Consumer Health

General Consumer Health Resources

MedlinePlus Quality health care information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.

National Library of Medicine's FAQ: Finding Consumer Health Information

National Library of Medicine: Free Biomedical Literature Resources

Hardin MD
Pointers to the most complete and frequently cited lists for health subjects.

NOAH New York Online Access to Health seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. NOAH currently supports English and Spanish.

HealthInfoIowa: A Resource for Online Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Healthfinder U.S. government sponsored fact sheets on healthcare and diseases. Includes online checkups, health observances, health news and more.

CAPHIS Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association. "Web Sites You Can Trust"

KidsHealth KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.

MedlinePlus: Understanding Medical Research

 

Alternative/Complementary Medicine

Alternative Medicine Home Page Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

CAM Citation IndexThe NCCAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Citation Index (CCI) consists of approximately 220,000 bibliographic citations dated from 1966 on. It is available as a subset on PubMed.

Cochrane Collaboration: CM Field
The Complementary Medicine Field is an international group of individuals dedicated to facilitating the production of systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials in topic areas such as acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, herbal medicine, homeopathy and mind-body therapy. The Complementary Medicine Field is coordinated by the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine

ConsumerLab.com (subscription required for most reports)
ConsumerLab.com is the leading provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products. [From About ConsumerLab.com]

HealthWeb - Alternative/Complementary Medicine Provides links to evaluated, noncommercial, health-related sites. HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation.

HerbaLinks from the Iowa Drug Information Network (IDIN). A compilation of sites considered by IDIN to be the highest quality and most useful to pharmacists

Iowa Botanical Supplements Research Center - Iowa State University

National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

 

Consumer Health: Find Articles (Databases/Indexes)

CAM Citation IndexThe NCCAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Citation Index (CCI) consists of approximately 220,000 bibliographic citations dated from 1966 on. It is available as a subset on PubMed.

restricted resource EBSCOhost Databases - Includes: Academic Search Elite, CINAHL Plus (Nursing), SPORTSdiscus, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition & more.

Genetics Home Reference
The Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions.

Restricted Resource Health & Wellness Reference Center
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc.

restricted resource Health Reference Center provides extensive coverage of all aspects of health, fitness, diseases, drugs and nutrition.

Household Products Database - Health & Safety Information on Household Products

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements database from the NIH's Office of Dietary supplements

MEDLINEplus provides up-to-date, quality health care information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.

Index to Chiropractic Literature 1985-Present

See also: Hardin Library's Databases page.

 

Consumer Health: Drug Information

National Library of Medicine's FAQs:
Where can I find information about US drugs?
Where can I find information about international (non-US) drugs?
How can I identify a pill?

Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs

RxList - The Internet Drug Index Search for indications, symptoms, side effects, and drug interactions. Includes the "Top 200 Prescriptions"

Drug InfoNet

USP Dispensing Information. Volume II: Advice for Patients from MEDLINEplus: Health Information

Pharmacist's Guide to Your Medications from the The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

HerbaLinks from the Iowa Drug Information Network (IDIN). A compilation of sites considered by IDIN to be the highest quality and most useful to pharmacists

Drugs of Abuse from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

 

Consumer Health: Medical Tests and Procedures

National Library of Medicine's FAQ: Lab and Diagnostic Tests

Lab Tests Online

A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia through MedlinePlus

HCUPnet: Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project Includes cost information for various procedures

University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System - Consumer Health Information: Tests and Procedures

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide: Diagnostic Tests

 

Consumer Health: Quackery/Fraud/Urban Legends

CDC's Current Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors

MEDLINEplus: Health Fraud

 

Consumer Health: Iowa Cancer Resources

University of Iowa: Cancer Information Service

Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control (ICCCC)

Iowa Public Health Information (IPHI): Health Topics - Cancer

State Health Registry of Iowa: Iowa Cancer Registry

Find an Oncologist - from the American Society of Clinical Oncology

National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Includes clinical trials listings and cancer statistics

American Cancer Society (ACS)

ACS Approved Cancer Programs database