and natural medicine.
MCare: Health at Home
An online book covering a broad range of health topics, with questions to guide the reader as to whether the condition can be treated at home or should be checked by a doctor.
Remedyfind
Individuals and health care professionals can rate and review the effectiveness of different treatments for specific health conditions.
Think Like A Doctor
An online community seminar for healthcare consumers to become even better patients by improving the relationship with their doctor.
Good Health -- Healthy Lifestyle
This site is dedicated to convincing people to live a healthy lifestyle, to improve their quality of life, and avoid (or reduce the severity of) chronic disease.
Home Healthcare Guide
The NHS Home Healthcare guide from SurgeryDoor provides over 120 pages on common ailments, their causes, effects and treatment.
Be MedWise
A public education initiative by the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) to promote safe and appropriate use of over-the-counter medicines.
Healthfinder
A "gateway" website for health and human services information from the US Government. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government a
The Gateway to Health
Find hope, inspiration and guidelines how to cure yourself. Non harmful cancer therapies, and non-medicinal treatments for a variety of conditions.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Mayo Clinic experts provide current medical information and news on health topics.
Spotlight Health
By combining celebrity stories with information about serious diseases, the authors of this site provide sound basic information in a format that is engaging and easy to understand.
Best Health Guide
Praxis MD. Provides patients with customized, practical medical information, and offers a 'doctor visit checklist' and recommended readings.
Allexperts Medical Q&A
Doctors, professors, and others in all major fields of medicine ready, willing, and able to answer your questions.
Med Help International - The Virtual Medical Center for Patients
Med Help provides patient medical information via our virtual medical center. Site includes: the largest patient medical library on the Net, Ask-The-Doctor Forums, medical news, and patient networking.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Developed by leading medical experts, these tests and actions, both medical and self-examinations, are the focal point of the Healthful Life Program.
A Guide to Medical Information and Support on the Internet
Covers medical chats, newsgroups, listservs, doctors online, Medline access, research tips, and comprehensive medical and health sites.
Dr. Sinatra.com
An online resource for solutions for pressing health problems, from arthritis to blood pressure, digestion to weight loss.
Lab Tests Online
Designed as a single resource where people can find up-to-date lab testing information vital to the understanding and management of their health.
Doc Trish Explains It All
Receive translation of medical jargon and explanation of conditions or diseases by a family doctor, into plain English.
Health and Medical Information
Medical and health information for health professionals, patients and families. Information about hospitals, diseases, injuries, health care, surgery and infections.
Anesthesia Patient Safety
Undergoing anesthesia can be frightening and intimidating without the facts. Find out what you or your child needs to know for a safe anesthesia experience.
HealthScout: Personalized Health News For You And Your Family
Personal and family health news, interactive checkups, medical encyclopedias, discussion groups, articles on drugs, diseases.
NOAH: Health Topics and Resources
A meta site of listings by topic and source with the added bonus of offering a large selection of materials in Spanish as well as English.
Complete Home Medical Guide
Online medical encyclopedia. Includes commonly prescribed drugs.
MedInfo - Patient Information
MedInfo provides accessible and easy to understand information for patients on common ailments and medical questions.
National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE)
Designed to help consumers make sound decisions about the use of medicines, and to stimulate and improve communication between consumers and health care professionals by developing programs, providing educational kits, and offering guidelines, tips, and r
Anesthesia Preoperative Preparation
Useful information on the preoperative preparation of patients for anesthesia and surgery.
Medifocus Patient Research Guides
A unique new Internet health resource. Covering over 220 conditions, for consumers and families facing chronic or life-threatening medical diseases. Free sample Guides are available.
Enhancement, Inc
A nonprofit foundation whose purpose is to teach and disseminate material relating to health and/or wellness, through videos, publications, and lectures.
James Kimbro Maguire, Jr., M.D. Simmons Surgical Society
Dr. Maguire is a spine surgeon and member of the Simmons Surgical Society.
Health Helper.com
Medical and health self-help information, covering conventional and alternative health.
PreOp.com
Offers patients animated videos, graphics, and medical illustrations as explanations for the most common surgical and diagnostic procedures performed in the US.
AllAboutBlackHealth
Information on health related issues as they affect African Americans and other minorities at risk.
Patient Medical Assistant
Dr. Michael Cole's quick and simple guidelines for common medical problems.
Why Doctors Order Laboratory Tests
An excellent reference, written for parents to help explain diagnostic procedures to their children. Because its intended audience is children, the descriptions are brilliant in their simplicity and structure. You can search for a test in two ways: 1) by
Team Surgery: Your Partner in Surgery
Provides information, resources, services, links, online forums and support to people preparing for surgery and also their families, friends and medical staff.
