Search Engines

MedlinePlus	USA National Library of Medicine
PatientUK	Links to UK-based medical information resources
TRIP	Health database with search facility
Bandolier	UK
Mayo Clinic	Mayo Clinic US patient information
MamaHealth	A meta search engine for health topics
National Library for Health	UK patient resources
Pubmed	US Library of Medicine. Medical journal articles.
National Cancer Institute	US National Library of Medicine's Cancer search
Medhunt	Search of all medical websites
JAMA Patient Education	Journal of the American Medical Assn Patient information
WebMD	General health information
Medscape	Academic articles
Clinical Knowledge Summaries	NHS library
Harvard Medical School	US educational site (general)
Dermnet (NZ)	New Zealand skin site
SearchMedica	Health Meta search engine (General medicine)
National Institute of Health (USA)	Search this website
Health databases	A link to 8 health databases from Otago Univ.
National Institute for Clinical Excellent (UK)	Literature reviews (general)
Cochrane Database	Systematic reviews of research
National Library of Medicine (US)	Databases with American focus
Websurg	Videos of operations (requires registration)
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) US	US Government site covering credible information
eMedicine	Peer reviewed knowledge base
British Medical Journal search	UK
British Medical Journal knowledge base	UK
Encyclopedia of Surgery	For patients
Answers.com	General medical reference
Lab Tests Online Understand your lab tests	Peer reviewed, non-comercial site
Cancerbackup (UK)	General advice on cancer
Medica The GP's search engine	Intended for professional GPs
netdoctor (UK)	UK bias.Covers a wide range of general medicine
WRAPIN "Worldwide reliable advice to patients"	Trustworthy medical sources. A European project
Healthology	Physician generated health topics
Cochrane Library	Evidence based summaries
BestTreatments	UK clinical evidence
Better Health Channel	Australia (Vic) government
Cancer Care Nova Scotia	Government site
eMedicine from WebMD (US)	General Surgery topics
Virtual Medical Centre (Aust)	General medicine for patients