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WEBSTER COUNTY LIBRARY

Health Resources

Resources to Learn about Health and Medicine

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Consumer Health Complete button.
Consumer Health Complete is a resource to support the information needs of patients covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to holistic and integrated medicine.
MEDLINE button.
MEDLINE has articles about medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

Freely Available Online

Mayo Clinic button.
Mayo Clinic has a database of information about different illnesses, healthy living, drugs, tests, and procedures. The Health Information tab has A-Z lists of diseases & conditions, symptoms, tests, and drug information.
MedlinePlus button.
MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for the public that offers information on health topics, human genetics, medical tests, medications, dietary supplements, and healthy recipes.  High-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted and easy to understand, in both English and Spanish.
PubMed button.
PubMed is a database of over 32 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature from life sciences journals, online books, and MEDLINE, with links to full text articles from PubMed Central, a free full-text biomedical literature archive, and other sources.
WebMD button.
WebMD is an online publisher of medical news, health, and well-being information. Contains in-depth medical news, reference material, and articles on topics that range from common conditions to drug information.