NetHealth Online Guide
A comprehensive guide to health on the Internet, with reviews and links to hundreds of online resources.
MUSC Health
Complete health and disease information along with the latest health care news. Presented by the experts at the Medical University of South Carolina.
HealthAnswers Inc
Developing knowledgeable, empowered consumers actively engaged in managing their own health. Learn to work with professionals, managed care organizations, employers, pharmaceutical, device and other healthcare companies.
Whole Hearted Living
Provided by the Oxford Heart Health Network and the Oxford County Board of Health, Ontario, Canada. It contains useful health information and links.
Tips of All Sorts.com
Small bits of advice and tips on a variety of subjects, primarily health-related.
Ohio State University's Patient Education Documents
Covers an extensive list of medical and surgical conditions. Documents are available in pdf format.
Helping Children Cope With the Intensive Care Unit
A multimedia booklet providing the public with basic information about equipment such as ventilators and IVs used in the intensive care units. Sounds of these equipment are available from the site. Taken from the Iowa Health Book, a part of the University
Patient Protect
Consultation devoted to protecting patients against healthcare costs, abuse, negligence, and incompetence in the field. Articles, resources, and links for those seeking medical advice or treatment.
CT Network
Provides support for CAT Scan patients. Includes a message board for communication, descriptions, and links for all things CT.
Good Housekeeping - Can the Internet Be Hazardous to Your Health?
Article from the magazine pertaining to health issues.
Berlex Canada
Provides health information on various topics such as menopause, contraception, acne, and multiple sclerosis.
StopGettingSick.com
Current medical news, articles, and research.
Abayomi
Information on how to be healthier.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati
Patient education information written by the nurses and physicians at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.
Simmons Surgical Society
The Simmons Surgical Society is a group of physicians dedicated to the alleviation of pain and suffering experienced by patients with spinal disorders
Case Health
Enables the sharing of health success stories amongst the worldwide internet community. Visitors can enter their own health success story (case study) or search the database for other health success stories - all non-identifying.
ICU Answer Page
Written by a critical care nurse, and aimed at patients and relatives. The site offers information, links and a forum.
Cooper Institute Virtual Patient Information Resource Center
Prepares consumers for their enhanced role as more active and assertive partners in the management of their health care through patient education.
Health Authority
Offers information on tobacco addiction, weight loss, cholesterol reduction and hypertension control.
FamilyDoctor
A database of over 600 articles and guides, covering 37 common medical topics. All articles are reviewed and edited by family doctors and specialists.
Provides free access to support services, resources, holistic health and other medical information for persons with chronic medical conditions.
Health information at the touch of a button for young people and their teachers, Wired for Health aims to provide accurate and engaging information on health.
HealthySelf provides fee-based health and medical information on diseases, procedures, treatments (conventional and alternative) and resources.
Information on incontinence, sexual problems, low testosterone, high fiber foods, eating disorders, wellness, fitness, overactive bladder, arthritis, and some other diseases.
Explains glucose, electrolytes, minerals, thyroid and others.
General and comprehensive information for patient education which includes Health Promotion, Adult Medicine and Pediatrics. Compiled from the HEALTHWATCH articles in the Naval Service Medical News.
The full text of patient education pages from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
This full-length article will teach you how to "volunteer" for science experiments, from simple questionnaires to complex drug trials.
Describes what the various types of ultrasound examinations can tell your doctor, how to prepare for your examination, and a description of the procedure.
An independent, educational health and medical magazine on the Web for health care consumers.
with many free online full-text books and magazines on health and illness.
A resource that brings together valuable information from trusted sources on topics such as medications, health, diseases, supplements, and natural medicine.
An online book covering a broad range of health topics, with questions to guide the reader as to whether the condition can be treated at home or should be checked by a doctor.
Individuals and health care professionals can rate and review the effectiveness of different treatments for specific health conditions.
An online community seminar for healthcare consumers to become even better patients by improving the relationship with their doctor.
This site is dedicated to convincing people to live a healthy lifestyle, to improve their quality of life, and avoid (or reduce the severity of) chronic disease.
The NHS Home Healthcare guide from SurgeryDoor provides over 120 pages on common ailments, their causes, effects and treatment.
A public education initiative by the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) to promote safe and appropriate use of over-the-counter medicines.
A "gateway" website for health and human services information from the US Government. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government a
Find hope, inspiration and guidelines how to cure yourself. Non harmful cancer therapies, and non-medicinal treatments for a variety of conditions.
Mayo Clinic experts provide current medical information and news on health topics.
