Health Information on the Web - A Guide for Consumers
This web page is intended to provide you with health information. It is not an endorsement or substitute for consultation with a health professional.
Many resources were taken from the CAPHIS Top 100 list. The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section is a section of the Medical Library Association, an association of health information professionals with more than 5,000 individual and institution members.
To see the complete list of the CAPHIS Top 100 Health Information sites on the Internet:
caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html
General Health
www.cdc.gov
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
www.webmd.com
Web MD
www.healthfinder.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
www.medlineplus.gov
From the National Library of Medicine
www.hmonghealth.org
Supported in part by the National Library of Medicine & the Refugee Health Information Network
www.nih.gov
National Institute of Health
Women’s Health
www.4women.gov
National Women’s Health Information Center
www.wwhf.org
Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation
www.healthywomen.org
The National Women’s Health Resource Center
www.ourbodiesourselves.org
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
Men’s Health
www.menshealthnetwork.org
National nonprofit organization
www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthymen.htm
Checklist for men to stay healthy
www.cdc.gov/men/
Men’s health information from the Centers for Disease Control
www.medem.com/medlib/55
Medem Medical Library – Men’s Health
Parenting & Kids
www.aap.org
American Academy of Pediatrics
www.familydoctor.org
American Academy of Family Physicians
www.kidshealth.org
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenhealth.html
Adolescent Health
Specific Health
www.nia.nih.gov
National Institute on Aging
http://www.alz.org
Alzheimer’s Association
http://www.lungusa.org
American Lung Association
http://www.aafa.org
Asthma and Allergy Foundation
of America
www.cancer.gov
National Cancer Institute
www.arthritis.org
Arthritis Foundation
http://www.diabetes.org/
American Diabetes Association
http://www.americanheart.org
American Heart Association
www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.stroke.org/
National Stroke Association
Drug Information Resources
http://www.rxlist.com/
RxList – The Internet Drug Index
www.naturaldatabase.com
Natural Medicine Database
www.drugdigest.org
Drug Digest
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov
DailyMed – Current Medical Information
http://www.druginfonet.com/
Wisconsin Health
www.healthywisconsin.org
Funded by the National Library of Medicine.
http://dunncountywi.govoffice2.com
See Department of Public Health and Office on Aging for more information
www.mayoclinic.com
http://marshfieldclinic.kramesonline.com
Marshfield Clinic Online Health Library
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