Health Resources
Guides | Ready Reference | Statistics | Drug Information | Travel | Evaluation Sites
Guides
Healthfinder "a gateway consumer health and human services information web site"
HealthWeb sites evaluated by Midwestern academic medical center librarians
MedlinePlus maintained by the National Library of Medicine
WebMD interactive health resource including news, physician directory, and health plan comparisons
Ready Reference
The Merck Manual of Medical Information—Home Edition An online version based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition
Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
Health Reference Center Academic Gale medical reference sources and some articles. (Amherst College only)
Statistics
Census Bureau health statistics on aging, health insurance, fertility and more
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Statistics includes the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Medicare statistics from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
National Cancer Institute (NCI) statistics on cancer incidence and mortality rates
World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) WHO statistical reports
Drug Information
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Drugs metasite of annotated online drug resources
MayoClinic Medicine Center online version of the United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information (USP DI), an authoritative guide to pharmaceuticals
RXList commercial site providing drug information
International Travel
Travelers' Health site maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lists recommended vaccinations, checklists, and medical emergencies.
Evalution Sites
Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet—Policy Paper
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