Resources

Comprehensive Australian Sites 

HealthInsite (Federal government portal) - www.healthinsite.gov.au
myDr - www.mydr.com.au
Better Health Channel (Victoria State Health) - www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
NSW Health Dept www.health.nsw.gov.au/topics
Queensland Health - www.health.qld.gov.au
HealthySA - www.healthysa.sa.gov.au
Department of Health and Ageing - www.health.gov.au
ABC Health Matters - www.abc.net.au/health 

Comprehensive International

Medline Plus (US) - www.medlineplus.gov
Family Doctor (US) - www.familydoctor.org
Net Doctor (UK) - www.netdoctor.co.uk
The Merck Manual Home Edition (US) - www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
 

SPECIFIC TOPICS

Allergy
Aust. Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy - www.allergy.org.au

Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Australia - www.alzheimers.org.au

Arthritis
Arthritis Australia - www.arthritisaustralia.com.au

Asthma
National Asthma Council - www.nationalasthma.org.au
Asthma Foundations of Australia - www.asthmaaustralia.org.au

Bowel and digestive diseases
Gastroenterological Society of Australia - www.gesa.org.au
Gut Foundation - www.gut.nsw.edu.au
Bowel cancer - National Bowel Cancer Screening Program - www.cancerscreening.gov.au

Brain Disorders
Brain Australia - www.brainaustralia.org.au

Cancer
Cancer Council of NSW - www.cancercouncil.com.au
American Cancer Society (US) - www.cancer.org
Cancerbackup (UK) - www.cancerbackup.org.uk

Coeliac disease
The Coeliac Society of Australia - www.coeliac.org.au

Complementary and alternative medicine
National Centre for Complementary and Alternative  - www.nccam.nih.gov/health
Medicine/Medline Plus (US) - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/herb_All.html

Diabetes
Diabetes Australia - www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
International Diabetes Institute - www.idi.org.au

Glycemic Index
www.glycemicindex.com

Depression
Beyondblue - www.beyondblue.org.au
Black Dog Institute - www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
DepressioNet  www.depressionet.com.au

Drug and Alcohol
Australian Drug Information Network - www.adin.com.au
Australian Drug Foundation - www.druginfo.adf.org.au

Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Foundation  - www.edf.org.au

Eczema
Eczema Association of Australia - www.eczema.org.au

Epilepsy
Epilepsy Action - www.epilepsy.org.au

Exercise
Active for Life - www.activeforlife.com.au

First Aid
St John Ambulance Australia - www.stjohn.org.au

Glaucoma
Glaucoma Australia - www.glaucoma.org.au

Head cold
Gottacold - www.gottacold.com

Headache
Headache Australia  - www.headacheaustralia.org.au

Heart disease
National Heart Foundation - www.heartfoundation.com.au

Hepatitis
Australian Hepatitis Council - www.hepatitisaustralia.com

Humour
Medical Laughter.com - www.medicallaughter.com/morefun.php

Immunisation
Immunise Australia - www.immunise.health.gov.au

NSW Health - www.health.nsw.gov.au

Incontinence
Incontinence Foundation of Australia - www.continence.org.au

Kidney disease
Kidney Health Australia  - www.kidney.org.au

Lung Disease
The Australian Lung Foundation - www.lungnet.com.au

Macular Degeneration
Macular Degeneration Foundation - www.mdfoundation.com.au

Medication
National Prescribing Service - www.nps.org.au

Medicare
Medicare Australia - www.medicareaustralia.gov.au

Meningitis
The Meningitis Centre - www.meningitis.com.au 
 

MENTAL HEALTH

Australian
Sane Australia - www.sane.org
Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety & Depression - www.crufad.com
Mood Gym Training Program  - www.moodgym.anu.edu.au
Adolescent - Reach Out www.reachout.com.au

International
Internet Mental Health (US) - www.mentalhealth.com
Mentalhelp.net (US) - www.mentalhelp.net

Nutrition
Nutrition Australia - www.nutritionaustralia.org
Go For Your Life - www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au
Healthy Eating Club - www.healthyeatingclub.org
Dieticians Association of Australia  - www.daa.asn.au
Go for 2 and 5 - www.gofor2and5.com.au

Orthopaedics
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (US) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org

Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis Australia - www.osteoporosis.org.au

Patient support groups
The Doctors Reference Site - www.drsref.com.au/support.html

Seniors
Seniors.gov.au - www.seniors.gov.au

Sexual Health
Family Planning Association - www.fpahealth.org.au
Australian Herpes Management Forum - www.ahmf.com.au

Skin diseases
Royal Australian College of Dermatologists - www.dermcoll.asn.au
DermNet (NZ) - www.dermnetnz.org

Sleep
Sleepnet.com (US) - www.sleepnet.com
National Sleep Foundation (US) - www.sleepfoundation.org

Smoking
Quit Now - www.quitnow.info.au
Quit Victoria  - www.quit.org.au

Sports medicine
Smartplay - www.smartplay.com.au

Stroke
National Stroke Foundation  - www.strokefoundation.com.au

Thyroid Disease
Thyroid Australia Ltd - www.thyroid.org.au

Tinnitus
Australian Tinnitus Association - www.tinnitus.asn.au

Travel Medicine
Smartraveller (Australian government) - www.smartraveller.gov.au
Centre for Diseases Control (US) - www.cdc.gov/travel
World Health Organisation (int) - www.who.int/ith/en
Travel Health Online (US) - www.tripprep.com

Vision
Vision Australia - www.visionaustralia.org.au
 

WOMEN’S HEALTH

General

The Jean Hailes Foundation - www.jeanhailes.org.au
Family Planning Association - www.fpahealth.org.au
Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne - www.rwh.org.au

Breast Cancer
National Breast Cancer Centre - www.nbcc.org.au
Mammograms - Breastscreen - www.breastscreen.info.au

Pap tests
Cervical Screening - www.cervicalscreen.health.gov.au

Pregnancy & Childbirth
Birth.com.au - www.birth.com.au

Infertility
Sydney IVF - www.sydneyivf.com

Breastfeeding
Australian Breastfeeding Association - www.breastfeeding.asn.au

Domestic Violence
The Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre - www.dvirc.org.au

MEN’S HEALTH

General
Andrology Australia - www.andrologyaustralia.org

Erectile Dysfunction
Impotence Australia - www.impotenceaustralia.com.au

Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia  - www.prostate.org.au

CHILDREN’S HEALTH

General
Sydney Children’s Hospital - www.sch.edu.au/health/factsheets
Parenting SA - www.parenting.sa.gov.au/pegs
Child and Youth Health - www.cyh.com
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne - www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm
KidsHealth (US) - www.kidshealth.org

Immunisation
Immunise Australia - www.immunise.health.gov.au
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register - www.acir.gov.au/yourhealth/our_services/aacir.htm

Raising Children
Raising Children Network - www.raisingkids.net.au

Mental Health
Reach Out - www.reachout.com.au

Youth Health
Somazone - www.somazone.com.au