The National Cancer Institute's Cancer.gov was selected as one of the "Top Ten Most Useful Web Sites" for health consumers. It offers a wide range of cancer information, including treatment options, clinical trials, ways to reduce cancer risk, ways to cope with cancer and resources for researchers and health care professionals.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site includes fact sheets, disease prevention and health information topics from A to Z.

The Food and Drug Administration Web site provides consumer and industry information on concerns such as food safety, dietary supplements, and new drugs.

The Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services strives "to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities."

The Health Information Index by the National Institutes of Health offers an A-Z subject guide that provides direct links to the specific NIH Institutes that support research related to particular health concerns.

The MedlinePlus Health Information Web site is provided by the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The site provides information on hundreds of diseases and wellness issues and also includes links to dictionaries, drug information, a medical encyclopedia and many health-related databases.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health conducts and supports basic and applied research and training and disseminates information to practitioners and the public.

www.health.gov is a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies. It includes healthfinder® with links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,800 health-related organizations