Internet Sites

General Health and Medicine

BMI: Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index is a number that shows body weight adjusted for height. This web page from the Centers for Disease Control provides an overview and a calculator to find out your own BMI.

Cancernet

From the National Cancer Institute comes the most current and comprehensive information on cancer. Also search for ongoing clinical trails.

Drug Information Portal

From National Library of Medicine, this database links information on more than 12,000 prescription, over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements. It includes information from consumer health websites, clinical trials and medical journals.

Growth House, Inc.

Information on dying, major illnesses, and grief, also estate and funeral planning. Many Links. Start with the pull down menu by Get my Choices.

Healthfinder

Easy to read text, links to reliable consumer health information from the federal government and other sources.

Healthline BodyMaps

An interactive visual search tool that allows users to explore the human body parts in 3-D images down to their smallest parts. Besides rich, detailed anatomical images, it links to relevant and useful health information.

Kid's Health

Provides patents, kids, and teens with current, accurate health information in lay language.

Mayo Clinic

Detailed, easy to understand information for thousands of diseases or conditions and for over 8,000 prescription drugs.

MedlinePlus

One of the best starting points for consumer health questions, plus pharmaceutical information and current health news. Search for current clinical trials by subject. Also link up to Medline (PubMed) to search topics in medical journals. A service of the National Library of Medicine.

OncoLink

Comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances. Information is is provided at various levels, from introductory to in-depth. Developed by University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.

PubMed (Medline)

National Library of Medicine's database of references to more than 11 million articles published in 4300 biomedical journals. Many of the articles have summaries and they are written for health professionals for educational purposes and are not intended to replace advice from a health professional.

Vegsource.com

Vegetarian? Here is your source for support, recipes, and discussion boards plus information on everything from beauty advice to vegetarian travel and vegetarian penpals. Many links.

WebMD

Thorough and easy to understand, Webmd's mission is “to bring you the most objective, trustworthy, and accurate health information on the web.” MyHealthRecord lets you set up your own secure,private medical file that you can access online anytime, anywhere. List immunizations, medications, allergies, diagnoses, etc.

Associations

American Medical Association

The AMA homepage includes a doctor search and hospital search along with much other information. Use the sitemap to get started.

American Chiropractic Association

Find a doctor of chiropractic, valuable health tips, healthcare links, and hot topics.

American Dental Association

Oral health topics A-Z for all ages!

For the Healthcare Consumer

Hospital Compare

An online tool for comparing hospitals through various measures of patient care and safety based on Medicare data. Just start by entering a zip code. The site is available in Spanish too.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance

A free resource that helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage to identify the right program to get the medicines they need at low cost or for free.

Quackwatch

Founded by a M.D., the purpose of quackwatch is to combat health related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies.

Rxaminer

Save two ways on prescription drugs. Check for a lower cost brand or generic option, or compare online for the lowest price.