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Health and Wellness on the Web: Sites
- MedlinePlus
- http://medlineplus.gov
The National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health offer this
starting place to find reliable information about diseases and conditions,
doctors and hospitals, medications, and wellness in English and other languages.
Search results often point to trustworthy national organizations associated
with particular medical conditions, for example, the American Heart Association.
- Mayo Clinic
- http://www.mayoclinic.com
The famous Mayo Clinic in Minnesota offers reliable, general information about a
variety of ailments and conditions. Also features healthy lifestyle tools and planners.
- Merck Manual Home Edition
- http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
Doctors use the Merck Manual to find overviews of disease. Consumers use this
Home Edition to find the same information translated into everyday language.
- PDR Health
- http://www.pdrhealth.com
This is the consumer version of the Physician's Desk Reference that doctors
consult when considering medications. Learn about prescriptions, over the counter drugs,
and herbal supplements. There is a lot of other health information here, too.
- Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
- http://www.merriam-webster.com
Discover what those medical words mean by typing them in this dictionary and then
selecting the "medical" search.
- HerbMed
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http://www.herbmed.org
Browse the Alternative Medicine Foundation's catalog of medicinal
herbs for scientific looks at these unregulated biochemical
substances.
- My Pyramid
- http://www.mypyramid.gov
In return for free registration, the United States Department of Agriculture
allows users to track their food and exercise choices.
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