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Topic: Evaluating Health Information

Directories

- "Top Ten" Most Useful Websites - Medical Library Association

National Institutes of Health

- 10 Things to Know about Evaluating Medical Resourc - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Library of Medicine Guide to Finding Heal - National Library of Medicine
- Is This Health Information Good for Me? - National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region
- How To Find Medical Information - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet - National Cancer Institute
- Finding Reliable Health Information Online - National Human Genome Research Institute

Organizations

- Health On the Net Foundation -
- URAC -
- National Library of Medicine -
- National Health Information Center - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Medical Library Association -

Overviews

- User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health - Medical Library Association
- Health InSight: Taking Charge of Health Informatio - Harvard School of Public Health

Related Issues

- Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really - National Institutes of Health
- JAMA Patient Page: Medical Research - Finding the - American Medical Association
- JAMA Patient Page: Medical Journals - American Medical Association
- Health Claims on the Internet: Buyer Beware - Federal Trade Commission
- Deciphering Medspeak - Medical Library Association
- 'Miracle' Health Claims: Add a Dose of S - Federal Trade Commission

Research

- Simple Test Rates Accuracy of Cancer-Related Web S - American Cancer Society

Seniors

- Online Health Information: Can You Trust It? - National Institute on Aging

Specific Conditions

- Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informe - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Interpreting News on Diet: Research and the Mass M - Harvard School of Public Health
- 10 Tips on Evaluating Immunization Information - National Vaccine Program Office