CIS: Cancer Information Service
A service and a web site offering services for the health consumer and health professional.

Federal Consumer Information Center
This site makes numerous federal publications available on the web.

Go Ask Alice
This consumer sight, put up by Columbia Univeristy, allows you to ask questions online anonymously and search former questions on a variety of topics that have been submitted.

HealthCareCoach.com
A special project from the non-profit legal organization, National Health Law Program (NHeLP). The site provides consumer information regarding health coverage issues and an individuals legal rights.

Healthfinder
Healthfinder is a consumer health and human services information web site from the US government containing access to online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Healthology Health Library
Articles on a variety of topics written by physicians with links to more information. Designed for health consumers as well as health professionals educating health consumers.

Mayo Clinic
A consumer health meta site supported by the Mayo Clinic.

Merck Manual
This is a searchable consumer health encyclopedia.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides this large site which defines CAM and classifies alternative medicine practice. The site also includes a description of the Center's program areas, information on research grants, a citation index of over 180,000 citations from Medline (1963-98); News and Events, and What's New pages. A good place to learn the current position of this government agency vis a vis alternative medicine.

Netwellness
This site covers a wide variety of consumer health information. You can also.

NOAH : New York Online Access to Health
Consumer health information from local and national health organization. Topics include descriptions of cancer, possible causes, types, symptoms, treatments, pain management, etc. The site is all in Spanish.

StarBright
Children with chronic health or serious illness. It is designed to be a powerful tool in helping children better cope with the challenges of dealing with disease, and is an interesting combination of medical information and research, and the entertainment industry. A few of the items available include a private online community of children and teens with chronic or serious illnesses, a 3-D animated game (with celebrity voices) that provides asthma education (and is free to children with asthma), and other interactive games on a variety of chronic disease topics. Also available is a \"Family Room,\" an online community for the family of a serious ill child.