The American
Cancer Society site offers activities, news, or resources
on a national, state and local basis.
The American
Heart Association site provides information about cardiovascular
disease and stroke as well as information about the local chapter,
the Miami Valley American Heart Association. Check out Delicious Decisions, an online "cookbook" and
guide to healthy eating.
Breastcancer.org is published by a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer. The highly rated site seeks help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.
FamilyDoctor.org provides
patient information written and reviewed by physicians and patient
education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Health On the Net (HON) is one
of most widely respected not-for-profit portals to authoritative,
trustworthy Web-based medical information. Among HON's distinguishing
features are the HON Code of Conduct for medical
and health Web sites and MedHunt©, a
tool for simultaneously searching all the sites that adhere to
the code of conduct.
HealthWorld Online provides
information about healthy living, alternative therapies and body-mind-spirit
health. The site strives to integrate both alternative and conventional
health information.
The HIV InSite Gateway to
HIV and AIDS Knowledge offers a broad collection of original
material, a complete textbook with extensive references and related
links organized by topic, and thousands of links to external
Web sites. Developed by the Center for HIV Information at the
University of California San Francisco, the site allows free,
anonymous access to all content.
KidsHealth is the largest
and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health
information about children from before birth through adolescence.
Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health
Media, the award-winning site has separate areas for kids, teens
and parents -- each with its own design, age-appropriate content,
and tone.
MedHelp.org provides
medical information in non-technical language to assist patients
in understanding their diseases and/or conditions. The site offers
a comprehensive, searchable Consumer Health Information Library;
medical specialty forums, in which patients can ask questions of
leading physicians and healthcare professionals; and a patient-to-patient
network.
National Health
Council is a private, nonprofit umbrella organization comprised
of more than 115 national health-related organizations, including
more than 40 of the nation's leading patient-based groups, also
known as voluntary health agencies. The group primarily advocates on behalf of the voluntary health movement.
NetWellness is a consumer
health information service developed by the University of Cincinnati
Medical Center with Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio
State University. It includes general information on a number of
topics as well as an "Ask and Expert" section.
New York Online
Access to Health (NOAH) was the first bilingual (Spanish and
English) consumer health site. It offers a vast amount of information on
health conditions plus links to external resources. |