Government Sites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This is the national reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. Read the latest news and find reliable general information about the transmission of these diseases and prevention research.
 
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
 
Healthfinder is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information on the Internet. Healthfinder can lead to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups.
 
The Official US Government site for Medicare; this site will answer questions, keep you current and aid in your search to reach helpful contacts.
 
MEDLINEplus is a gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
 
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Congress established the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in 1998 to stimulate, develop, and support research on alternative medicine. Information on research, clinical trials, and the center's databases are included in this site.
 
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health information site provides access to full-text consumer health publications, information about clinical trials, listings for health hotlines, information about AIDS research, and rare diseases.
 
This easy-to-use website features basic health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health. Site allows users to make the text bigger, change text color, or hear the text read aloud.