Links to reliable sites for online medical information

Wading through millions of websites can be overwhelming! We created this list of links to credible sites to help you narrow your online search for health and medical information.

Associates in Family Medicine—Ft. Collins

The site is home for board certified family physicians experienced in internal medicine, pediatrics, women’s care, men’s care, work comp services, obstetrics, dermatology, surgery, senior care, urgent care and psychiatry.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people—at home and abroad.

Clinical Trials

Federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers are found on this government site. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

Colorado Health Resources

A clearinghouse of Colorado health resources, including health information websites, community resources, Colorado grant information and public, academic and medical libraries that are members of the National Network of Library of Medicine (NN/LM).

Colorado Libraries Page

A good starting point to find health links from Colorado academic libraries, community health centers, hospital libraries and public libraries.

Consumer and Patient Health Information

The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association is a valuable communications tool to find information about consumer health information services.

Consumer Health Directory

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) provides this directory to improve public access to consumer health information services and collections.

Family Healthline

A statewide information and referral service in Colorado, the Family Healthline helps callers, especially pregnant women and their families, find health care for themselves and their children by providing up-to-date information about financial and health programs.

FindArticles.com

Search and read more than 2.8 million articles from more than 500 publications, including 95 health periodicals such as "Better Nutrition," "Diabetes Care" and "Inside MS."

FreeBooks4Doctors.com

More than 600 medical textbooks such as "Cardiac Surgery in the Adult" and the Spanish version of "HIV Medicine 2003" are available online, free and in full-text.

FreeMedicalJournals.com

1340 medical journals are available online, free and in full-text. Selected journals are available in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and other languages.

Hardin MetaDirectory

The University of Iowa's Hardin Library for Health Sciences offers a directory of health information on common diseases, including links to medical pictures.

Health District of Northern Larimer County Health Info Source

This comprehensive site offers links to health providers, support groups and health topics in Fort Collins, Colorado. Of special interest is local action, news and support for the West Nile virus in Northern Colorado.

Healthfinder

Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from more than 1,700 health-related organizations.

Heart Center of the Rockies

The Heart and Vascular Clinic (located in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska) offers this website as a way of keeping patients and referrals informed about cardiology and their practice. Particularly valuable are full-text articles related to heart disease

HIV InSite

The University of California School of Medicine offers this excellent source for comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDs treatment, prevention and policy.

KidsHealth

The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media hosts KidsHealth, which provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.

MagPortal

Access full-text articles from hundreds of popular magazines, including those related to health, on this free site.

Mayo Clinic

More than 2,000 Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists offer their experience and knowledge on this comprehensive site.

MEDEM Medical Library

A network of 90,000 physicians offers users access to their medical library on the Internet. Introductory and advanced texts provide patients with reliable health care information.

Medical Library Association

Health sciences librarians who work in medical schools, hospitals, and other specialized health settings maintain this authoritative website, which includes “A Patient’s Bill of Rights,” guidelines on finding the highest quality health information on the Web and Health information resources and links for health writers.

MEDLINEplus

The National Library of Medicine provides authoritative and up-to-date information on more than 650 diseases and conditions.

Medscape

Hosted by WebMD Corporation, this site helps physicians and consumers keep up-to-date on the latest medical news.

Multi-Lingual Health Sites

Health related websites are translated into Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Hmong and Russian on this website.

National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute’s website focuses on cancer information, clinical trials, statistics, research programs and research funding.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

This website is a storehouse of information on diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. Also included is health information, research, training and clinical trials.

National Library of Medicine

The world’s largest biomedical library has extensive health resources for those who wish to conduct their own medical research. It also provides links to authoritative health websites such as ClinicalTrials.gov and MEDLINE/PubMed.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Journal Articles

This listing of ejournals provides free, full-text medical articles, including Electronic Journal Miner, FreeMedicalJournals.com and Science, Technology and Medical ejournals.

NIHSeniorHealth

Good information is the best medicine for older adults. The National Institute of Health’s website helps people over the age of 60 who use the Internet to learn more about their health and aging.

NOAH

The New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) provides access to high-quality, full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.

OncoLink

The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania helps cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public get accurate cancer-related information at no charge.

Poudre Valley Health System List of Sites

The Poudre Valley Health System has put together a list of health-related websites that include birthing resources, kids’ and teens’ resources, clinical research trials, medicine and drug interactions, and infectious diseases, among others.

Poudre Valley Health System Physicians Directory

This site provides a physicians’ directory for the Poudre Valley Health System.

PubMed

The National Library of Medicine’s PubMed includes more than 14 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950's.

QuackWatch

Quackwatch, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. "Quackery" derives from the word quacksalver (someone who boasts about his salves). Dictionaries define quack as "a pretender to medical skill; a charlatan" and "one who talks pretentiously without sound knowledge of the subject discussed."

Spanish Health Sites

MEDLINEplus and other health related websites are offered in Spanish.

Toxic and Environment Health Impacts

Tox Town uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health.

University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center

Located in the residential heart of Denver, the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center encompasses the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry and Pharmacy, and the Graduate School.

University of Iowa Virtual Hospital

Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. It contains thousands of textbooks and booklets for health care providers and patients.