General Health Sites

Start at Medline for an unbelievable amount of info!

Alphabetical listing of Diseases on the Net - allows you to search for valid sites and articles dealing with specific diseases.

Alternative Medicine Homepage - is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.

CAPHIS - Consumer and patient health information section of the Medical Library Association has listed their "Top 100" web sites you can trust. 

Color Matters - "It's all about the world of color" and its physiological and psychological effects. "This site explores how color affects appetite, vision, sexuality, energy conservation, and its relationship to architecture and interior design." A passion for color and its unique characteristics led the site's author to search for answers to some puzzling questions: Does pink make strong men weak? Can colors create accidents? What colors are predominant in different cultures? Do marketers use color to influence our decisions? Browse Resources and Interact for additional questions and issues on how color really matters. Searchable. - jh  Subjects: Color

Common Cold - This searchable site "provides a comprehensive, updated and referenced source of information on the common cold." It includes segments on the anatomy of the nose, how colds occur and are spread, the prevention and recommendations for treatment for both adults and children, the testing of cold treatments, and more. Many common myths are debunked and several soothing recipes are offered, among them chicken soup and hot buttered cider. In addition, over seventy references are cited. - jh  Subjects: Cold (Disease)

Health and Fitness from About.com

Health on the Net - A Swiss-based site established in 1995 to "promote the effective and reliable use of the new technologies for telemedicine in healthcare around the world." Among HON's distinguishing features are two widely-used medical search tools, MedHunt and HONselect and the HON Code of Conduct for the provision of authoritative, trustworthy Web-based medical information.

HealthCentral.Com - Information and products for a healthier life.  Includes daily news updates, library & encyclopedia links, drug interactions, drugstore, vitamins, prescriptions, beauty, and a listing of over 90 conditions and topics to choose from.

Healthfinder - is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

HealthInfo - Another gateway of links from Conneticut health providers.

HealthWeb - This web resource covers a wide range of health topics and takes users to a standard group of website types such as organization websites in the specific field of the health topic, academic institutions, and conferences.

In the Mix - Social Issues concerning teens from the PBS Series. 

Infoseek Health Channel - From Go.com, many wonderful health links that are rated and listed from three star to one star.

InteliHealth - Health Library - Home of Johns Hopkins Health Information. InteliHealth is last years winner of the Webby Award for Best Health Site, and is has been nominated for this year.

Internet Public Library's Teen Space for Health - lots of good teen links.

***MedlinePlus.gov Health Information ***-  This link will take you directly to the teen health links.  Click on Home to find out all of the other things available at this site - it is a goldmine!!   Links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE database allow you to find references to latest health professional articles on your topic.

MedSurf the Web - The Web/s only suite of medical decision support services and carefully selected health links.

MedicineNet : State of the Art Medical Information - For a directory of up-to-date health information for the public, treatment updates, medical news and health facts from medical doctors.

MedTerms - A gold star site rated the best medical dictionary on-line

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine  allows you to easily find journal citations related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). 

National Library of Medicine - Everything in one databases concerning health issues.

Plainsense - The power of the internet to heal and harm patients is at the center of a new area of discussion.  There are more than 25,000 medical web sites where consumers can find information ranging from articles in medical journals to real-time diagnosis from doctors.  This site helps with everyday health questions that individuals may have by clarifying general definitions and helps to alert one if medical attention is necessary.

SimplyStated - Easy to read, accurate and trustworthy information on a listing of conditions which include: Diabetes, Hypertension, Osteoporosis, etc.  Check the site to find out which conditions are included.  Physician-approved site.

Who Named It -is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15.000 eponyms and more than 6.000 persons

Yahoo Health Links - Yahoo! Health provides health research, expert advice, healthy recipes, and more.

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