Health

• The Centers for Disease Control
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
• Go Ask Alice!
  Designed for young adults, Go Ask Alice! is the health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice!, Columbia University’s Health Education Program—a division of Columbia University Health and Related Services. "Alice!" answers questions about relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health; fitness; nutrition; alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs; and general health.
• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
  As the name "meta directory" implies, Hardin MD is a "list of lists"; its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. In choosing the independent, subject-specific lists in Hardin MD, Hardin librarians have looked at many sites in each field, and have chosen the lists that are most frequently cited by people in the field, thus providing a rudimentary form of peer evaluation.
• Healthfinder
  Healthfinder is a free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.
• HealthInfoIowa
  HealthInfoIowa is a result of a grant provided by the National Network of Libraries, Greater Midwest Region. The grant provided funds to support access to electronic health information for the public. This site includes access to consumer health information both general and specific, both local and national. Also has much information about choosing reliable sources of health information on the Internet.
• InteliHealth
  More than 150 top health care organizations contribute to InteliHealth's content, including the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies, major non-profits, other publishers and news media. Provides credible information and useful tools from the most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Includes many interactive health tools, Harvard Medical School’s Symptom Scout and Guides to Tests and Procedures.
• KidsHealth
  KidsHealth is one of the largest sites on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, their mission is to provide the best children's health information on the Internet!
• MayoClinic.com
  MayoClinic.com gives you access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic.
• MEDLINEplus
  MEDLINEplus. A gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question. Both health professionals and consumers can depend on it for accurate, current, medical information. This service provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials.
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information–Home Edition
  The Merck Manual of Medical Information–Home Edition web site has been adapted from the book and developed to meet a growing demand by the general public for highly detailed, sophisticated medical information. The Home Edition is based almost entirely on the text of The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, commonly referred to as The Merck Manual. First published in 1899, The Merck Manual is the oldest continuously published general medical textbook in the English language and the most widely used medical textbook in the world. Click on “Enter interactive edition” to enter.
• PubMed
  The PubMed database was developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journal articles at web sites of participating publishers. MEDLINE citations and abstracts are available as the primary component of the PubMed database.
• The Virtual Hospital
  The University of Iowa’s award-winning Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients.