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Health
Information for Patients
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MedlinePlus
( English | Spanish ) |
Authorative and up to date health information
from the National Library of Medicine. Extensive information
from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources
on over 700 diseases and conditions. Provides lists of hospitals
and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary,
health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription
and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media,
and links to thousands of clinical trials. |
From the Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and its National Health Information
Center. A key resource for finding the best government and
nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
Healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and
Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations. |
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Patient information from the American Academy
of Family Physicians. |
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Medem's award-winning Medical Library represents
the full range of patient education information from partner medical societies and other trusted sources, and
is unsurpassed in quality, breadth and depth of health care
information. |
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NOAH provides access to high quality full-text
consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate,
timely, relevant and unbiased. |
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Produced by the AGS Public Education Committee,
Patient Education Forums (PEF) are concise and authoritative
fact sheets, in Question & Answer format, designed to help
you communicate more effectively with your health care providers. |
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KidsHealth is the largest and most visited
site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information
about children from before birth through adolescence. KidsHealth
has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with
its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone. There are
literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations,
games, and resources - all original and all developed by experts
in the health of children and teens. |
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Cancer information from the National Cancer
Institute. |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal
agency in the United States government for protecting the health
and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human
services, especially for those people who are least able to
help themselves. |
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Comprehensive, up-to-date information on
HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy from the University
of California San Francisco School of Medicine. |
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The 24
Languages Project: |
The 24 Languages Project now provides information
in audio formats as well as pdf documents. Thanks to a grant
from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, most of
the materials are also available as sound recordings for downloading
or immediate listening. Native speakers of the respective languages
furnish the narrations, which are recorded, encoded, and linked
to the project's Website for easy access. |
(CAPHIS) of MLA evaluates web sites based
on the following criteria: credibility, sponsorship/authorship,
content, audience, currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design,
interactivity, and disclaimers. |