4Woman.gov
The National Women's Health Information Center is one of the most reliable and current information resource on women’s health today.
http://www.4women.gov
American Association of Retired Persons
The AARP provides information for seniors on a variety of topics, including health. It is especially useful for learning about Medicare, Social Security, health insurance, and drug coverage. The site has variable type size for the visually impaired and a Spanish-language version.
http://www.aarp.org/health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention offers health news and information in English and Spanish. It is one of the best places to go for statistics, travel health, and immunization information.
http://www.cdc.gov
GirlsHealth.gov
GirlsHealth.gov was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face.
http://www.4girls.org
Go Ask Alice
The School of Public Health at Columbia University originally created this site for students in 1993. It is now available to all, via the web. It is an excellent resource for teens seeking information about sexuality, relationships, and drugs, as well as general health topics.
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Informedhealthonline
The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, a German nonprofit, publishes this site. It explains evidence-based medicine and helps users understand published research studies.
http://www.informedhealthonline.org
KidsHealth
The Nemours Foundation publishes this site with pages for parents, kids, and teens. It offers information in English and Spanish on health and safety and other relevant topics, such as bullying. The kids and teens siteshave interactive quizzes.
http://www.kidshealth.org
Mayoclinic.com
This site provides information about diseases and conditions, treatment options, and drugs. Its coverage of nutrition is very good. It also has a "Symptom Checker" feature.
http://www.mayoclinic.com
MedlinePlus
The National Library of Medicine created this outstanding site, which includes information about diseases and conditions, current health news, drug information, directories of health-care providers and organizations, a medical encyclopedia, and a medical dictionary. It also has videos of surgical procedures and tutorials for medical and surgical procedures. The site is available in Spanish, and it includes material that is easy to read.
http://medlineplus.gov
NIH Senior Health
The National Institute on Aging publishes an outstanding site for seniors. It covers fitness, health problems that seniors face, how to take medicines correctly, and Medicare. Users may adjust the type size and the contrast. It also has audio, so that they may listen to the information.
http://nihseniorhealth.gov
NOAH
New York Online Access to Health is a joint project of the City University of New York, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the New York Public Library. The bilingual (English-Spanish) site covers a wide range of health topics. In addition to the usual diseases and conditions, it includes alternative therapies and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender concerns.
http://www.noah-health.org
Our Bodies Ourselves
The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC) is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization.
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org
The Alternative Medicine Home Page
A medical librarian at the University of Pittsburgh maintains this page covering a wide range of complementary and alternative therapies.
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
The American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics has a comprehensive site covering child development, diseases and conditions, child safety, and parenting, from birth to age 21. It has information for both health professionals and lay users.
http://www.aap.org
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Part of the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine does research on alternative therapies. Its web site provides objective, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative treatments.
http://nccam.nih.gov
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