Health Links

These websites provide information on disease topics, symptoms, medications, and diagnostic procedures.  They are reliable sites and are not listed in any particular order.  Disease specific information is available on many of the links we list, but be sure to check our Support Organizations page also.

Anatomy:

Anatomy Atlases (Note:  graphic content!):
www.anatomyatlases.org

Drug Reference:

PDRhealth:
www.pdrhealth.com

Drug Lookup:

Evidence-Based Medicine,
Healthcare Quality, Clinical Trials:

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC):
www.guideline.gov

The Cochrane Library:
www.cochrane.org

Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
Homepage:
www.ahrq.gov
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors:
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm
Consumers and Patients:
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: United Kingdom:
www.nice.org.uk

Clinical Trials information:
www.clinicaltrials.gov

Frauds:

(Note:  There are many health frauds that circulate on the Internet.  If something related to health that you read or receive in an email sounds suspicious, check here.)

Quackwatch:
Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions:
www.quackwatch.org

General Health:

Medline Plus: Consumer Health Information:
medlineplus.gov/?hp

American College of Physicians Health Care Topics: www.doctorsforadults.com/topics/topics.htm

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Patient Education Materials for Internal Medicine:
www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldepartments/
internalmedicine/index.html

OHSU Library Consumer Health Resources: www.ohsu.edu/library/consumerhealth/

WebMD – includes drug info and symptom checker:
www.webmd.com

Merck Manual (includes commercial info and links)
Home Edition:
www.merck.com/consumer/
Professional Edition:
www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html

Healthfinder:
www.healthfinder.gov

Mayo Clinic Website:
www.mayoclinic.com

NOAH – New York Online Access to Health:
www.noah-health.org

Up To Date:
patients.uptodate.com

Health Question-Answer Site:

Go Ask Alice: 
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/newtogaa.html

Medical Literature Databases:

Medline PubMed – National Library of Medicine literature search engine:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

OHSU Library Health Information Request:
www.ohsu.edu/library/consumerhealth/himrequest.shtml

Nutrition:

Nutrition, Food, and Diet Information:
www.nutrition.gov

And for a truly out-of-the-box idea about health care:

The Gesundheit! Hospital Project:
www.patchadams.org/hospital_project