Health & Medicine
- General Health Sites
- Alternative Medicine
- Children's and Adolescents' Health
- Drug Information
- Elder Care
- Health Insurance
- Hospitals, HMOs and Nursing Homes
- Laboratory Tests
- Medical Dictionaries
- Medical Journals
- Medicare
- Physician and Dentist Directories
- Specific Diseases
Consumer Health Complete
A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. Covers such topics as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, men’s & women's health, and children's health. You can browse such books as The AMA Complete Medical Encyclopedia, The Mayo Clinic Family Health Book and others.With Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information, InteliHealth provides information on diseases, offers suggestions for healthy lifestyles, and includes such features as a medical dictionary, a drug resource section, and an "Ask the Expert" section.
This official site of the AMA includes a journal section containing the full text of medical magazines published by the AMA. Resources include general information on health and fitness and a Doctor Finder.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Home site of the agency charged with the prevention and control of infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats. You can search by health and safety topics, browse publications and listen to podcasts, and reference data and statistics including growth charts, national data and state data.CAPHIS - Top 100 Health Web Sites You Can Trust
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association refers healthcare consumers to these resources It evaluates web sites based on credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience, currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and disclaimers.
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
CenterWatch is a Boston-based publishing and information services company. The site provides information for ongoing clinical trials and listings of research centers that specialize in various illnesses.
Dirline - Directory of Health Organizations
Looking for a support group or organization? This site will take you to educational institutions, government agencies and advocacy groups. Search by keyword or MESH (Medical Subject Heading),
eMedicineHealth provides comprehensive first aid and emergency information to prepare you for medical emergencies, injuries, minor medical conditions and basic first aid. In addition, you will find health, medical, lifestyle and wellness information for your entire family. Articles are written and reviewed by physicians.
From the American Academy of Family Practitioners, this site concentrates on family health. Most topics have a 1 to 2 page information sheet describing the disease or condition. Includes drug information and information for seniors and kids too.
Go Ask Alice (Columbia University)
Health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice!, Columbia University's Health Promotion Program — a division of Health Services at Columbia. Find recently published inquiries and responses, search the archives by subject, or submit a question.
Provides a mix of results, combining consumer-level, government,and forum sites. Will make suggestions to find both more specific and more general results.
Offers access to consumer health and medical information and to a rated directory of health and medical Internet sites. Other resources include several interactive tools such as personal immunization records, check-up calendars a Symptom Finder a Nurse Chat and a personal health coaching.
A guide to reliable health information sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Search by topic for disease control and prevention, and government agencies. Also includes a drug database.
A basic consumer health guide providing access to health and wellness information. The site includes major health issues confronting women and their families. Major topics are drugs and medicines, women’s health, sex and reproduction, infant care, healthy kids and dentistry.
Medical and health information and tools including
- diseases and conditions,
- symptom checker,
- drugs & supplements,
- ask a Mayo Clinic specialist.
Provides health care information from introductory to advanced texts from Medem's partner medical societies and other trusted sources. Includes a learning center, medical news and a children's health newsletter. Search by life stage, disease and condition, therapy and health strategy or health and society.
The National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health's #1 consumer rated government web resource for consumer health information. Find information on health topics and drugs, a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, directories, current health news, interactive tutorials, clinical trials and senior health in both English and Spanish. See the site map for specific information.
The online version of the Merck Manual offers diagnosis and therapy for thousands of conditions and diseases.
National Center for Health Statistics
Published by the Center for Disease Control, a variety of health-related statistical resources, plus the publication Health, United States.
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Find information on many health care topics including seniors, healthy kids, substance abuse, Medicaid and more...
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
Created and edited by a group of professional librarians, this site indexes health topics in both English and Spanish.
Provides tools, information, forums, blogs and support to help you manage your health and wellness. You can create your own profile and save your information.
WebMD offers consumers health and wellness information that is revised daily by medical professionals. Community forums are available dedicated to topics such as disease treatment and prevention, alternative medicine, diet and nutrition, emotional wellness, fitness, pregnancy, and other specialized areas.
A very comprehensive subject directory covering many topics related to Health and Medicine.
The Alternative Medicine Homepage (University of Pittsburgh)
This website provides links to health topics such as herbal medicine and manual healing. The site also includes lists of alternative medicine practitioners.
An evidence-based information resource provided by the nonprofit Alternative Medicine Foundation, this site provides free access to 40 herbs.
A member of the Consumer Federation of America, QuackWatch is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. This is a lengthy site - see their tips for navigation.
Children's and Adolescents' Health
Dr. Alan Greene, a board certified pediatrician, offers useful information for parents about childhood diseases, conditions, and stigma-related issues such as bedwetting and lice.
From the American Academy of Family Practitioners, this site concentrates on family health. Most topics have a 1 to 2 page information sheet describing the disease or condition in lay language. Includes drug information and information for seniors and kids too.
Pediatric website covering a wide range of topics, It contains useful parenting resources such as immunization schedules and growth charts.
From the Nemours Foundation, divided into three sections:
- parenting information and news for parents,
- homework help and how the body works for kids,
- answers, advice and straight talk for teens.
Drug Information (Also see General Health Sites)
A detailed guide to drug information, the Drugs.com database is powered by three independent leading medical-information suppliers: Physicians’ Desk Reference, Cerner Multum and Thomson Micromedex. . Resources include a pill identifier, a drug interactions checker, and an index that is searchable by drug name or condition.
