GENERAL HEALTH
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Looking to find a doctor or general information about health? The following resources are an excellent starting point.
DATABASES
Health & Wellness Resource Center
More than 400 health and medical journals and other resources that can link you to major health web sites.
Public Health Reports
Published six times a year and covers such topics as public health practice, research, and viewpoints/commentaries.
BASIC INFORMATION
Family Doctor
Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Genetics Home Reference
Your guide to understanding genetic conditions.
Get Healthy
The Southern Nevada Health District′s Get Healthy web site provides information and resources to help our community eat better, get physically active and live tobacco-free.
InteliHealth
Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information.
NOAH
New York Online Access to Health in Spanish and English.
HEALTH STATISTICS
America’s Health Rankings
America's Health Rankings® tracks the state of our nation's health. This analysis provides a comprehensive perspective on our national health issues, state by state. The 2010 Rankings features an interactive map where you can explore these statistics, compare states side-by-side, and learn what we can do to improve our health in the future.
Healthy People 2020
Healthy People 2020 - Improving the Health of Americans.Provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans
MEDICAL REFERENCE MANUALS
Internet Mental Health
Disorders, diagnosis, medications and more!
Merck Manuals
View the manuals online or download them to your pda/smartphone.
MEDICAL JOURNALS
American Family Physician
Contains articles on subjects relevant to the family physician's practice, summaries of selected articles from other medical journals and much more. (In-library use only.)
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
CINAHL is an index to literature in nursing and allied health sciences. It covers over 1,200 journals, and offers full-text of more than 300 different health journals. (Requires a valid Library card & PIN)
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Search over 400 health and medical journals, encyclopedias and dictionaries, hundreds of pamphlets, health news from around the globe and access to key health Web sites. (Requires a valid Library card & PIN)
National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus
Health information selected by the National Library of Medicine.
PubMed/Medline
Searches professional journals and provides abstracts of articles.