How to Research

Researching your diagnosis and treatment options will empower you in all your medical decision-making.  The following approach works well for information gathering.

Note: (January 2009)This information has been replaced by newer, more comprehensive information at About.com.  You may find any of the following articles to be of interest:

1.Finding Credible and Reliable Health Information on the Internet

2.Patient Friendly Internet Resources for Health and Medical Information

3.Using the Library to Do Health and Medical Research

4.Government Health and Medical Websites

5.Using Medical, Peer Reviewed Journals for Research

6.Using Symptom Checkers for Self-Diagnosis

7. Alternative and Complementary Medicine and the Web

8. How to Share Internet Health Information with Your Doctor