Accurate health information is critical
Health Information for Patients
Mayo Clinic Health Solutions’ award-winning consumer Web site offers health information and self-improvement tools. MayoClinic.com’s medical experts and editorial professionals bring you access to the knowledge and experience of Mayo Clinic for all your consumer health information needs, from cancer, diabetes and heart disease to nutrition, exercise and pregnancy.
This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP. Articles on the website are well written, clear, and easy to understand.
NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. Dr. Val Jones does not necessarily endorse information found in the NCCAM section of the NIH Web site.
CDC.gov is CDC’s primary online communication channel. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on: data and statistics, diseases and conditions, emergencies and disasters, environmental health, healthy living, injury, violence and safety, life stages and populations, travelers’ health, workplace safety and health and more.
The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. The Society encourages the study of sex differences between women and men that affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Health Information for Healthcare Professionals
eMedicine.com comprises the largest and most current Clinical Knowledge Base available to physicians and other healthcare professionals. Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base, which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. The evidence-based content, updated regularly, provides the latest practice guidelines in 59 medical specialties. eMedicine’s professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication.
Health News
MedPage Today is the only medical news service for physicians that links consumer medical news and the professional medical analysis needed by clinicians. Through its daily coverage of breaking medical stories and topics widely reported in the consumer media, it provides clinicians with the real-time information they need to address their patients’ questions and to find out how new developments might impact their clinical practice.
This website reviews news stories that make a therapeutic claim about: specific treatments, procedures, investigational drugs or devices, vitamins or nutritional supplements, and diagnostic and screening tests. A multi-disciplinary team of reviewers from journalism, medicine, health services research and public health assesses the quality of the stories using a standardized rating system. Stories are graded and critiques are published on this website.
Medical Research
NEJM is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice. It is written by healthcare professionals for a primarily physician audience and is one of the most respected journals in the medical literature.
JAMA is a general medical journal published weekly, 48 issues per year, and new issues are posted on the Web site at 3 PM CT on Tuesdays. It is written by healthcare professionals for a primarily physician audience and is one of the most respected journals in the medical literature.
Quackwatch, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969 as the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, it was incorporated in 1970. In 1997, it assumed its current name and began developing a worldwide network of volunteers and expert advisors.
Services for Patients
eDocAmerica’s mission is to improve health by providing direct, online access to medical services, making it much more convenient to get the information you need to take better care of yourself. Board certified, experienced family physicians will answer your medical questions via email in under 24 hours, and often within 3 hours.
Doctokr is the award-winning family medical practice where the doctor talks directly to the patient (doc-talker), 24/7 – nights and weekends, too. Doctokr offers affordable, quality, convenient care, and same-day office visits and even house calls. The practice works with the business community to offer an affordable healthcare benefit that helps employees get the quality care they need quickly so that they can be healthier and can stay on the job. Doctokr care can be paired with catastrophic coverage, HSAs (health savings accounts), high-deductible healthcare plans, and FSAs (flexible spending accounts).
Radio Shows
Founded in 1983, Vital Options was the first psychosocial and advocacy organization for young adults with cancer, before expanding into an international cancer communications organization with the launch of The Group Room® cancer talk radio show in 1996. Vital Options is noted for its pioneering and innovative approaches in using cutting edge technology to advocate and communicate about cancer through a variety of audio and video formats.
