Medicine and Health

Medicine & Health

FamilyDoctor
Consumer-friendly site for health information.
Fastats
Statistics on a wide range of health topics from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Healthfinder
Provides links to reliable sites for health information. In English and Spanish.
MayoClinic
Information about symptoms, medications, and procedures.
Medline Plus
Reference to diseases, nutrition, symptoms, tests and more from the National Library of Medicine.
PDRHealth
From the creators of the Physicians' Desk Reference, this site lists dosage, precautions, and potential side effects for prescription and over-the-counter drugs as well as herbal supplements.
PubMed
Quick search for the National Library of Medicine's Medline.
UpToDate
Information, geared towards patients, about common medical conditions and treatments. The clinician version of this site--available through the 'home' link at the top of the page--provides the latest study results from all areas of medicine.