Medical Information: good sites

[dogmom]

I've just emailed a bunch of links off to a friend who needed some health care information and was getting overwhelmed by what was out there on the web. It occurred to me I could post the two major sites I start at for my reasearch that many people don't think about going to.

One is the National Institute of Health site, which has a ton of patient informaton.

http://www.nih.gov/

The other is the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, which is a site for reviewing the studies and research for specific topics and making recommendations for the best evidenced based practice. It's a little more health care professional focused, but it's a great place for getting a summary of good evidenced based practice, like treatment of ear infections.

http://www.ahrq.org/

Jeanne
Mom to Harvey
1/16/03

[kapow]

FYI the website for the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality is:

http://www.ahcpr.gov/

Thanks for posting these!

[NEVE and TRISTAN]

I hardly ever visit this forum and would have missed this...great thread...thank you!!!!
Neve
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties

[mamicka]

Another good one is
http://www.mercola.com/

[Gayletmomto4]

Thanks to all. These are very useful.