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Consumer and Community Health
Resources
Updated 1/09/08
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IntelliHealth
- From Johns Hopkins University Medical Center comes a
consumer-oriented medical website. Check out their News section (on the
menu bar at the bottom of the page) for informative news stories related
to consumer health issues.
- Consumer Gateway: Health
- Collections of links to consumer-oriented reports and news on a
variety of health topics.
- Consumer Advice:
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Links to information on a variety of food safety issues and problems,
from the Federal Trade Commission .
- Food Safety
- Publications which address food safety issues, from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
- Electronic Public Service
Announcements
- HHS supports many public service campaigns, providing health and
social service information to the public. These public service campaigns
often include their own Web Site.
- EPA Fact Sheets on
Indoor Air Quality
- "The EPA has produced 7 fact sheets on Indoor Air Quality. Some are
policy documents, while others are more practically-oriented."
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Should
You Believe These Weight Loss Claims?
- Information on schemes that try to deceive consumers related to
weight loss.
- Consumer Reports Online
- Unbiased reports and information about products and services,
prepared by the Consumers' Union. "You'll find Consumer Reports advice,
ratings and recommendations, based on [their] independent testing of
consumer products and services. You'll find no advertising on this
site."
- The Better Business Bureau
- "The Better Business Bureau provides instant access to business and
consumer alerts as well as helpful resources. Plus, you can file a
complaint online and more." Includes the latest consumer warnings and
other news from the BBB, consumer buying guides and business
publications, and related information.
- Reuters
Health Information Services
- Check here for recent alerts and news about consumer health issues in
the Reuters medical news archive. (Tip: Search on the keyword: "fraud".)
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