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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)

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

Searching PubMed

PubMed Tutorial for Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8bZo_q0dDU
PubMEd Review
Listen to podcast and view video.

https://painopolis.com/pubmed-review/

Clinical Trials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov: To Get Better Results, Talk To The Real Audience
ClinicalTrials.gov is a database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.

https://www.clinicalleader.com/doc/clinicaltrials-gov-to-get-better-results-talk-to-the-real-audience-0001
Clinical Trials.gov
" Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government."

https://clinicaltrials.gov/

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

https://www.llrx.com/2008/09/researching-medical-literature-on-the-internet-2008/
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

U.S. Government (Consumer-oriented Sites)

National Health Information Center (NHIC)
"health information referral service"

http://www.health.gov/nhic/
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/