The initial step in using CureTogether is searching for a particular symptom, condition or a treatment. The website will then display medical conditions that are related to your search query. Clicking on a condition will show classical symptoms as well as other related symptoms based on the input of users that experience the same condition. The site also displays the highest rated treatments, treatments with mixed effects, possible causes and other related medical conditions. You can also add data to the website by completing a survey related to your condition.

CureTogether is a very useful website for quickly finding data related to your condition. This tool should help you make better decisions about your health.

Features:

• Helps you self-diagnose medical conditions.
• Search by condition, symptom or treatment.
• Find other possible treatments for your condition.
• Information is based on user input.
• Track your progress using health measures.
• Information should not be used to diagnose yourself.
• Similar Tools:  Googlehealth, Symptom Checker, Symptom Search, CountyHealthRankings.

Check out CureTogether @ www.curetogether.com

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CureTogether: Comparing, Tracking & Managing Your Health Online

• Google Health: Manage Your Health Information Online
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• US Hospital Finder : Find Hospitals in Your Area
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors

You start by answering some simple questions. Each question contains a scenario and you have to specify how likely you are to fall asleep in that scenario on a scale of 0 to 3. Based on your answers, SleepCalculator tells you if you have a sleep problem, how serious it is and what should you do about it. As the disclaimer says, the test is just to give you a basic overview and not an accurate medical diagnosis.

Features:

• Calculate how well you sleep.
• See if you have sleep deprivation or a sleeping disorder.
• Takes less than a minute to complete.
• Based on the famous Epworth Sleepiness Scale.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: SleepEducation, YawnLog and iSleepDiary.

Visit SleepCalculator @ www.fitnessonline.com/tools/sleep

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SleepCalculator: Check if You are Getting the Sleep You Need

• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• SleepEducation: Guide to Sleeping Disorders & Treatments
• iSleepDiary: Track Your Sleep Patterns
• Ideal Body Weight Calculator
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

WeQuit aims to bring such accountability to the digital realm, allowing you to make commitments and share them with your Facebook friends. You can even request that your friends join you in your commitments.

Decide how long you’re going to challenge yourself by quitting, then pick a reward for yourself if you manage to do so and a punishment for yourself if you don’t. This will provide an incentive for you to make it through the lows of giving up smoking, along with outside pressure to help keep you honest.

Features:

• Facebook application encourages you to quit smoking.
• Challenge yourself to quit smoking.
• Involve your friends to keep yourself honest.
• Similar sites: FixNixer, MyQuitLine, QuitMeter and Qwitter.

Check out WeQuit @ www.facebook.wequit.co.uk

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WeQuit: Take a Shot to Quit Smoking With the Help From Friends

• MyQuitLine: Free Expert Advice To Help You Quit Smoking
• FixNixer: An Online Program To Help You Quit Smoking
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups

The graph is fairly straightforward. Each supplement is represented as a balloon. Balloons that are higher mean that there is more scientific evidence that supports the nutritional benefits of these supplements. So in this graph, beta-glucan, red yeast rice, and selenium have the strongest evidence of their healthy effects. The size of the bubble reflects the popularity of the supplements based on Google hits, while the red bubbles are supplements with few studies but shows promising results. You can click each bubble to see how the supplement can benefit your health and also filter all supplements by health condition.

Snake Oil is a pretty informative web tool which easily shows you the impact of these supplements to your health, which in turn helps you to make better decisions about your diet.

Features:

• Shows tangible human health benefits of different nutritional substances.
• Size of the circle reflects the popularity based on Google searches.
• Red dots show few studies but promising results.
• Filter all supplements by the  health condition.
• Scaled based on evidence.
• Click to see their direct effects on the body.
• Visualization comes from data made with Google docs.
• Similar Tool: Daily Plate and Food Diary.

Check out Snake Oil? @ www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements

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SnakeOil: Health Supplements Information Graph Online

• Zeer: Food Products Review Site
• Wikirank: View Hot Topics on Wikipedia
• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• WeightMirror: See Yourself Thinner

Start by selecting the state on the map and then bring your mouse over to different counties to see their ranking. Clicking on any of the counties gives you detailed information on how the county ranks for different things such as mortality, smoking, clinical care, birth rate, crime, etc. You can also compare the county value against the state value for any of these factors.

Features:

• See health rankings for US counties.
• See different factors that make up the ranking.
• Click on any factor to see a detailed description.
• Compare the county values against state.
• View related stats and information for the state.
• Read latest health related news.
• Find out what you can do to help.
• No registration required.

