Consumer Health Portal

• Cancer.gov
  
  Maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), this site provides web-based information on cancer and clinical trials.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad. Contents include Health Topics A-Z, In the News, and Data and Statistics.
• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
  
  Produced at the University of Iowa, the purpose of this "list of lists" is to provide easy access to comprehensive health-related resources.
• Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health
  
  Featured on the Aetna InteliHealth web site, this resource provides access to a variety of health topics including diseases, nutrition, fitness, and medical tests and procedures.
• Healthfinder: Health Library
  
  Developed by the Dept. of Health and Human Service, this site provides links to government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
• Healthy Wisconsin People (includes more than Wisconsin!)
  
  Provides information on a variety of topics, such as women's health, men's health, seniors' health, teen health, and diseases & conditions.
• HmongHealth (in both English and Hmong)
  
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• Household Products Database
  
  Health and safety information about potential health effects, and about safety and handling of household products produced by the National Institutes of Health.
• Mayo Clinic
  
  Provides useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of the Mayo Clinic from Drugs to Diseases to Conditions, and more. Produced by a team of health professionals and Web designers.
• MEDLINEplus  | (en Español)
  
  Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this site provides information about specific diseases and conditions from the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies, health organizations and academic medical centers. Also includes a medical dictionary, a medical encyclopedia, and lists of hospitals and physicians.
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
  
  A unique and authoritative bilingual health information site that provides access to consumer health information in English and Spanish.
• OncoLink (cancer info)
  
  Founded by University of Pennsylvania cancer specialists, this site provides access to information on specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances.
• Pronunciations: Merck Manual Home Edition
  
  Browsable A-Z pronunciation list of drugs, conditions, and other medical terminology.
• Senior Health (NIH)
  
  This website is for older adults and was developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health.
• Stanford Health Library
  
  Offers consumer information from the Stanford Hospital Clinics. Includes information on drugs, disease and disorders, therapies and categories for men, women and children's health.
• State Health Facts Online
  
  The Kaiser Family Foundation discloses important health and health policy information for all fifty states and US territories. Categories include demographics and the economy, health status, women's health, minority health, and HIV/ AIDS.
• USA.gov (Health and Nutrition) | (en Español)
  
  A huge resource of online information, services and resources for numerous health topics.
• Virtual Hospital
  
  Under the section titled For Patients,this site provides information on health topics, health specialties, and body location/systems.

Support and Community

• Patientslikeme.com
  
  This site offers tools for patients to compare symptoms, effective drug dosages and side effects. Also a great site that has created communities for specific diseases and conditions.
• Medhelp.org
  
  A site for communities, track your health, ask a doctor and information on health topics. Physicians who are experts in their areas moderate many of the forums found at this site. Doctors and patients work together to create wikis or documents that can be edited by any user.
• Dailystrength.org
  
  A great place to find support groups for hundreds of health conditions, health news and vetted information on health issues from professionals in the field.
• Acor.org (Association of Cancer Online Resources)
  
  ACOR offers access to 159 mailing lists that provide support, information, and community to everyone affected by cancer and related disorders. An online database designed to provide accurate and timely information on health conditions.

Patient Advocacy and Toolbox

• Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP)
  
  The Center for Patient Partnerships trains graduate and professional students in patient advocacy. People facing serious chronic or life-threatening conditions work with students from law, medicine, social work, nursing, pharmacy, public affairs, psychology, biological sciences and industrial engineering. Clients receive advocacy services to:

  • Make more informed medical decisions
  • Access health care
  • Navigate employment issues
  • Find and build support
• Find A Hospital
  
  Part of the MedlinePlus website, this directory allows you to search for hospitals anywhere in the US by name, city, zipcode and more. Based on the American Hospital Association's master hospital directory.
• Hospital Compare
  
  This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide.
• Medicare | (en Español)
  
  The official U.S. government site for people with medicare. Includes a link to the medicare prescription drug coverage..
• MedicineNet
  
  Written by board-certified physicians, this site offers information on diseases, treatments, drug information, a medical dictionary, and news.
• U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  The A.H.R.Q. has compiled health care "report cards" that provide comparative information on the quality of health plans, hospitals, medical groups, individual physicians, nursing homes and other providers of care.
• U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs Health Administration
  
  Information about health care benefits, patient information, facility locator, contact information, social media links and much more.
• U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  
  HRSA is the nation's access agency - improving health and saving lives by making sure the right services are available in the right places at the right time. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
• Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care
  
  Provides access to health care information in Wisconsin, such as where to get care, insurance options, and what to do if you do not have insurance coverage.

Drug Information

• Drug Digest
  
  A noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site known for it's herbal information.
• Mayo Clinic (Drug Search section)
  
  Offers general information pertaining to the use of medicines. Also allows users to search by drug name or category from MICROMEDEX.
• MEDLINEplus: Drug Information
  
  Offers extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs. Two drug resources are presented: MedMaster™, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
• NLM Drug Information Portal
  
  Provides quick access to information on over 12,000 drugs. The portal includes information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies such as FDA and CDC.
• Stanford Health Library Drug Information
  
  Provides drug information. Topics include drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and prescription drug assistance programs.

For Clinicians & Health Providers
(access may be restricted to UW/UWHC affliatiates)

Information on health and medical topics such as symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of disease provided for clinicians and other health care providers.

• CINAHL Plus w/Full Text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
  
  Indexes literature related to nursing and allied health fields. Full-text articles are available for 36 of the journals. Also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  
  Provides full text articles for nursing, allied health and consumer health subjects. Indexes approximately 205 periodicals, six reference books, and over 500 pamphlets. Selectively indexes articles in approximately 1500 additional general interest titles; and provides full text for over 150 periodicals and all reference books and pamphlets.
• Health Source: Consumer Edition (courtesy BadgerLink/WI DPI)
  
  This database is the richest collect of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated daily.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (courtesy BadgerLink/WI DPI)
  
  This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated daily.
• MD Consult
  
  A comprehensive clinical information resource that includes more than 35 leading medical books, full-text articles from over 45 journals, MEDLINE and other databases, drug information, peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, and customizable patient education handouts.
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Basic
  
  Designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers, this database provides full text for nearly 100 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. All full-text titles included in Nursing and Allied Health: Basic Edition are indexed in CINAHL.
• PubMed

For Non-Clinicians and Health Consumers or Patients
(no access restrictions for WI residents)

From Badgerlink (see sidebar):

• Alt HealthWatch
• Consumer Health Complete (new resource 7/09)
• Health Source: Consumer Edition
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
• LexiPALS Drug Guide
• MEDLINE - access via PubMed (limited full text) or Ebsco/BadgerLink (limited full text)
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Basic

PubMed is the free search interface for the MEDLINE database. It provides citations and abstracts of research articles (some with links to free full-text articles).