2) Better Health & Medical
From the informative folks at iVillage, "the Women's Network" (of ParentSoup and AboutWork fame) comes Better Health & Medical, a blockbuster healthcare resource for anyone in search of basic medical info on common conditions and health topics.
Content: 95  Design: 92  Overall: 94

3) National Library of Medicine
Boy are your tax dollars at work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s National Library of Medicine (NLM), reportedly the world's largest single-subject library.
Content: 96  Design: 88  Overall: 92

4) HealthWorld Online
With a promise to serve as the Internet's most comprehensive wellness resource, HealthWorld has set its sites high -- but it proves itself admirably up to the task.
Content: 94  Design: 90  Overall: 92

5) Healthfinder
Two words: health clearinghouse.
Content: 93  Design: 88  Overall: 92

6) HealthAtoZ
If you're searching for healthy links online, look no further than the stellar HealthAtoZ index, which lists thousands of health and medicine sites in dozens of categories.
Content: 94  Design: 90  Overall: 92

7) Achoo
Achoo is nothing to sneeze at -- it's a beautifully realized, comprehensive healthcare site index designed for both professional and consumer users.
Content: 94  Design: 88  Overall: 92

8) AMA -- Health Insight
The American Medical Association (AMA) may be a doctors-only organization, but at the AMA's Health Insight page, consumers can hop up on the table and help themselves to a free dose of basic health and medical info.
Content: 94  Design: 90  Overall: 92

9) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The U.S. government agency that tracks illnesses, injuries and debilitating viruses - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - offers a mountain of health statistics and documents at its vast Web site.
Content: 95  Design: 89  Overall: 91

10) Wellness Web
Subtitled The Patient's Network, Wellness Web looks at medical and health care subjects from the other side of the desk.
Content: 92  Design: 86  Overall: 90

11) MedAccess
Trying to be all things to all consumers, MedAccess has healthcare newsletters, medical databases, child safety pages, nutrition info and plenty of other health-conscious resources.
Content: 88  Design: 80  Overall: 87

12) Stanford HealthLink
The crisp, clean Stanford HealthLink pours forth the latest findings, research, and medical news flowing out of the Stanford University Medical Center News Bureau.
Content: 87  Design: 85  Overall: 86

13) The Center for Bioethics
Yes, kids, there really is such a thing as "Bioethics for Beginners." At its glossy Website, the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics offers it as a free course in Genetics and Ethics via e-mail.
Content: 86  Design: 84  Overall: 86

14) Go Ask Alice!
You won't find any white rabbits doling out advice here, but this fine Q&A health site from the Columbia University Health Service takes on tough questions and offers honest answers
Content: 92  Design: 86  Overall: 86

15) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
With clinical directness, this branch of the U.S. government aims to make and keep Americans healthy.
Content: 86  Design: 78  Overall: 85

16) State Tobacco Information Center (STIC)
Has your state sued the tobacco industry yet? If you don't know or just want to know more, STIC has the answers.
Content: 86  Design: 82  Overall: 85

17) The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)
This alarming and superbly designed site from Columbia University gives the score on the effects of illegal and legal drug use on the physical and financial health of the nation.
Content: 84  Design: 83  Overall: 84

18) Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
If you think you've got it, chances are this index from Sweden's Karolinska Institute Library and Information Center does too.
Content: 86  Design: 80  Overall: 84

19) Cyberspace Hospital
Patients and practitioners alike will want to admit themselves to the Cyberspace Hospital to browse its collection of worldwide health links and resources.
Content: 88  Design: 76  Overall: 84

20) MedPatients Network
Offering a good mix of news and resources, MedPatients Network covers today's leading medical issues, from drug abuse to pain control.
Content: 85  Design: 83  Overall: 84

21) California Health Information For Policy Project
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the State of California fund the California Health Information for Policy Project (CHIPP), a statisticians dream that covers the state's health care information and resources.
Content: 85  Design: 75  Overall: 83

22) Indiana Prevention Resource Center
The average Indianan consumes about two gallons of alcohol a year, according to the IPRC, a statewide clearinghouse for information about the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Content: 86  Design: 82  Overall: 82

23) National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
The quasi-governmental National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine (IOM) answers public health questions from Congress and the Executive Branch, and reports on major issues like fetal alcohol syndrome.
Content: 84  Design: 78  Overall: 82

24) National Center for Health Statistics
We're probably more at risk from freaking out over the latest health stats than from actually catching anything in particular; but researchers can locate invaluable resources through the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
Content: 86  Design: 80  Overall: 82

25) Ryan White Foundation
Ryan White, afflicted by AIDS through the blood supply, died at age 13 in 1990; but the Ryan White Foundation lives on, and its Website promotes the organization's family and community AIDS ...
Content: 82  Design: 74  Overall: 80