Visit CountyHealthRankings @ www.countyhealthrankings.org

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CountyHealthRankings: See USA Health Rankings by Counties

• Medpedia: Online Encyclopedia Of Medicine
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.

If you yourself aren’t that lucky, and you’re not sure dental insurance is an option financially, it’s worth checking out DentalPlans.com. This site acts a search engine, pointing you to groups you can join discount dental programs in your area: just enter your ZIP code and you’ll see your local options. Such groups don’t offer insurance, but they do offer dental work at a reduced rate in exchange for an annual premium.

Finding a discount plan that works for you can be a big job, depending on what your dental needs are. DentalPlans will show you details of plans in your area and even a sample of the savings available.

Whether or not such groups are worth it to you is really a question of economics. Do you need enough dental work done to justify the cost of the group? Do your homework before signing up for anything.

Features

• Find discount dental programs in your area.
• Compare savings and rates.
• Join the group of your choice.

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DentalPlans: Find Discount Dental Programs In Your Area (US Only)

• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• WeQuit: Take a Shot to Quit Smoking With the Help From Friends

To track your daily calorie intake, sign up for a MedHelp account and input your personal data such as your weight, height, gender, birth date, and level of physical activity. Then add the food that you ate for a particular meal, including the time, the place, and the people that you ate with. You can also write a quick note for each meal or even a journal entry where you can detail your food consumption.

You can easily set your calorie consumption goals and see if it matches with your daily calorie intake. It also displays charts and graphs so you can visualize your progress and track your health and weight loss goals.

Features:

• Track your food consumption for the day.
• Count your intake of calories, carbohydrates, fats, protein, sugar, vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
• Detail your food consumption with quick notes or journal entries.
• Visualize your progress using charts and graphs.
• Add foods not included in their database.
• Similar Tools: Lose It! (iPhone App), CountItOff, Calories Per Hour.

Check out Food Diary @ http://www.medhelp.org/land/food-diary

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Food-Diary: Free Daily Calorie Intake Counter

• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• StillTasty: Product Shelf Life Guide
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

To start finding your pills, enter a description by selecting its characteristics from the drop down menu. You can sort the color, shape, markings, and name. It is possible to use only one description to identify a pill but utilizing all categories to describe the pill will get you more accurate results. Then hit the submit button after providing all the information you have. You can then specific drug’s basic information, clinical information, and the most frequently asked questions about the pill

Pill Finder’s database comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, making it a trusted reference for identifying pills.

Features:

• Helps you identify pills online by their name, shape, color, and markings
• Free; No-sign up required
• Choose on characteristic or set more characteristics for more accurate results
• Similar Tool: Pill Identifier

Check out PillFinder @ www.medhelp.org/pillfinder

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PillFinder: Identify Prescription Pills Online

• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean
• RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors
• RateADrug: Prescription Drugs Side Effects And Ratings

Team-Maker provides a range of options to choose from: decide on the number of groups, the names for your groups, and formats for the final group list. Simply cut and paste your team names into the Team Maker box, add team names, or even generate random names based on Animals, Birds of Prey, Cars, Dinosaurs, Elements, Greek Gods, Numbers, Sport Teams or Warriors.

Your final list can be viewed online, or exported as a Excel (CSV) file.  Although this seems to be an experimental tool, it is a real winner.

Features:

• Cut and paste a list of names into the online box.
• Choose the team names to generate, or add your own.
• Nine random groupings are available to choose from.
• Decide the number of team groups you want.
• View the results  immediately on screen, or in a new tab.
• Export the list into an Excel (CSV) file for additional uses.
• Works extremely fast.

Check out Team Maker @ www.chir.ag/projects/team-maker (by Judy from Heyjude)

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Team-Maker: An Easy Random Team Generator

• RosterBot : Fast and Easy Sport Team Manager
• Zvents: Find Events in Your Area
• Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker

To start, input your current weight, how much you intend to pay per pound, and how many pounds you intend to lose per week. Then you will be asked to pay the maximum penalty that you can give via Paypal, and enlist two friends that will referee your progress.

At the end of each week, you need to upload a picture of your feet on the scale, with your weight clearly visible. If you fail to reach the weigh-in goal for each week, you will lose some of the money that you paid out. Failure to upload your weigh-in picture weekly will also sanction you a deduction from your investment money. You will get your money back when you can complete the program and hit your weight target.

