These links are a great place to learn more about about medical conditions and procedures, medication, and how to live a healthy lifestyle.  Don't forget to check our catalog for books and videos. We have many resources for you in our new health neighborhood.  Our staff is ready to help you find the answers to your health questions.  Please remember that any information provided at this website is informational only.  Your health concerns and questions should be addressed by your healthcare provider.

Alternative Medicine Foundation
The Alternative Medicine Foundation provides responsible and reliable information about alternative medicine to the public and health professionals. 

Alternative Medicine Home Page
The Alternative Medicine Homepage, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh, is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.

American Medical Association
Visit the "For Patients" section of this website for consumer health information and to locate a doctor.  The AMA DoctorFinder provides professional information about virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions — including more than 690,000 doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine. 

American Psychological Association
The "Psychology Topics" section of this website has excellent resources on many health topics.  Visit the APA Help Center for brochures, tips and articles on the psychological issues that affect your physical and emotional well-being, as well as information about referrals.learn more about

CAPHIS: Consumer & Patient Health Information Section
The CAPHIS site offers 100 best health sites on the web, selected and reviewed by medical librarians.  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public health information from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  The CDC is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States.

ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals. 

Consumer Health Complete
Access using your TSCPL library card.
The single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. 

Department of Health and Human Services
Consumer health information.   The Dept. of Health & Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

Directory of Health Organizations Online
Directory database providing patients, health care and social services professionals, and consumers with an easy-to-use resource for locating health and biomedical organizations offering information, referral, and support for various diseases and conditions.  

Family Doctor 
This website is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organization representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.  It has extensive consumer health information for individuals and families, organized in an easy-to-use format. 

Health and Wellness Resource Center
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Research topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness.  

Health on the Net Foundation
Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Health Source - Consumer Edition
Access using your TSCPL library card.
Search for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, and much more. This database is part of EBSCOhost. 

Healthfinder.gov
Healthfinder.gov is an award-winning federal website for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other federal agencies.  Since 1997, it has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.  Healthfinder.gov links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.     

Household Products Database
Provides information about ingredients in brand-name products such as household cleaners, detergents, pesticides, auto products, personal care products and much more.  This database links over 7,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

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

MayoClinic.com
Comprehensive health & wellness site.  

Medicare
The official U.S. Government site for Medicare information - also in Chinese and Spanish. 

Medicine Net
Get information on diseases and conditions, procedures and tests, medications, and definitions. Nationally recognized, 100% Doctor-Produced by a network of over 70 U.S. Board Certified Physicians, MedicineNet.com is the trusted source for online health and medical information. 

MedlinePlus.gov                                                                                                                                                                     MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.  MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, medical journal articles, and latest health news.

Mental Health America
In the Mental Health Information section find fact sheets, a resource center and additional links. 

National Institutes of Health
Resources on common diseases & conditions.  

National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.  

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
'For Consumers and Practitioners' houses fact sheets, alerts and advisories, a database of alt medicines, and clinical trials. 

National Institute of Mental Health
This section offers information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets, and other educational materials.  

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
Many links for many health/illness problems. Award-winning database; bilingual English and Spanish. 

PubMed.gov
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. 

Tox Town
Interactive database that uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment and the public’s health. 

TOXNET
TOXNET is a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. 

WomensHealth.gov
WomensHealth.gov is the website of the National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC). This website offers the most reliable and current information resource on women’s health today.