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Look Up Medical Info: Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Physicians and scientists from the famed Mayo Clinic share their expertise at the Mayo Clinic Health Oasis. The Ask the Mayo Physician and Ask the Mayo Dietitian features provide top-shelf advice at a low, low price (as in free).

Find a Doctor: Physician Select On-Line Doctor Finder
To paraphrase Flannery O'Connor, a good doctor is hard to find. But the American Medical Association's Physician Select On-Line Doctor Finder can help. Search its database by name or by specialty to find a new doctor, or just to get the skinny on your current healer. Details include AMA membership status, office hours, accepted insurance plans, and professional training. Just what the, er, doctor ordered.

Discover the Best Hospital: Hospital Select
If you'd like your hospital experience to be more like Marcus Welby, M.D. than Apocalypse Now, research ahead of time at Hospital Select. Search by location (or by hospital name) to get contact information and accreditations, and to find out about specific services. The information comes from the hospitals listed, but it's a good starting point to find out, for instance, which facilities have the most emergency-room visits.

Look Up Home Health Info: InteliHealth
Not every medical question requires a doctor visit, at least initially. InteliHealth, a joint venture of Aetna U.S. Healthcare and the prestigious Johns Hopkins University and Health System, is on call "24/7" to answer your questions on everything from acne to vertigo.

Find a Lawyer: Lawyers.com
Everybody needs one sometime, for better (a new house, perhaps) or worse (you didn't mean to slander your ex-brother-in-law, really). Search for a courtroom professional at Lawyers.com by location, area of practice, and even language(s) spoken.