Features:

• Lose weight by wagering money on your goal.
• Design your own 10-week weight loss program.
• Track your progress.
• Sends daily reminders via SMS or email.
• Get all of your money back if you accomplish all of your weekly weigh-in goals.
• Involve friends to help you stay motivated.
• Similar Tools: Daily Plate, and Weight Loss Tracker.
• Also read 6 Great Free Weight Loss Resource Sites.

Check out Lose It or Lose It @ www.loseitorloseit.com

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LoseItOrLoseIt: Bet To Lose Weight

• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker
• USTA Library: Tennis Tips and Techniques from Top Players
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• SimpleFit: Free Online Exercise Guide

While most of the content on the site can be accessed without registering, registration helps you to track your progress, check workout logs and share with others. You also get access to exercise training videos to see if you are doing it right.

Features

• Online guide to exercise, nutrition and fitness.
• Track workouts and create logs.
• Interact and share progress with the community.
• Simple user interface.
• Similar services: CrossFit and Workouts and Walker Tracker.

Check out SimpleFit@ www.simplefit.org (via Lifehacker by Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

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SimpleFit: Free Online Exercise Guide

• MapMyRun : Plan and Map your Running Routes
• DailyMile: Track Your Workouts Online
• CrossFit: Workout & Exercise Program Online
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker

Allerglobal is a free web app that lets you create allergy travel cards listing of your food allergies in the language of your choice. You can then show this card to restaurants or medical facilities of the country you are visiting to let them know what your allergies are.

To create your own allergy card, just select the food that you are allergic to from the list in the website. Then select the language of the country you are visiting. Once done, click the print button to get a printed copy of your allergy card. The website supports over 27 of the most spoken languages, making it very handy wherever you go.

Features:

• Create your customized allergy card.
• Supports over 27 languages.
• The site comes in English, Catalan, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
• PDF document creation coming soon.
• Similar site: SpecialGourmets

Check out @ Allerglobal @ www.allerglobal.com

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Allerglobal: Create Free Allergy Travel Cards

• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• StillTasty: Product Shelf Life Guide

To start tracking your weight, sign up and fill out the necessary details such as height, start weight and goal weight, and the start date and goal date for it. Then click on a specific column to start entering data for that day. Include the treatments you have taken, the activities made and how long you have done it. You can also add journal entries with your photo and ticker. These entries can be private or available to the public. To view your historical data, simply move the slider on the top of your chart.

Weight Loss Tracker also has a social networking aspect where you can share your progress with your friends and comments on each other’s status.

Features:

• Tracks your weight loss or weight gain daily with an interactive calendar.
• Automatically charts your Body Mass Index (BMI).
• Keeps track of calories consumed or points associated with a weight loss program.
• Keeps an exercise log of when you exercised and the type of activity.
• Lets you share your progress with friends and family with a weight ticker that you can use on MySpace, Facebook, blogs, and other websites.
• Has a convenient iGoogle gadget option.
• Similar Tools: CaloriesPerHour, Ideal Body Weight Calculator, WeightMirror. and also see related article “6 Great Free Weight Loss Resource Sites“.

Check out Weight-Tracker @  www.medhelp.org/land/track-weight-loss

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Weight Loss Tracker: Monitor Your Weight Loss Progress Online

• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• WeightMirror: See Yourself Thinner
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

To start tracking your exercise routine, sign up for an account and customize the fields that you would like to include in your exercise chart such as activities, symptoms, and treatments. Then update your tracker after every time you exercise by checking which activity you did, the duration, and the distance that you covered. In addition, you may also write journal entries for the day and share photos with other users.

Features:

• Track exercise duration, distance, and time at target heart rate.
• Automatically calculate and record the total calories burned.
• Supports various exercises such as running, biking, basketball, stretching, yoga, soccer and many more.
• Track calories expended during household chores like housecleaning and gardening.
• Track symptoms such as fatigue, joint pain, tendinitis, and swelling.
• Track medications and treatments, including pain killers, massage therapy, and alternative medicine.
• Write journal entries and upload photos.
• Add friends and online buddies.
• Share your experiences and get tips from the community.
• Customize the privacy setting of your chart and journal entries.
• Check out Runkeeper to monitor exercise goals on your iPhone.

Check out Exercise Tracker @ www.medhelp.org/land/exercise-tracker

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Exercise-Tracker: Monitor Exercise Routines Online

• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker
• USTA Library: Tennis Tips and Techniques from Top Players
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• SimpleFit: Free Online Exercise Guide

To create your customized calendar, just enter your calendar title, expected due date and other details. You can then enter various pregnancy data on specific days such as weight gain, baby kicks, baby’s weight, symptoms such as acid reflux, food cravings, stretch marks, and events like blood test, ultrasound, and AFP screen. All this data is plotted and tracked so that you can monitor them easily. You can also write journal entries, upload photos, and post updates to your profile.

