Consumer Health Resources
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[edit] General Consumer Health Resources
*MEDLINEplus The premier consumer health information site from the National Library of Medicine. It should be the first stop for all your consumer health questions (available in Spanish)
*Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information in MEDLINEplus (Available in Spanish)
*Maryland Health Go Local It is an online directory of health service providers throughout the state of Maryland. Users are able to browse by health topics, health providers, or location to find the services they need. *Healthfinder This site is produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and provides links to reliable health information (available in Spanish)
*New York Online Access to Health Provides links to high quality health information that is specifically written for consumers (available in Spanish)
*Mayo Clinic Our mission is to empower people to manage their health. We accomplish this by providing useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of Mayo Clinic.
*CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
*Go Ask Alice! (Columbia University Health Service) Go Ask Alice! is a health question and answer service. Alice will answer questions each week about health-related topics such as relationships, nutrition and diet, drugs, sex, alcohol, and stress.
*Family Health and Wellness From the Institute for Good Medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical Society comes this website featuring a variety of health issues and health tests.
[edit] Women’s Health
*National Women's Health Information Center
*Noah: Women’s Health New York Online Access to Health is a bilingual (English/Spanish) health information site created by the City University of New York, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the New York, Queens Borough, and Brooklyn Public Libraries. The Women’s Health pages cover normal conditions such as puberty, pregnancy, and menopause as well as diseases and concerns such as endometriosis, women’s cancers, and STDs. (Available in Spanish)
[edit] Children and Teen Health
*KidsHealth KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use. KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone.
*Teen Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenhealth.html Rather than containing information for parents of teens, this site is directed toward adolescents themselves. Following the standard MedlinePlus format, this site includes links to reputable sites on a variety of topics of interest to teenagers, including nutrition, emotions, body image, alcohol and drugs, and sexuality.
[edit] Older Adults
*[NIHSeniorHealth.gov NIH (National Institutes of Health) Senior Health]
*Administration on Aging Elders & Families The Department of Health and Human Services/Administration on Aging website is designed to assist older people and their families or caregivers to quickly obtain information on a variety of aging-related topics and government-sponsored programs.
*The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging The American Geriatrics Society Foundation website offers information on the health and care of older adults.
*FirstGov for Senior Citizens’ Resources Extensive links to government agencies and other organizations that provide services and programs for seniors.
*Geriatric Mental Health Foundation (Available in Spanish)
[edit] AIDS/HIV Resources
[edit] Alzheimer’s
*Alzheimer’s Association (Available in Chinese and Korean)
[edit] Cancer Resources
[edit] Diabetes
*American Diabetes Association (ADA)
[edit] Drug and Alcohol Abuse
*NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
[edit] Heart Disease
*National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
[edit] Stroke
*National Stroke Association This site provides excellent information on the symptoms of stoke, risk factors, prevention and recovery.
