The Best Health Websites Recommended
by the Sutter Resource Library

The Sutter Resource Library is Sacramento's Consumer Health Library. The librarians at the Sutter Resource Library suggest the following websites for medical information.

www.medlineplus.gov

Information selected by Health Sciences librarians and the National Library of Medicine. A great site; it may be the only one you need.

http://pubmed.gov

Medline database from the National Library of Medicine. It is more technical than the above site. Used by most physicians and medical librarians.

www.mayohealth.org

Directed by a team of Mayo Clinic Physicians.

www.noah-health.org

By the New York Academy of Medicine, New York Public Library and others. Spanish language too.

http://intelihealth.com

By Harvard Medical School and Aetna US Healthcare.

http://healthtalk.com

Disease Education Networks. Interactive web broadcasts.

http://netwellness.org

By the faculty of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University.

http://familydoctor.org

American Academy of Family Physicians. Site has more than 200 peer-reviewed handouts, many in Spanish.

www.spine-health.com

All about back pain. Includes original articles written by a multi-specialty team of health professionals.

http://cancer.gov

Great overall cancer site from NCI. Includes treatment and clinical trials.

http://suttercancer.org

By Sutter Cancer Center.

Physician Information

www.medbd.ca.gov

California Medical Board

www.ama-assn.org

AMA "doctor finder"

www.ssvms.org/directory

Pictorial directory of local doctors who belong to the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society

Hoaxes and Quackery
Check these sites to find out the real story

www.quackwatch.com

www.cdc.gov/hoax_rumors.htm

Sacramento Valley Benefits Group