The Best Of The Web's Health Sites

The Best of the Web's Health Sites

BBC Health
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/
The BBC's Health website contains some excellent information and frequently updated articles on the subject. One of our favourites: 'Get Motivated -How little exercise can I get away with?'

Department of Health
http://www.doh.gov.uk
The official site Department of Health offers an extensive collection of publications and policy statements about the National Health Service. The site contains information about the Department and the Freedom of Information Publication Scheme, as well as a News Desk and NHS policy and guidance.

Healthy Living
http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk
Healthy Living is a non-commercial website set up to promote Scotland's national healthy living campaign. It features a list of healthy eating activities by location, a quiz to help you assess how healthy your own diet is, top tips on healthy eating, recipe and meal ideas, and the opportunity to email an expert with your queries.

C-Health
http://chealth.canoe.ca/
C-Health features current health news, columnists, health association news, and a searchable database called "Disease in Depth", recommended if you require information about any particular disease or condition.

MedHunt
http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/
This is a medical research tool that searches the full text of 60,000 medical documents. Searches can be narrowed by location or type of source.

HealthWeb
http://www.healthweb.org/
This is a collection of links to evaluated information resources selected by librarians and information professionals at academic medical centres in the US. The selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs.

FirstPath.com
http://www.firstpath.com
The FirstPatch site offers Information and instructions on matters such as diet advice, health forums, exercise charts and diet programs. Take one of their self evaluating tests or join in the discussions.

Nutrition Calculators
http://wvda.org/calcs/
The range of online calculators on this site allows you to calculate your ideal body weight, body mass index, calories needed, and calories burned during activity.