Medical/Health Information on the Internet

This resource is from one of the world's leading consumer health sites, MedlinePlus. It answers the question: how can you tell good health information sites from bad ones? This webpage links to resources that will help you learn how to find reliable sources of health information, and includes a tutorial, a guide, and other resources of interest.

This page provides advice and guidelines for evaluating the content of health-related websites.

Quackwatch is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Information on quackery, and questionable therapies including natural medicine therapies, are investigated on this site. Quackwatch is closely affiliated with the National Council Against Health Fraud in the United States.

HON was founded to encourage the dissemination of quality health information for patients, professionals, and the general public. They facilitate access to relevant medical data through the use of the Internet. The 'HONcode' is the oldest and most reliable code of ethics and quality for health and medical information on the Internet.

This webpage provides access to three documents: 1) Health information on the internet: A checklist to help you judge which websites to trust; 2) A list of recommended websites that have trustworthy health information; and 3) Finding trustworthy health information: Identifying reliable websites. Users can also access relevant links and a Communication Toolkit that facilitates finding quality health care, making wise health care decisions, and being informed health care consumers.