Online Health Info

To find health info you can trust, visit:

• General Health Info: MedlinePlus.gov
• Kid’s Health: https://kidshealth.org/en/kids
• Teen’s Health: https://kidshealth.org/en/teens
• Men’s Health: https://medlineplus.gov/men.html
• Women’s Health: https://www.womenshealth.gov/patient-materials 
• Health for Older Adults [MedlinePlus]: https://medlineplus.gov/olderadults.html
• Genetics Home Reference: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
• MedSpeak: What Did My Doctor Say?: http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=580
• Understanding Medical Words: https://medlineplus.gov/medicalwords.html
• Videos about Procedures, Surgeries, and Diseases: https://medlineplus.gov/videosandcooltools.html
• MedlinePlus Games: https://medlineplus.gov/games.html
• Check Your Risk, Quizzes [MedlinePlus]: https://medlineplus.gov/healthchecktools.html

 

If you use another website to find health info online, use these 4 tips to decide if the site is good. A good health info site:

1. Tells you who wrote the info. It is usually a healthcare worker like a doctor or nurse.
2. Does not ask you for personal info like your birthday, social security number, credit card number, or email address.
3. Exists to help people (not sell things). Helpful sites often end with .edu, .gov, or .org (not with .com).
4. Has an “about us” or “about this site” page.

 

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