Health Online: WebWatch Rates the Sites

WebMD Health , http://my.webmd.com/ , sponsored by WebMD Corp. "Huge amount of trustworthy information on mainstream health topics."

National Institutes of Health , http://www.nih.gov/ , sponsored by National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. "Provides general information on comprehensive list of health topics."

MayoClinic.com , http://www.mayoclinic.com/ , sponsored by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. "High quality resource for consumers seeking health information."

MedicineNet.com , http://www.medicinenet.com/ , sponsored by Medicine Net Inc. "Articles written by physicians; reviewed by team of health professionals."

KidsHealth , http://www.kidshealth.com/ , sponsored by Nemours Foundations Center for Children's Health. "Wealth of content."

MedScape , http://www.medscape.com/ , sponsored by WebMd. "For consumers who want access to professional level articles."

Very Good

EMedicine.com , http://www.emedicine.com/ , sponsored by eMedicine Inc. "Those seeking in-depth information should look elsewhere."

Aetna Intelihealth , http://www.intelihealth.com/ , sponsored by Aetna Inc. "Resource for health information. Reading level may be too high for some consumers."

RealAge , http://www.realage.com/ , sponsored by RealAge Inc. "Interactive tools, such as questionnaires, quizzes and real age test."

Healthology.com , http://www.healthology.com/ , sponsored by Ivillage Inc. "Site is basically marketing tool for Healthology contents."

Healthsquare , http://www.healthsquare.com/ , sponsored by Choice Media Inc. "Site is of limited use to consumers."

Good

Yahoo!Health , http://health.yahoo.com/ , sponsored by Yahoo Inc. "Site seems to lack editorial quality control."