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Alternative Medicine

Medical Dictionaries

Prescription Drugs

AIRNow

This site reports the Air Quality Index (AQI), an index for reporting daily air quality, and the associated health effects that might be a concern.

American Psychological Association Help Center

APA's Help Center is an online resource for brochures, tips and articles on the psychological issues that affect one's physical and emotional well-being, as well as information about referrals.

Beehive: Health & Fitness

The Beehive is maintained by the One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. The Health section of the site offers information on medicine and prescriptions, exercise, nutrition, as well as finding and paying for health care.

ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

Common Childhood Conditions

These guidelines (topics) are intended to help you determine how sick your child is and if you need to call your child's doctor. Their second purpose is to help you treat your child at home when it is safe to do so.

Evaluating Internet Health Information Tutorial

This Flash tutorial from the National Library of Medicine runs approximately 16 minutes and teaches the user how to find health information on the Internet.

familydoctor.org

This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organization representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.

Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web

The Medical Library Association (MLA) site provides guidelines for evaluating the information on websites and lists MLA's pick of the top 10 most useful consumer health websites.

Healthfinder

"Healthfinder is a free gateway to reliable health information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthfinder links to carefully selected information from U.S. government agencies, major nonprofit and private health organizations, state health departments, and universities."

Healthy Aging for Older Adults

By the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health, this site offers health information for older adults, health research and statistics, as well as links to federal and non-federal organizations for older adults.

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