Local Resources

Consumer Health Resources in Allegheny County
A portal to local health resources for consumers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania compiled by public librarians.

Allegheny County Department of Human Services
The Human Services' Help In Hard Times provides a comprehensive portal to publicly funded health resources in Allegheny County available to income eligible residents.

United Way of Allegheny County
The United Way's Health Connections Database has an extensive regional directory of health and human service programs.

National Resources

Medical Library Association
MLA is a nonprofit, educational organization of more than 1,100 institutions and 3,600 individual members in the health sciences information field, committed to educating health information professionals, supporting health information research, promoting access to the world's health sciences information, and working to ensure that the best health information is available to all.

National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.

MedLine Plus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
NGC is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NGC was originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.

Drug Digest
DrugDigest is a noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make informed choices about drugs and treatment options.

Health Improvement Institute
The Institute's primary goal is to provide information to patients, providers, payors, purchasers, policy-makers, and the public about available alternatives to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to make informed health care choices.

HealthLine
Healthline Networks offers the easiest way for consumers to quickly and easily find consistently excellent health information on the Web.

Health Ratings
Provides consumers with independent evaluations and ratings of health websites.

Lab Tests Online
Lab Tests Online has been designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to 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.

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.

Your Disease Risk: Siteman Cancer Center
Here you can find out your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them.

sHealth News Review
HealthNewsReview.org is a website dedicated to improving the accuracy of news stories about medical treatments, tests and procedures.