Health

Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite

This annotated and searchable directory contains hundreds of fitness and health-related Webpages and resources. There's also a library of full-text articles on all the topics.

Food and Drug Administration Home Page

This web site is maintained by the Food and Drug Administration and features information regarding regulations and other pertinent data on food, cosmetics, human drugs and other topics. Additionally, the site features a search engine and an alphabetic index of the topics covered by the web site.

Healthfinder

This website is a gateway to consumer health information from the U.S. government and includes links to selected online publications, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and non-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public.

Mayo Health Oasis

Created and maintained by the Mayo Clinic, this website offers information on a number of health and fitness issues including diet and nutrition and women's health issues.

Medscape

Part medical and health advice web site, part medical marketplace, Medscape is a great site for getting medical & health information, especially for people who know what they are looking to find. For those new to the site, it does have a site search and specialty pages in topics ranging from pediatrics to primary care and lots in between.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th edition)

This Internet version of the popular print publication enables users to search a wide variety of medical disorders and find information about the disorders along with suggested methods of treatment.

USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

This database allows users to look up the nutrient content of 5,900 different foods. The database contains information on food groups, nutrient content, weights, and measures.