General Sites

• www.medlineplus.gov - Information selected by Health Sciences librarians and the National Library of Medicine. A great site; it may be the only one you need.
• pubmed.gov - Medline database from the National Library of Medicine. More technical than the above site. Used by most physicians and medical librarians.
• www.emedicinehealth.com - Emedicine's consumer health site. Great articles, very helpful.
• www.mayohealth.org - directed by a team of Mayo Clinic Physicians
• healthtal k.com - Disease Education Networks. Interactive web broadcasts.
• www.familydoctor.org American Academy of Family Physicians. More than 200 peer-reviewed topics, many in Spanish. The "medical dictionary" has brief, easy to understand definitions of medical terms.

Addiction (Drug & Alcohol)

• findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ - Locate a drug and alcoholism treatment program in your city.

Alternative Medicine

• http://nccam.nih.gov/ - National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Cancer

• cancer.gov - Great overall cancer site from NCI. Treatment and clinical trials.

Clinical Trials

• clinicaltrials.gov - NIH. Trials are primarily sponsored by NIH
• www.centerwatch.com - Centerwatch, Inc. Great site
• www.clinicaltrials.com - Pharmaceutical Research Plus, Inc.
• www.checksutterfirst.org/research - Sutter Institute for medical Research. Great information about Clinical Trials at Sutter Health.

Disability

• disabilityinfo.gov - Government-sponsored site with info on all aspects of disability.

Doctors

• www.medbd.ca.gov - California Medical Board.
• www.ama-assn.org - American Medical Association "doctor finder"
• www.ssvms.org/directory.asp - Picture directory of local medical society members
• mammahealth.com - Search engine linking to Directory Assistance Plus for names & addresses of doctors
• guidetotopdoctors.org - Consumer's Checkbook. Find a "top rated doctor". UserID sutter; Password resource

Drugs (Medications)

• medlineplus.gov - National Library of Medicine. Click on "Drugs & Supplements"
• www.drugf acts.com - Facts & Comparisons. You must register, but it's free
• www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm - Center for Drug Evaluation & Research. FDA New Drug Approvals List.
• www.crbestbuydrugs.org - Consumer Reports' recommended best buys and unbiased analysis of prescription drugs.

Drug Interactions

• http://www.drugdigest.org - DrugDigest. Click on "check interactions" on top bar
• www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/drugdb/drugSearch.jsp

Drugs - (free or low-cost)

• www.crbestbuydrugs.org - Consumer Reports' recommended best buys and unbiased analysis of prescription drugs
• https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php - Partnership for Prescription Assistance. This is a single point of access to public and private patient assistance programs.
• www.rxassist.org - Free or low cost drugs

Endocrine Disorders

• www.endocrineweb.com/ - Endocrineweb. Written by physicians to explain thyroid disorders, diabetes, hormones.

Foreign Language Health Resources

• nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html - National Network of Libraries of Medicine collaboration. From Arabic to Vietnamese.
• www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral - Tufts Univ. Provides health info in Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese.
• healthinfotranslations.com - Three healthcare systems developed this website of medical conditions in many different languages. No copyright restrictions. An English version is shown alongside the translated version so you know exactly what information you are distributing.

Genetics

• http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov - Your guide to understanding genetic conditions. Learn about mutations, inheritance, genetic counseling, testing, research, and more.

HMO, Hospital, and Medical Group Ratings

• www.opa.ca.gov/report_card - California's office of the Patient Advocate
• www.calhospitalcompare.org/ - California Healthcare Foundation in Oakland. How patients rate the hospitals.
• www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/tophosp.htm - US News & World Report annual "Best Hospitals" list.

Hoaxes and Rumors and Fraud

• hoaxbusters.ciac.org - US Dept. of Energy Computer Incident Advisory. Heard a rumor on the Internet? Check this site for reliability.
• www.quackwatch.org/ - A very conservative site by Dr. Stephen Barrett, a retired psychiatrist.

Infants, Toddlers, and Adolescents

• www.nemours.org - Nemours Children's Health Systems. Great ideas for parents.
• www.4girls.gov - National Women's Health Information Center. The site focuses on many health topics that respond to adolescent girls' health concerns and motivates girls to choose healthy behaviors using positive, supportive and non-threatening messages.
• www.zerotothree.org - National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.
• www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Grandparents.shtml - Grandparents raising grandchildren. Benefits, assistance, lots of good info.

Insurance

• https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/alliance=Oth21743 - Ehealthinsurance.com. Offers health insurance through many carriers. Headquarters are in Folsom, CA.

Journals Full Text

• http://pubmedcentral.gov - A small but growing list.
• freemedicaljournals.com - Amadeo Group. Dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals on the Internet

Medicare in California

• www.calmedicare.org - California Health Advocates and HICAP. Accurate, unbiased information about Medicare in California.

Menopause

• menopause.org - North American Menopause Society.

News

• www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/medicine.php - American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science. Global news service focusing on science, medicine and technology.

Nursing Home Quality

• www.calnhs.org - California Healthcare Foundation in Oakland. Great site if you're looking for nursing homes and other options. New additions are Home Health Care and Hospice ratings.

Organizations and Support Groups

• dirline.nlm.nih.gov - National Library of Medicine megasite for organizations
• groups.google.com - Discussion groups, newsgroups

Pregnancy - Drugs

• toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT - National Library of Medicine's toxnet database of drugs to which lactating mothers might be exposed.

Safety Information

• www.fda.gov/medwatch - FDA's safety alerts for drugs, devices, recalls, etc.
• householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov - National Library of Medicine's database on health effects of ingredients in common household products.
• recalls.gov - Federal government site for recalls on food, medicine, cosmetics, consumer products.
• toxmap.nlm.nih.gov - National Library of Medicine. Geographic maps on environmental health & toxic chemical releases.

Surgery

• orimtec.com/animations/animations.html - ORIMtec Surgical Monitoring. Site has good graphic animations showing different spine surgeries.

Tests

• www.labtestsonline.org - Lab Tests Online. Great site with descriptions of tests
• www.thedoctorsdoctor.com - Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group. To help you understand your tissue biopsy and cytology reports.

Videos Online

• medbroadcast.com - Video clips and motion graphics

Fun Stuff

• realage.com - Take the test and discover what your real age is based on your health and lifestyle.
• www.mypyramidtracker.gov/ - Interactive Healthy Eating Index. Enter the foods you've eaten today.
• howstuffworks.com - Find out how coffee is decaffeinated; how your immune system works, etc.
• toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ - From the National Library of Medicine. Fun stuff for teachers on environmental health risks.
• toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/ - Like the above link. A learning site for kids ages 7-10.
• www.librarything.com/ - Library Thing helps you catalog your books. Up to 200 books can be cataloged for free. In Beta testing now.