How to Do Medical Research for Consumers:                    

• How to Find Medical Information
• MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web-Surfing

Multilingual / Multicultural Health Brochures and Information Resources 
This special page contains links to a wide range of comprehensive multilingual and multicultural health information resources. This reliable translated health information is available and printable as brochures, fact sheets, and online books. You will usually find a link to an English version of each foreign language collection or article, except where noted on the website. 

MedlinePlus at the National Library of Medicine
This provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions by linking to full-text consumer health information from government agencies and authoritative medical organizations.

• Health and Disease Leaflets

• Translated Health and Disease Leaflets

• Drug information Leaflets

Healthfinder  
A "gateway" website for health and human services information from the US Government. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications and resources:

• Be an Active Health Care Consumer
• Health Conditions/Diseases
• Consumer Versions of Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Pressure Sores
• Health Plans
• Prescriptions
• Prevention & Wellness
• Quality of Care
• Quit Smoking
• Surgery

Clinical Knowledge Summaries:

• Patient Information Leaflets Full Listing  (in alphabetical order) 
• Answers to Common Health Questions
  Common health questions provide useful information, based on questions asked by the public when they.

informedhealthonline
An evidence-based consumer and patient health site of online resources:

• A to Z List

• Topics (click on the Icon)

familydoctor.org:  
Information handouts for patients from the American Academy of Family Physicians

• Conditions A to Z

• Health Tools

OncoLink:
This site from the University of Pennsylvania provides comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances.

• Types of Cancer

• Cancer Treatment Information

cancernetwork.com:
These in-depth guides aim to ensure that patients receive the best quality of information about cancer increasing the patient 's understanding or awareness of a particular condition.  Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

American Society for Surgery of the Hand:

• Common Hand Conditions (choose from the list on the left)

HandWorld

• Common Hand Problems (by site)

• Alphabetical Index

American Dental Association (ADA) 

• Oral Health Topics A–Z  

The Medem Network:
Health information from national medical societies including the American Medical Society, American Academy of Pediatrics and others. The Medical Library provides information from Life Stages through Diseases and Conditions to Therapies and Health Strategies.

• Medical Library for Patients

National Network Library of Medicine:
Coordinated by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), this program advances the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.

• Multilingual Health Information Sources

Nutrition Fact Sheets:
The Northwestern Nutrition Department of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University provides fact sheets that provide a detailed description of vitamins, minerals and macronutrients as well as fad diets.

Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes
Postgraduate Medicine maintains an archive of patient information handouts, called "Patient Notes",  that have appeared in the journal.

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Last Update :  June 23, 2008