Patient Education Education

Patient Education Education

Inclusion to this category requires a site to offer reliable medical information, presented in an easy-to-understand format. The emphasis is placed on "Education"--sites which offer timely information to enhance the relationship between a patient and their healthcare professional.

Top: Health: Education: Patient Education

See Also:

NetHealth Online Guide - A comprehensive guide to health on the Internet, with reviews and links to hundreds of online resources.
HealthInsite - Independent information on diseases, fitness, aging, and health services. Includes a newsletter and events calendar. Sponsored by the Australian Government.
NetHealthBook.com - Find symptoms, diagnostic tests and treatment of conditions and diseases. The content is categories and a newsletter is offered.
Healthfinder - US government directory of online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations.
Halls MD - Clinical calculators of body surface area, breast cancer risk and body mass.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Developed by leading medical experts, these tests and actions, both medical and self-examinations, are the focal point of the Healthful Life Program.
HELP - Health Education Library for People - Features online full-text books and magazines on health and illness.
StopGettingSick.com - Current medical news, articles, and research.
Whole Hearted Living - Provided by the Oxford Heart Health Network and the Oxford County Board of Health, Ontario, Canada. It contains useful health information and links.
eHealthMD - Provides information on a wide range of health and medical topics. Articles are reviewed by physicians.
PatientUK - Evidence-based articles on many health and disease topics. Written by doctors for patients.
Surgery Door - A guide to medical conditions, illnesses and ailments, their treatment and possible cure.
The Health Resource, Inc. - Specialized medical research reports on mainstream, experimental, and alternative treatments, specialists, and support organizations.
AllAboutBlackHealth - Information on health related issues as they affect African Americans and other minorities at risk.
FamilyDoctor - A database of over 600 articles and guides, covering 37 common medical topics. All articles are reviewed and edited by family doctors and specialists.
NHS Choices - Information on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living.
SoYouWanna Be A Human Guinea Pig? - This full-length article will teach you how to "volunteer" for science experiments, from simple questionnaires to complex drug trials.
Medicine OnLine - Fee-based information on cancer for health care professionals and patients.
Lab Tests Online - Explains common laboratory tests and what the results might mean.
MedicineNet - Describes conditions, diseases, tests, and procedures, with a medical dictionary.
PreOp.com - Offers patients animated videos, graphics, and medical illustrations as explanations for the most common surgical and diagnostic procedures performed in the US.
Netwellness.org - Health and wellness information from the faculty of the Universities of Cincinnati, Ohio State and Case Western Reserve. Question answering for non-emergencies.
The Doctor's Doctor - Explains how to interpret laboratory, surgical pathology, and cytology reports and provides information about various conditions and diseases. Maintained by a group of pathologists.
Consumer Laboratory Testing Information - A thorough guide to medical laboratory tests, why they are performed, and what they might mean.
MUSC Health - Complete health and disease information along with the latest health care news. Presented by the experts at the Medical University of South Carolina.
New York Online Access to Health - Definition, care and treatment information and related conditions are offered by NOAH. In English and Spanish.
E-health Fitness - Advice, information, research and links concerning alcoholism, debt, drug addiction, marriage problems, sexual abuse and weight issues.
National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) - Designed to help consumers make sound decisions about the use of medicines, and to stimulate and improve communication between consumers and health care professionals by developing programs, providing educational kits, and offering guidelines, tips, and r
Think Like A Doctor - An online community seminar for healthcare consumers to become even better patients by improving the relationship with their doctor.
HealthCentral.com - Consumer health information designed to enable informed decisions about health-related products and services.
Internet Pharmacy and Online Pharmacies Verification - National Association of Boards of Pharmacy provides searchable listings of approved online pharmacies.
Yahoo! Health - Medical dictionary, disease symptoms and treatments, resources for healthy living, and information on drugs and medicines.
Wired for Health - Health information at the touch of a button for young people and their teachers.
ICU Answer Page - Written by a critical care nurse, and aimed at patients and relatives. The site offers information, links and a forum.
Health A to Z - Includes a directory of professionally-reviewed resources, supportive online communities, and a calendar.
JAMA's Patient Education Pages - The full text of patient education pages from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
How to Review Your Blood Test Results - Explains glucose, electrolytes, minerals, thyroid and others.
Seek Wellness - Health professionals provide articles on common conditions and their treatment.
eMedicine Health - Information for consumers on the symptoms and treatment of nearly every type of disease and health condition, first aid procedures for accidents and injuries, and physical and the emotional well-being that contribute to general wellness.
MayoClinic.com - Clinical experts provide current medical information and news on health topics.
A Healthy Me - Providing health and wellness information, and produced by Blue Cross BlueShield of Massachusetts.
MDAdvice.com - Provides health and medical information, health tips, resources, experts, news, chats, and community support.
The Merck Manual - Home Edition - Transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Med-Help.net - Nurses trained to answer questions on a variety of health topics.
Ask Dr. Stoll - Offering information about combining conventional and alternative medicine. Bulletin board, articles, and related links.
eMedTV Health Information - A library of medical information including conditions and diseases, tests and procedures and drugs and supplements.
Health Reserve.com - A not for profit organization providing information on health and fitness including sexual health for men and women, plus advice for children's health. Offers an overview, monthly e-mail newsletter and contact address.
AnswerMed.com - Provides basic information on medical conditions and procedures including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, predicted outcome and alternative diagnoses.
NOAH: Health Topics and Resources - A meta site of listings by topic and source with the added bonus of offering a large selection of materials in Spanish as well as English.
Dr. Gabe Mirkin - Reports on health, fitness, and nutrition news from talk show host Gabe Mirkin, M.D., in text and audio form.
A Guide to Medical Information and Support on the Internet - Covers medical chats, newsgroups, listservs, doctors online, Medline access, research tips, and comprehensive medical and health sites.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
Click here to add, change or remove your listing

MySQL - Cache Direct sec.