Featured Titles in the Library

Popular Catalog Searches

Selected Magazines in the Library

Harvard Health Letter • JAMA • Mayo Clinic Health Letter • New England Journal of Medicine

Health Hot Topics

Health Care Reform

• Getting To The Heart of Health Care  In March 2010, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms.  Our goal is to provide information on the important changes being implemented and to provide access to local resources for individuals, families, seniors, and small businesses needing health insurance and health services

Premium Online Resources for Library Cardholders

• Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module 
  wide variety of health information
• Health eBook Collection (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
  includes titles dedicated to alternative medicine, cancer, child and adolescent health, genetic disorders, senior health, surgery, and drugs and addictive substances
• Health Reference Center Academic 
  professional articles on a wide range of topics
• Journal of the American Medical Association
  full text articles (only available at the library)
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection
  covers all aspects of the nursing profession--from direct patient care to health care administration
• Nursing Resource Center 
  for nursing students--disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated physiology diagrams to complement core encyclopedic texts

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Internet Resources

ADD • Diseases • Drugs • Health Care • Physicians • Psychology

Attention Deficit Disorder

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
  includes hyperactivity and support information
• National Attention Deficit Association
  includes up to date news
  

Diseases

• ALS Association
  Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
• Alzheimer's Association
  news, quality of life, legal issues, workshops
• American Diabetes Association
  includes prevention, recipes, exercises
• American Heart Association
  conditions, healthy lifestyles, news
• Arthritis Foundation
  includes Arthritis Today Magazine
• Cancer: OncoLink
  cancer news, treatment, coping skills and more
• Cancer.gov from the National Cancer Institute
  includes news, clinical trials, and research
• CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  also find emergency preparedness, traveler's and workplace health

Drugs

• Drug Information
  from Medline Plus
• Just Ask Blue
  West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and University of Michigan College of Pharmacy team up to provide two services, Tailored Information for Patients (HTip) and Ask A Pharmacist.
• Drugs and Abuse
  from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
• RxList
  the Internet Drug Index
  
  

Health Care

• Diagnostic Tests
  from Harvard Medical School
• Free Medical Journals
  free access to older articles
• Go Ask Alice
  health information for young adults from Columbia University
• Healthfinder
  from the Departmetn of health and Human Services, includes disease prevention
• MayoClinic.com
  includes health risk assessment tools and video
• MEDLINEplus
  from the National Library of Medicine, includes MEDLINE
• National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
  alternative health information, research, news
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
  health plan accreditations
• News in Health
  National Institute of Health web site based on research conducted by NIH scientists or other accredited professionals
  
  

Physicians

• AMA DoctorFinder
  from the American Medical Association
• Beaumont Hospital
  Royal Oak and Troy, find a doctor
• Crittenton Hospital
  Find-a-Doc
• Disciplinary Action Reports
  from the Michigan Bureau of Health Services
• Doctors-MedlinePlus
  NIH links to health related directories
• MDCH Verify a License
  Verification of Health Professional License in Michigan
• QuackWatch
  guide to quackery, health fraud, and consumer information

Psychology

• APA Helpcenter
  from the American Psychological Association
• Internet mental Health
  a wide variety of mental health information created specifically for the web
• National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc.
  for parents, educators, and professionals
• Phobia List
  alphabetical list of phobias both by name and type
• Psychology
  More topics from the American Psychology Association
• School Psychology Resources Online
  for psychologists, parents, and educators