CR TACKLES ONLINE MEDICAL HELP
Consumer Reports spent two months exploring and evaluating the myriad medical
information sites on the Web, and has concluded, "The wealth of useful
medical information available online is well worth the initial difficulty of
finding one's way around this new world -- and the constant need to be on
guard against dubious material."  Their recommendations? 

http://www.ama-assn.org
http://www.medicinenet.com
http://medscape.com
http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu
http://parentsplace.com
http://pathfinder.com/thrive

Also recommended are two sites that offer links to other sites: 

http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/md.html
http://www.slackinc.com/matrix

(Consumer Reports Feb 97 p27)