Free online health information

Free online health information

Are you interested in knowing more about a medical condition? Would you like to find out the latest drugs and treatments available?

New Zealand consumers wanting to be fully informed about their health issues can now access the same source of evidence-based information as doctors.

BestTreatments - reliable evidence-based health information for consumers

Everyone browsing the web from within New Zealand can gain free access to the www.besttreatments.net site which contains easy-to-understand information about 180 conditions - everything from acid reflux, glue ear and high blood pressure, through to multiple sclerosis, ovarian cancer and stroke.

The site is run by the British Medical Journal, using information from widely accepted worldwide research and approved by doctors who are specialists in the field.

It describes:

treatments that work
treatments that are likely to work
harms and benefits
treatments that are unlikely to work or may be harmful
information on tests and operations.

Cochrane Library

All New Zealand residents now have free access to reliable up-to-date evidence on medical interventions from the Cochrane Library.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of regularly updated evidence-based healthcare databases that can help clinicians and consumers make decisions about appropriate and effective health care.

The Library brings together in one place research which looks at the effectiveness of different health care treatments and interventions.

A-Z of health topics

View an A-Z list of health topics on our website.

Page last updated: 17 October 2007