Health and Wellbeing
From GRPLpedia
Check out the entries from our Health Blog!
'Tis the Season
It's the season of colds and flu. Stay healthy this winter -- find out how through the following books and web sites.
The library's resources include books such as:
Check out the following web sites for more information.
- Cold & Flu Center, WebMD
- Cold Remedies, Mayo Clinic
- Common Cold, MedlinePlus
- Flu, MedlinePlus
- Flu - including H1N1
Web Resources - Comprehensive
- CAPHIS (Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association)"Top 100 health websites you can trust."
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Other language versions available) A government site providing access to a wide variety of health and safety topics. Excellent source for health and vital statistics.
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources (University of Iowa) Various search options plus links to medical pictures.
- Health.gov Provides links to health-related web sites from various Federal departments and agencies.
- HealthFinder® (some information in Spanish) Government site providing reliable health information.
- Internet Public Library Find links to health web sites by searching a wide range of health categories.
- KidsHealth Information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak."
- Mayo Clinic Informative information on diseases, health conditions, drugs and supplements, along with health tools and guides to treatment decisions.
- Medem Check out the “For Patients” section for health information and to create an online “iHealthRecord.”
- MedlinePlus Health Information - National Library of Medicine (some Spanish) An excellent one-stop site for authoritative information. Check out the interactive tutorials and surgery videos.
- Michigan eLibrary - Health & Wellness Gateway Recommended web sites focusing on Michigan-related health information.
- National Institutes of Health - Health Information Broad range of information available.
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health (Spanish version available) Vast amount of health information.
- WebMD Good comprehensive health website.
Diseases and Health Conditions
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Hospitals, Health Care Facilities, Heatlh Care Services
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Medical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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Organizations
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Related Health Pages
Medicare Prescription Drug Program
Magazines and Journals at the Library
- Health Magazines at the Main Library
- The library owns literally thousands of magazines and newspapers in print, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic formats. These magazines are located in the Reading Room, our Youth Services Department, the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, and our Retrieval Desk at the Main library, as well as at each of our branches.
- Search our catalog for specific titles.
- Search our databases for full-text articles and citations from thousands more magazines and newspapers. Check MeL (the Michigan eLibrary) to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database.
Databases
These subscription databases are openly accessible to all patrons from any of our library locations. Home access is limited to Grand Rapids Public Library cardholders only.
Select Health Databases:
Health Reference Center Academic (InfoTrac)
Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac)
Browse a list of all GRPL Databases
Evaluating Online Health Information
Sites to aid health consumers in the quest for current, authoritative health information on the Internet.
MedlinePlus: Evaluating Health Information Contains tips on evaluating online health information, plus links to more in-depth discussions.
Health on the Net Foundation Medical and health web sites which follow this organization's principles and code of ethical conduct are awarded the HONcode accreditation.
Quackwatch Check this site for health-related frauds, myths, and fallacies.
