Health and Wellness

from the Medical Library Association.

Founded in 1993 and a service of Columbia University, Go Ask Alice! is believed to be the oldest health Q and A website. A lively site targeted to young adults; contains controversial material.

Sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health promotion, population health goals, statistics.

Perhaps the best website devoted to solely to children's health; sponsored by the Nemours Foundation.

Consumer-oriented, independent information on screening and laboratory tests. Produced by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

One-stop, consumer-friendly health information for diverse audiences; sponsored by U.S. National Library of Medicine and widely regarded as the world's premier consumer health website.

Formerly called eMedicine; now part of WebMD. Online reference and educational website for physicians and other health professionals; physician editorial board; commercially-sponsored site. Many features require free registration.

Free online version of high-quality medical reference handbooks; WKU has many of these in print also. Consumer health, professional health, pet and veterinary health, drugs/chemicals.

Facts, teaching materials, statistics, grants, and more, on drug abuse and addiction in the U.S.

One-stop stop for information on health and other careers, from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.

Portal for public health links, data, statistics.

Statistics on variety of health topics.