Over-the-Counter and Prescription Medications
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Personal Health Guide: A printable guide to track personal health information, including preventive screening tests, immunizations, and health-related lifestyle behaviors.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Provides information about specific health topics and flow-charts to aid in self-care decisions.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP): Health and Wellness: Provides consumer health information on a variety of topics, including caregiving, health insurance, and general wellness promotion.
American Dental Association Online: Patients and Consumers: Provides information on a variety of topics relating to dental care.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Home Medical Guide: Provides the text of a popular home health guide, with chapters on promoting wellness through lifestyle.
Dr. Tom’s Online Self-Care Journal: An online journal that examines issues relating to self-care and online health.
FDA Consumer Information: Includes links to FDA information to help consumers make informed health decisions.
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Protection—Diet, Health, and Fitness: Includes online brochures about a variety of consumer health topics, including fitness equipment, generic drugs, and fraudulent health claims.
Healthfinder: A gateway to online publications, Web sites, support and self-help groups, and agencies and organizations that produce reliable health information.
Journal of the American Medical Association Migraine Information Center: Presents recent news, treatment information, links, and other resources on migraines.
Merck: Includes the Health Infopark, which provides information about many common health challenges, and sections from several Merck publications, including their home health guide.
National Headache Foundation: Provides background information on different types of headaches and headache treatments.
National Health Information Center (NHIC): Helps put consumers in touch with the organizations that are best able to provide answers to health-related questions.
NLM MedlinePlus: Provides access to consumer-oriented health information on a variety of topics.
University of Iowa Virtual Hospital: A "digital health sciences library" with information and peer-reviewed links on a variety of common health concerns.
U.S. Consumer Gateway: Health: A gateway to online government publications relating to health.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: A major report on the scientific basis and cost-effectiveness of interventions for many potentially preventable diseases and conditions.
WebMD Self-Care Advisor: Includes articles from The American Institute for Preventive Medicine's Self-Care: Your Family Guide to Symptoms and How to Treat Them, including sections on acne, asthma, heartburn, insect stings, nosebleeds, and snoring.
Over-the-Counter and Prescription Medications
The following sites provide information about prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Dr. Koop.com: Personal Drugstore
HealthSquare Drug Information Center
Medscape: (Register as a user [free], and then search "Drugs.")
Information about general medication safety is available at the following sites:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Prescription Medicines and You
Consumer Information Center: Health: (Review the listings for Drugs and Health Aids.)
Consumer Information Center: Federal Consumer Publications
Clearinghouses for Self-Help Groups
Sources of Telephone Hotline Numbers
American Self-Help Clearinghouse
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions InfoNet
See Chapter 1 for general health sites, Chapter 22 for information on health care providers, and Appendix C for information on locating and evaluating health information from the Internet.
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