Health Websites
Getting Started
Looking for health information? Your health care provider is your best source of information about your personal health. Resource Center staff are not qualified to give medical advice, however there are many excellent resources we recommend when researching your health care questions. Here is a selected list of good starting places:
- Care Pages
- Caring Bridge
- Centers for Disease Control: A-Z Topics Index
- Health Finder
- Health Sciences Library Services
- Medicare
- MedlinePlus
Information from the National Library of Medicine to help answer your health questions. - Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Home Edition
- Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- UW Medicine
- UW Web site
Finding reliable health information on the Web
10 Things To Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web
- Who runs this site?
- Who pays for the site?
- What is the purpose of the site?
- Where does the information come from?
- What is the basis of the information?
- How is the information selected?
- How current is the information?
- How does the site choose links to other sites?
- What information about you does the site collect, and why?
- How does the site manage interactions with visitors?
See the link below for detailed information about the 10 tips from National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCCAM: 10 Things to Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web
Other online guides for evaluating health information online:
