1. MEDLINEplus Health Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

This is a website on patient health information developed by National Library of Medicine. The website provides comprehensive coverage of health materials categorised by Health topics, drug information, dictionary, and other resources. Powered by search engines, most health conditions, procedures and over-the-counter medications can be looked up by patients. Materials presented in the website are useful for both patients and practising doctors.

2. medbroadcast.com
http://www.medbroadcast.com/video_ani/

This website on patient information provides short multimedia presentations on a wide variety of health topics - preventative techniques, coping strategies, anatomical presentations and even surgical procedures. The quality of the videos and animations are impressive (prepared with Macromedia Flash). The website also features risk assessment, drug check database and patient support group information.

3. YourSurgery.com
http://yoursurgery.com/Animations.cfm

The website presents information written by surgeons on a good selection of surgical procedures. Each procedure is combined with illustrations, radiological material, and sometimes animations to make it more understandable to lay people. It constitute a good resource for patients and their families, and also for physicians to explain the procedures involved to the patient.

4. Healthology
http://www.healthology.com

The website provides quality multimedia health education materials to patients, offering daily health webcasts addressing a variety of health issues. A lot of health topics are illustrated with video presentation with the use of video streaming technology.

5. YourHealthGuide.tv
http://www.yourhealthguide.tv

This is a good resource of health information for patients. A vast library of videos and text-based materials are presented covering a comprehensive list of different health topics. The videos are well produced, well indexed and categorised.

6. Preop.com
http://www.preop.com

The website provides an information resource designed to help pre-operative patients and their families understand the nature of a medical condition and the relevant surgical procedure. Multimedia information in the form of audio or video are available on a wide range of conditions for easy understanding. The presentations cover basic anatomy, anaesthesia, the procedure and the recovery.

7. MDAdvice.com
http://www.mdadvice.com

Besides text based medical news articles, MDAdvice.com provides free video based presentations for patients. It covers a wide range of subjects in form of video clips covering the latest medical news and recent research developments. Health topics are categorised into children's health, men's health, women's health and seniors' health. A search engine for health conditions and drug information is also available.