There are over 2,000 journals with health articles.  Most are targeted to the medical profession and difficult for someone not trained in the field to comprehend.  Newspapers and weekly magazines have writers who transcribe the best articles into a form that others can comprehend.  You will notice that health articles you read in newspapers will commonly reference one of the major journals. 

This section lists how you can obtain access to thirty of these resources.  Many can be searched on line.   One of the better journals is the New England Journal of Medicine.  They charge for internet access to current articles but articles over six months old are free online. 

In addition to the select journals I have listed other sites you can search on line.

Some hospitals have excellent online heath article search capabilities. Harvard has a good informational site.  Go to their site, type in your topic of interest and review the articles.  Harvard online site:

The National Library of Medicine has over 15 million health articles.  This is an excellent resource on every health topic.

Another great resource also from the National Library of Medicine is Health Services/Technology Assessment Test. This is a web based resource of full text documents that provide health information.             

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Guidelines Clearinghouse has guidelines on 1327 disease issues.   You can search by disease. They collect issues from all over the world.   They are updated daily.

Patient Inform
This is a web site that journals and health groups have set up to provide free medical research to consumers. Presently the site is not very useful as it has limited articles in their files. We expect it will be developed in the future.  

Other Options

At most libraries you can tie into a service libraries subscribe to called First Search .  Over 9,000 libraries worldwide subscribe to the service.  First Search  has a section called WorldCat that you can search for health issues.  The data base is overwhelming.  It is easy to use but I suggest asking a librarian to help with your first search.

To find the closest location carrying the journal you are interested in, call or visit your local library.  As indicated above over 9,000 libraries worldwide subscribe to a service called First Search.  This service has a section called WorldCat that will tell you the local sources for the publication you are interested in.  A librarian can do a search for you to find the closest local library carrying the journal in seconds.

You can search some journals and purchase articles online. This list provides the link, if available, along with the cost.  Please note a number of journals can only be accessed from a library that has a subscription

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