Health On the Net Foundation
- Guides lay persons and non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. Provides leadership in setting ethical standards for Web site developers.
WebMD
- Resource for consumers, physicians, nurses, and educators. Includes news, chat forums, health quizzes and consumer product updates.
AOL Health - Find advice, information about diseases and drugs, fitness tips, and news items.
BBC Health - Features current news plus archives, guides by subject, "Ask a Doctor" inquiry feature, a searchable conditions database, message board, and e-mail newsletter subscription.
InteliHealth - Harvard Medical School's consumer health information, journal databases, a medical dictionary, FAQs on latest news and live forums.
American Council on Science and Health - A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.
Case Western Reserve University - Program on Society and Health - Interdisciplinary group which studies the impact of biomedical technology, health policy, and demographic shifts on society. Mission statement, upcoming events, past events, future plans, and faculty listing.
Consumers Union - Health Care - Provides information on health services, medicaid, nursing homes and long-term care, insurance, prescription drugs, safety issues, and health care organizations.
Health Facts and Fears - A news site promoting sound science and combating the hype and junk science. The issues covered include food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.
HealthWatch UK - Promotes the assessment and testing of treatments, whether 'orthodox' or 'alternative'.
Partners In Health - Research, advocacy and publications related to health, worldwide. Focus upon the poor. Partners with projects in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, United States, with a goal of neither development or charity, but "pragmatic solidarity".
PBS - Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge - Series about the most critical and emerging threats to global public health, and the leaders who deal with them. Includes information about the television series, the book, how to get involved, background information and teaching resources.
Safety Links - Directory of links to information and articles on safety.
Small Step - Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and improve well-being. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
What Doctors Don't Tell You - Information database and monthly magazine informing patients of side effects of drugs, and possible alternative remedies.
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