"Intute is a free online service providing access to high quality Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK Universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in the database."

African American Health: Medical information provided by the National Library of Medicine including coverage on drugs, diseases, consumer health and preventitive treatments.  Additional resources include a direct link to the MEDLINE database of "references to more than 11 million articles published in 4,300 biomedical journals."  Without a paid subscription to this medical database, you will only get the citation and summary of the articles; you may get some full-text articles.

AMSER: "The Applied Math and Science Education Repository is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use." Click on Health to view resources in health.

Asian American Health: Provided by the National Library of Medicine at the NIH, this is an information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Extensive definitions of health topics and diseases in alphabetical order provided by this government agency.

Drug Information Portal: "The National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Resources include the NLM search systems useful in searching for a drug, NLM research resources, resources organized by audience and class, and other NIH and government resources such as FDA and CDC."

Food and Nutrition: National Agricultural Library Information Centers: "The National Agricultural Library is one of four national libraries of the United States, with locations in Beltsville, Maryland and Washington, D.C. It houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and serves as the nexus for a national network of state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries."

Global Demography of Aging: "The Program on the Global Demography of Aging (PGDA), led by David E. Bloom, chair of the Department of Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, carries out research on important themes related to global aging and health, with an emphasis on issues in the developing world."

Hardin Library Directory: The University of Iowa Health Science Library has selected reference sources in nursing and medicine with access to online dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Health.gov: This site is coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion as a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.

Health and Safety World: It "offers an extensive range of editorial and focus articles, Health and Safety conference and dietary information, news from around the world, archive material, topical specialist features, carefully validated Health and Safety-related web links, and advice on how to search the Internet."

Health and Medicine Resources: Provided by EMT Associates, this site offers helpful links to health resources in a variety of subject headings such as Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Harm Reduction and Youth and Families.

Hispanic American Health: Medical information provided by the National Library of Medicine including coverage on drugs, diseases, consumer health and preventitive treatments.  Additional resources include a direct link to the MEDLINE database of "references to more than 11 million articles published in 4,300 biomedical journals."  Without a paid subscription to this medical database, you will only get the citation and summary of the articles; you may get some full-text articles.

International Food Information Council: Provides sound, scientific information on food safety and nutrition to journalists, health professionals, educators, government officials and consumers.

Life Sciences: Excellent biological links from the Life Sciences department at the University of Illinois. Additional links are available in the study of Genetics, Virology, Microbiology and the Genome Database.

MayoClinic: Health information drawing on the experience and knowledge of more than 2,000 physicians and scientists. The Mayo Clinic's two other websites cover medical services and education and research.

Medhunt: A portal for searching medical and genetic information by some of the world's foremost experts on telemedicine in Geneva, Switzerland. Use this guide to search for reliable sources in healthcare.

MedLinePlus: Medical information provided by the National Library of Medicine including coverage on drugs, diseases, consumer health and preventitive treatments.  Additional resources include a direct link to the MEDLINE database of "references to more than 11 million articles published in 4,300 biomedical journals."  Without a paid subscription to this medical database, you will only get the citation and summary of the articles; you may get some full-text articles.

Medscape: "Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools. After a simple, one time, free registration, Medscape automatically delivers to you the specialty site that best fits your profile."

Nutrition: "Accessing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's online National Nutrient Database is now easier than ever. A user friendly, searchable version of the authoritative nutrient database is available for download onto personal computers (PCs) and laptops free of charge."

University of Virginia Health System: " The University of Virginia Health System homepage is the official Internet site for the Health System. The purpose of the homepage is to provide a single point of entry to information and services that are provided by departments within the Health System."

World Health Organization: "The WHO Statistical Information System is the guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization. Most WHO technical programmes make statistical information available, and they will be linked from here. You also have the possibility to search by keywords within the WHOSIS or throughout the entire WHO site."

Autism Information Center: CDC seeks to give people accurate and timely information about public health and the Autism Spectrum Disorders. AIC is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program: Contains pertinent medical information on the bacteria, vaccine and other health issues related to its intended use as a biological weapon.

CAIRS: "The California Alliance of Information & Referral Services (CAIRS) is working to develop a new statewide service delivery strategy designed to dramatically increase the public’s access to essential health and social services."

Discovery Channel Health Search: This popular site has a Disease and Conditions Encyclopedia that can be browsed by health topic. The site also provdes information on fitness and nurtrition.

