Sites by Subject
- ClinicalTrials.gov
This consumer-friendly database, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health,
provides patients and members of the public easy access to information about
the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation
and additional disease and treatment information.
- Genetics
Home Reference
The National Library of Medicine's web
site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible
for those conditions.
- Household
Products Database
From the National Institute of Health and the National Library of Medicine,
this database contains information on over 4,000 consumer brands, allowing
consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.
- Interactive
Health Tutorials
MEDLINEplus, the consumer health web site of the National Library of Medicine
(NLM), has added a series of interactive tutorials for patient education.
Produced by the Patient Education Institute, these resources, using animated
graphics, explain a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. In addition,
each tutorial is fully narrated and has an option for printing a PDF version
of the material.
- MedlinePlus
Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer-oriented site
provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions
and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes
of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, drug information
from the United States Pharmacopeia, and health information in Spanish and
other languages.
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