• MEDSCAPE--An Online Resource for Better Patient Care
  This is a site used by more than 200,000 physicians.
• Healthfinder
  Government-sponsored site with links to more than 1,400 sites.
• Health on the Net Foundation
  A Medical Search Engine that allows users to type in key words to find appropriate sites.
• The National Institutes of Health
  A gateway to the extensive resources of Federal agencies, including a list of diseases being studied by the various institutes.
• CenterWatch: Clinical Trials Listing Source
  A list of clinical trials on various diseases, including a summary of the research and information on whom to contact.
• U. S. National Library of Medicine
  Provides access to the world’s largest biomedical library, including notice of important findings issued before studies have been published. For general health information, try the library’s easy-access site:
• National Library of Medicine
  General health information.
• The MAYO Clinic
  This famous clinic’s Web site provides accessible health information and allows users to E-mail questions to clinic physicians.
• www.smokesignals.org
  "Smoke Signals is an on-line interactive campaign that enlists young people to encourage loved ones to stop smoking. The program, sponsored by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (the folks that perform lung operations), highlights the difference between a diseased smoker's lungs and healthy lungs in a graphic display that is sure to inspire anti-smoking activity." That's what the web page says--you decide if you think these tactics are effective.
• www.tobaccofreekids.org
  The CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE KIDS is the country’s largest non-government initiative ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to second-hand smoke.
  

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