Health Sciences: Consumer Health
A guide to research sources in the health sciences.
Consumer Health Web Sites
- AHRQ Patients and Consumers
Information on staying healthy, getting quality care, understanding diseases, and comparing medical treatments.
- Evaluating Internet Health Information
- familydoctor.org
Health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
- Go Ask Alice
Information on physical, emotional and spiritual health from Columbia University health educators.
- Harvard Health
- Healthfinder
Information from selected government agencies, non-profit organizations, and universities.
- Healthy Wisconsin People
- Lab Tests Online
Includes descriptions of clinical lab tests, overviews of conditions and diseases, and recommendations on preventive screening.
- MayoClinic.com
- MedicineNet
Information on diseases and conditions, medical tests, medications, and a symptom checker.
- MedlinePlus
Links to information on selected health topics, dictionaries, databases, clearinghouses, directories, and organizations. Moblie version
- MedlinePlus - Multiple Languages
Health information in Spanish, Hmong, Russian, etc...
- SafeMedication.com
Information on prescription and over-the-counter medications from the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists.
- Quackwatch
"Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions"
