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Consumer and Patient Health Information
- MedlinePlusThis National Library of Medicine site is the FIRST place you should go for health information. "Health Topics" is the link to medical information, and there are also links to a medical encyclopedia and dictionary.
---MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators is available in Spanish. https://tinyurl.com/ye25s4w2
---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Clinical Trials.govA clinical trial is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions and to find treatments that work in people. This site explains how trials work, gives definitions of terms, and allows you to search for trials by medical condition, location of trial, eligibility, and more.
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)The major topics are Food; Drugs; Medical Devices; Vaccines, Blood, and Biologics; Animal and Veterinary Products; Cosmetics; AND Radiation-emitting products.
--- For consumer information, click on a tab at the top and scroll down to RESOURCES FOR YOU on the left. - Johns Hopkins Health LibraryThis patient information site includes information about diseases and conditions, tests and procedures, recipes, nutrition, and prevention.
- UpToDate - "The Basics"This is the UpToDate database's section for patients; scroll down to see the list of topics. These pages will appear in any search that you do.