By combining celebrity stories with information about serious diseases, the authors of this site provide sound basic information in a format that is engaging and easy to understand.
Praxis MD. Provides patients with customized, practical medical information, and offers a 'doctor visit checklist' and recommended readings.
Doctors, professors, and others in all major fields of medicine ready, willing, and able to answer your questions.
Med Help provides patient medical information via our virtual medical center. Site includes: the largest patient medical library on the Net, Ask-The-Doctor Forums, medical news, and patient networking.
Developed by leading medical experts, these tests and actions, both medical and self-examinations, are the focal point of the Healthful Life Program.
Covers medical chats, newsgroups, listservs, doctors online, Medline access, research tips, and comprehensive medical and health sites.
An online resource for solutions for pressing health problems, from arthritis to blood pressure, digestion to weight loss.
Designed as a single resource where people can find up-to-date lab testing information vital to the understanding and management of their health.
Receive translation of medical jargon and explanation of conditions or diseases by a family doctor, into plain English.
Medical and health information for health professionals, patients and families. Information about hospitals, diseases, injuries, health care, surgery and infections.
Undergoing anesthesia can be frightening and intimidating without the facts. Find out what you or your child needs to know for a safe anesthesia experience.
Personal and family health news, interactive checkups, medical encyclopedias, discussion groups, articles on drugs, diseases.
A meta site of listings by topic and source with the added bonus of offering a large selection of materials in Spanish as well as English.
Online medical encyclopedia. Includes commonly prescribed drugs.
MedInfo provides accessible and easy to understand information for patients on common ailments and medical questions.
Designed to help consumers make sound decisions about the use of medicines, and to stimulate and improve communication between consumers and health care professionals by developing programs, providing educational kits, and offering guidelines, tips, and r
Useful information on the preoperative preparation of patients for anesthesia and surgery.
A unique new Internet health resource. Covering over 220 conditions, for consumers and families facing chronic or life-threatening medical diseases. Free sample Guides are available.
A nonprofit foundation whose purpose is to teach and disseminate material relating to health and/or wellness, through videos, publications, and lectures.
Dr. Maguire is a spine surgeon and member of the Simmons Surgical Society.
Medical and health self-help information, covering conventional and alternative health.
Offers patients animated videos, graphics, and medical illustrations as explanations for the most common surgical and diagnostic procedures performed in the US.
Information on health related issues as they affect African Americans and other minorities at risk.
Dr. Michael Cole's quick and simple guidelines for common medical problems.
An excellent reference, written for parents to help explain diagnostic procedures to their children. Because its intended audience is children, the descriptions are brilliant in their simplicity and structure. You can search for a test in two ways: 1) by
Provides information, resources, services, links, online forums and support to people preparing for surgery and also their families, friends and medical staff.
A comprehensive guide to health on the Internet, with reviews and links to hundreds of online resources.
Complete health and disease information along with the latest health care news. Presented by the experts at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Developing knowledgeable, empowered consumers actively engaged in managing their own health. Learn to work with professionals, managed care organizations, employers, pharmaceutical, device and other healthcare companies.
Provided by the Oxford Heart Health Network and the Oxford County Board of Health, Ontario, Canada. It contains useful health information and links.
Small bits of advice and tips on a variety of subjects, primarily health-related.
Covers an extensive list of medical and surgical conditions. Documents are available in pdf format.
A multimedia booklet providing the public with basic information about equipment such as ventilators and IVs used in the intensive care units. Sounds of these equipment are available from the site. Taken from the Iowa Health Book, a part of the University
Consultation devoted to protecting patients against healthcare costs, abuse, negligence, and incompetence in the field. Articles, resources, and links for those seeking medical advice or treatment.
Provides support for CAT Scan patients. Includes a message board for communication, descriptions, and links for all things CT.
Article from the magazine pertaining to health issues.
Provides health information on various topics such as menopause, contraception, acne, and multiple sclerosis.
Current medical news, articles, and research.
Information on how to be healthier.
Patient education information written by the nurses and physicians at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.
The Simmons Surgical Society is a group of physicians dedicated to the alleviation of pain and suffering experienced by patients with spinal disorders
Enables the sharing of health success stories amongst the worldwide internet community. Visitors can enter their own health success story (case study) or search the database for other health success stories - all non-identifying.
Written by a critical care nurse, and aimed at patients and relatives. The site offers information, links and a forum.
Prepares consumers for their enhanced role as more active and assertive partners in the management of their health care through patient education.
Offers information on tobacco addiction, weight loss, cholesterol reduction and hypertension control.
A database of over 600 articles and guides, covering 37 common medical topics. All articles are reviewed and edited by family doctors and specialists.
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