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Consumer Health Resources
Not sure where to start? Try here.
- WebMD
- One of the best sites for general consumer information on health-related
issues and advice.
- Hospital
Compare
- Hospital Compare has quality measures on how often hospitals provide
some of the recommended care to get the best results for most patients.
Very helpful for evaluating quality of hospitals.
- 4woman.gov
- This website was created by the National Women's Health Information
Center. It provides free, reliable health information for women everywhere.
- PubMed
- Very research oriented. Provides access from the National Library
of Medicine to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's
and additional life science journals.
- CancerNet
- A website hosted by the National Cancer Institute. Contains all kinds
of information on treatment and prevention.
- patientINFORM
- Provides patients and their caregivers access to some of the most
up-to-date, reliable and important research available about the diagnosis
and treatment of specific diseases.
- MedLine
Plus
- A good place to start when you need answers. A goldmine of good health
information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library
of Medicine.
- Medicare - Online
- The main site for Medicare and with Medicare Part D a place to compare drug plans online.
- AARP's - Medicare Drug Coverage
- This is an online version of AARP's The New Medicare Prescription Drug COverage: What you need to know and pointers to other Medicare related information.
- HealthFinder
- Your guide to reliable health information from the U. S. Government.
- CDC.gov
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. An easy place
to locate the latest information on the most current health crises happening
around the world.
