General Health Guides

American Academy of Family Physicians: 'Health information for the whole family'

http://familydoctor.org/

Healthfinder website: 'Your guide to reliable health information, sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion'

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Aetna 's 'Intelihealth' website, featuring Harvard Medical School 's Consumer Health Information

http://www.intelihealth.com

Mayo Clinic's website

http://www.mayoclinic.com/

UPMC's health information website; topics arranged by diseases & conditions

http://www.upmc.com/DiseasesConditions.htm

UPMC's patient education website; information on health topics arranged alphabetically

http://patienteducation.upmc.com/

Medline Plus website; consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health

http://www.medlineplus.gov/

PA Dept of Health website

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/site/default.asp

Homepage of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention website

http://www.cdc.gov

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary, courtesy of Aetna 's 'Intelihealth' website

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9276/9276.html?k=navx408x9276

Merck Manuals online; free medical information for consumers and professionals

http://www.merck.com/pubs/

Emergency care and consumer health information (' provides comprehensive first aid and emergency information to prepare you for medical emergencies, injuries, minor medical conditions and basic first aid')

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/hp.asp/

Discovery Channel's online health information

http://health.discovery.com/

Dr. Andrew Weil's website, ' a free online resource for healthy living based on an integrative medicine philosophy'

http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/index.html

WebMD website; free consumer health information

http://www.webmd.com/

Medline Plus' free online Medical Encyclopedia ('over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries')

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html