Patient Resources

Considering the amount of medical and health related information available on the internet, we suggest looking for the Health On the Net Foundation logo. These sites have information verified by health and medical specialists and can be trusted. Here are some of the sites we recommend for reliable medical information:

Patient/Consumer Information

• General information
• Information by diseases
• For kids
• Calculators
• Healthy lifestyle
• Smoking sessation
• Travel health advices
• Hospitals

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• Canadian Health Network
• Centers for Disease Control    (travel information)
• Consumer Health Information Community Access Program
• Consumer Health sites you can trust: from the Medical Library Association
• Doctor Dave's Medical Files
• egroups: find an e-mail forum that discusses health conditions
• Getting Well - from Physicians Desk Reference
• Global Family Doctor - Wonca on line
• Health Canada - Adverse reaction database
• Health Canada: Health promotion and Public Health site
• Health Care Information resources
• Healthboards Message boards on health related topics
• Healthfinder - US Government consumer health site
• Mayo Clinic Health and Medical Information
• MDChoice The Ultimate Medical Information Finder
• MDLinx
• Medical Post weekly newspaper
• Medical Tests: from Harvard
• MedicineNet: medical dictionary
• MedlinePlus
• Medscape
• Merck Home Companion: look up conditions
• National Network of Libraries for Health
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Patient information brochures (from the College of Family Physicians of Canada)
• PubMed
• Recommended Clinical Practice Guidelines  Ontario
• U.S. Federal Citizen Information Center: free downloadable pamphlets
• The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
• Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
• WebMD

• Calcium calculator
  
• Cholesterol Calculator
  
• Body Mass Index Calculator
  
• Diabetes: Online calculators
  

• Canada's Physical Activity Guide
  
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency Website
  
• Health Promotion Online : from the Canadian Government
  
• Healthy Heart Kit: from Health Canada
  
• Healthy Indoors: achieving a healthy environment
  
• Sexuality and you: from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
  
• Summer active: community events across Canada
  

• Breastfeeding : INFACT
  
• Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
  
• Caring for Kids: from the Canadian Pediatric Society
  
• Multiple Births Canada
  

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada
  
• Arthritis Canada - links to 5 key Canadian Arthritis organizations
  
• Asthma guidelines
  
• Canadian Cancer Society
  
• Canadian Hypertension Society
  
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada
  
• Diabetes - An Instant Reference
  
• Diabetes Association (Canada, CDA)
  
• Diabetes: Online calculators
  
• Endometriosis Research Center
  
• HIV/AIDS: Canadian HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse
  
• Lupus Canada
  
• Mental Health: from Vancouver psychiatrist
  
• National Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Foundation
  
• National Cancer Institute
  
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre
  
• Osteoporosis Society of Canada
  
• Parkinson Society Canada
  
• Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of Canada
  
• Speech and hearing resources for seniors
  
• Thyroid Foundation of Canada
  

• Hospital for Sick Children -Toronto
  
• Mount Sinai Hospital
  
• North York General Hospital
  
• St. Michael's Hospital
  
• Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
  
• University Health Network (Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital)
  
• York Central Hospital - Richmond Hill
  

• Canadian Council for Tobacco Control
  
• Tobacco Facts
  

• Bon Voyage, But...information for the Canadian traveller
  
• Center for Disease Control   
  
• Health Canada: travel advice
  

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Last updated: January 11, 2011