Symptom Checker  New 
Look up symptoms and causes.  Provided by  A.D.A.M., a leading provider of health information to healthcare organizations, employers, consumers, brokers, and educational institutions

  Medical Dictionary for Kids
From the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media

  Health Hotlines
Toll-free hotlines to over 14,000 biomedical information resources, organizations, support groups, databases, research resources, etc.  Topics include AIDS, cancer, maternal and child health, aging, substance abuse, disabilities, mental health, and much more.   Many offer Spanish versions and direct links to websites.

  Prescription Drug Information
From DrugDigest, a consumer health and drug information website of Express Scripts.

 Lab Test Explanations
Organized by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, this non-commercial site explains many clinical labs tests, how they are done, what they screen for, and what the numbers mean.

 Merck Manual - Online Edition  New
This is the complete Home Edition of the world's most widely used textbook of medicine—The Merck Manual—but written in everyday language by 300 outstanding contributors.  Provided free of charge on the Internet by Merck & Co., Inc., as a public service.

  Alternative Medicine Information
From the National Information Center at the US Department of Health & Human Services

  Videos of Surgical Procedures
From the National Library of Science and the National Institutes of Health.  Watch actual surgical procedures for a wide variety of conditions.  (NOTE: Requires RealPlayer plug-in which you can download free from this site.)

 Useful Consumer Health Web Sites
Sites recommended by the Medical Library Association