to help integrate it into the encyclopedia . please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message medicinenet type health information founded october 1996 owner webmd since 2004 website medicinenet.com medicinenet is a medical website that provides detailed information about diseases conditions medications and general health . 1 medicinenet.com launched on october 17 1996 . 2 better source needed william shiel co founded medicinenet and continues today as the chief medical editor . 3 melissa stoppler also serves on the medicinenet editorial board 4 and she and shiel were co editors in chief of webster s new world medical dictionary year 2008 third edition . 5 6 medicinenet is an owned and operated site in the webmd consumer network 7 and was acquired by webmd in december 2004 . 8 medicinenet is a network of u.s. board certified physicians and allied health professionals working together to provide the public with current comprehensive medical information written in easy to understand language . 9 medicinenet as part of the webmd consumer network adheres to the same privacy policy as webmd.com and is certified by the truste online privacy certification program . 10 in addition medicinenet is honcode certified to be in compliance with the health on the net health website principles . 11 medicinenet is ranked 5 in the january 2014 ebizmba top 15 most popular health websites . 12 references edit www.medicinenet.com . website encyclopedia . retrieved 27 january 2014 . wayback machine . internet archive . archived from the original on 17 october 1996 . retrieved 24 january 2014 . st. joseph health mission hospital doctors . mission hospital . retrieved 24 january 2014 . melissa conrad stoppler . dlife . retrieved 24 january 2014 . st. joseph health mission hospital doctors . mission hospital . retrieved 24 january 2014 . dr. melissa stoppler . google . retrieved 24 january 2014 . webmd corporate site consumer network . webmd . retrieved 23 january 2014 . e health market overview and internet health acquisitions . right diagnosis . retrieved 24 january 2014 . certificate of compliance with the code of conduct honcode . honcode . retrieved 27 january 2014 . medicinenet privacy policy . medicinenet . retrieved 24 january 2014 . certificate of compliance with the code of conduct honcode . honcode . retrieved 27 january 2014 . top 15 most popular health websites january 2014 . ebiz mba . retrieved 27 january 2014 . external links edit medicinenet medicinenet website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title medicinenet & oldid 736240106 categories medical websiteshealth websiteshidden categories articles with too few wikilinks from august 2016all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from august 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyall articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 04 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view