Pregnancy Calendar is not only a very useful website for mothers during pregnancy but it can also serve as a memorable online journal that you can keep for a long time.

Features:

• Track symptoms, medications, ultrasounds and test results daily with an interactive pregnancy calendar.
• Embed a pregnancy countdown timer on other websites.
• Choose your calendar’s privacy settings.
• Choose your calendar’s theme.
• Customize the displayed information in the chart.
• Share photos of your baby bump and ultrasounds.
• Keep a diary of important pregnancy events.
• Email your calendar page to your friends.
• Get advice and social support from experts and other women in the online pregnancy community.

Check out Pregnancy-Calendar @ www.medhelp.org/land/pregnancy-calendar

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Pregnancy-Calendar: Track Your Pregnancy Day by Day

• StillTasty: Product Shelf Life Guide
• RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors
• MiVitals : Store and Share Health Records Online
• HealthVault: Collect, Manage, and Share Health Records
• Cozi: Organize Family And Househlod Tasks Online

To use Symptom Search, enter any symptom you have or click the most common symptoms provided in the website. Then you can add more symptoms from their suggestions to get a more defined list of causes for your symptoms. This application provides a lot of information about different illnesses including its causes, suggestions for treatment, ways of prevention, complications, and even the foods you need to avoid eating.

Symptom Search is a helpful website that you can consult from time-to-time. However, this feature is for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose anyone. It is best to consult a healthcare professional if you have concerns.

Features:

• Free; no sign up required.
• Add more symptoms to your list to get specific causes.
• Lets you know the possible causes of your symptoms and their alternative names.
• Provides an article about the symptom itself.
• Suggestions for possible treatments, prevention, complications, causes, and foods to avoid.
• Similar tools: SymptomChecker, iMedix and Trusera.

Check out Symptom Search @ www.medhelp.org/symptomsearch

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Symptom Search: Find Out What Your Symptoms Mean

• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• WeQuit: Take a Shot to Quit Smoking With the Help From Friends

RunnersWorldCalculator makes clothing suggestions once you enter the temperature, wind, condition and how you want to feel when you run. Suggestions include what kind of shirt and shorts to wear and if you should wear some kind of hat. You can also print out the suggestions, email them to somebody or visit the RunnersWorld store to buy the gear online. The tool also explains why the clothing they suggest would work best for the kind of running you want. Often, the tool also distinguishes between what men/women should wear.

Features:

• Tips on what to wear for running.
• Factors in temperature, wind and weather conditions.
• No registration required.
• Similar tool: MapMyRun.

Visit RunnersWorldCalculator @ RunnersWorld.com/cda/whattowear [Via LifeHacker]

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RunnersWorldCalculator: Tips On How To Dress For Running

• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker
• USTA Library: Tennis Tips and Techniques from Top Players
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• SimpleFit: Free Online Exercise Guide

To get your own quitting program, you just need to register and input details regarding your smoking habit. This includes the frequency of your smoking habit, your reasons for wanting to quit, the time you usually use cigarettes, your reasons for smoking, your alternative activities for smoking, and a quit date. Then users must visit the site daily and report whether they smoked for that day in a journal entry. The website will track your daily progress as you proceed to your quitting date.

The Fixnixer program is a very promising web tool for those who want to finally quit smoking. However, it only works for people in the Colorado area at least for now.

Features:

• Create a personalized quitting program for smoking.
• Provides tips and inspirational messages to help you quit.
• Sends personalized text messages to help you fight off the urge to smoke.
• Get social support from other people through the community forum.
• Write journal entries on your Quitblog and share it to other people.
• Tracks your daily progress until your quit date.
• Similar tools: MyQuitLine, QuitMeter and Qwitter.

Check out Fixnixer @ www.fixnixer.com

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FixNixer: An Online Program To Help You Quit Smoking

• WeQuit: Take a Shot to Quit Smoking With the Help From Friends
• MyQuitLine: Free Expert Advice To Help You Quit Smoking
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups

It displays your blood alcohol content based on various information that you input and warns you to designate a sober driver if you are already wasted.

To know if you are already drunk, just enter your weight, gender, hours drinking, and the amount of alcohol taken.  If the app finds out that you are already wasted, it will call a cab for you (works in Colorado, USA only). If you are elsewhere, the app will provide links to cab numbers in your area.

