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Health Source: Academic/Nursing Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.
General Health Information
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov
Healthfinder, a consumer health and human services site, is sponsored by the US government and leads you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not for profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.”
HealthyNJ
http://www.healthynj.org/
HealthyNJ is a product of the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and cosponsored by the New Jersey LIbrary Association. Here you will find general information and Internet resources about a number of diseases and health conditions, general health and wellness, and New Jersey specific health information.
Kidshealth
http://www.Kidshealth.org
Sponsored by the DuPont Hospital for Children, Kidshealth is divided into three sections: kids, parents, and professionals. The kids’ section is devoted to the child patient and includes feelings and changes, food and fitness, kids only closet, my health, and my body. The parents’ section covers behavioral and development, childhood infections, community center, healthy kids, nutrition and fitness, and safety.
Medline Plus
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Extensive information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health on over 600 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a US government site offering health information for the international traveler such as disease outbreaks and vaccination information. Offers health information on diseases, health risks, prevention guidelines, and strategies.
N.J. Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
Information and contacts for community mental health support groups in New Jersey.
Affordable Care Act information
https://www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/one-page-guide-to-the-marketplace/
Information on the Affordable Care Act, and linking to helpful resources relating to the Act.
Drugs and Medications
FDA
http://www.fda.gov
Sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration, this site covers foods, human drugs, biologics, animal drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, freedom of information, children and tobacco, toxicology research, and medical products reporting.
PDR+ for Patients
http://www.pdr.net/browse-by-consumer-monograph-name/
The drug information on PDRnet is written in lay terms and is based on the FDA-approved drug information found in the PDR. It gives consumers plain-English explanations for the safe and effective use of prescription and nonprescription drugs-explanations that are consistent with the information professionals are referencing in the PDR. Use this section to read about a drug your doctor may have prescribed to check for side effects, drug interactions, and other important information.
RxList
http://www.rxlist.com
This internet drug index provides the top 200, prescribed drugs, and a keyword drug search. You an find out the drug category, brand names, cost of therapy, box warning, description, chemical pharmacology, indications and usage, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, over dosage, dosage and administration, references, patient package inserts, and how supplied for a given drug.
Physicians and Hospitals
Health Care Payers Coalition of New Jersey
http://www.hcpc.org
Enables you to search for a physician by specialty or geographic location and search for a hospital by procedure or diagnosis and geographic location. Also provides detailed profiles, directions and maps and links for evaluating and selecting health care providers.
NJ Health Care Profile
Information on physicians and podiatrists obtained from a number of sources including the American Medical Association and the American Osteopathic Association. The profiles provide information about practitioners’ credentials and education and also about disciplinary actions, hospital restrictions (for physicians and podiatrists), and malpractice payments. Developed by the the Division of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the State Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Optometrists.