If you’re looking for medical information, it can be difficult to sort out the good from the bad online. There is a glut of information around health and medical information on the Web, and not all of it is reliable. In this article, we’re going to take a look at some of the most accurate, peer-reviewed, relevant health and medical information sites on the Web.
You can use these medical information sites to find answers to your medical questions, get more information about various health topics, or just to learn about something new. Note: the information on these sites should never substitute for an actual licensed health professional. Please consult your physician for anything you might have a concern about.
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PubMed
PubMed is an extensive medical search engine/database that is a service of the National Library of Medicine. Over 15 million MEDLINE articles and journal citations are available here to search through. Depending on the article, you can view an abstract or full-text. Some articles are available for purchase as well.
Healthline
Healthline is relatively new, but I expect that the quality of medical search results that I’ve already seen as detailed in my profile will only continue to grow and improve. Healthline offers a few unique features, including physician-filtered results and clustered “healthmaps”.
HealthFinder
HealthFinder is a great medical and health information site put together by the US Department of Health and Human Services. You can search through over 1500 health-related organizations at the time of this writing, and I found the search process to be extremely user-friendly and relevant.
What’s your favorite health and medical information site?
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