Although this app may not be very accurate in computing your alcohol blood content as it ignores other important factors such as drink variations or individual metabolisms, it certainly reminds people to drive responsibly and hopefully it helps in preventing many driving accidents.

Features:

• Calculates your blood alcohol content to know if you are safe to drive.
• Calls a cab for you in Colorado, USA.
• Provide links to cab numbers in other areas.
• Free to download.

Check out R-U-Buzzed @ iTunes App Store (via DownloadSquad)

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R-U-Buzzed: Blood Alcohol Level Calculator For iPhone

• WhiteHouseApp: Get White House Press Releases & Speeches On The Go
• Waze: Get Real-Time Traffic Maps on Your Mobile
• The True Cost Of Driving: Find Out The True Cost Of Driving a Car
• Strobox: Share Lighting Diagrams Using Your iPhone
• PhotoScatter: Upload Photos From iPhone To Multiple Sites

The site is popular among pro athletes who are forced to sell their rings and trophies when they go bankrupt due to lavish lifestyle, divorce and bad investment ideas.

You can browse trophies by sport leagues and view bestsellers. Read the trophy description, view price and the unique ring/medal code. If you own an authentic championship ring, you can get certified appraisal from the site.

Championship-Rings is operated by a guy named Timothy Robins, who has over 20 years experience trading authentic championship rings and trophies, and previously worked in the entertainment and sports industries.

Features:

• Marketplace for authentic championship rings, olympic medals and trophies.
• Browse and trade medals and rings that were awarded to athletes from almost all major sports leagues.
• Browse trophies by sport league or check out bestsellers.
• Read the trophy description, view price and the unique ring/medal code.
• If you own an authentic championship ring, get a certified appraisal from the site.
• Register to start trading.

Check out Championship-Rings @ www.championship-rings.net

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Championship-Rings: Authentic Championship Rings, Medals & Trophies

• Colnect: Site For Sharing & Managing Collections Online
• Zvents: Find Events in Your Area
• Zilok: Rent Anything From Anyone
• Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups

The Crossfit training program has been implemented across various institutions around the world which includes police academies and military organizations. The program isn’t intended for beginners. Hence, if you are a newbie, you should go slow on it.

Features:

• Advanced fitness training and workout exercise program.
• Used by athletes and trainers across the world.
• Demo videos, detailed workouts and other information available on the site.
• CrossFit Journal available for subscription.
• Similar tools: Workouts and Walker Tracker.

Check out CrossFit @ www.crossfit.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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CrossFit: Workout & Exercise Program Online

• SimpleFit: Free Online Exercise Guide
• MapMyRun : Plan and Map your Running Routes
• DailyMile: Track Your Workouts Online
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker

Users may apply a variety of face-lifting enhancements (forehead, eyebrow lift, mid-brow, around eyes, beside eyes, inner and outer cheek, cheek lift, nose reduction, lip lifting… etc) and quickly visualize the results.

Steps:

1. Upload image from your computer or from the web.
2. Align white face box to the face.
3. Adjust image by rotation, zoom and colors.
4. Apply face lift enhancements using the slidebars.

Features:

• Upload profile photo from your computer and apply facelift enhancements.
• Visualize results online.
• View and compare before and after images side by side.
• Forward image to any email address.
• No registration required. Free and easy to use.

Check out LiftMagic @ www.liftmagic.com

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LiftMagic: See How You Would Look Like After Cosmetic Surgery

• Monjee: Generate Faces and Add Effects To Them
• WriteOnIt: Create Fake Photos, Captions and Magazines
• RoundMyPic: Add Rounded Corners To Images
• RoundMyCorners: Make Pictures with Round Corners
• PimpTheFace: Create A Face Online

Additional info such as availability, price and working hours are displayed as well. Currently FluShot lists clinics and pharmacy chains across 20 US states and more data added daily.

Features:

• Flu vaccination shot locator for your city.
• Lists locations for both seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations.
• Currently site lists clinics and pharmacy chains across 20 US states.
• Additional info such as availability, price and working hours are also displayed.
• Free, no sign up needed.
• Similar tools: Google Flu Trends, FluTracker and more in 5 Websites To Get Swine Flu Facts.

