Current Events and News:

CNN.com: Health
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/

MSNBC Health
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032076/

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General Health Information:

See also the government resources below.

Familydoctor.org
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
The American Academy of Family Physicians provides a medical dictionary, a drug guide, and information on health concerns and self-care.

MayoClinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Provides information on conditions, diseases, health conditions, and prescription drugs. Provides healthy lifestyle planners for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, exercising, managing stress, and quitting smoking.

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/
A leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. The site includes original and timely health information as well as over 100 moderated message boards.

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Government Resources:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Provides publications, statistics, and information on diseases and other health topics.

Clinical Trials
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Get information on clinical trials currently taking place.

Healthfinder.gov
http://healthfinder.gov/library/
Provides access to databases, medical dictionaries, a medical encyclopedia, health and medical journals, and more.

MEDLINEplus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MEDLINEplus provides access to information to help answer health questions. It is a good place to start for conducting research on diseases and prescription drugs. It brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from the United States Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies, non-profit agencies, and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature.

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/icd/
Provides links to all of the government health institutes. Of particular interest are:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
http://www.niams.nih.gov/
National Institute on Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Office of Rare Diseases
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Provides access to current events and archived news articles, general information, genetics information, research and clinical trials, and research resources.

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
Click here for a list of health topics for which information is provided. Includes international medical statistics here.

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Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
The statistical arm of the CDC provides vital statistics and statistics on disease classification, healthy people, minority health, injuries, and aging. Additional data is culled from data collection systems which include:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm

National Health Care Survey (NHCS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhcs.htm

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm

State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/slaits.htm

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Page last updated on 8/08/2008