Health topics A to Z, a site put together by the University of Michigan Health System, with descriptions of conditions and treatments
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Health topics A to Z, a site put together by the University of Michigan Health System, with descriptions of conditions and treatments
A comprehensive, frequently updated site featuring articles and reprints of recent health and medical studies throughout the world. It also references patient advocacy issues and lists medical research studies in need of volunteers.
A comprehensive site created by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general.
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, general health advice and links to other useful health sites.
www.ama-assn.org/consumer/gnrl.htm
From the American Medical Association, another comprehensive site with a heavy emphasis on fitmess and nutrition, including recipes.
An online publisher that provides a number of virtual health magazines and health journal information for medical professionals.
A top health site praised by computer magazines as user-friendly and easy to navigate.
Offers an array of secondary sites organized by medical specialty and access to a large librarty of medical journals.
The American Council on Science and Health, a nonprofit consumer interest organization, provides reports on health and fitness.
The world-renowned Mayo Clinic offers advice in a number of medical areas.
The widely respected New England Journal of Medicine offers selected articles and a guide to other useful sites.
A consumer-oriented site that offers chats with experts and strong coverage of women's health issues.
A site which includes all areas of healthcare, such as clinical medicine, alternate medicine, as well as the business aspects of medicine.
Advice: The Department of Health and Human Services and consumer advocates suggest looking for Web sites that bear the Health on the Net code, a square logo bearing the letters "HONCODE." Sites with this logo have met the organization's code of ethics and principles guidlines. The sites listed here are regarded as a reliable source of information.
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