Health Search Engines

When you are looking for information about your child's condition, health-related web sites are a good place to start. The following web sites offer usefull and accurate information.

The Canada Health Portal
The Canada Health Portal is and internet site that provides Canadians with an authoritative and integrated view of health information and services from various governments jurisdictions and organizations accross Canada.

The Canadian Health Network
The Canadian Health Network (CHN) is a national, bilingual health promotion program found on the Web at www.canadian-health-network.ca. The CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease.

Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions.

Caring for Kids
Caring for Kids is designed to provide parents with information about their child's health and well-being. Because the site is developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society - the voice of Canada's 2,000 + paediatricians - you can be sure the information est reliable.

Cataloge et Index des Sites Medicaux Francophones
Site in French
Internet being a major source of health information, the CISM's project is to index all the best medical sites in French.

Family Doctor
This web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), an national medical organization, representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.

Family Village
The family Village is a web site  for children and adults with disabilities, their families, and their friends and allies. Family Village brings together thousands of online resources in an organized, easy-to-use directory. The centerpiece of Family Village is the library, where visitors can find information on over 300 diagnosis.

Genetics Home Reference - Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions
Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.

Household Products Database
What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Learn more about what's in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling.

KidsHealth
KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the web providing doctor-approuved health information about children before birth through adolescence. Created by Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, uo-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

MedlinePlus - Trusted Health Information for You
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of health (NIH), and other governement agencies and health-related organizations from the US. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, and illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

New York Online Access to Health
High quality information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. NOAH provides links to hundreds of web sitesm organized by broad topics and sub-categories.

Orphanet
ORPHANET is a database dedicated to information on rare diseases and oprhan drugs. Access to this databes is free of charge. ORPHANET aims to improve management and treatment of genetic auto-immune or infectious rare diseases, rare cancers, or not yet classified rare diseases.

Rare Diseases Database
Search this database for reports on more than 1,150 rare diseases.

The Rare Disease Community
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has partenered with ClinicaHealth to create a free, unique on-line community service for rare-disease patients, their families, and caregivers. It will be a place where people can find and support one another, share stories and build a network of online friends. 

Neuro-Patient Ressource Centre - Montreal Neurological Hospital
Childhood & Adolescent Conditions
The Neuro-Patient Resource Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is a part of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The center can you find good information on childhood and adolescent neurological diseases, disorders and treatments. The Centre is able to give you information on resources at the MUHC and in the community.


This page contains links to web sites which provide health information. Please note that these sites are not affiliated with The Montreal Children’s Hospital Family Resource Library.