General Health Resources: General Health Web sites

Site operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians

Information complied by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Most visited website for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years

Organized by the Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness. Provides information on diseases and conditions, treatments, etc.

Organized by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

Organized by the Medical Library Association

Organized by the Medical Library Association

Organized by the Medical Library Association

New York Online Access to Health; provides information in English and Spanish

Provides quality health information from an award winning content staff

The CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC′s Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats; look here for the most current topics like the Haitian Earthquake or H1N1 flu.

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

The National Institutes of Health is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. NIH works toward it's mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and products that give off radiation, etc.