1. Consumer information, services and publications

• healthfinder
A gateway consumer health and human services website sponsored by the U.S. government

• National Library of Medicine
Includes direct MEDLINE access for on-line searches of medical literature

• NOAH (NY Online Access to Health)
Information on a variety of health topics, some in Spanish, with lists of resources in NYC and selected upstate areas

2. Illness and condition-specific information

• AIDS

• Allergies and asthma

• Arthritis

• Cancer

• Children

• Clinical trials 

• Diabetes

• Disease prevention and wellness

• Headaches


• Heart disease and stroke

• Mental health

• Urology

• Women's health

3. Prescription drugs

• Food and Drug Administration
Provides information about drugs recently approved by the FDA, complete text of drug package inserts and Medwatch, the reporting program for adverse reactions and product problems.

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Includes warnings about similar names and packaging of different drugs, a practitioner reporting system for medication errors, and alerts for patients.

• MEDLINEplus: Drug Information Drug information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications from the National Institutes of Health.

• Safe Medication.com
Sponsored by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists; contains drug information by brand or generic name, potential side effects and precautions.

4. Health facilities where PEF members work

• Helen Hayes Hospital
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• SUNY Health Science Center Downstate
• SUNY Health Science Center Upstate
• SUNY Stony Brook