Electronic Orange Book (FDA))
From the United States Food and Drug Administration , the Orange Book identifies drugs that have been approved by the FDA along with their approval dates. Search by name, active ingredient, applicant holder, and applicant number.
RxList: The Internet Drug Index
From the same sponsors of WebMD, find drug information, side effects, drug interactions and more...
The Health section of AARP's website contains elder health news, health message boards and information about insurance, Medicare, prescription drugs, physical activity, staying healthy and brain health and health message boards.
An accredited website, this site provides a full range of elder care services, articles, and resources
ElderWebIncludes links to information on legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, as well as policy, research, and statistics. Search by topic or region.
This section of the Administration on Aging website is designed to assist older persons and their caregivers quickly obtain information and resources on a variety of aging-related topics
NH Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services
This agency provides social and long-term supports to adults age 60 and older and to adults between the ages of 18 and 60 who have a chronic illness or disability. It sponsors such services as home care, meals on wheels, care management, transportation assistance and assisted living to nursing home care.
GoHealthInsurance offers a free service that can help you find health insurance options. The site's features include the Plan Finder, Click-To-Call a licensed agent, and Instant Health Quotes to compare rates and benefits from health insurance companies. Also contains a blog with news about health insurance options.
Health Insurance Consumer Guides
From the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, this site contains consumer guides for getting and keeping health insurance.
From the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, this site provices answers to consumer health questions and provide access to health insurance news, laws, directories, organizations aand statistics.
YouGotInsured.com furnishes information for people searching for health insurance and stresses the need for universal health coverage. It includes current headlines and statistics as well as an informational guide to several aspects of health insurance.
Hospitals, HMOs, and Nursing Homes
America's Best Hospitals (U.S. News & World Report)
Includes current year hospital rankings and and honor roll. Ranks over two hundred medical centers in seventeen specialtiesThis subscriber directory contains a free section providing hospital information and state and national statistics.
Provides information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients.This site was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and several professional organizations and agencies.
From the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, use this website to search for and view accreditation reports for hospitals, nursing homes and other health care organizations.
NH Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services
This agency provides social and long-term supports to adults age 60 and older and to adults between the ages of 18 and 60 who have a chronic illness or disability. It sponsors such services as home care, meals on wheels, care management, transportation assistance and assisted living to nursing home care.
Nursing Home Compare (Medicare.gov)
Find information about the past performance of every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country. This site also contains various resources for assistance in selecting a nursing home.
A service of Nelson & Wallery, Ltd. Nelson & Wallery, Ltd., a financial and Internet marketing consulting firm specializing in the senior care industry, this site provides clear information about nursing home selection, needs assessment and financial information.
The Descipher company provides this free site to "provide access to interpretable medical information". It matches test results with conditions and diseases.
Sponsored by several renowned medical and pharmaceutical companies, this site provides information about laboratory tests, diseases and conditions, and screening tests for various age groups.
MedicineNet.com: MedTerms Dictionary
Written by physicians, this site provides easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms. Offering an extensive alphabetical listing, it allows quick access to hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical terms.
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary (MedlinePlus)
Online version of the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary offering a search for medical terms.
Find articles in health journal and magazines in the Health Resources section of the library's EBSCO database. Learn how to use this database more effectively by signing up for the library's free EBSCO computer class.
The online version of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
This Bernd Sebastian Kamps website provides access to free Internet medical journal articles.
New England Journal of Medicine
The online version of this publication. Full text articles are available for subscribers.
NWHIC Journals From the National Women's Health Information Center, this site contains links to many medical journals
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. You can search by topics, authors or journals.
Medicare
The official U.S. Government site for Medicare information. including such resources as up-to-date information about Medicare coverage, a supplier directory, a nursing home directory, information about prescription drug assistance programs, and more...New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (Part D )
Provides information about the selection of and enrollment in a Medicare Part D prescription plan.
NHIC, Corp. Medicare Services (Part B)
The Medicare Part B contractor for New Hampshire, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont, providing information about Part B coverage.
Physician and Dentist Directories
American Board of Medical Specialties
Click on "Who's Certified" to search a database of board certified physicians for their certification status, location by city and state, and specialty. This search service requires registration but there is no fee. This board (ABMS), a not-for-profit organization, represents 24 medical specialty boards which establish and maintain high standards for physician certification. .According to the website:
"Certification obtained through one of the ABMS Member Boards denotes that a physician has gone beyond the minimum requirement necessary for licensure and provides assurance that a physician has the appropriate knowledge, skills, and experience needed to deliver optimum care in a specific area of medicine."
American Dental Association (ADA) Member Directory
Find a dentist by location or specialty Also contains Also includes links to state and local dental societies.
American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Select
AMA DoctorFinder provides professional information about licensed physicians in the United States.
MEDLINEplus Directories: General Doctors and Dentists
Provides links to directories to help you find health professionals, services and facilities. However, NLM (National Library of Medicine) does not endorse or recommend the organizations that produce these directories or the individuals or organizations that are included in the directories.
New Hampshire State Board of Medicine
Search for a physician in New Hampshire by name, license, or specialty.
The American Diabetes Association provides diabetes research, information and advocacy. Includes nutrition and exercise, weight loss and exercise, diabetes prevention, research, advocacy, teen and kids' sections, and more...
Information about heart disease and strokes, healthy lifestyle, advocacy and more...
Cancer.gov - National Cancer Institute
Contains information about cancer topics, drugs, clinical trials, statistics research and funding, news and more...
HIV InSite (University of California)
Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania)
Browse this cancer resource from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center for information about prevention, support groups, clinical trials, and financial assistance.