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• - Comprehensive knowledge-based medical referral service.
  
• - U.S.News & World Report ratings and rankings of the top U.S. medical centers in various specialties.
  
• - In-depth information on cancer for health care professionals and patients.
  
• - A database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. Provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.
  
• - Specialized medical research reports on mainstream, experimental, and alternative treatments, specialists, and support organizations.
  
• - Searchable index to healthcare sites.
  
• - Offers news and a variety of health information resources.
  
• - Health TV network produced by CNN and delivered to medical waiting rooms across the US. Includes programming guide, articles, and tips for living a healthy lifestyle.
  
• - Articles on healthy foods, cancer and breast cancer. Includes comprehensive links to additional resources for health and wellness.
  
• - Medical consultation devoted to protecting and defend patients. Contributes to reducing health costs, by preventing abuses, negligences, medical errors and incompetence in the health field.
  
• - A home health guide to diagnosis and treatment, and when to see your doctor or go to hospital.
  
• - Clinical calculators of body surface area, breast cancer risk and body mass.
  
• - Provides the up-to-date health information on a variety of subjects.
  
• - Educates about common age-related health conditions and offers dietary, lifestyle, and nutritional supplement protocols to treat them.
  
• - Includes a directory of more than 50,000 professionally-reviewed Internet resources, supportive online communities, and a calendar.
  
• - Grades the performance of hospitals, physicians, health plans, nursing homes and other health care providers in the United States.
  
• - Provides health and medical information, written by professionals for consumers, and offers interactive online events and educational videos.
  
• - Explains how to interpret laboratory, surgical pathology, and cytology reports and provides information about various conditions and diseases. Maintained by a group of pathologists.
  
• - Free reports on body fat percentage, body mass index, calorie burning activities, target heart rate and smoking costs. Online health risk assessment which provides resources based on your health risks.
  
• - Medical treatment options, physician background check service, best hospitals and doctors. (Ft. Walton Beach, FL)[Fee based service - ed]
  
• - Global health information network and community that integrate every aspect of Health and Fitness in one place.
  
• - A medical talk show aired in over 100 cities throughout the United States.
  
• - Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Comprehensive listings of links to medical information, most reliable, some not.
  
• - Health information including health assessments, quizzes, polls, news, articles, and drug information.
  
• - Customized libraries of health and well-being information. Log in to access an extensive library of resources.
  
• - Search for a Doctor's Medical School, Board Certification, residence training, licensing, disciplinary action (if any), and other important information.
  
• - Consumer health and patient information on health plans and insurance, prescriptions, conditions and diseases, surgery, quality of care, quitting smoking, and prevention and wellness.
  
• - Science related resources for the public on health and disease. Discussion boards, chat, news, patents, clinical trials and books.
  
• - Extensive resources and links of interest to the health consumer and to professionals.
  
• - Offers free articles on diet, exercise, alternative medicine, aging, and general health.
  
• - Identify symptoms to make a self-diagnosis; set up online consultations with physicians and therapists; view online medical dictionary of diseases, treatments, drug information.
  
• - Health topics, lifestyle magazine, discussion forum, news and research.
  
• - Includes information on clinics, family wellness, disease prevention, diet, exercise and pharmacies.
  
• - Provides basic information on medical conditions and procedures including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, predicted outcome and alternative diagnoses.
  
• - Health news, chats and advice from CNN.
  
• - National Association of Boards of Pharmacy provides searchable listings of approved online pharmacies.
  
• - Information on diseases and conditions, support groups and drug information.
  
• - A growing collection of multimedia projects in medical teaching. Developed by McGill medical students under the supervision of the McGill Medical Faculty. Includes a student/faculty forum.
  
• - Medical information pertaining to primary care, elective care, dental care, vision care, and drug and products safety and health.
  
• - Provides information to consumers and advocates about access to health care for low-income consumers, including consumer education materials in 13 languages.
  
• - Find symptoms, diagnostic tests and treatment of conditions and diseases. The content is categories and a newsletter is offered.
  
• - Information on lifestyle issues and simple ways to help oneself.
  
• - Provides a database of patient opinions and ratings of medicine effectiveness. Also includes weekly consumer opinion polls on healthcare topics, and a health care research assistance section.
  
