The web offers a wealth of wellness information, and at no charge! Below, we’ve assembled a representative list of sites providing health-related news, advice and information.

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Health News, Information and Advice

• ABCNews.com Health
• Aetna Intelihealth
• BBC News Health
• CBSNews.com Health
• CNN.com Health
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans (US Dept. of Health & Human Services)
• DrKoop.com
• eDiets.com
• Harvard World Health News
• Healthfinder
• HealthGrades (Consumer information on physicians, hospital and nursing homes)
• ICD9.chrisendres.com (Medical terminology dictionary)
• Hospital Compare (Hospital information, quality measures and patient tools offered through the US Dept. of Health & Human Services)
• Laurus Health
• MSNBC Health
• MyHealthGuide.com
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Reuters Health Information Services
• WebMD
• www.health.gov (Links to government health-related sites)
• Yahoo! Health News
• Your Health Daily

Women’s Health

• FDA Information for Women
• Fitness Online
• Office on Women's Health
• Prevention

Men’s Health

• Men’s Fitness
• Men’s Health
• Men’s Health Network

Children’s Health

• BabyCenter
• FDA Kids’ Health
• KidsHealth
• Kid Source On Line

Health Care Organizations and Agencies

• Alzheimer’s Association
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association of Retired Persons
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Liver Foundation
• American Lung Association
• American Physical Therapy Associated
• American Speech Language Hearing Association
• Arthritis Foundation
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• FDA
• Health & Human Services
• Heart Failure Society of America
• Indiana State Department of Health
• Leukemia & Lymphona Society
• March of Dimes
• Medicare
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• National Cancer Institute
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• National Institutes of Health
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Mental Health Association
• Office of Rare Diseases
• Ohio Department of Health
• Osteoporosis Foundation
• West Virginia Department of Health & Human Services