Health

MedLine Plus 

This site from the National Library of Medicine offers links for health topics, dictionaries, organizations, news, and more.

NetWellness  

Highest quality health information and educational services created and evaluated by the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University.

Ask NOAH About: Health Topics and Resources          

The New York Online Access to Health index of resources on many health topics. 

Healthfinder  

A directory of sites from the Department of Health and Human Services.  Links are well organized, and there is a special section for young adults.  Click on the 'Details' button next to a link for a thorough description of the site.  Includes links to online journals, dictionaries, and libraries.

Intelihealth  

From Aetna U.S. Healthcare, this hub of health resources features information from Harvard Medical School, other universities, and government and private medical organizations.

WebMD  

The Net's most popular health site (3.5 million visitors in January, 2001).

Merck Manual Home Edition  

This site has a friendly user's guide which outlines medical terms and chapter organization, and a lengthy table of contents: everything you'd find in the print version of a good family medical guide. The newest version has videos, animations, and an audio guide to pronunciations.

Medscape Health for Consumers

Chosen by Yahoo! as "best health care portal." Information on medical conditions, diseases and drugs is "heavy on detail, light on jargon."

Internet Mental Health

Provides authoritative links for some serious conditions--panic disorders, agoraphobia, bipolar disorder, social phobia--that most of us don't recognize or understand.

Nutrition

CyberDiet  

Features many interactive assessment tools--everything a person would need to plan a healthy diet.  The "Daily Food Planner" helps construct a personal menu plan, complete with recipes and a shopping list.  The "Resource Center" posts practical information and advice for people on special diets or allergies, diabetes, and other medical conditions.

The Diet Channel  

Includes "over 600 links to reliable diet information."  Sections of interest to students may include sports nutrition, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, supplements, diet and heart disease, and 'functional' foods.  Links to many diet and activity analysis tools.

Food and Nutrition Information Center  

Excellent sections on eating disorders and dietary assessment (including the latest edition of the food pyramid).  The "Consumer Corner" has many full-text documents on the food and nutrition topics the public most frequently asks about.  From the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Nutrition Navigator 

Use this site to find out about many more health and nutrition sites, along with full descriptions and critical commentary.  The sites are rated on a 25 point scale by Tufts University's School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Asimba

Provides daily workout instructions and training regimens. You can keep a log of your workouts and diet online here.