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101 Most Useful Sites
Medical/Legal
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.
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