ConsumerLab.com
For information on national supplements. This site must be subscribed
to to get the full information, but still supplies some free information.
DrWeil.com:
Balanced Living
Part of the larger DrWeil.com site. Access health information from Dr. Weil,
a Harvard Medical School graduate who also holds an AB degree in biology (botany)
from Harvard University, and is a clinical professor of internal medicine.
Dr. Weil is an internationally recognized expert on medicinal herbs, mind-body
interactions, and Integrative Medicine. Special interest: Food
As Medicine | The
Healthy Kitchen | Home
Health Remedies | Vitamins & Supplements.
FCIC:Food
From the Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC). Access information
on nutrition and food safety.
Food And Drug Administration
From the United States Food And Drug Administration (FDA). This agency is charged
with regulating food, medical devices, drugs, biologicals (vaccines, blood
products, etc.), animal feed and drugs, cosmetics, and radiation-emitting
consumer and medical products. The FDA provides extensive consumer health
information in the areas over which they have regulatory control. Special
interest: Consumer Advice | Cosmetics | Dietary
Supplements | Food
Ingredients and Packaging | Food
Labeling and Nutrition.
herbalgram.org
From the American Botanical Council, a nonprofit educational and research
organization. The aim of this organization is to provide reliable, scientifically
sound information about medicinal herbs.
HerbMed HerbMed is a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation,
Inc. This herbal database provides hyperlinked access to the scientific
data underlying the use of herbs for health. Special Interest: Information
Resource Guides.
HMS: Harvard Health Publications
From Harvard Medical School. Access full text samples from Harvard's excellent
health letters. The entire letters are available through subscription or a
fee.
Nutrition.gov
This is is designed to be a one-stop portal to all US government sites with
nutrition information.
Nutrition Navigator
From Tufts University. Rather than publishing content on nutrition, this site
lists and rates other sites that have information on nutrition.
PDRhealth
Access health information on disease, health, drugs and supplements, including
content from Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) publications, such as PDR
Family Guide To Over-The-Counter Drugs, PDR Family Guide to Prescription
Drugs, PDR for Nutritional Supplements, PDR for Herbal Medicines. Special
interest: Disease
Overviews | Drug
Information | Natural
Medicines & Healing Therapies.
Prevention.com:
Recipes & Nutrition
This site is more than just the online version of the print magazine, it is "intended
to heighten awareness of health information." As the name implies, the
emphasis is on healthy living and the prevention of disease and includes information
on alternative treatments.
RxList
On over 4,000 prescription drugs get: Description, Clinical
Pharmacology, Indications and Usage, Contraindications, Precautions,
Drug Interactions, Adverse Reactions, Overdosage, Dosage and Administration,
and How Supplied.
WebMDHealth:
Diet & Nutrition From WebMD. WebMD's mission is to make available "the
most objective, trustworthy, and accurate health information
on the Web." Special interest: Drugs & Herbs.