Medical Information
Kids Doctor
Created by a physician to provide parents with general information about childhood ailments, this web site offers quite an extensive wealth of general medical information. A search engine allows parents to search for information related to a specific illness, and an email address lets parents send their questions to the
doctor for general, non-individualized information.
KidsHealth.org
This site is divided into sections for kids, parents, and health care professionals. It is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has an easy search option to access the entire web site database for information on a specific subject. It also has links to other pages with interesting information.
Healthfinder
This site is a consumer-related gateway to health and human services information from the U.S. government. The search engine links the consumer to resources on a particular subject, offers links to the latest health news, events and press releases, and provides links to online journal publications. Also supplies links to toll
free numbers, self-help and support group information.
MedWeb Pediatrics
This site contains a multitude of medical links on almost any possible topics. Topics range from Parenting to AIDS to Consumer Health. A good starting point for any pediatric related web search.
National Center for Health Statistics
Information about birth, death and health statistics can be located here. Access to news releases, fact sheets, minutes from NCHS meetings, and a bibliography with brief abstracts of journal articles published by the NCHS is contained on this site. There is a "frequently asked questions" segment regarding health statistics and
links to other health-related sites.