Health Websites
Activate Upper Palmetto - YMCA's free healthy living program for York and Chester counties; allows participants to monitor weight loss and physical activity, access health-related articles and recipes, and more.
Centers for Disease Control - Federal agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of people by providing information to enhance health decisions.
Drug Information - Provides drug information for both the consumer and the medical professional.
Food and Drug Administration - Assures the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, the nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
Mayo Clinic - Provides useful and up-to-date medical information and tools.
Medical Alerts - Quackwatch, a nonprofit organization that provides information to combat health-related frauds, myths, and fads.
Medicare and Prescription Help - See if you qualify and apply for help with Medicare prescription drug costs at the official Social Security website.
Medline PLUS - Get health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
National Institutes of Health - Find information about medical issues.
S.C. Healthy Gateway - Provides information for healthy living to the people of South Carolina.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Healthfinder, a federal website for consumers for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
Your Surgery - Provides easy-to-understand information for common and specific surgical procedures.