Open Directory - Health: Resources: Consumer Information
See also: This category in other languages: - 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. - Includes doctor locator, careers information, patient advocacy, caregiver self-assessment, and health fact files. - Guide to hospitals, health clinics, medical practices and specialties in the USA, with advice for international visitors. - 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. - Tests popular nutritional non-prescription supplements to ascertain ingredient quantity and quality. - Provides information for consumers about issues affecting the quality of dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and botanical or herbal products. - Reviews of online eyeglass retailers, including pricing, and BBB ratings. - Dedicated to helping people obtain eyeglasses online. Reviews, consumer ratings, e-mail discussion group. - Health law, policy and regulatory materials. Organized deep links to US government health care resources. - 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. - Gateway to publications and online resources for consumers and professionals. - 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. - Includes health resources, discussion and news. - Improperly fitted contact lenses can cause serious health problems. Over the counter sales of nonprescription contact lenses are illegal in the United States. (July 07, 2010)
