Health
Medical
- Australian Drug Foundation
- Australian Drug Information Network links to a comprehensive range of websites and other resources on alcohol and other drugs
- Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing
Access to high quality medical, pharmaceutical and hospital services, while helping people to stay healthy through health promotion and disease prevention activities. - Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is Australia’s national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. - Beyond Blue the national depression initiative
- Black Dog Institute is an educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility offering specialist expertise in mood disorders - a range of disorders that include depression and Bipolar Disorder. A range of their books are listed in our catalogue.Health and Medicine
- Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
Promoting opportunities to participate in community life. - Drug info @ your library provides access to information resources also held at your local library, click here.
- Health A-Z
- An American site that allows you to search medical databases or search for related websites by category. This site is a good place to start if you need up-to-date information about health or disease.
- Health Insite
Access to a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma. - Health Promotion on the Internet
An extensive index to medical and health related sites hosted by Monash - Mayo Clinic
Reliable and authoritative website, with an emphasis on a healthy lifestyle. - Ninemsn Health
This site contains health information and advice with links to “Good Medicine” “What’s Good for You” and other fact sheets. Searchable database and A-Z index.
Nutrition
- All Recipes enormous site with thousands of recipes
- Australian Nutrition Foundation promotes healthy nutrition and well-being of all Australians
- Foodwatch on a whole range of nutritional topics
- Top Secret Recipes the taste of junk food in the comfort of your own home
Parenting
- Australian Breastfeeding Association a site dedicated to the promotion of breastfeeding
- Being A Teenager for young people about communicating with parents
- Looking after Kids for parents of babies to teenagers
- Parenting NSW NSW Dept. of Community Services (DOCs) information and resources for parents