Helpful Medical Websites

Medical Dictionaries

Consumer Health Meta Sites

HealthAtoZ
Aetna Intelihealth featuring Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information
MedlinePlus
MedWebPlus
WebMD

Links to Abstracts and Articles

PubMed From the PubMed website: "PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources."
National Library of Medicine Gateway Search multiple NLM databases (including Medline and Medline Plus)

Pharmaceutical Resources

Drug InfoNet
Drug Information from MedlinePlus
PDR.Net for Consumers - Drug Info
RxList.com (The "Patient Info" link puts the information in non-user-friendly frame format. I don't use it because I can't see everything. I prefer the detailed clinical information about the drugs anyway, so after I search, I click on the drug name in the left-hand panel, not the Patient Info link.)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Sites

HerbMed From HerbMed: "Links an interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data (including Medline, etc.) underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public." Includes great list of related links.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine From NCCAM: "Our mission is to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to train researchers in CAM, and to disseminate information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why."

Rare Disorders / Birth Defects

Miscellaneous