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- Provides search engines and directories for most major health issues. Service providers include doctors, dentists, hospitals, and alternative. Conditions and treatments include diseases, injuries, poisons, symptoms, tests, drugs, drug interactions, and surgical procedures. Specialties include children, men, women, and seniors. Also includes three of the best comprehensive medical search engines for consumers and a gym locator. 6-99
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides a list of diseases in alphabetic order. Since all articles have similar categories, in a similar order, this is an excellent resource for consumers to find information. 5-00
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides factsheets for the consumer, developed by AAFP and organized alphbetically by topic. Includes a search engine.
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides factsheets for consumers alphabetically, by topic. Includes a search engine, but many of the articles included in the searches tend to be for health care professionals.
- News and Search.
Provides a directory and search engine for consumers to find the latest research on diseases and conditions. See Research a Condition directory and Drug Search. 6-99
- Factsheets and Search.
Searchable Pediatric Encyclopedia by A.D.A.M. Software provides factsheets for consumers. (Same as Health Answers.) Also has news stories and other information available in searches.
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides a directory of HWO factsheets for consumers, organized alphabetically by topic. Also includes a search engine for the articles.
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides a search engine for finding articles by A.D.A.M. Software on specific diseases and conditions, as well as an alphabetic directory. Well written articles, with definitions, causes, prevention, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, expectations (prognosis), and complications. Also states when a health care provider needs to be called. Since all articles have similar categories, in a similar order, this is an excellent resource for finding information about a disease or condition. 5-00
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides factsheets for the consumer, developed by HealthTouch Online to summarize information about the descriptions, causes and treatments of common diseases and disorders.
- Provides factsheets for the consumer, common questions of patients answered by doctors, a glossary (for each search), support groups, medical research information, and the latest news on the topic.
- Provides information in alphabetic order, by disease or condition. Includes a search engine at the bottom left of the page. 11-99
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides factsheets from a variety of sources, but with a similar format, on diseases, health, nutrition, prevention, and more. Also provides interest groups and organizations associated with the disease or condition. Rated the number three education site by Web 100.
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides a list of injuries in alphabetic order and describes each. Since all articles have similar categories, in a similar order, this is an excellent resource for consumers to find information. 5-00
- Factsheets and Search.
Describes surgical procedures, listed in alphabetic order. Since all articles have similar categories, in a similar order, this is an excellent resource for consumers to find information. 5-00
- Factsheets and Search.
Provides descriptions of medical tests, listed in alphabetic order. Since all articles have similar categories, in a similar order, this is an excellent resource for consumers to find information. 5-00
- Provides a directory of diseases and conditions and a search engine. 2-00
- Factsheets.
Provides nearly 100 factsheets from AACAP on common health and mental health problems of children and teens. Fast loading. For parents. 6-99
- Provides a comprehensive listing of common diseases and conditions, including articles from a wide variety of health-related sources. Consumer oriented. 2-00
- Provides sources of information by general topic. Within each topic, information is presented alphabetically by organization providing the information.
- Provides a comprehensive listing of diseases and conditions, with a focus on finding others to chat with and sources of help. Includes who to contact for more information, Web sites providing more information, where to go to chat with others, and the results of an Alta Vista search for the disease or condition. 2-00
- Provides sources of information by 20 general topics. No search engine or directory of diseases or disabilities. Loads fast, but not a first choice for finding information quickly. 6-99
- "The Merck Manual is the most widely used medical text in the world." Designed for health care professionals.
- Includes a search engine for searches by keywords. Searches the Merck Manual, as well as a wide variety of other sources. Seems more for the health professional than for the consumer.
- Provides a directory and search engine to find the latest research for consumers. 6-99
- Provides a search engine for finding articles on specific diseases and conditions, as well as an alphabetic directory. Very comprehensive. 6-99
- Provides articles on diseases and conditions, based on keyword searches. 12-99
- Provides information by state.
- Provides a search engine for finding articles written by Dr. Weil, as well as a directory of general topics by him. 2-00
- Provides information by source.
News
- Provides news articles from sources worldwide. 12-99
Papers
- Provides fact sheets for the public, as well as more technical information. 5-00