Check out FluShot @ http://maps.google.com/flushot

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FluShot: Flu Shot Locator From Google

• Google Flu Trends: Track World Flu Activity With Google
• FluTracker: Map Of Swine Flu Cases Across the Globe
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean

Users can search by location and filter results by service type (restaurant, hotel or shop) or dietary requirement (Nut-free, Shellfish free, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Peanut, Egg-free and Soy-free). The results are displayed on the map as markers, clicking on particular marker reveals the establishment’s name, address and the type of products it offers.

Moreover, SpecialGourmets provides an online magazine with latest news and articles, and has a recipe section where users can search and share recipes for people with special dietary needs.

Features:

• Comprehensive guide to hotels, shops & restaurants for people with food allergies.
• Lists around 15,000 restaurants and shops all over the world.
• Site is also available in Portuguese and Spanish.
• Users can search and filter results by allergy and service type.
• Offers free online magazine with latest news.
• Recipe section where users can search and share special recipes.
• Free, no sign up required.

Check out SpecialGourmets @ www.specialgourmets.com

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SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies

• KidsEatFor: Locate Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
• FastFoodMaps: Online Map Of Fast Food Joints
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• CHOW Restaurants Regions: Find Restaurants By Cuisine
• Allerglobal: Create Free Allergy Travel Cards

To get more details, click country of your interest and you will be presented an overview with a heat map and a line chart showing the flu trend over a period of time.

Many countries such as the UK, Ireland, Iceland, China and all of Africa are omitted from the map. However you are given results for all of North America and continental Europe where flu trends (especially with Swine Flu) are on the rise.

You can also download Flu Trends Data, which is all of the data concerning flu trends dating back to 2003.

Features:

• Interactive map of flu trends dating back to 2003.
• Covers much of the Western World and Japan.
• Run by the charitable arm of the Google search engine.
• Gives you heat map and a line chart showing a flu trend.
• Similar tools: There is a FluTracker and some more in 5 Websites To Get Swine Flu Facts.

Check out Google Flu Trends @ www.google.org/flutrends (by Dean Sherwin)

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Google Flu Trends: Track World Flu Activity With Google

• FluTracker: Map Of Swine Flu Cases Across the Globe
• FluShot: Flu Shot Locator From Google
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean

You could also zoom in to find city-specific information, number of fatal cases and check out different map visualizations to get more information about the spread of the disease.

Features

• Check swine flu outbreaks on Google Maps.
• See which regions are more affected and find the number of fatal cases.
• Zoom in to find out city specific information.
• Different visualization options available.
• Also see our article on similar topic “Swine Flu – 5 Websites To Get the Facts and Follow Updates“.

Check out FluTracker @ www.flutracker.rhizalabs.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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FluTracker: Map Of Swine Flu Cases Across the Globe

• Google Flu Trends: Track World Flu Activity With Google
• FluShot: Flu Shot Locator From Google
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean

The site lists data for over 1,000 phones currently available on the market. You can search it by phone name, browse by provider or manufacturer, and view best and worst phone ranked by radiation.

There is also a section listing tips on how to reduce radiation levels. Plus you can get an embeddable widget and add it to your website allowing your visitors to check their phone radiation levels. See sample widget below:

Features:

• Online mobile phone radiation chart.
• Lists data for over 1,000 phones currently available on the market.
• Search by phone name, browse by provider or manufacture, and view best and worst phones.
• Read tips on how to reduce radiation.
• Provides widget that can embedded on to you site.

Check out CellPhoneRadiation @ www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation (via Engadget)

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CellPhoneRadiation: Online Cell Phone Radiation Chart

• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Wize: Find Top Recommended Products By Features
• WireWize : “How To Connect” Guides for Home Electronics

Features:

• Get healthcare answers quickly on Twitter.
• Helps you save money on prescription drugs.
• Follow @askch on Twitter and DM them any health question.
• The service automatically replies to your DM almost instantly.
• The format of questions is explained on the site.
• Similar tool: MedTipster and RateADrug.

Check out AskCh @ ask.changehealthcare.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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AskCh: Save Money on Prescriptions Via Twitter

• MedTipster: Save Money On Drugs With Affordable Generics
• RateADrug: Prescription Drugs Side Effects And Ratings
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean

You can search the site by a zip code or browse by state and city. All facilities are mapped and presented with colored markers. Violators are marked with an orange color. Hovering over the marker reveals the name of the facility and the number of violations it has.

Features:

• Find water polluters near you.
• Compiles data on more than 200,000 US facilities with the information on their compliance.
• The data comes from two sources:  the Environmental Protection Agency and the California State Water Resources Control Board.
• Search by zip code or browse by state.
• Water polluters are presented with orange markers.
• Similar websites: MapEcos.

