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CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES

• MEDLINE Plus
  From the National Library of Medicine. Medline Plus offers a collection of authoritative health information, including articles, extensive drug information, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
  
  

Health Organizations and Associations

• Alzheimer's Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• American Parkinson Disease Association
• American Stroke Association
• Arthritis Foundation
• Bloodpressure.Com
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• EMSC: Emergency Medical Services for Children
• Food and Drug Administration
• Foundation Fighting Blindness
• HIV Insite from UC San Francisco
• JDRF: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
• KidsHealth -- from the Nemours Foundation
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• National Association For Down Syndrome
• National Cancer Institute
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Council on the Aging
• National Headache Foundation
• National Institutes of Health -- Consumer Health Information
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Sleep Foundation
• U.S. Administration on Aging
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- "leading America to better health, safety and well-being".
  
  

General Health Resources

• American Federation for Aging Research- infoaging.org
  
  
• AWARE Foundation
  The Adolescent Wellness and Reproductive Education Foundation
  
  
• Cancer.gov- Cancer Information
  
  
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
  Nation's largest collection of information and resources on HIV/AIDS, STD and TB prevention.
  
  
• Cleveland Clinic Health Information Center
  
  
• Daily Med
  
  
• Familydoctor.org
  "Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians"
  
  
• FedStats: Health Statistics
  
  
• FirstGov for Consumers: Health
  
  
• HealthCentral.com
  Information and products for a healthier life.
  
  
• HealthFinder.Gov
  Federal government consumer health information resources
  
  
• Health.Gov
  Online health initiatives from the U.S. Department of Health
  
  
• HealthWorld Online
  
  
• Household Products Database
  From the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
  
  
• Intelihealth
  Sponsored by Aetna Insurance Company, features information from Harvard Medical School.
  
  
• Legacy National Tobacco Documents
  Tobacco industry information provided by the University of California, San Francisco.
  
  
• Mayo Clinic
  
  
• Medicinenet.com
  Articles written by physicians and reviewed by a team of health professionals
  
  
• Medscape
  From WebMD, provides professional-level articles.
  
  
• Mental Health Net
  Comprehensive source for mental health information.
  
  
• Merck Manual of Medical Information
  
  
• National Cancer Institute's 5 a Day for Better Health
  
  
• National Health Information Center
  Health Information Resource Database that includes 2,000 U.S. organizations and governement offices that provide health information.
  
  
• National SIDS Resource Center
  Information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
  
  
• National Women's Health Information Center
  
  
• NOAH: New York Access to Health
  Bilingual consumer health information.
  
  
• Nutrition Resources Compiled By NVCC Librarians
  
  
• Nutrition.gov
  
  
• OBGYN.net: The Universe of Womens Health
  Content provided by practitioners, and a subject directory of Web resources
  
  
• PDR.Net: Getting Well Network
  Consumer information from the producers of the Physician's Desk Reference.
  
  
• ReleMed
  A search engine that searches all the data in Medline, displaying the most relevant results first.
  
  
• RXList
  Internet Drug Index
  
  
• Small Step
  From the United States Department of Health & Human Services, information on diet and exercise divided into four steps that will lead you to a healthier lifestyle.
  
  
• Stanford Health Library
  "A free and open-to-the-public consumer health information library that provides scientifically-based medical information to help people make informed decisions about their health and health care" from Stanford University.
  
  
• USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
  Food composition and nutrition information.
  
  
• WebMD Health
  
  
• World Health Organization
  
  
• Yahoo: Diseases and Conditions Page
  
  

Fitness Resources

• America's Walking
  From PBS.org
  
  
• CDC's National Physical Activity Initiative
  
  
• Fitness Jumpsite!
  Your connection to a lifestyle of fitness, nutrition and health.
  
  
• HowStuffWorks - Health
  
  
• JustMove.Org
  Sponsored by the American Heart Association.
  
  
• Physical Fitness
  From HealthierUS.gov
  
  
• President's Challenge- You're it. Get fit!
  
  
• Shape Up America!
  Fitness resources.
  
  

This collection is maintained by Kathryn Willis and was last updated on February 24, 2010.