Consumer Health

Analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis using 22 health measures

Provides links to information on diseases and health topics found on the CDC web site.

MedicineHealth.com is a consumer health information site that was launched in May 2003 by the doctors of eMedicine.com (now Medscape Reference). eMedicineHealth was acquired by WebMD in 2006. The site contains over 900 health and medical articles with a focus on emergency medicine, written by physicians for patients and consumers.

his site is produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and provides links to reliable health information.

The Kaiser Family Foundation seeks to be a trusted source of information in a health care. This area of their website focuses on health cost.

KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.

Designed to help people better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases

The premier consumer health information site from the National Library of Medicine. It should be the first stop for all your consumer health questions. Has Children’s Health and Child and Teen Health Topics sections.

HCUP is the Nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data, including information on in-patient care, ambulatory care, and emergency department visits. HCUP enables researchers, insurers, policymakers and others to study health care delivery and patient outcomes over time, and at the national, regional, State, and community levels.