Health Resources

Online Resources

There are many website available that offer health-related information. Here is a list of a few websites that you may find helpful.

Note: Women’s Health at Memorial Hospital does not endorse all the information on each website, so we encourage you to discuss and confirm the information you gather with own physician.

General health information

• www.familydoctor.org— From the American Academy of Family Physicians. A great place to start.
• www.mayoclinic.com— The Mayo Clinic website. Medical tools and information.
• www.mercksource.com— The classic Merck Manual, a great body atlas, and access to A.D.A.M. (an independent medical encyclopedia).
• www.webmd.com— A popular commercial website.
• www.nlm.nih.gov— T he National Institute of Health’s medical encyclopedia.
• www.thememorialhospital.org— Memorial Hospital website, where we are located.

Women’s health-related sites and other specific health topics

• www.4woman.gov— The National Women’s Health Information Center website.
• www.americanheart.org— American Heart Association.
• www.cancer.org— American Cancer Society.
• www.cdc.gov/women— Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Women’s Health.
• www.diabetes.org— American Diabetes Association.
• www.healthywomen.org— National Women’s Health Resource Center.
• www.womenshealthonly.com— Women’s Health Only, a commercial site.

About prescription and over-the-counter medications

• www.familydoctor.org— Prescription medications.
• www.pdrhealth.com— Over-the-counter (OTC) medications. You can search all medications or click on the OTC Link specifically.