Global Health: This site offers information on global health, provided by HHS, "One of the largest federal agencies, the Department of Health and Human Services is the principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans."

Global Health Facts: "This site, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses. GlobalHealthFacts.org is a companion site to GlobalHealthReporting.org."

HealthReform.gov: This site provides information on the goal of the President and Congress to pass comprehensive health reform this year in order to control rising health care costs, guarantee choice of doctor, and assure high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

Health and Age: A very good site to use for finding resources related to the many issues on aging. This website is sponsored by the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology, an independent non-profit organization that is the successor to the Sandoz Foundation for Gerontological Research, set up in 1986.

Health World Online: "The leading resource on healthy living, alternative therapies and body-mind-spirit health. Features an Alternative Medicine Center, Natural Health Clinic, Nutrition Center, Fitness Center, Wellness Center, Healthy Shopping for herbs, supplements, books and Healthy Travel. Services for consumers and professionals include Free Daily Health News, MEDLINE search, Professional Referral Network, Global Health Calendar, Medical Cybrarian Service, and Discussion Forums."

HealthCentral: An informative site on health information with individual links to major health conditions. This site is also intended to inform the public on the changes needed in the current US healthcare system.

Healthwell: The HealthWell Foundation® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization that helps individuals afford prescription medications they are taking for specific illnesses. The Foundation provides financial assistance to eligible patients to cover certain out-of-pocket health care costs.

InteliHealth: John Hopkins Health Information: "Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information. Information on Mental Health, Diabetes, and Asthma Treatment, Allergy Symptoms, Senior Health, Women's Health Awareness, weight management issues, drug interactions and more."

Jin Shin Jyutsu: "Jin Shin Jyutsu® physio-philosophy is an ancient art of harmonizing the life energy in the body. Born of innate wisdom and passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, the Art had fallen into relative obscurity when it was dramatically revived in the early 1900's by Master Jiro Murai in Japan."

Kids Health: Latest on everything from chicken pox to dyslexia in easy-to-read articles for kids, teens, and parents.

LactMed Search: "The Drugs and Lactation Database is a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider."

MCG Department of Neurosurgery: News and publications on the subject of Neurosurgery provided by the Medical College of Georgia.

Medical News Today: The largest independent health and medical news website on the Internet, this website is divided into several sections: Health News, Health Videos and Forums. The news section alone has 117 medical categories/specialities and over 100,000 archived articles, all available free of charge.

Microbes: "A microbiology information portal containing a vast collection of resources including articles, news, frequently asked questions, and links pertaining to the field of microbiology."

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: "The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)."

National Center for Health Statistics: The U.S. government's principal health statistics agency. It generates a wide variety of data which may be used to monitor national health.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: "Established by congress in 1962, conducts and supports research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations."

National Institute on Aging: Part of the NIH, the NIA's mission is to "support and conduct genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the aging process, foster the development of research and clinician scientists in aging, and communicate information about aging and advances in research on aging to the scientific community, health care providers, and the public."

National Library of Medicine: The largest medical library in the United States including access to Medline/Pubmed.

National Mental Health Information Center: "The National Mental Health Information Center was developed for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media."

OncoLink: University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center: Covers specific types of cancer, medical specialties that deal with cancer, ways to cope with cancer, Cancer Causes, Screening, and Prevention, clinical trials, and much more.

PDR: The Physician's Desk Reference provides drug information and health news. Requires free registration.

Scientific Psychic: Created and maintained by Programmer Antonio Zamora of the American Chemical Society, "Scientific Psychic is a web site dedicated to the exploration of language and the human mind with the objective of encouraging critical thinking and a healthy life style." Click the links on the home page to find sections on ESP, mind puzzles, personality tests, health and educational software programs.

ToxTown: "Tox Town uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health. Tox Town's target audience is students above elementary-school level, educators, and the general public. It is a companion to the extensive information in the TOXNET collection of databases that are typically used by toxicologists and health professionals."

WebMD: Features dedicated, full-time news content staff with state-of-the-art expertise in: Health news for the public, Medical news for physicians, Creating and maintaining up-to-date medical reference content, databases, Medical imagery, graphics, and animation, Communities, Live Web events, User experience, Interface design, e-commerce, Interactive applications, Clinical informatics.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The HHS is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. The Department includes over 300 programs, such as: disease prevention, food and drug safety, infant and maternal health, and health information technology, among many others.