Health Information

www.healthfinder.gov - Get tips from the Department of Health and Human Services on choosing a health plan, doctor, or course of treatment, even selecting a long-term health-care facility. Read overviews of illnesses and the latest health research about them, and access a host of medical resources that can help families stay healthy.

www.nlm.nih.gov - At this gateway to the world's largest biomedical library, the National Library of Medicine, you can even read notices of important medical findings before they are published in studies. The library's easy-access site also provides general health information at www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus.

www.nih.gov - Get easy access to the National Institute of Health's (NIH) 25 institutions and research trials. (The NIH's Internet site specifically for cancer trials is
cancertrials.nci.nih.gov.)