The following hyperlinks are not part of the St. Mary's
website, but are provided for your convenience.
About.com
www.about.com
ONE OF THE greatest collections of information on diseases and conditions
on the Net. It spans the globe and provides interactive chats and
forums for experts and patients to come together. This site not
only directs you to outside sources, but also takes each topic and
gives you the rundown from top to bottom.
Best Doctors
www.bestdoctors.com
The idea behind this site is simple: find the best doctors and provide
the best content on a site that others can access free of charge.
Founded by a man who was diagnosed with an inoperable tumor and
wanted the best doctors to treat him, he set out to empower other
patients through information.
HealthAtoZ.com
www.healthatoz.com
This is the kind of site that contains so much information that
there’s little chance you won’t find what you’re
looking for. Not only are the diseases covered extensively, but
the interactive tools make your search for information much more
enjoyable. Come here to learn, then take advantage of links to other
sources to intensify your search for information.
Healthcommunities.com
www.healthcommunities.com
This site is specifically designed to give you disease-related information
through what it calls channels. It’s one of the most interactive
medical portals on the Net, offering chats, discussion forums, and
clinical trials. This site enables you to access the world of medicine
in seconds.
Healthfinder
www.healthfinder.gov
This government portal opens the world of Internet medicine. Whether
it’s through tools such as libraries, online journals, or medical
dictionaries or hot topics that might interest you, this site delivers
quickly and with reliability. A big bonus of the site is that it
also provides content in Spanish.
InteliHealth
www.intelihealth.com
It’s important for a portal to "have it all." This
one is a good example. Whether it’s drug information, a medical
dictionary, or a rundown on a long list of diseases and conditions,
Intelihealth is your gateway to top-notch information. It doesn’t
hurt to have Harvard Medical School’s consumer health information
tied to the site.
MedicineNet.com
www.medicinenet.com
You don’t have to be a member to access this deep site of medical
information. Besides listing every known disease, this site offers
a built-in medical dictionary that will help you distinguish between
tendons and ligaments and allow you to follow more closely those
phrases thrown about on NBC television’s hit, "ER".
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
This is arguably the leading collection of health research institutes
in the world. Whether the topic is allergy and infectious disease
or cancer, this is your gateway to health information. You’ll
find the latest in research and well-written fact sheets and brochures
that reach out to inform us all.
National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov
This is the best electronic medical library in the world. It gives
you access to the most important research and links to thousands
of sites, sending you around the globe for the best information
in a matter of seconds. Physical medical libraries, beware –
this site could one day put you out of business!
WebMD
www.webmd.com
One of the most heavily marketed portals on the Net, this site stands
up to most of the hype. It’s nicely divided for different audiences,
ranging from patients and doctors to physician assistants to health
teachers. It has a robust television service that allows you to
watch broadcasts on different health topics.
Dr. Ian Smith is a medical correspondent for NBC’s
"Today" show and WNBC-TV in New York City. He also writes
a weekly health column for the New York Daily News and is a contributing
columnist for Time magazine.
Excerpted from "Dr. Ian Smith’s Guide
to Medical Websites" by Ian K. Smith, M.D. Copyright 2001 by
Ian K. Smith, M.D.. Excerpted by permission of AtRandom, a division
of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt
may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from
the publisher.
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