Health & Medical
Get answers to health-related questions. Find information on health, medications, holistic medicine, supplements, encyclopedia and dictionary entries.
Consumer Health Complete
Covers all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
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COVIDtests.gov
Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days.
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DocInfo
A free resource for consumers from the Federation of State Medical Boards. Provides physician licensure and disciplinary data.
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Drug Information Portal
This free website from the National Library of Medicine provides quick access to high quality drug information from multiple U.S. government agencies. Search for pharmaceuticals by drug trade name or by generic name.
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Integrates the full text of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters topical overviews; and reference books.
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MEDLINE
Authoritative medical database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by healthcare professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers.
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MedlinePlus
This consumer health resource from the National Library of Medicine provides information about health and wellness topics. Medline Plus is a good website to use as a starting point for health-related questions and includes information on health, drugs, supplements, encyclopedia and dictionary entries, and videos. Available in Spanish.
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Merck Manual - Consumers
This website provides the standard in-home medical encyclopedia online. Find images, symptoms and signs, diagnoses, treatment, and prevention options for many types of medical concerns.
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Merck Manual - Professional
The website provides you with thousands of medical topics and chapters. Find images, symptoms and signs, diagnoses, treatment, and prevention options for many types of medical concerns.
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Missouri Division of Professional Registration
Search for a physician licensed to practice in Missouri.
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Oxford Reference Online: Medicine and Health
Entries on the study of the prevention, cure and understanding of disease as well as the investigation of physical and mental wellbeing.
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PubMed
Citations for biomedical research from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
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Salem Health
Online access to Magill’s Medical Guide, Salem Health: Cancer, and Salem Health: Psychology and Mental Health.
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Teen Health & Wellness
Provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular and self-help support.
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