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Links - Health & Medical


For more information please ask at the Information Desk or call at 308-630-6250.

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MEDLINEplus®
    medlineplus.gov/ - MedlinePlus has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

 

WebMD
    www.webmd.com/ - WebMD is a source for original and timely health information as well as material from well known content providers.

National Library of Medicine
    www.nlm.nih.gov/ - NLM provides access to health care information for the public, health care professionals, researchers, librarians and publishers.

Health Finder
    www.healthfinder.gov/ - healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies.   healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.

Directory of Health Organizations
    dirline.nlm.nih.gov/ - The National Library of Medicine's directory of health organizations.

 

Pathfinders to Consumer Health Questions
    nnlm.gov/healthinfoquest/ - The National Network of Libraries of Medicine provides a system of pathfinders designed for public librarians and health information specialists.

Medicare
    www.medicare.gov/ - This is the official Medicare website providing information on prescription drug plans, forms for claims and appeals, planning tools for long term care and Medicare plans, and much more.

 

American Heart Association
    www.americanheart.org/ - The official site of the American Heart Association, which is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

 

Arthritis Foundation
    www.arthritis.org/ - The official site of the Arthritis Foundation, a national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research.

 

Mayo Clinic
    www.mayoclinic.com/ - Mayo Clinic Health Information's award-winning consumer Web site offers health information, and self-improvement and disease management tools.

CDC's Traveler's Health
    www.cdc.gov/travel/ - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide information of interest to international travelers.

Women's Health
    www.4woman.gov/ - The National Women's Health Information Center is the most reliable and current information resource on women’s health today. They offer free women’s health information on more than 800 topics through their call center and web site.

 

KidsHealth
    www.kidshealth.org/ - Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

Senior Health
    nihseniorhealth.gov/ - Health information for seniors provided by the National Library of Medicine's National Institute of Health.  Includes text to speech conversion, if desired.

Clinical Trials
    clinicaltrials.gov/ - Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

 

familydoctor.org
    familydoctor.org/ - This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians, a national medical organization representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.

 

PDR for Consumers
    www.gettingwell.com/ - Includes information on disease overviews, health and wellness, drug information and clinical trials.

   

PandemicFlu.gov
    pandemicflu.gov/ - This is the official U.S. government Web site dealing with pandemic flu and avian flu.



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