Search Your Condition

Please find a list of useful websites for doing your own ‘Dr Googling’

Generally if you are going to ‘google’ your symptoms or diagnosis I recommend that you look carefully at the domain name for the website and choose something reputable such as a university or government website. The following websites are reliable and very useful.

For health information and fact sheets in relation to children:

Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne

http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/

Sydney Childrens Hospital Network

http://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/parents-and-carers/fact-sheets

Raising Children

http://raisingchildren.net.au

Continence Foundation for Children

https://www.continence.org.au/pages/children.html

Womens Health

Womens Health – Parenting and Pregnancy

http://womhealth.org.au/pregnancy-and-parenting

QLD Health Parenting advice and resources

https://www.qld.gov.au/families/babies/advice/pages/resources.html

For all ages:

Victorian Health website with great information and fact sheets

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

An American website, UptoDate with free patient information fact sheets

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search

Cancer Council Australia for a wealth of information on diagnosis and treatment options

http://www.cancer.org.au