Health news at the New York Times

Here's another web site aimed at the active health care consumer. The New York Times Health Section http://health.nytimes.com/.

Many patients are becoming more engaged in seeking health care information. And the Internet is filled with information, some, of course, of dubious quality. But the NYT section impressed me with its 3,000+ article archive of news stories about health topics, in a useful search database. It also offers stories on health care policy and health care financing, as one would expect from The New York Times.

Nothing can replace dialogue with a trusted physician, but it is always good to have an additional source of information.