- The National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, created and maintains MedlinePlus to assist you in locating authoritative health information.
- MedlinePlus pages contain carefully selected links to Web resources with health information.
- Links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE database allow you to find references to latest health professional articles on your topic.
- The adam.com medical encyclopedia brings
health consumers an extensive library of medical images as well as over 4,000 of articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
- The adam.com medical encyclopedia is available from the MedlinePlus Health Topics page.
- The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary allows you to look up definitions and spellings of medical words.
- Drug information is available from the United States Pharmacopeia via the USP's Drug Information (USP DI), Volume II, Advice for the Patient and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) via MedMaster.
- Combined, the USP DI and MedMaster provide extensive information about more than 10,000 brand name and generic prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including side effects, dosing, drug interactions, precautions and storage for each drug.
- MedlinePlus follows a list of guidelines for the inclusion of Web sites; available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/criteria.html
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