Consumer Health Resources: General Health
This page will serve as a resource for members and care givers of the Western New York community interested in consumer health information.
Last Updated: Sep 4, 2020 12:56 PM
NOTE:
Health Sciences Librarians do not provide medical advice or recommend healthcare practitioners. Patients should discuss their health situation with their healthcare providers.
General Health
Start your research here. These authoritative resources provide information about a variety of health topics.
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BookshelfThe books division of the NLM Literature Archive (LitArch) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Bookshelf is an online searchable collection of books, reports, databases, and other scholarly literature in biology, medicine, and the life sciences. Some Bookshelf contents have a corresponding entry in PubMed. PubMed citations have links to Bookshelf documents which cite them, and offers a “Similar articles in PubMed” links panel on the right on book and chapter pages.
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Clinical eCompanionFind research articles, fact sheets, drug information, and patient education quickly and easily. Clinical eCompanion allows you to search across multiple quality-approved resources at once for efficient and comprehensive searching.
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Consumer Health from WNYLRCA collection of resources from the Committee for Health Information Access, Western New York Library Resources Council. Includes resources for K-12, and multilingual health information.
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Finding Good Health InformationGuidelines from the Medical Library Association.
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Food and Drug Administration: Consumer Health InformationAuthoritative information from the FDA focused on consumer concerns, including health and safety information for foods, medication, and medical devices. Browse consumer updates, recalls and alerts, health topics, or search by keyword.
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Mayo ClinicInformation from the Mayo Clinic on treatment, general health and latest research.
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MedlinePlusA good general resource for consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health.
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The Merck Manual Consumer VersionAn online medical resource for patients and caregivers.
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National Center for Complementary and Integrative HealthThe Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. NCCIH was formerly known as the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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