• - Contains health news and information, including a health encyclopedia.
  
• - Offers information including diseases and conditions, nutrition, exercise, mental health, live discussions and a message board.
  
• - A webzine produced by The University of Texas Health Science Center, which provides information to help you make better decisions about your health.
  
• - Provides information on a wide range of health and medical topics. Articles are reviewed by distinguished physicians and updated regularly.
  
• - Offers information on men's, women's, and general health topics.
  
• - An interactive medical diagnosis and treatment reference that uses brief yes/no questions about a users symptoms to arrive at possible conditions and treatments. [Please note the "Warning" before proceeding - ed]
  
• - Global International health, medical and disability resources database. Categorized medical condition search for people with disabilities or health impairments, their families and those providing services and support.
  
• - Web directory containing links to medical news, specialty sites, and general health information.
  
• - Features health news and information, produced by the Medical College of Wisconsin.
  
• - Information for consumers on the symptoms and treatment of nearly every type of disease and health condition, first aid procedures for accidents and injuries, and physical and the emotional well-being that contribute to general wellness.
  
• - Consumer health information including a medical Q&A database and an Australian drug database. Covers infertility, emotional health, sexual health & integrative & complementary health issues.
  
• - A guide with information about mental health, wellness, disease prevention, and family supports.
  
• - Factsheets and other publications concerning infectious diseases.
  
• - Weekly consumer news e-zine on a variety of healthcare topics.
  
• - A health and wellness portal which provides health information, personalized newsletters and interactive health tools.
  
• - Health news and medical information community for consumers.
  
• - Site includes information on health and wellness including primarily links to sites on the internet on health and wellness.
  
• - A thorough guide to medical laboratory tests, why they are performed, and what they might mean.
  
• - Provides interactive free health information on Womens, Childrens and Family health concerns. The site also includes extensive information on herbal medicines, supplements and First Aid. Bilingual, English/Spanish.
  
• - Includes health resources, discussion and news.
  
• - Providing consumers with healthcare information and resources in every medical specialty. Providing physicians and patients with an efficient way to create and store medical records interactively.
  
• - Main consumer health information page for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  
• - Nurses trained to answer questions on a variety of health topics.
  
• - Consumer health information on general health, health care providers, medical research, insurance, wellness, mental health, and alternative medicine.
  
• - Symptoms of common illnesses and ailments. From the UK's on-line health service.
  
• - The findings of a large study that describes and evaluates English and Spanish health information on the Internet. Assesses search engine performance and the quality and readability of health information on the Internet, and provides c
  
• - International medical consulting and information company that specializes in locating medical specialists. Translated into English, Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and other languages.
  
• - Resource for consumer health and human services.
  
• - Offers diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases, medical procedures, preventive health guidelines, and sources of free medicines.
  
• - Directory to health and medical sites about diet, fitness, disabilities, diseases, health resources, products and sales.
  
• - Offers resources for consumers on medical conditions, treatment and research.
  
• - Online medical resources and information.
  
• - Offering information about combining conventional and alternative medicine. Bulletin board, articles, and related links.
  
• - Educational information and resources for the non-surgical healing of pressure ulcers, at home.
  
• - Transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
  
• - Offers guides to American hospitals, health clinics, medical practices and specialties.
  
• - Provides health and medical information, health tips, resources, experts, news, chats, and community support.
  
• - This international group dedicated to the study of evidence-based medicine, explains how to decipher clinical studies and how to use them when making decisions about medical care.
  
• - Clinical experts provide current medical information and news on health topics.
  
• - Health information links to newspapers, magazines and internet resources.
  
• - Provides information on preventative approaches in physical, behavioural and emotional healthcare.
  
• - Reports on health, fitness, and nutrition news from talk show host Gabe Mirkin, M.D., in text and audio form.
  
• - Former Surgeon General Koop's resources for health information. A wide variety of topics, an encyclopedia, pharmacopeia, and resources guide.
  
• - Free online Medical Check up How healthly your are? Test your eye, BMI, carbs, protein, cholestrol, heart, height, calories, depression. Plus articles, news and updates related to health and fitness.
  
• - Provides information on health and wellness, daily health news and message boards.
  
• - Frequently updated portal for healthcare, chat forums, health quizzes, news and consumer product updates.