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Evaluating Health Information

•  How To Evaluate Health Information on the Internet (National Cancer Institute) (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/internet)

Researching a Doctor, Dentist, or Hospital

•  AMA Online Doctor Finder (http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html?aps/amahg.htm)

•  New York State Physician Profile (http://www.nydoctorprofile.com/welcome.jsp)

•  Professional Misconduct & Physician Discipline ( New York State ) (http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/opmc/main.htm)

•  American Dental Association (http://www.ada.org)

•  American Hospital Directory (http://www.ahd.com)

•  Hospital Compare (http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/)

Drug Information and Drug Trials

•  MedlinePlus: Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html)

•  U.S. Food and Drug Administration Drug Information Pathfinder (http://www.fda.gov/cder/Offices/DDI/pathfinder.htm)

•  SafeMedication.com (http://www.safemedication.com/) " Brought to you by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists."

•  Centerwatch (http://www.centerwatch.com/)  Clinical Trials Listing Service.

•  Clinical Trials (http://clinicaltrials.gov) Developed by the National Library of Medicine to provide the public with current information about clinical research projects.

Health Information

•  American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org

•  Asian American Health
http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/  From the National Library of Medicine; "An Information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the U.S. "

•  The Diet Channel http://www.thedietchannel.com/index.htm Weight loss, diet analysis, nutrition, and more.

•  Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/   Directory of Organizations.

•  Hardin Meta Directory http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html Extensive directory of health related Internet resources.

•  Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

•  Free Medical Journals.com
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/#fmj Free online access to a collection of medical journals.

•  Health.gov (www.health.gov) A portal to the web sites of federal departments and agencies.

•  International Food Information Council Foundation
http://www.ific.orgNutrition and food safety information, the newsletter "Food Insight" and more.

•  Lab Tests Online www.labtestsonline.org

•  MedicineNet:Smart Medicine http://www.MedicineNet.com 100% Doctor-Produced network of easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information; extensive coverage of diseases, procedures, medications, and dictionary of terms.

•  Medlineplus http://medlineplus.gov A service of the National Library of Medicine, providing information on diseases, conditions and wellness issues.

•  Mayo Health Clinic's Website http://www.mayoclinic.com/

•  The Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home Online version of the classic medical information source; user-friendly.

•  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (http://nccam.nih.gov/)

•  U.S. National Library of Medicine: Health Information (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html)

•  New York Access to Health http://www.noah-health.org English or Spanish; local resources; health topics including alternative medicine, fraud, internet links.

•  World Health Report http://www.who.int/whr