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The U.S. Government
provides many resources in order to supply you with more
information about what is available on a broader level.
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National Institutes of Health
Click here
for more
Provides information
on child & teen health, men’s health, minority health, seniors’
health, women’s health and wellness and lifestyles.
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U.
S. Department of Health & Human Services
Click here
for more
Provides information
on aging, disasters and emergencies, diseases and conditions,
drug and food information, families and children, reference
collections, and resource locators.
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Healthfinder
Sponsored by the Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U. S. Dept. of
Health & Human Services
Click here
for more
Provides a Health
Library and Consumer Guides. Health Library topics include guide
to diseases, conditions, and injuries, guide to diagnostic and
surgical procedures. Consumer guides include health insurance,
Hospice, hospitals, long term care, Medicaid, Medicare, nursing
homes, prescription drugs, and support groups.
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A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and
the National Institutes of Health
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for more
Provides authoritative
information from government agencies, a medical dictionary and a
medical encyclopedia. Pages include health topics, drugs and
supplements, news, directories, and other resources.
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The National
Women’s Health Information Center
Click here for
more
This site includes
health topics, health organizations, health tools,
GirlsHealth.gov, publications, and statistics regarding women's
health.
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Click here
for more
Developed by the
National Institute on Aging and the National Library of
Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health. Topics
include arthritis, osteoporosis, hearing loss, low vision, sleep
& aging, and taking medicines.
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Click
here for more
This site provides
information on topics such as adolescent health, aging and
elderly health, bone health, family history, genetics and
genomics, global health, health-related quality of life, healthy
joints, men’s health, women’s health, nutrition, and physical
activity.
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Cancer Topics, National Cancer Institute, NCI, U. S. National
Institutes of Health
Click
here for more
Provides information
on types of cancer, prevention, treatment, screening and
testing, and coping with cancer.
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Compiled by Stephanie Fridie, August 22, 2006
smfridie@salisbury.edu
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