Consumer Health: General Sources

Use this guide to find information on maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and on living well with common health conditions.

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"

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Includes full-text consumer health magazines, pamphlets, and books.