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MedlinePlus, with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, is a website network containing health
Health

In 1948, the World Health Organisation defined health as ?a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.? ...
 information from the world's largest medical library
Library

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual....
, the United States National Library of Medicine
United States National Library of Medicine

The United States National Library of Medicine , operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. The collections of the National Library of Medicine include more than seven million books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs, and images on medicine and related science...
, in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research....
. The website also contains an online medical dictionary, drug/herbal index, and a news service for medical news reports. The site is intended to be used by health care provider
Health care provider

A health care provider or health professional is an organization or person who delivers proper health care in a systematic way professionally to any individual in need of health care services....
s and patient
Patient

A patient is any person who receives medical attention, care, or Therapy. The person is most often illness or injured and in need of treatment by a physician or other Health care provider, although one who is visiting a physician for a routine check-up may also be viewed as a patient....
s, and designed to provide up-to-date, authoritative information.






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MedlinePlus, with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, is a website network containing health
Health

In 1948, the World Health Organisation defined health as ?a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.? ...
 information from the world's largest medical library
Library

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual....
, the United States National Library of Medicine
United States National Library of Medicine

The United States National Library of Medicine , operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. The collections of the National Library of Medicine include more than seven million books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs, and images on medicine and related science...
, in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research....
. The website also contains an online medical dictionary, drug/herbal index, and a news service for medical news reports. The site is intended to be used by health care provider
Health care provider

A health care provider or health professional is an organization or person who delivers proper health care in a systematic way professionally to any individual in need of health care services....
s and patient
Patient

A patient is any person who receives medical attention, care, or Therapy. The person is most often illness or injured and in need of treatment by a physician or other Health care provider, although one who is visiting a physician for a routine check-up may also be viewed as a patient....
s, and designed to provide up-to-date, authoritative information. MedlinePlus is updated daily.

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  • information from the National Institutes of Health
    National Institutes of Health

    The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research....
     and other sources on over 740 disease
    Disease

    A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
    s and conditions
  • interactive health tutorial
    Tutorial

    A tutorial is one method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of learning. More interactivity and specific than a book or a lecture; a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task....
    s
  • lists of hospital
    Hospital

    A hospital is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays....
    s and physician
    Physician

    A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
    s
  • a medical encyclopedia
    Encyclopedia

    An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that holds information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
     (A.D.A.M., Inc.
    A.D.A.M., Inc.

    A.D.A.M., Inc. is a company providing health and medical information. One of their best known clients is MedlinePlus, for which they supply many illustrations stemming from A.D.A.M.?s Health Illustrated Encyclopedia....
     Health Illustrated Encyclopedia)
  • a medical dictionary
    Dictionary

    A dictionary is a book of Alphabetical order listed words in a specific language, with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of alphabetically listed words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon....
     (Merriam-Webster)
  • health information in Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
  • extensive information on prescription
    Medical prescription

    A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient....
     and nonprescription drugs
    Medication

    A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine or medicament, can be loosely defined as any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease....
  • health information from the media
    Mass media

    Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
  • links to local health resources via the Go Local projects
  • links to thousands of clinical trial
    Clinical trial

    In health care, clinical trials are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for new drugs or devices. These trials can only take place once satisfactory information has been gathered on the quality of the product and its non-clinical safety, and Institutional review board approval is granted in the country where the trial...
    s
  • links to pre-formulated search
    Search engine

    A search engine is an information retrieval designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits....
    es of the MEDLINE
    MEDLINE

    MEDLINE is a literature Bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care....
    /PubMed database
    Database

    A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
     for recent research
    Research

    Research is defined as human activity based on intellectual application in the investigation of matter. The primary purpose for applied research is discovery , interpretation , and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe....
     articles on selected health topics


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