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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services.

National trends in health on topics ranging from mortality rates, risk factors, health care financing, etc.

Site is a section of the Medical Library Association’s Web site. This section provides a listing of 100 consumer health related Web sites that have been evaluated and found to be of significant quality.

Produced by the Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information, this site offers information on over 900 health topics. Podcasts and webcasts of health information are available along with transcripts of web chats with physicians answering health questions.

Features a range of authoritative fact sheets, posters, and other materials from a number of government agencies and other authoritative sources.

Operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

From the National Library of Medicine - provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variation on human health.

From the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa. A source to find the best lists of information in health and medicine.

Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, healthfinder links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations

Comprehensive coverage of consumer health concerns from a respected health provider.

Consumer health site of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

An authoritative, easy-to-navigate, and up-to-date website of quality information on complementary and alternative medicine.

Provides information for prescriptions drugs, over-the-counter medications, and herbáis and supplements. Also provides overviews of numerous diseases and conditions.

Provides slides, videos, learning modules, and case studies. You will need to create a free account to use the materials.