U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Buying Medical Products Online - Resource for consumers to help them make better buying decisions when shopping online. Includes information on how to determine if a site is legitimate, how to spot health fraud, and how to report fraudulent sites.
Provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues.
Not for profit, independent organization in the USA, informing and helping to protect members of the public in their encounters with the medical care system.
National Cancer Institute's fact sheet helps consumers help decide whether the health information they find on the Internet or receive via e-mail from a Web site is likely to be reliable.
The findings of a large 2001 study that describes and evaluates search engine performance and the quality and readability of health information (in English and Spanish), and provides conclusions and recommendations.
Physician-written articles on diseases, drugs, symptoms, treatments and lifestyle for men, women and children. Includes interactive videos, medical news, and details of recent research.
Legal battles are becoming more frequent between website authors/owners and the doctors or institutions written about on the sites. (September 14, 2005)
