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Drug Info

  • Drugs & Supplements  
      
    extensive information on prescription & nonprescription drugs
  • Children's Medications  
      
    How a medicine works, how to take it, & possible side effects
  • Drugs.com
    Extensive information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products.
  • Identify an Unknown Pill  
      
    Identify unknown tablet or capsule medications based on physical characteristics & images.
  • Drug Information Portal  
      
    Links to medical research, toxicology, and summaries of use/efficacy for drugs from the time they enter into clinical trials through their entry in the market place.
  • DrugWatch.com
    Learn about medication interactions, suggested dosage, possible side effects, and related lawsuits or recalls.
 

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You

Looking for quality health information?  Search MedlinePlus!

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MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.

General Health Information

  • PubMed Health  
      
    information on diseases, conditions, drugs, treatment options, & healthy living, with a special focus on comparative effectiveness research
  • Medify
    Combines key information about patients & their experiences from millions of studies from MEDLINE then organizes it around the topics you care about: conditions, treatments, experts, and hot research issues.
  • Best Health  
      
    Best Health gives you easy-to-understand information to help you make the best healthcare decisions.
  • KidsHealth  
      
    Thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources on health topics.
  • Healthfinder  
      
    Provides a list of U.S. medical libraries, an index of medical/health related online journals, searchable medical dictionaries, and a listserv open to the public.
  • New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)  
      
    A unique collection of state, local and federal resources on various health topics.
  • Merck Manual Home Health Handbook  
      
    A medical book meant for all those people interested in medical care without a medical degree.
  • Lab Tests Online
    Understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
      
    Government sponsored health information website with links to the National Center for Health Statistics and various topics such as women's health, epidemics, and regional concerns.
  • MLA's Deciphering Medspeak Brochures  
      
    Translates commonly used "medspeak" terms, the specialized language of health professionals, into plain language so you can make informed decisions.
  • Office of Rare Disease Research
    Information on rare diseases, patient advocacy groups, research and clinical trials, and genetic & rare diseases.
  • National Organization for Rare Disorders
    Information for patients/families, mentoring for patient organizations, advocacy for the rare disease community, research grants, & patient assistance programs

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    Helps you answer the questions: “What medical condition could I have?” and “Where should I go for treatment?”
  • Glucose Buddy (iPad/iPhone)
    Manually enter glucose numbers, carbohydrate consumption, insulin dosages, and activities. View all your data online.
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