Consumer Health
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Information for patients and health professionals about types of cancer, treatment, prevention, genetics, screening, statistics, support, clinical trials, and more. Information also available in Spanish.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
The CDC’s website offers information on diseases & conditions, emergency preparedness, environmental health, travelers’ health, and workplace safety. Information also available in other languages.
Written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. Search for health topics, drug information, family physicians, advice on self-care, health topics for specific age groups, and more. Site is also searchable in Spanish.
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
The FDA’s website contains information for consumers, health professionals, and industry. Sections included food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, vaccines, veterinary, cosmetics, recalls & alerts, health news, videos, and more. Some content also available in Spanish.
A portal to the websites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal departments and agencies.
A consumer health site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Links to reviewed health information, including prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions, drug interactions, consumer guides, health news, and federal and state health-related organizations. Content focused on online government and nonprofit health and human services information. Site is also searchable in Spanish.
Health information about children from before birth through adolescence from the Nemours Foundation. Site provides jargon-free health information, with areas for kids, teens, and parents, each with its own design and age-appropriate content. Some content also available in Spanish.
Up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of the Mayo Clinic. A team of professionals work with medical experts to produce this site. Sections include diseases & conditions, drugs & supplements, treatment decisions, healthy living, health tools, slides shows, videos, and blogs & podcasts.
From the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Links to information on over 750 health topics, drug information, a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, health news, healthcare directories, and more. Also includes interactive tutorials, as well as easy-to-read, low vision, and multi-language materials. Site is also searchable in Spanish.
Sections include an A-Z Health Topic Index, NYS Nursing Home Profile, NYS Hospital Profile, NYS Physician Profile, Professional Misconduct & Physician Discipline, Emergency Preparedness & Response, Health News, Health Insurance, Laws & Regulations, and more, much of which is specific to New York State. Some content also available in Spanish.
NIH (National Institutes of Health)
The NIH site for authoritative health information. Search health topics, medical research, wellness information, procedures, health databases, health newsletters, audio reports, and more. Some content also available in Spanish.
A health and wellness site from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) designed for older adults. Health topics include general overviews, videos, quizzes, and more. The senior-friendly features include large print, short, easy-to-read segments of information and simple site navigation. Visitors to the site can enlarge text size, change text color, and hear the text read aloud.
A National Library of Medicine (NLM) site offering quick access to information on over 12,000 drugs. Search by drug name, either brand or generic, and the database searches a range of trusted resources, such as NLM databases, the FDA and other government resources. The site is also searchable by audience, such as the public and health professionals.
PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
This site provides multiple sections for consumers, including health topics, drug information, news & blogs, message boards, symptom checker, videos, physician and hospital directories, and more.
