Subject Guides: Consumer Health: Related Websites

Associations

Government Agencies

BC Cancer Agency
BC HealthGuide Handbook
Canadian Cancer Society
Health Canada
Healthfinder.gov - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
A great source of reliable health information.
Ministry of Health Services - British Columbia
Northern Health Authority

Drug Information

Advisories, Warnings and Recalls - Health Canada
Drugs - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Drug Information Portal - U.S. National Library of Medicine
Drug Products - Health Canada
drugwatch.com
Drug information, side effects & interactions.
eMedExpert.com
RxList
Internet drug index for prescription drugs and medications.
SafeMedication.com - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Directories

Internet Public Library - Resources by Subject
Choose Health & Medical Sciences
Health Topics from A-Z - Toronto Public Library

Websites & Portals

Allergies Health Center - WebMD
Ask the tough questions - AARP
BMC Public Health
Canada's Food Guide
Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion
Canadian Consumer Health Information Portal - HLWIKI Canada
Canadian Institute of Health Information
Canadian Women's Health Network
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), A-Z Index
Consumer Health Portal - Health Library's Association of BC
eMedExpert.com
eMedicineHealth
Practical guide to health.
eMedTV
eMedTV offers over 100 health channels, each serving as a portal to an extensive library of medical information.
Hardin MD, Medical information & images - University of Iowa
Health Education Collection - McGill University Health Centre
HealthCentral
HON Medhunt - Health on the Net Foundation
Search HON certified or all medical websites for information.
Household Products Database
MayoClinic
Medical information and tools for healthy living.
MedBroadcast.com
Health, Wellness & Fitness
MedHelp
Medical information and answers to medical questions.
MedicineNet.com
Health and medical information produced by doctors.
MedlinePlus
Health information from the National Library of Medicine.
Men's Health - Healthline
Men's Health - MedlinePlus
Merck Manual of Medical Information
My Optum Health
Women's Health - Yahoo!
World Health Organization - Health Topics

Kid's Health

Children's Health - MedlinePlus
Linked from MedlinePlus.gov
Children's Health - WebMD
Kids' Health and Safety - Healthy Canadians
KidsHealth from Nemours
Nemours is a non-profit health organization committed to improving the health of children.
LearntobeHealthy.org
Health information for kids from the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center
Teaching Resources for Children's Oral Health - CDA

Evidence Based Medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

BestHealth
Best Health is the only website that rates thousands of health and medical treatments, based on how well they work.
CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Service, includes patient and general resources.
ClinicalTrials.gov
Find trials for a specific medical condition or other criteria in the ClinicalTrials.gov registry. Includes U.S. and the world.
Cochrane Consumer Network
Welcome to these web pages in which we describe how and why health consumers contribute to The Cochrane Collaboration.
The Cochrane Collaboration
The reliable source of evidence in health care.
Informed Health Online
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools

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