by Jill Newby

 

Evaluating Health Information on the Internet

• HONcode: Health on the Net Foundation -  Code of Conduct  
  Principles for medical and health web sites

• HealthScout  
  News stories about health related topics

 

Good Starting Points

• Univ. of Utah - Eccles Health Sciences Library - Consumer Health Links  
  A good directory of evaluated web resources for health information, diseases, organizations, databases, dictionaries, etc.

• MEDLINEplus 
  Developed by the National Library of Medicine.  Provides links to information about specific diseases and references from MEDLINE, plus hospital and physician directories.

• Healthfinder  
  A gateway to consumer health information and services from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

• Web Sites You Can Trust - The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section 
  of the Medical Library Association 
  Extensive annotated list of health information organized by categories.

• AMA Health Insight    
  Consumer health information provided by the AMA.  Provides current medical news, information about specific conditions, and interactive health assessments.

Specific Health Topics and Sources

• Oncolink
  Cancer information from both the patient and physician perspectives. From the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.

• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 
  Information on specific conditions, symptoms and treatment.

• Merck Manual of Geriatrics  
  Specific conditions and treatment for the aged.

• RxList
  A drug lookup site with information about actions of specific ingredients.

• PharmInfoNet  
  Current pharmaceutical news and a drug database.

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