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Medical Websites of Interest
 The
National Library of Medicine is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
and offers a range of free information sources on medicine to the public.
It is the world's largest medical library and creator of Medline/PubMed.
Medline provides the public with access to a searchable database including
information, references, and abstracts on medical and related topics from over
4500 biomedical journals.
 Medscape offers specialists, primary care
physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated
medical information and education tools. After a simple, one time, free
registration, Medscape automatically delivers to you the specialty site that
best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape home page to any of
our specialty and profession sites. Some of Medscape's key features include:
Physician Optimized MEDLINE, Over 250 on-line
CME activities, .... and more. The result is
a medical Web site rich in content, broad in appeal, and high in quality."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide a wealth of medical
information to the public. Their Health
Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the
CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New topics are added
on an ongoing basis.
 The
FDA site has sections on Drugs, Foods, Medical Devices, Biologics, Cosmetics,
and other products that it regulates. The website is fully searchable and
has a wealth of information on medications be they prescription or
over-the-counter.
 The
National Institutes of Health website offers a variety of information from each
of its various Institutes. Access is provided free of charge to Medline
and other searchable databases on medical topics. This includes access to
information on current research programs and projects underway that are funded
via NIH and its various institutes.
 The
U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed
ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the
public current information about clinical research studies. Before searching,
you may want to learn more about clinical
trials.
"Welcome to MEDLINEplus, a goldmine of good health information from the
world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health
professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is
authoritative and up to date. MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the
National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 600 diseases and
conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical
encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive
information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from
the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MEDLINEplus is updated
daily and can be bookmarked at the URL: medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising
on this site, nor does MEDLINEplus endorse any company or product."
 Quackwatch,
Inc., a member of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation
whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies.
Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or
impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr.
Stephen Barrett in 1969 as the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud,
it was incorporated in 1970. In 1997, it assumed its current name and began
developing a worldwide network of volunteers and expert advisors. Our activities
include: Investigating questionable claims, Answering inquiries, Distributing
reliable publications, Reporting
illegal marketing, Generating
consumer-protection lawsuits, Improving the quality of health information on
the Internet, and Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet".
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