Consumer Health Resources: General Health

The 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.

A 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.

FamiilyDoctor.org has a lot of basic, general information to help community patrons assess their health needs. A particularly useful link is their Neighborhood Navigator, which connects to local resources in food (including food pantries and emergency food), housing, transit, physical health, mental health, care, goods, family, work & education, and legal areas. Resources are listed individually as well as mapped, and tend to be community initiatives targeted to lower income areas. Main categories for locating health information include Diseases and Conditions, Prevention and Wellness, and Family Health by age group. Your Health Resources section includes categories for Drugs, Procedures & Devices, Health Tools, and Healthcare Management, as well as a medical dictionary, BMI calculator, immunization schedule for all ages, and a symptom checker tool which walks users through a "no/yes" tree to arrive at a possible diagnosis and advice. The site includes a nice "breadcrumb" path to easily find where you are. The site does include advertising.

Guidelines from the Medical Library Association.

Authoritative 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.

Information from the Mayo Clinic on treatment, general health and latest research.

A good general resource for consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health.

An online medical resource for patients and caregivers.

The 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.