USEFUL LINKS

Valuable Medical Information Links
Learn about your health so you can make informed health-related decisions for yourself and your family. Here is a collection of useful links to medical information 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 U.S. 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    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 can look up many medical conditions for an easy-to-understand description. You can also find detailed descriptions regarding many medications.

• Healthology - An excellent site for 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.