Health and Medicine

Online Reference Room

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Use this database to research topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness. Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

A Lexington Public Library card is required to access some of the above resources outside the library.

Internet Links

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. There is a link for information in Spanish.?
American Medical Association Patient Information
Medical news, health insights and helpful information on doctor-patient relationships.
American Nutraceutical Association
Find unbiased information on the effacy and safety of herbs and supplements.
Cancer.gov
Information on types of cancer, treatments, and clinical trials from the National Cancer Institute.
Centers for Disease Control
Information on infectious diseases, health information for travelers, and news from the government agency.
Clincal Trials.gov
Find information about clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions.
Donate Life Kentucky
Fill out an online form to join Kentucky's Organ Donor Registry
Dr. Weil.com
Nutrition and Health information from an alternative perspective.
Family Doctor.org
Information on kid's health, choosing a doctor, healthy living, drugs and more from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Health Advocacy Organizations
A catagorical list of orgainzations that help people with all kinds of health needs, from Sarah Lawrence College's Health Advocacy Graduate Program
HealthFinder
Consumer health and human services information web site and gateway.
HIV InSite
Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy from the University of California, San Francisco.
Intellihealth
Consumer health information from over 150 health organizations.
Kidshealth
Health information for kids, teens and parents.
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department
Your source for local information on immunizations, food safety & restaurant inspections, environmental hazards, and nutrition & physical activity classes.
Mayo Clinic's Health Oasis Page
Medical news and information from the Mayo Clinic.
MedlinePlus
News, health topics, drug information and more from the National Library of Medicine
Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report
This Center For Disease Control (CDC) website contains timely information and statistics for many different health issues.
NIH Senior Health
Health information website designed especially for older adults.
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
Bilingual (English and Spanish) consumer health information.
Organized Wisdom
OrganizedWisdom® Health a human-powered, doctor-guided search service for health, providing reviewed, well-organized search result pages for the most popular health search terms and phrases.
RxList
Searchable index of prescription drugs.
U.K. Healthcare Health Information Library
Links, news and general resources from the U.K. Medical Center Library.
World Health Organization Statistical Information System
Find global health infomation and statistics.

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