Medical Information
Medicare: http://www.medicare.com/
- Find information about doctors, hospitals and facilities
- Find information about health and drug plans
- Compare hospitals, nursing homes, health care providers, etc.
- Links with Twitter, YouTube, and RSS feed
- Health.gov: http://www.health.gov
- Health information for individuals and families (information about health conditions, nutrition, pregnancy, doctor visits, parenting, etc.)
- Communication, Literacy and e-Health tab (connect with others to improve health literacy and people’s health through e-health)
- Physical Activity Guidelines (learn about health benefits of physical activity, understand how to reduce the risk of injury, help others to exercise regularly, etc.)
- Dietary guidelines (tips on eating healthy and how eating healthy can reduce certain diseases)
Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org
- Patient Care and Health Info (diseases, tests and procedures, drugs and supplements information)
- Research (Information about various research that the Mayo Clinic is doing)
- Links with Twitter, Facebook, Google, YouTube and Pinterest
Health Insurance Marketplace: http://www.healthcare.gov
- Learn what insurances are available for individuals, families, small businesses, etc.
- See insurance plans before you apply
- Apply for health coverage
- Apply for health insurance
- Information about the Affordable Care Act
- Available in a variety of languages including Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese, French Creole and Polish
- Links with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.healthfinder.gov
- Health Topics A-Z (information on a variety of health topics)
- Nutrition and Physical Activity (tips for eating healthy and exercising)
- Pregnancy (information on topics such as breastfeeding, exercising and eating healthy, as well as how the doctor/midwife can help you have a healthy pregnancy)
- Health Care Reform information
- Find a doctor, dentist, hospital, health center service
- Available in Spanish
- Links with Facebook, Twitter, and RSS feed
WebMD http://www.webmd.com
- Various tabs lead you to information
- Health A-Z (Common health topics that you can browse)
- Drugs & Supplements (Common Drugs Finder, Vitamin finder, etc.)
- Living Healthy (Tools to help live healthy; portion tool, count calories, recipes, fitness & exercise, etc.)
- Family & Pregnancy (tools for raising children, newborn & baby information tools, Fit Jr.)
- Links with Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and RSS feed
U.S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov
- Various databases with health information topics
- Medline Plus
- Has health topics (symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention for over 900 topics)
- Medical encyclopedia with images
- Interactive tutorials and videos about health information (surgery, anatomy, etc.)
- Drugs and supplements information
- Learn about prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines
- Learn about effectiveness of supplements and drug interactions
- Available in multiple languages (button at bottom right of Medline Plus page)
- Can be changed to an easy-to-read format (button at bottom right of MedLine Plus page)
- Links to Twitter and RSS feed, also a mobile version is available