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• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Protecting Yourself - Resource for consumers to help them make better buying decisions when shopping online. Includes information on how to determine if a site is legitimate, how to spot health fraud, and how to report fraudulent sites.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ - Provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues.
• Center For Medical Consumers - Not for profit, independent organization in the USA, informing and helping to protect members of the public in their encounters with the medical care system.
• ConsumerLab.com - Tests popular nutritional non-prescription supplements to ascertain purity.
• Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative - Provides information for consumers about issues affecting the quality of dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and botanical or herbal products.
• Examine.com - Independent analysis via scientific studies.
• Eyeglass Retailer Reviews - Reviews of online eyeglass retailers, including pricing, and BBB ratings.
• GlassyEyes - Dedicated to helping people obtain eyeglasses online. Reviews, consumer ratings, e-mail discussion group.
• Health Hippo - Health law, policy and regulatory materials. Organized deep links to US government health care resources.
• Health Uncut - UK nutritionists discussing the latest media reports on nutrition and health.
• How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet - National Cancer Institute's fact sheet helps consumers help decide whether the health information they find on the Internet or receive via e-mail from a Web site is likely to be reliable.
• NIH Health Information - Gateway to publications and online resources for consumers and professionals.
• Partners in D - Pharmacists dispense advice on maximizing Medicare drug benefits.
• Proceed with Caution: A Report on the Quality of Health Information on the Internet - The findings of a large 2001 study that describes and evaluates search engine performance and the quality and readability of health information (in English and Spanish), and provides conclusions and recommendations.
• RefluxMD - Information on acid reflux.
• Wellness.com - Includes health resources, discussion and news.
• iVillage - Look It Up - comprehensive health encyclopedia.
• Statement from the American Academy of Ophthalmology Regarding Circle Lenses - Improperly fitted contact lenses can cause serious health problems. Over the counter sales of nonprescription contact lenses are illegal in the United States. (July 07, 2010)

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