Health Source Web Sites
What can you find?
Below you will find our favorite links to health
information on a
variety of subjects, at your fingertips. While these links are
collected to offer information, always consult a physician with
any health concerns you may have and call 911 in case of emergencies.
Online Pharmacies
Drugstore.com
A complete health and
beauty superstore with online pharmacy.
Walgreens
The “pharmacy America trusts” offers automatic
prescription refills.
HEB
Pharmacy
Your local HEB Pharmacy offers health screenings and
immunizations.
Eckerd
This pharmacy
offers Eckerd OnCall hotline information from their site with a team
of specially trained pharmacy counselors.
Online Physicians, Health and Medical Information
American
Cancer Society
Learn about cancer, treatment options, treatment
decision tools, clinical trials and coping.
American Medical
Association
Physicians dedicated to the health
of America, offering information for patients and physicians.
Best
Doctors.com
Best Doctors’ mission is to link consumers
to the medical knowledge they need to make the best healthcare choices
for themselves and their loved ones.
eDiets
Select
the weight loss and/or healthy living plans of your choice and get
started.
Health Grades
Get ratings and expert analysis for thousands of hospitals,
physicians and nursing homes.
InteliHealth
Harvard Medical School’s Consumer Health Information
site, including topics such as disease control and healthy lifestyle
WebMD
Providing individuals with healthcare information
through news, support communities, interactive health management
tools and
more.
www.nal.usda.gov
To see what's in any food—calories, calcium, fat or just
about any other nutrient—in any of 10,000 foods.
www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi
To quickly calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). This site
also explains how your BMI affects your risk of heart attack and stroke.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
To look up scientific studies. Search more than nine million
scientific articles (most have just abstracts, or summaries).
www.clinicaltrials.gov
To participate in a scientific study. Here you'll find which
government-sponsored studies are recruiting and what the requirements
are.
www.medlineplus.gov
www.healthfinder.gov
To look up information on general health topics and diseases.
