AAFP Conditions A-Z is a handy patient-information tool written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Common conditions, treatments and health tips are presented concisely and informatively, and listed alphabetically or can be cross-searched with ACP's PIER in STAT!Ref online. Print the information for your patients to enhance understanding and health promotion. English AND Spanish

ACP's PIER is sponsored by the American College of Physicians, but is also useful for nurses and other clinical staff. 300 + modules are evidence-based and fully searchable.

Each module contain Patient Education guidance (usually section 7 or 8) while section 11 or 12 includes Patient Information web links to selected resources. Check the Contents on the left for the appropriate module and click on appropriate section.
ENGLISH only

MedlinePlus is a free web-based resource (sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, a unit of the National Institutes of Health) providing current, accurate, commercial-free and reliable health information to consumers and healthcare professionals. English and espanol

Health information in more than 40 languages and Tutorial: Understanding Medical Words

Easy-To-Read and Low Vision options in Health Topics

Prescription and over-the-counter medications, herbs and supplements from National Standard with levels of evidence.

Senior Health also features ways to enlarge text, enhance contrast and enable audio for selected text.

A project of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and others funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Formats: audio formats as well as pdf documents. Many of the materials are also available as sound recordings for downloading or immediate listening. Native speakers of the respective languages furnish the narrations, which are recorded, encoded, and linked to the project's Website for easy access.

The creation date of each brochure's content is indicated on its link, on the respective language's page. A date such as "04/2002" indicates "April, 2002".

The staff of the Eccles Library regularly update the Website.

Health Reference Center Academic provides professional content for primary care providers, nurses, and other clinical staff as well as personal and consumer health information. Searches can be limited to refereed or peer reviewed journals, to full text, by date or by specific journal.

• Peer-reviewed journals in medicine, health, nursing and allied health and other health-related areas with backfiles to 1980
• Videos of medical procedures and live surgeries from OR-Live
• More than 2,500 topical overviews from Clinical Reference Systems

New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (NOVEL) funded resource.

Easy-to-read reference materials on topics ranging from drugs, vitamins, and herbs to breakthrough medical research and state-of-the-art disease management.
Provides a Drug Interactions database, where you can check interactions between two or more drugs and get detailed information regarding potentially harmful drug interactions.

DrugDigest is the consumer health and drug information website of Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI), the nation's largest independent pharmacy benefit manager (PBM).

Please note that information on a web site should never be substituted for the advice of your doctor or other health professional.

MedlinePlus is a free web-based resource (sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, a unit of the National Institutes of Health) providing current, accurate, commercial-free and reliable health information to consumers and healthcare professionals. English and espanol

Health information in more than 40 languages and Tutorial: Understanding Medical Words

Easy-To-Read and Low Vision options in Health Topics

Prescription and over-the-counter medications, herbs and supplements from National Standard with levels of evidence.

Senior Health also features ways to enlarge text, enhance contrast and enable audio for selected text.

More than 19,000 drugs are included. The search box in the middle of the page lets you search many resources simultaneously. A spellchecker is provided.

The portal covers drugs from the time they are entered into clinical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) through their entry in the U.S. market place (Drugs@FDA). Many drugs in other countries are covered, but not as thoroughly as U.S. drugs. The PubMed link provides medical literature describing research, and TOXLINE provides toxicology literature. Resources such as MedlinePlus provide easy to read summaries of the uses and efficacy of a drug.

Search results include links to related drug information in MedlinePlus®, AIDSinfo®, Medline/PubMed®, LactMed, HSDB®, Dietary Supplements Labels Database, TOXLINE®, DailyMed®, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubChem, NIAID Anti-HIV/OI Database, ChemIDplus®, Drugs@FDA, DEA, and USA.gov .

While these materials are available through public libraries in the five counties served by the Mid-Hudson Library System: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster, users from other counties can also check with their libraries for access.

The Project's DVDs/videos, books and website links address areas of concern to young people ages 20 and under, to their families, to educators and to agencies serving youth. Selected materials are available in Spanish. The research-based RISK AND PROTECTION-FOCUSED PREVENTION FRAMEWORK applies for all materials.

Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, Kid's Health features thousands of in-depth articles, animations, games, and resources. Reviewed regularly for currency.

You'll learn about how to put together parts of medical words. You'll also find quizzes to see what you've learned.

You will need Flash Player to view the programs.

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