More and more consumers are going to the Internet for healthcare information. Here are some health information Web sites you can trust:
OSUMC Quick Links
The Web sites of OSU Medical Center and OSU James Cancer Hospital – medicalcenter.osu.edu and jamesline.com – offer an abundance of health and wellness information, including some helpful guidelines on how to evaluate information on the Internet. Here are links to specific sections within our Web sites:
OSUMC Patient Education (OSU Medical Center’s database of more than 2,000 different patient education documents)
Health Information (OSU Medical Center provides information about various diseases and conditions that can affect your health)
Translated Patient Education Materials (A collaborative effort to improve health education for limited English proficient patients)
OSU James Cancer Hospital Web site (Access clinical trials, cancer treatment, support and prevention)
OSU Center for Integrative Medicine (Provides an evidence-based, patient-centered approach to holistic health care)
Center for Wellness and Prevention (Central Ohio's first and most comprehensive medically managed prevention and wellness center)
Health Information Web Links
Medline Plus (A service of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine which includes easy access to medical journals, drug information, medical encyclopedia and more)
Healthfinder (A service of the National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Top 100 Health Web Sites (A resource provided by the Medical Library Association of reliable Web sites for consumer health information)
Other Libraries
Get more health and medical information from some of these great libraries. Parts of their Web sites may require a user name and password.
John A. Prior Health Sciences Library
National Library of Medicine
Columbus Nationwide Children's Hospital Family Health Information Center
Ohio Web Library
Medline Plus Health News (By Date)
Medline Plus Health News (By Topic)