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Certification, Eval, & Review of Health Information on the Web
A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Medical Librarian Assn: The "guide outlines the collective wisdom of medical librarians." Includes top 10 consumer health sites.
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html
Quack Watch
"Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions"
http://www.quackwatch.com/
Why Not The Best.org
" ... resource for health care professionals interested in tracking performance on various measures of health care quality."
http://whynotthebest.org/
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Source: National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/
Dietary Supplements
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets
Information on herbal and dietary supplements
http://www.ods.od.nih.gov/health_information/information_about_individual_dietary_supplements.aspx
Health on the Interent (HON)
Health On the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch
HON Code of Principles
http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html
Healthcare Quality
2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
These reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08.htm
National Healthcare Quality Report 2008 State Snapshots
The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps08/index.jsp
HON Sources ("sites adhering to the HON principles")
e-Medicine
"the most current clinical knowledge base available to physicians and other healthcare professionals"
http://www.emedicine.com/
WebMD (Lots of Advertising)
http://www.webmd.com/
Journals
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Peer-reviewed journal in the field of eHealth
http://www.jmir.org/
National Institute of Health (NIH) and PubMed
PubMed Central (PMC)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pmc
PubMed
"abstracts and links to full text articles and other related resources"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed
PubMed's Medical Subject Headings
"controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles for MEDLINE/PubMed"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=mesh
PubMed Redesign
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html
NIH
The National Library of Medicine: For the Public
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/portals/public.html
NIH Library Beta Search
Results from PubMed, MedlinePlus, and the NIH Library Catalog
http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/Search.htm
Nutritious Food
World`s Healthiest Foods
"richest sources the essential nutrients needed for optimal health"
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
PubMed Search Engines
Authoratory
"database of contact information, professional interests, social connections and funding of scientists from PubMed"
http://www.authoratory.com/
HubMed
"produce a search interface focused on browsing, organising and gathering information from PubMed"
http://www.hubmed.org/
ReleMed (University of Virginia School of Medicine)
Searches PubMed by assigning relevance to results in addition to just looking for keywords
http://www.relemed.com/
Mednar
Searches Surface and Deep Web sources
http://mednar.com
Research Guide
Researching Medical Literature on the Internet - 2008
Topical guide of databases
http://www.llrx.com/features/medical2008.htm
Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search
The Web can increase the anxieties of people when Web search is used as a diagnostic procedure.
http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?type=Technical%20Report&id=1595
(Visual) Search Engines
Go Beyond Google: 50 Excellent Health Search Engines
Directory of the "top 50 ... of the best health and medical search engines"
http://www.altsearchengines.com/2009/07/14/go-beyond-google-50-excellent-health-search-engines/
Human Body Maps
http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/#1/1
U.S. Government (Consumer-oriented Sites)
National Health Information Center (NHIC)
"health information referral service"
http://www.health.gov/nhic/
Aging Male Syndrome
This is not a bogus site.
http://www.4woman.gov/mens/sexual/ams.cfm
Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov
Medline Plus
Consumer Health Information
http://medlineplus.gov
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/
The Human Health Research Program
EPA research program ``"to improve the ability to assess risks to human health from environmental pollutants.``
http://www.epa.gov/hhrp/index.html
Who Cares: Sources of Information About Health Care Products and Services
"reliable sources of information on health topics"
http://www.ftc.gov/whocares
UK Sources
National Library for Health Specialist Libraries
Search "Health and Life Sciences"
http://www.library.nhs.uk/SpecialistLibraries/
Intute
http://www.intute.ac.uk/