Trusted Sources of Health Information
When it comes to learning about health, it's important to make sure you get information from reliable sources. The Flo team is committed to providing the most credible and recent medical data in our articles to ensure the safety and quality of our content.
When we’re creating medical content, we only use authoritative sources with scientifically backed information. This list includes examples of online libraries, databases, peer-reviewed journals, medical associations, and medical guidelines, and sources that provide scientific evidence on specific subjects.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society exists to provide education and support for patients with cancer.
www.cancer.org
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is dedicated to the improvement of women's health. Their website contains FAQs, guides, educational programs, and clinical information for professionals and patients.
www.acog.org
American Family Physician (AFP)
American Family Physician is a peer-reviewed, evidence-based clinical journal published by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
www.aafp.org/journals/afp.html
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the leading scientific and professional psychological organization in the United States.
www.apa.org/pubs/index
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
ASRM provides multidisciplinary information, education, advocacy, and standards in the field of reproductive medicine for health care professionals.
www.asrm.org/?vs=1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC is the United States’ health protection agency, and it provides information on health, safety, and security threats.
www.cdc.gov
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is an international library for anyone interested in using high-quality information to make health decisions, including doctors, nurses, patients, and researchers.
www.cochranelibrary.com
Elsevier
Elsevier is an international platform of peer-reviewed literature that helps institutions and professionals progress science, advance health care, and improve performance.
www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access/open-access-journals
European Board & College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The European Board & College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) offers news, publications, standards of care, and statements on different medical issues in obstetrics and gynecology.
www.ebcog.org/publications
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology provides information about best practices in reproductive medicine and publications on reproductive health.
www.eshre.eu/Guidelines-and-Legal
Fertility and Sterility
Fertility and Sterility is an international journal from ASRM that contains original scientific articles in clinical and laboratory research that are relevant to reproductive endocrinology, urology, andrology, physiology, immunology, genetics, contraception, and menopause.
www.fertstert.org
Global Cancer Observatory — International Agency for Research on Cancer
The Global Cancer Observatory is an interactive web-based platform that presents global cancer statistics to inform cancer control and research.
gco.iarc.fr
GLOWM: The Global Library Of Women
GLOWM is the educational platform for FIGO (The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics). It contains peer-reviewed information on women’s health and medicine.
www.glowm.com
The Guttmacher Institute
The Guttmacher Institute is a research and policy organization that focuses on advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally.
Their platform contains research reports, articles, infographics, and other forms of information on contraception, abortion, pregnancy, HIV, and STIs.
www.guttmacher.org
Human Reproduction | Oxford Academic, UK
Human Reproduction is a journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research, case reports, and opinions and debates.
humrep.oxfordjournals.org
Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
The Institute for Reproductive health provides information about family planning, adolescence, gender equality, fertility awareness, mobilizing technology for reproductive health, and monitoring, learning, and evaluation.
irh.org
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, or FIGO, is a global professional society of obstetricians and gynecologists. Their website is a source for advocacy, programmatic activities, education and training, and global projects on specific women's health issues.
www.figo.org
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine, and it provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variation on human health.
ghr.nlm.nih.gov
Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health
Medscape provides expert content on different disorders and women’s health. It contains the latest medical news, commentary from clinicians, and articles.
www.medscape.com/womenshealth
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute provides information and resources about malignant diseases.
www.cancer.gov
National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
The NCBI houses more than 30 million citations of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include abstracts, links to full-text content from PubMed Central, and publisher web sites.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
National Child and Maternal Health Education
The National Child & Maternal Health Education Program (NCMHEP), U.S. is a forum for research in the field of maternal and child health.
www.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep
Nutrition for Clinicians
Nutrition for Clinicians is a resource from The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine that provides ethical and scientific research, fact sheets, and information about nutrition and plant-based diets.
www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-for-clinicians
National Health Service
The National Health Service, or NHS, provides expert content for the United Kingdom on disorders, health, and well-being.
www.nhs.uk
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, or NIH, is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the nation’s medical research agency. Its platform contains health information, news, and research.
www.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine is part of the National Institutes of Health that provides resources on a wide range of researched health topics.
nlm.nih.gov
NICE — The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NICE is a source for surveys and reports, and it provides national guidance and advice for improving health and social care.
www.nice.org.uk
ReproductiveFacts
ReproductiveFacts is a patient education website from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
www.reproductivefacts.org
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists provides research, guidelines, patient information leaflets, and other information on women’s health.
www.rcog.org.uk
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is an international platform for peer-reviewed literature. It contains scientific, technical, and medical information.
www.sciencedirect.com
Sleep.org
Sleep.org is a source for sleep health articles from the National Sleep Foundation. It offers evidence-based scientific content and promotes sleep education and advocacy.
sleep.org
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine is a U.S.-based non-profit membership organization that provides education in the field of maternal-fetal medicine.
www.smfm.org
Springer
Springer is an international source of scientific documents from journals, books, protocols, reference works, and proceedings.
link.springer.com
UpToDate
UpToDate is a U.S. platform for the most recent medical information and evidence-based recommendations.
www.uptodate.com
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA is an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and it regulates foods, drugs, medical devices, radiation-emitting products, vaccines, blood, and biological, animal, veterinary, cosmetic, and tobacco products.
www.fda.gov
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is an international platform with data dashboards and information about the most socially significant diseases.
https://www.who.int/home