Health and Wellness Sites
- Food Safety and Nutrition
Information
This site from the International Food Information Council contains a wide
variety of information about
nutrition, food safety, additives, allergies, and food biotechnology.
The IFIC guides are written for laypersons, and while in the
main they are a source of good information, they take a definitely
pro-industry stance and tend to gloss
over areas of nutritional or food safety debate: for instance, they argue
that monosodium glutamate is a perfectly safe food additive.
- OnHealth -
This online newsletter provides an abundant amount of information on numerous
topics in medicine; the content is appropriate for both the layperson and the
health professional. Subscription is not required to view the online
information.
- Health World Online -
The HealthWorld Online site is easy to use, and quite informational. This
information is provided in the fields of nutrition, fitness, medical self-care,
wellness, natural health and alternative and complementary medicine. Free
services include free Medline, Today's Healthy News (Daily health newsfeed),
global health calendar, professional referral network, discussion forums,
speaker's network, and a Healthy Update electronic newsletter. This site would
be useful to those individuals interested in alternative medicine and wellness
approaches to health care.
- America's HouseCall Network -
You can get advice from American Academy of Family Physicians and links to over
100 agencies, communitiy chat groups, and physician-moderated chats. The link
to HouseCall Network Librarian can help you find what you are looking for
quickly.
- HIV Insite -
This comprehensive guide gives state-by-state information on community and
research resources. It also includes epidemiologic and drug treatment
databases, conference announcements, up-to-date treatment guidelines, and
literature resources.
- OncoLink -
This phenomenal site from the University of Pennsylvania provides a wide range
of information about cancer diagnosis, treatment, prevention and research. It
includes information about conferences and clinical trials.
- Arthritis Foundation -
This website provides links to educational materials, current research articles
and research grant descriptions. The home page is also linked to the
foundation's popular publication, Arthritis Today. The indices recent
issues are available for browsing and subscription information is provided. The
foundation also provides links to arthritis information in Spanish.
- Go Ask
Alice! -
Go Ask Alice! is an interactive question and answer service. Alice answers
questions each week about health, generally submitted by students of Columbia
University. The topics covered include sexuality, sexual health, relationships,
general health, fitness/nutrition, emotional well-being, and alcohol/drugs.
- Obesity -
This page, written by a health educator, comprises a useful primer/resouce on
obesity. Topics covered include: definitions, methods of diagnosing obesity,
basic principles of energy imbalance, theories of obesity, health consequences
of obesity, treatment of obesity, discussion/self-help groups, and references.
- SleepNet -
Everything you ever wanted to know about sleep disorders but were too tired to
ask!
- Quackwatch -
This site is dedicated to educating the public about medical quackery. It
includes articles on common health scams, bogus treatments, fads, and unethical
behaviors. You may not agree with everything Dr. Barrett has to say, but this
site is thoughtful, thought-provoking, and an excellent counter to all the
dubious "alternative medicine" sites that have proliferated on the Web.
- Think Fast: Healthier
Choices For Fast Food -
The UK Health Education Authority has launched this site to tell young people
the facts about fast food. The Think Fast website is not intended to dissuade
people from eating at fast food restaurants, but rather to help them to make
healthier choices from fast food menus. The initiative is part of the UK
government's attempt to reduce the rates of coronary heart disease.
- Dr. Pribut's Running
Injuries Page -
Dr. Pribut has written a comprehensive set of pages about sports
medicine. Well-organized and informative, this site covers everything from how
to run and biomechanics to records and "Periodic Highlights" on such subjects
as Women's Health And Fitness. The materials range from very technical to very
accessible, but are always well-written.
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