USEFUL LINKS

Valuable Medical Information Links
Learn about your health (and illnesses) so you may make informed health-related decisions for yourself and your family. Here is a collection of useful links for medical information web sites on the Internet. Some links may be to another area within the MCMS website but most of the links will be to sites outside the MCMS website. (Websites external to the MCMS site will open in a new browser window. To return to the MCMS web site simply close the new window.) Click on the link above to visit our members' websites. Be sure to read our disclaimer statement prior to linking to any of these sites.

• NC Health Info - a site with many links to health services, programs and providers in North Carolina.

• http://www.ncgov.org - a site containing contact information for all county, state and US government officials.

• Mecklenburg County Health Department

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention

• MEDLINEplus® - Look up medications, medical conditions and much more. This site contains over 150 interactive visual and sound interactive tutorials, links for Health Topics, Drug Information, Health Dictionary, Medical Encyclopedia, Physician Search, etc. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.

• National Institutes of Health - Health Information - A comprehensive array of consumer health information and links to numerous other health related sites. For revealing information about food portions today compared with those years ago, take an interactive "test" at this NIH site. "Food Portions Test" 

• WebMD® - This site provides wellness and disease information designed to help you better understand your health and how to deal with specific diseases or illnesses.

• The Mayo Clinic - On this site, you may look up many medical conditions for an easy-to-understand description. Here, you may also find detailed descriptions regarding many medications.

• Healthology - An excellent site for all sorts of health information.

• Association for Cancer Online Resources - A valuable tool for navigating cancer information on the Internet.

• Health Information for Older Adults - A special site for senior citizens.

• A layman's guide to "Death with Dignity" from the NC Medical Society (Living Will information)