Good Places to Start | Environmental Hazards | Resources in Multiple Languages | Videos
eMedicine Health
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/
eMedicineHealth is a first aid and consumer health information site written by physicians for patients and consumers.
FamilyDoctor.org
http://familydoctor.org/
Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians
MedlinePlus
http://www.medlineplus.gov
MedlinePlus is a compilation of multiple web health sites and offers authoritative, up-to-date health information, without advertisements, and is available anytime, anywhere for free. Medline is a product of the National Library of Medicine.
Merck Manual of Medical Information – Home Edition
http://www.merckhomeedition.com/
Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis
UpToDate for Patients
http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html
Learn more about a medical condition, better understand management and treatment options. Written and reviewed by physicians.
Household Products Database
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this tool provides health and safety information on household products
ToxTown
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/flash/town/flash.php
From the National Library of Medicine, this educational resource outlines environmental hazards that you might find in a city, town, farm, port or the U.S.-Mexico border.
Resources in multiple languages
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Consumer Health Information in Many Languages
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html
Produced through a collaboration of the NN/LM Consumer Outreach Librarians, this resource lists health materials available in over 11 different languages
Healthy Roads Media
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/
Health information in many languages and also many multimedia formats
CDC-TV
http://www.cdc.gov/CDCtv/
Health and wellness videos from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy Roads Media
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/
Health information in many languages and also many multimedia formats
MedlinePlus - Surgery Videos
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/surgeryvideos.html
Medical & Health Slide Shows
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/medical-pictures/article.htm
Educational picture slideshows from eMedicine. Each slideshow covers a medical or health topic and includes images, illustrations, or pictures and summary information discussing the topic
