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University of Arizona Health Sciences Library Outreach: Consumer Health Information

Important Health Informational Sites

Genetics

Genetics Home Reference:
partnership of National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services, and Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications.

Mental Health

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus is the #1 Consumer Health Information site. Search your health term and  learn more.

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, NIH National Institutes of Health

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Consumer Health Databases

PubMed Central

PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
(Open.)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Citation Index

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). We are 1 of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(Open.)

ACP Medicine

ACP Medicine is the first comprehensive reference to carry the name of the American College of Physicians. Developed to help busy physicians keep up with changing guidelines in primary care, ACP Medicine is a continually updated, evidence-based reference of internal medicine.  
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CINAHL
CINAHL®, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is the most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature
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Cochrane Library (EBP)
Cochrane reviews are unique because they are both produced by, and are relevant to, everyone interested in the effects of human health care. Based on the best available evidence, healthcare providers can decide if they should dunf production of a particular drug. Practicioners can find out if and intervention is effective in a specific clinical context. Patients and other healthcare consumers can assess the potential risks and benefits of treatments.
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Medline with Full-Text

MEDLINE with Full Text is the definitive research tool for medical literature. Database users can choose Publication Type in the Limits area and scroll down to select Patient Education Handout.
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Ovid
The Ovid MEDLINE database contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and in 70 other countries. The database contains well over 13 million citations dating back to 1950, including more than 130,000 population-related journal citations (unique to the former POPLINE® database) that were added to MEDLINE in October of 2002. Although coverage is worldwide, most records are derived from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Abstracts are included for more than 75% of the records
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Prescription Medication

Statistics and Data

Worldometers 

Worldometer gathers statistics and data from recognized national and international organizations like the UN, WHO and OECD. Each counter has a specific set of sources.

Program Guides

Below is an example list of Evidence-Based Practice Resources from AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program. AHRQ's EHC Program's mission is to help consumers make better treatment choices.

To view the entire list, go here:
Guides for Patients and Consumers

Effective Health Care Program Guides

Below is an example list of Evidence-Based Practice Resources from AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program. AHRQ's EHC Program's mission is to help consumers make better treatment choices.

To view the entire list, go here:
Guides for Patients and Consumers