Computer Help for Consumers
Wired Guide™ - A beginner’s guide to computer and Internet help -
http://www.wiredguide.com/
Site offered by Florida Gulf Coast University to introduce many computer
applications -
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/
Dietary Supplements
U.S. Pharmacopeia- Dietary Supplement Verification Program -
http://www.usp-dsvp.org/home-cons.html
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/
Drugs- Consumer Information
National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes on Health -
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Drug information site sponsored by the American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists -
http://www.safemedication.com/
U.S. Food and Drug Administration- Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research -
http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/default.htm
U.S. Food and Drug Administration- MedWatch -
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/index.html
General Health and Drug Information
WebMD Health
http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/home/default.htm
Aetna InteliHealth
http://www.intelihealth.com
Health website offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Government Sponsored Websites
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -
http://www.cdc.gov
Food and Drug Administration -
http://www.fda.gov
National Institutes of Health -
http://www.nih.gov
U.S. Government Official Web Portal -
http://www.firstgov.gov
National Cancer Institute -
http://www.cancer.gov
Medical Literature Search
MEDLINE -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
Search Engines- Health Information
Health on the Net Foundation -
http://www.hon.ch/
URAC/VitalSeek accredited search tool -
http://www.vitalseek.com/
Useful Organizations
Official website of the American Cancer Society -
http://www.cancer.org
Official website of the American Diabetes Association -
http://www.diabetes.org
Official website of the American Heart Association -
http://www.americanheart.org
Useful Sites for Seniors
AARP - http://www.aarp.org
Administration on Aging -
http://www.aoa.gov/
FirstGov for seniors -
http://www.seniors.gov/
Healthcentral.com- senior page -
http://www.healthcentral.com/centers/OneCenter.cfm?center=SeniorHealh
National Institute on Aging -
http://www.nia.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health- senior health -
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/ |