Duke University Medical Center LibGuides - Consumer/Patient Health Information

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Drug Info

Drugs & Supplements

MEDLINEplus has extensive information on drugs.
Children's Medications

Looking for information about a medication? Find it here at KidsHealth, and read about how the medicine works, how to take it, and possible side effects. The list has only the generic names of drugs, not brand names.
Over-The-Counter Drug Info

Learn the basics on over-the-counter medications.
MayoClinic.com

Provides information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicine, and supplements.
DailyMed

DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. This information includes FDA approved labels (package inserts). Other information about prescription drugs may also be available.
Drug Information Portal

The portal covers drugs from the time they are entered into clinical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) through their entry in the market place (Drugs@FDA). Links to medical research, toxicology, and summaries of use/efficacy are included.
Drugs@FDA

A searchable catalog of approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs, including drug approval letters, labels, and review packages.

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MedlinePlus

Looking for quality health information? First try MedlinePlus!

MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions. 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.

If you don't see the information you need, look below at the links and at the green tabs at the top of the page for more specific information.

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General Health Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page

This searchable site provides health information that is government sponsored. It has links to the National Center for Health Statistics and various topics such as women's health.
Duke Health Library

Browse or search for topics that interest you to find related articles, care guides, news, and more.
Google Health Co-op

Contributors to topics annotate websites that they think are especially useful, relevant, or authoritative to a topic with pre-defined category labels. These labels appear as links at the top of search results pages when you search for something related.
FamilyDoctor.org

The Health Tools section includes a dictionary of common medical terms, drug information about prescription and over-the-counter medications, symptom-based self-care flowcharts for common health problems, a directory of family physicians, and more.
Healthfinder

This site is a gateway consumer health and human services information Website. It has a list of medical libraries in the U.S., an index of medical and health related journals on the Web, searchable medical dictionaries, and a listserv open to the public.
Intelihealth

Their health information includes health news and content as well as access to tools and risk assessments. More than 150 top health care organizations contribute to InteliHealth's content, including the National Institutes of Health.
KidsHealth

There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources - all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens.
Lab Tests Online

Lab Tests Online has been designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to better 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.
MayoClinic.com

Provides information and services from the world's first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group medical practice. Manage your health with information and tools that reflect the expertise of Mayo's 2,500 physicians and scientists.
Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Second Home Edition

Selected sections of the Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Second Home Edition are also searchable online; this version includes the complete sections on the heart, infections, the eye, and obstetrics and gynecology.
MEDLINEplus

MEDLINEplus has extensive information on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, and extensive information on drugs.
MLA's Deciphering Medspeak Brochures

While trying to make informed health decisions, you have probably encountered "medspeak," the specialized language of health professionals. "Deciphering Medspeak" helps to translate common and disease-specific "medspeak" terms.
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health is a unique collection of state, local and federal resources. Searchers may select from a list of Health Topics which are then narrowed to include definitions, care and treatment, and lists of information resources.