How to Find Health Information on the Internet (Health Information)

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A patient or any of his/her relative who is not satisfied with the attention given to him by his physician would naturally want to get more information on the internet about the ailment and possible remedies. This will not only inform the patient and his relatives, it may also provide the needed turn around in getting qualitative medical care.

The problem is that most of those people seeking health information on the internet do not know the tools and combination of resources to use when seeking for health information on the internet.

Here are the resources that will guarantee a successful search:

Content Specific sites
Sites owned by world bodies and organisations have a strong database of information on diseases and their conditions. The world health organisation and the centre for disease control are organisations very rich in health information on the internet. You can go to such sites and mime the archive for relevant information.

Specialized Sites
These sites are good in the areas of specialization. If you are looking for information on diabetes for example, going to any diabetes organisation site is the best tool to get information on the disease condition.

Hepatitis network website is another specialized site to hunt for information on the internet if your are seeking information on hepatitis. Such sites have links to sister organisations that provides more than enough information and remedies.

Expert Sites
Some experts in the medical fraternity maintains specific websites to show their discoveries in various areas of specialization. Heading to such sites will definitely make enough information available about the diseases they are so knowledgeable on. When you type the name of the expert on your browser search engine, you will be guided to such sites.

Journals
Journals in the area of health information you seek will give you recent information on the kind of disease you are interested in. Diseases such as cancer, diabetes, back pain, tumors etc all have journals published to provide scientific discoveries in those medical specializations.

Association Sites
All fields in the medical fraternity relate together through professional associations. Such associations which maintains presence on the internet provide bountiful information on their disciplines and associated diseases. They also share their experiences through such media. Links on their sites are full of information that could be of help.

Medical Search Engines
Instead of concentrating your effort on using general search engines like yahoo and Google to search for health information, your best option is to use any of the following medical search engines. These include medhunt and medline plus.

Any medical terminology you can't understand is readily explained in the medical encyclopaedia available on such sites.

With these 6 specialized tools, i believe your success rate on finding health information on the internet will greatly improve in quality and authority.
By: Solomon Benard


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