Check out Toxic Water @ http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/polluters

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Toxic Water: Shows Water Pollution Sources Near You

• What’s-In-YourWater: View tap water quality test results for your area
• SICPPL: Lists Top 100 Centres of Industrial Pollution in America
• MapEcos: View Toxic Risk Facilities In You Area
• CarbonRally: Compete With Others By Living Green
• CarbonCalculator: Site for Calculating a Carbon Footprint of Your House

Features:

• Track, plan and share outdoor activities, trips and workouts.
• Simple and nice user interface.
• Join a trip or create your own trip page.
• Share and compare activities and their progress with friends.
• Similar tools: DailyMile, MapMyRun and Walker Tracker.

Check out Skimble @ www.skimble.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports

• MapMyRun : Plan and Map your Running Routes
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker
• USTA Library: Tennis Tips and Techniques from Top Players

You can search or browse site by your pet’s health condition, find the right vet in your area, and shop for pet related products and drugs. There is also a Symptom Checker where you can enter the behavior of your pet and see what the problem might be.

Features:

• Pet health information database.
• Focused mainly on dogs and cats.
• Find the right vet in your area.
• Shop for pet related products and drugs.
• Use Symptom Checker to identify health problem and conditions.
• Similar tools: VetHelpDirect, CuteAsHell and ZooToo.

Check out PetsMD @ www.petsmd.com

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PetsMD: Reference for Cat & Dog Health Problems & Symptoms

• VetHelpDirect: Diagnose Your Pet’s Symptoms Online
• PetFinder: Find & Adopt A Pet For Free
• FidoFactor: Locate Dog Friendly Places
• ZooToo: Social Networking For Pet Owners
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments

Moreover, you can choose the tournament system (Brackets or Round-robin), specify the number of participating teams (up to 32), assign names to competitors, generate schedules, add game dates, times, results and much more.

Getting started is really simple, just enter the tournament title, select system and the number of participants, and you are ready to go. You can then further customize and update the details the way you want. Each tournament and match gets a dedicated page, where both participants and spectators can follow scores and leave comments.

Features:

• Create and manage tournaments online for free.
• Create as many tournaments as you like.
• Customize the tournament system and number of participants.
• Assign names to competitors, generate schedules, add game dates, times, results and much more.
• Each tournament and match gets a dedicated page from where everyone can follow scores and leave comments.
• For more detailed info check out demo tour.
• Similar site: PrintYourBrackets.

Check out Konkuri @ www.konkuri.com

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Konkuri: Organize Tournaments & Manage Online

• Zvents: Find Events in Your Area
• ZAPReader : Practise Speed Reading Online
• Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area
• xThink Calc: Online Calculator for your Drawing Pad
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter

You are required to answer 10 questions related to your sleep related on daily bases. The website stores this information in your iSleepDiary account online. All your data can be viewed and printed out whenever you need.

Features:

• Website for tracking your sleep patterns online.
• The data is stored online and presented on easy to understand charts.
• Print your charts.
• Free and simple to use.
• Customize daily questions according to your needs.
• Similar tools: SleepEducation and YawnLog.

Check out iSleepDiary @ www.isleepdiary.com

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iSleepDiary: Track Your Sleep Patterns

• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• SugarStats: Track Blood Sugar Online
• SleepEducation: Guide to Sleeping Disorders & Treatments
• SleepCalculator: Check if You are Getting the Sleep You Need
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports

Features:

• Quickly compare nutritional values of common foods.
• Just enter two food item names and click compare.
• Get comparisons for calories, fat, proteins and carbohydrates.
• Simple and nice user interface.
• Similar sites: NutritionToolbox, Fatburgr and ShugarStacks.

Check out Twofoods @ www.twofoods.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods

• FatBurgr: Fast Food Restaurant Nutritional Guide
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

The site lets you search for event tickets by venue, event name or your zip code. Users can see the availability of tickets for different sections and rows, compare prices from different brokers (TicketsNow, StubHub, TicketNetworks) and if necessary book tickets online.

Features:

• See the exact location of your ticket seat at the venue and see the availability of tickets for different sections and rows.
• Aggregates tickets info (availability, prices) from major online ticket brokers including TicketsNow, StubHub and TicketNetworks.
• View calendar of events for different performers (bands, sports teams) and venues.
• Free, no registration or email required.
• Currently US only.
• Similar sites: TicketsFTW, RoosterFly and TicketsStumbler.

