Health-Related Sites on the Internet

Government Agencies

• Health.Gov http://www.health.gov/
• Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://health.gov/
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
• Public Health Image Library (PHIL) http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
• National Health Information Center http://www.health.gov/nhic
• National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
• National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center https://minority health.hhs.gov/
• Child Welfare Information Gateway http://www.childwelfare.gov
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) http://nccam.nih.gov
• U.S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• Visible Human Project http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible
• Weight-control Information Network (WIN) http://win.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
• Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/
• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information http://www.foodsafety.gov/
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov/
• Nutrition.Gov https://www.nutrition.gov/
• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion(USDA) http://www.cnpp.usda.gov
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/
• Household Products Database http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov
• Travelers' Health Information http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/
• Global Health http://www.globalhealth.gov
• MedlinePlus http://www.MedlinePlus.gov
• Clinical Trials http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov
• Genetics Home Reference http://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr
• Wisconsin Department of Health https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/
• American Institute of the History of Pharmacy http://www.pharmacy.wisc.edu/aihp
• Healthy Wisconsin http://www.healthywisconsin.org/
• State Public Health http://www.astho.org
• State Health Facts http://www.statehealthfacts.org

Professional and Organizational Health Sites

• Organic Consumers Association (OCA) http://www.organicconsumers.org/aboutus.htm
• Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) http://www.healcentral.org/index.jsp
• Medical Library Association http://www.mlanet.org/
• Medical Journals http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
• Innerbody Human Anatomy http://www.innerbody.com
• Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) Health http://www.pdrhealth.com
• Federation of State Medical Boards Physician Data Bank http://www.docinfo.org
• The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) http://www.womenshealth.gov/
• Society for Women's Health Research http://www.womenshealthresearch.org
• Women's Sports Foundation http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/
• Women's Health Interactive Network http://www.womens-health.com/
• American College Health Association http://www.acha.org/
• RxList http://www.rxlist.com/
• Drug Discovery http://www.nature.com/drugdisc/
• Family Doctor and Kids' Health http://www.familydoctor.org/
• WebMD Health http://www.webmd.com
• Quackwatch http://www.quackwatch.com
• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis http://www.mayohealth.org
• New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) http://www.noah-health.org
• Boston Healing Landscape Project https://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/maccp/about/boston-healing-landscape-project/
• Pan American Health Organization http://www.paho.org/
• World Health Organization http://www.who.org/
• Global Health Facts http://www.kff.org/globaldata
• American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
• AARP Webplace: Health and Wellness http://wwww.aarp.org/health/
• American Council on Exercise http://www.acefitness.org/
• National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/
• National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/
• The Hastings Center Bioethics http://www.thehastingscenter.org
• Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org
• Health Map http://www.healthmap.org
• eMedicine http://www.emedicine.com
• Ethnomed http://www.ethnomed.org
• AbleData https://abledata.acl.gov/
• Autism Information Center http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism
• History of the Health Sciences http://www.mlanet.org/page/hhss-links
• CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (Bioterrorism)http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/bioprep/index.html
• Hardin MD: medial information and pictures http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices http://www.ismp.org
• Center of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice http://www.patientsafetyresearch.org/

Compiled by Charlene Ingebritsen with input from Bryan Schwark and Regina Pauly