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Top Consumer Health Web Sites by Subject

AD/HD Web Sites

  1. Understanding ADHD
  2. CHADD: Children & Adults with AD/HD
  3. ADHD: Does My Child Have It?
  4. Top Ten Things I Wish Students With ADHD Knew About Their Medications
  5. MayoClinic.com
  6. Adult ADHD
  7. How to help your child with homework if he has ADHD
  8. ADHD and School Personnel (Novartis)
  9. Peer Relationships and ADHD
  10. National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  11. MEDLINEplus

Alternative Medicine Web Sites

  1. Alternative Medicine HomePage
  2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NOAH-New York Online Access to Health)
  3. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  4. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  5. Alternative Health News Online
  6. Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  7. MEDLINEplus Alternative Medicine
  8. HerbMed
  9. American Botanical Council Herbalgram
  10. Quackwatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions

Alzheimer's Care Web Sites

  1. Alzheimer's Caregivers:MEDLINEplus
  2. Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association
  3. Caring for Alzheimer's Patients
  4. Tips for Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's Disease
  5. Practical Tips for Alzheimer's Caregivers
  6. Behavior Management Strategies
  7. Driving and Dementia

Alzheimer's Disease Web Sites

  1. Alzheimer's Disease:MEDLINEplus
  2. Alzheimer's Disease (NIMH)
  3. About Alzheimer's Disease
  4. Alzheimer's Disease,Unraveling the Mystery
  5. Alzheimer's Disease and Plaques
  6. Interpreting Alzheimer's Abnormalities
  7. Genes and Disease: National Center for Biotechnology Information
  8. Alzheimer Overview
  9. ADEAR - Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center

Arthritis Web Sites

  1. Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases: NIAMS
  2. Types of Arthritis: The Arthritis Society
  3. Arthritis: MEDLINEplus
  4. Questions and Answers About Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases
  5. Arthritis and Exercise: NIAMS
  6. Arthritis Pain: NIAMS
  7. Tips for Living Well (with Arthritis)
  8. Arthritis 101 - The Eyes: The Arthritis Society
  9. Sex and Arthritis: University of Washington
  10. Orthopaedic Connection (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

Asthma Web Sites

  1. What is Asthma? (NHLBI)
  2. Interactive Asthma Tutorial [in spanish]
  3. Asthma and Allergy Prevention
  4. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
  5. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  6. Childhood Asthma: A Overview
  7. Allergy & Asthma Disease Management Center
  8. Allergy and Asthma Network, Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc. [in spanish]
  9. Asthma Magazine
  10. Asthma Information from Familydoctor.org [includes spanish]

Cancer Web Sites

  1. Cancer.gov
  2. American Cancer Society
  3. Oncolink
  4. Breastcancer.org
  5. Women's Cancer Network
  6. MEDLINEplus Cancer Topics
  7. What You Need to Know About Cancer- An Overview
  8. ClinicalTrials.gov
  9. Cancer Prevention and Control
  10. Cancer.gov Dictionary

Child & Teen Health Web

  1. American Academy of Pediatrics
  2. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  3. Healthfinder Kids
  4. KidsHealth
  5. iVillage ParentsPlace
  6. Virtual Children's Hospital - Pediatric Patient Topics
  7. Keepkidshealthy.com
  8. drgreene.com
  9. Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  10. Children and Medicines, U.S. Pharmacopeia
  11. MEDLINEplus: Child and Teen Health
  12. Children's Health (NOAH -New York Online Access to Health)

Diet & Fitness Web Sites

  1. American Dietetic Association
  2. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  3. Nutrition.gov
  4. U.S. Food and Nutrition Information Center
  5. Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
  6. Nutrition Source - Harvard School of Public Health
  7. President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
  8. Center for Science in the Public Interest
  9. Guidelines for Eating Well and Being Active - American Cancer Society

Digestive Disorders Web Sites

  1. Digestive Diseases (General)
  2. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
  3. Your Digestive System and How It Works
  4. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  5. Heartburn
  6. Heartburn, Hiatal Hernia, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
  7. Peptic Ulcer (Stomach or Duodenal Ulcers )
  8. Constipation
  9. Diarrhea
  10. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  11. Crohn's Disease
  12. Ulcerative Colitis
  13. Diverticular Disease
  14. Colon Polyps

Evaluating Web Sites

  1. Evaluating Web Sites for Consumer Health Information
  2. MEDLINEplus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
  3. 10 Things to Know about Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web
  4. Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
  5. Evaluating Health Web Sites
  6. Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources
  7. Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
  8. Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet
  9. Evaluating Information Found on the Internet

Heart Disease Web Sites

  1. Heart Diseases and Disorders
  2. Healthy Heart: A Patient Information Website
  3. Preventing Heart Disease
  4. Eating for a Healthy Heart
  5. American Heart Association
  6. Preventing Heart Disease (Austin Heart Foundation, Austin, TX)
  7. Cigarette Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases
  8. Act In Time to Heart Attack Signs
  9. Blood Tests (Mayo Clinic)
  10. MedlinePlus-Heart Disease

HIV/AIDS Web Sites

  1. MEDLINEPlus Aids
  2. Immune System Disorders (NOAH-New York Online Access to Health)
  3. Mayo Clinic.com HIV/Aids
  4. Aids Treatment Data Network [en espanol]
  5. AidsInfo (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  6. CDCNational Prevention Information Network
  7. HIV InSite

Major Consumer Health Web Sites

  1. MEDLINEplus
  2. Familydoctor.org
  3. Healthfinder (tm)
  4. HealthWeb
  5. InteliHealth
  6. NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
  7. MayoClinic.com

Senior Health Web Sites

  1. NIHSeniorHealth.gov
  2. AARP Health and Wellness
  3. Administration on Aging
  4. CareGuide
  5. Medicare
  6. National Institute on Aging
  7. Sex and Aging (Sexual Health InfoCenter)
  8. Harvard Health Letter
  9. Aging with Dignity
  10. American Hospice Foundation

Wellness Web Sites

  1. NetWellness
  2. Healthy People
  3. American Heart Association
  4. American Council on Science and Health
  5. American Dental Association - Oral Health Topics
  6. Travelers' Health - Center for Disease Control
  7. KidsHealth
  8. Healthy Living Center - Mayo Clinic
  9. Live Healthier, Live Longer
  10. HealthCentral

Women's Health Web Sites

  1. Women's Health Interactive
  2. National Women's Health Information Center
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  4. just for you:women's health
  5. Women's Health (New York Times)
  6. Women's Cancer Network
  7. Ourbodies Ourselves (Boston Women's Health Book Collective)
  8. HealthWeb:Women's Health
  9. Intelihealth:Women's Health
  10. Women's Health Information Resources
  11. Women's Health Sites