(*whispering*)

You may not know it, but there is a lot of misinformation floating around the Web.

I’m not kidding.  This is totally. True.

Of course, this applies to health related topics as well.  That’s why I thought I’d share with you a few of my favorite go-to places…sites where I know I can trust the information to be as up-to-date and scientifically sound as possible.*

Mayo Clinic -  it doesn’t get much more state-of the art medicine  than the Mayo Clinic, and this is a great website for patients and medical people alike.  But don’t be intimidated…it’s readily digestible (and two of the top stories for today are things I wrote about here!  How cool is that?).

Medicine Net – this site claims to be physicians bringing their knowledge to you.  I do find it to be current…although, it seems to weigh a bit heavily on the, "Do you have this?" articles.  Still, a great resource.

Health Central -  Dr. Dean  Edell’s  site; for some reason, I find him very trustworthy.  His site hasn’t let me down.

Medline Plus - Medline was to me as a medical student what…well, BD is to us now!  An amalgamation of information and resources geared towards our needs. Medline Plus is a similar site, but with health consumers as the target audience.  It is provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the NIH.

*That being said, medicine is as much an art as a science, and science is in many ways art, too.  In other words…medicine is ever-evolving.  As with anything, be a wary and discerning consumer.

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