Health Advice and Information

The Better Health Channel provides online consumer focused health and medical information. All information is quality-assured, reliable and regularly reviewed. Better Health Channel content is developed in consultation with content partners - reputable health organisations with specialised knowledge in a particular topic area. NURSE-ON-CALL, for expert health advice from a registered nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, phone: 1300 60 60 24 for the cost of a local call from anywhere in Victoria.

HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. HealthInsite provides consumers and health professionals easy access to information ranging from daily health needs, such as nutrition, to information related to life events, such as having a baby. Specific information on conditions and diseases, such as diabetes or asthma, is also available. Through this site you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.

ABC Health & Wellbeing is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's award-winning online health gateway. It includes comprehensive evidence-based feature articles, fact files, consumer guides and 'Pulse' columns. You can browse healthy recipes, be inspired by the personal health stories of others (or even share your own) in Your Stories, and discuss the truth behind those nagging health questions in the Fact Buster column. The site also provides links to health news and transcripts from right across the ABC so check out our TV/Radio/Video page for more details. Their A - Z library gives you a comprehensive outline of the extensive material online.

myDr provides Australians with comprehensive articles and topical items of interest about a wide variety of diseases and conditions, tests and treatments, health and fitness issues, and medications. The information provided is unbiased and credible. myDr complies with the standards set by HealthInsite — a Federal Government accreditation initiative designed to provide Quality Assurance for health information on the Internet. The myDr Web site is compiled by a team of experienced Australian healthcare writers, with contributions from practising Australian healthcare professionals and recognised Australian health organisations.

Healthinformation.com.au offer free access to the best evidence-based medicine information. This is your chance to make the most of available resources, and feel good about the path you take towards better health. At Healthinformation.com.au, with a choice of the options available from over 400 great websites, you can:  do your own research, get in touch with support groups, ask medical specialists questions, or keep up to date with clinical trials.