Check out SeatQuest @ www.seatquest.com

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SeatQuest: Get Best Seats in the Venue for Your Budget

• TicketsFTW: Comparing Ticket Prices Made Simple
• Zvents: Find Events in Your Area
• Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area
• TicketStumbler: Find, Compare And Buy Sports Tickets
• TicketPredator: Online Ticket Price Comparison For US Events

Moreover, it contains useful health articles, living advice (career, travel and sports tips) and a marketplace for disability products and services.

Features:

• Online community and social network for disabled people.
• Connect with people with disabilities, share your story and get practical answers to hard questions from people who went through similar experiences.
• Living advice – career, sports and traveling tips.
• Useful health articles for various disability conditions.
• Marketplace for disability products and services.
• Sign up free online to join the community. Upload your photo, edit profile, join discussions or create your own blog.

Check out Disaboom @ www.disaboom.com

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Disaboom: Social Network For Disabled People

• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• Trusera: Get Practical Answers to Health Problems
• SymptomChecker: Check Medical Symptoms & What They Mean
• RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors
• RateADrug: Prescription Drugs Side Effects And Ratings

The great thing about these video clips is that you can control and manipulate them, by slowing down, advancing frame-by-frame, speeding up or pausing. This way you can observe each player’s technique and use it to establish proper fundamentals in all of your strokes. Additional comments explaining the stroke mechanics are also provided.

Feature overview:

• Learn tennis tips and techniques by watching video clips of best players.
• See how they execute various shots including: Serves, Returns, Ground strokes, and Complete Points.
• Control and manipulate videos by slowing down, advancing frame-by-frame, speeding up or pausing.
• View key positions in sideshow view.
• Read comments about stroke mechanics.
• Print out key positions with text comments.
• Free and no registration.

Check out USTA Digital Library @ http://playerdevelopment.usta.com/pdmediabooks/players

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USTA Library: Tennis Tips and Techniques from Top Players

• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• SimpleFit: Free Online Exercise Guide
• RunnersWorldCalculator: Tips On How To Dress For Running

Sign in with your Google account details and create your personal profile by entering your health conditions, medication, allergies etc. You can have more than one profile (for family members) and give name to each separate profile. Your data is kept private and secure, however, you can share your data with other people (doctors, friends) and control who can access what.

Check out the directory of online health tools providers that are associated with Google Health. Link them to your profile to start using their services to manage your health information.

Features:

• Store and manage you health information in one central place.
• Access your information from anywhere using your Google account credentials.
• Build multiple online health profiles.
• Import medical records from hospitals, pharmacies and health records partner providers listed in the directory.
• Share your health information with other people. Control who can access what.
• Find doctors by name, location and specialty and add them to your medical contacts.
• Service is free. Sign in with your Google account details.
• Similar tools MyVitals and HealthVault.

Check out Google Health @ http://www.google.com/health

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Google Health: Manage Your Health Information Online

• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers
• RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors
• CureTogether: Comparing, Tracking & Managing Your Health Online
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• US Hospital Finder : Find Hospitals in Your Area

Enter your personal details into “my healthfinder” toolbox at the top right and click “Get Started”. Based on your information it recommends what tests you should take (blood, cholesterol, pressure etc.) and suggests relevant health topics and articles.

Features:

• Reliable health information online.
• Provided by US Department of Health & Human Services.
• Information and news aggregated from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations.
• Online personal health tools including online checkups, menu planners and health calculators.
• Videos and podcasts on different health topics.
• Similar websites: UCompareHealthcare, Trusera, ICYou and others.

Check out HealthFinder @ www.healthfinder.gov

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HealthFinder: Get Latest Health Information & News

• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• Zinepal: Online Ebook Creator
• ZAPReader : Practise Speed Reading Online
• YourVersion: Scans Web for Stuff You Find Interesting
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker

The search results are displayed with complete addresses of the clubs, list of amenities they provide, exercise schedule, driving directions, location on an embedded mapquest map and an option to join online and get a free 7 day pass.

Features:

• Quickly find local fitness centers by zipcode.
• Primarily meant for US citizens.
• Customize the search by choosing the club amenities.
• Get detailed results with driving directions on a map.
• Option to join online and get a free 7 day pass.
• Similar website: GymSearch.

Check out FindAClub @ www.24hourfitness.com/FindClubForm.do (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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FindAClub: Find Local Fitness Centres

• GymSearch: Local Fitness Club Locator
• Zvents: Find Events in Your Area
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• ZipMaps: Find Out Zip Code For Any Place in the US
• Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area