Consumer Health Information

Best Hospitals 2008

If you're looking for the best in medical care, check out the U.S. News & World Report edition of "America's Best Hospitals."

American Lung Association®

The American Lung Association® is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate associations around the country. The American Lung Association® has many programs and strategies for fighting lung disease.

American Sign Language Browser

A visual dictionary of American Sign Language, where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs, see them demonstrated and learn interesting things about them.

Amputee Coalition of America

To reach out to people with limb loss and to empower them through education, support and advocacy.

Cancer.gov

The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

Cancer Monthly

Cancer Monthly provides cancer patients with the results of hundreds of therapies for advanced and metastatic cancers so that patients can compare treatments, have more meaningful discussions with their doctors, and ultimately, make more informed treatment decisions. Every month, Cancer Monthly summarizes the latest clinical results of cancer therapies presented by oncologists, researchers, and other cancer professionals working in hospitals and research institutions around the world.

ClinicalTrials.gov

A site sponsored by NIH and the National Library of Medicine. Patients and health care providers can search for clinical trials by name of trial location, disease or condition, age group and treatment.


DIPEx: Database of Individual Patient Experiences

DIPEx gives you access to the experiences of people who have gone through the same thing.
You can watch, listen to or read their interviews, learn more about the illness and its treatments as well as where to find support and more detailed medical information.

Family Doctor.org

Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

HIVInSite: Gateway to AIDS knowledge

Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.


Kids Health

Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning Kids Health provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

MEDEM Network

Together with leading health care partners, Medem has established the premier physician-patient communications network, designed to facilitate online access to information and care for more than 90,000 physicians, their practices and their patients, while saving patients time and money and helping physicians generate revenue.

MedlinePlus

The premire consumer health database providing authoritative information from the national Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government agencies and health-related organizations. Also available in Spanish.

MedlinePlus: For Low Vision Users

This new page provides links to the popular interactive health tutorials and NIHSeniorHealth.gov  topics formatted with larger fonts and more space between links to facilitate ease of use. Both the tutorials and NIHSeniorHealth topics give users the option to listen to the content being read aloud. NIHSeniorHealth is formatted with large fonts and other low vision tools, including the ability to enlarge the fonts further and to view pages with high contrast which has been found to be easier to read for individuals with low vision.

MLANET

Helpful tips for evaluating health information from the Internet.

National Health Information Center

The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers.


Nursing Home Compare

The primary purpose of this tool is to provide detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country. Important Information on Nursing Home Compare and other resources, including the Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home, and Nursing Home Checklist are also available to help you with your nursing home choice.


PDRHealth

From the producers of Physicians' Desk Reference, a website with information
on specific diseases and conditions, advice for maintaining health and
wellness, drug information in plain English, and news about clinical trials
and clinical research.


Psychological Help Center

The help center of the American Psychological Association provides information on when and how to seek professional help, information on family relationships and other problems, and help in finding a qualified psychologist.


Self Care Flowcharts

These flowcharts from the American Academy of Family Physicians can guide patients through common medical problems such as abdominal pain, cough and cold, hair loss, etc.

SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages

New Health Information Resource from Tufts for Asian-Language Speakers. Segmented by language and by subject, a user - either a patient, doctor or other caregiver -- can search for documents in an Asian language on topics such as asthma, diabetes, nutrition, substance abuse, SARS and HIV/AIDS. A native speaker of an Asian language would go to the main web site, select his/her language, and then search for the information that was needed. Material is also provided in English so that an English-speaking physician > or caregiver can see what patients are reading.

SupportPath.com

Links to information about support groups on various diseases and disorders.

Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care

This guide was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in cooperation with other agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and other public- and private-sector health organizations. AHRQ was formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)

www.oncolink.com

A resource site for healthcare professionals and patients diagnosed with cancer from the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, providing information and resources for specific types of cancer, updates on treatment, news about clinical trials and research advances.