Helpful Internet Websites: Medical

Promotes the science and art of medicine and the betterment of public health

"CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. For more than 70 years, we’ve put science into action to help children stay healthy so they can grow and learn; to help families, businesses, and communities fight disease and stay strong; and to protect the public’s health information."

"high quality, data driven public health services" Expert information on current health issues, food inspection, immunization and much more.

Award winning site whose goal is to inspire "parents to become knowledgeable partners who can work with their children's physicians in new and rich ways."

"Healthy People provides 10-year, measurable public health objectives — and tools to help track progress toward achieving them.: from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Visual tour of human anatomy with descriptions

"literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus."
Subcollection of articles from PubMed updated daily.

Directed by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists, writers and educators and updated each weekday

authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

Register for free and access 50 professional medical journals and medical news periodicals. Also provides the latest medical headlines, links to practice guidelines, treatment updates and patient resources, such as Micromedex CareNotes.

Medical topics, photos, videos, and animations (English/Spanish)

"Trusted information to help your family stay healthy." from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Library of Medicine's search service to access the citations in MEDLINE

Focus on wellness and healthy lifestyles

Conduct and support research and provide information about complementary health products and practices. Part of the National Institutes of Health

Medscape

This site is co-hosted by the U.S. National Institute of Health and the National Library of Medicine

US Govt agency "Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses."

from NIMH

Data by state from the Centers for Disease Control

"Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues" Data by state and comparisons between states, from the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation

One-stop check of 1,550 federal, state and local programs providing benefits to low-income senior citizens including health, housing, legal, education, transportation programs and more

Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide health coverage for low-income children, families, seniors and people with disabilities.

Medicare is government sponsored health insurance for people 65 or older. You’re first eligible to sign up for Medicare 3 months before you turn 65. You may be eligible to get Medicare earlier if you have a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease).