Health Info

BadgerLink is available to all Wisconsin Residents. Health information is available through EBSCOhost in BadgerLink and provides access to Alt HealthWatch, Consumer Health Complete, Health Source, LexiPALS Drug Guide and other resources.

Top Five Health Sites

• Healthfinder: Health Library
  Developed by the Dept. of Health and Human Service, this site provides links to government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
• MEDLINEplus | (en Español) | (multiple languages)
  Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this site provides information about specific diseases and conditions from the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies, health organizations and academic medical centers. Also includes a medical dictionary, a medical encyclopedia, and lists of hospitals and physicians.
• Merck Manual
  A series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers.  The Online Medical Library is updated periodically with new information, and contains photographs, and audio and video material not present in the print versions.
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
  A unique and authoritative bilingual health information site that provides access to consumer health information in English and Spanish.
• PubMed Health
  Information on diseases, conditions, drugs, treatment options, and healthy living, with a special focus on comparative effectiveness research from institutions around the world. PubMed Health is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a division of the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.

General Health Sites

• Alt HealthWatch
  AltHealth Watch is focused on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
• Cancer.gov
  Maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), this site provides web-based information on cancer and clinical trials.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad. Contents include Health Topics A-Z, In the News, and Data and Statistics.
• Consumer Health Complete
  CHC is a comprehensive resources for consumer-orineted health content. CHC provides full text for more than 200 reference books and encyclopedias, as weel as images, videos, and diagrams covering areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspecitves of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
• Genetics Home Reference
  From the National Library of Medicine, this site provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health.
• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
  Produced at the University of Iowa, the purpose of this "list of lists" is to provide easy access to comprehensive health-related resources.
• Healthy Wisconsin People
  (includes more than Wisconsin!) Provides information on a variety of topics, such as women's health, men's health, seniors' health, teen health, and diseases & conditions.
• Mayo Clinic
  Provides useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of the Mayo Clinic from Drugs to Diseases to Conditions, and more. Produced by a team of health professionals and Web designers.
• Minority Health
  (FDA) The FDA has resources to help minority communities safely use the medicines, foods, and other products the Agency regulates
• OncoLink
  (cancer info) OncoLink is the first multimedia oncology information resource placed on the Internet. OncoLink's mission is consistent with that of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, and the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania which has sanctioned its use and development.
• SAMHSA's ADS Center (Mental Health)
  Promotes dignity
• Senior Health (NIH)
  This website is for older adults and was developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health.
• Skin Cancer Guidelines
  The Skin Cancer Foundation has set the standard for educating the public and the medical profession about skin cancer, its prevention by means of sun protection, the need for early detection, and prompt, effective treatment.
• USA.gov (Health and Nutrition) | (en Español)
  A huge resource of online information, services and resources for numerous health topics.

Dictionaries & Pronunciation Guides

• Dictionary of Cancer terms
  The National Cancer Institute's Dictionary of Cancer Terms, a resource with more than 6,000 terms related to cancer and medicine.
• MedTerms: MedicineNet.com
Medical dictionary definitions of popular medical terms.
• Medical Dictionary: MedlinePlus
• Pronunciations: Merck Manual Home Edition
  An audio pronunciation of medical terms from A-Z.
• Understanding Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

Patient Support

Social Networking

• Acor.org
  (Association of Cancer Online Resources) Acor is a collection of online communities designed to provide timely and accurate information in a supportive environment.
• Center for Patient Partnerships(CPP)
  The Center for Patient Partnerships trains graduate and professional students in patient advocacy. People facing serious chronic or life-threatening conditions work with students from law, medicine, social work, nursing, pharmacy, public affairs, psychology, biological sciences and industrial engineering. Clients receive advocacy services to:

  • Make more informed medical decisions
  • Access health care
  • Navigate employment issues
  • Find and build support
• Dailystrength.org
  DailyStrength is a social networking that provides members with continual support as someone is always available to talk. Medical professionals are also available to contact and treatments for a variety of illnesses and problems are also listed on the site.
• Disability Advocates Wisconsin Network (DAWN)
  Dawn is a statewide grassroots cross-disability network of people who care about disability issues.
• Medhelp.org
  MedHelp is a pioneer in the field of consumer health information and communities on the Internet, it partners with doctors from hospitals and medical research institutions to deliver online discussion boards on healthcare topics and health information.
• Patientslikeme.com
  Search by gender, age, treatments, symptoms, and time since diagnosis to easily connect with patients like you. Learn from real-world treatment and symptom reports, forum discussions, health profiles, one-on-one conversations and more.

Government Agencies

• CDC Aging
• Information on Healthy Aging for older adults.
• Medicare | (en Español)
The National Service Inclusion Project and its partner UCEDs have developed many resources that can assist national service organizations to become more welcoming and inclusive to individuals with disabilities.
• U.S. 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.
• NIH Clinical Trials Research and You
  Information from the NIH about what clinical trials are and how or why you might participate
• U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs Health Administration Health Care
  VA health benefits are open to all Veterans. Family members may also be eligible to receive benefits. There is no monthly premium for VA care, but there may be a co-pay.
• USFDA - For Consumers
  US Food and Drug Administration information for consumers.
• U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Directories

• Disability.gov
  Offers a wide range of information and resources to help people with disabilities live independently and participate fully in all aspects of community life.
• Find A Hospital
  MedlinePlus provides links to directories to help you find libraries, health professionals, services and facilities. NLM does not endorse or recommend the organizations that produce these directories, nor the individuals or organizations that are included in the directories.
• Hospital Compare
  In this tool you will find information on how well hospitals care for patients with certain medical conditions or surgical procedures, and results from a survey of patients about the quality of care they received during a recent hospital stay. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide.
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  Living will, power of attorney, authorization for final disposition and much more.
• Wisconsin Hospital Rates
  WHA Information Center is dedicated to collecting and disseminating complete, accurate and timely data about charges and services provided by Wisconsin hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

Safety

• Household Products Database
  This database links over 10,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.
• Poison Control Center
  The American Association of Poison Control Centers works to support the nation's 60 poison centers in the valuable work they do.
• Safety Reporting Portal
  The Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) streamlines the process of reporting product safety issues to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• Tox Town
  An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places. Select locations in the Town, City, US-Mexico Border, Farm or Port on the Neighborhoods page to learn about suburban, urban, rural, border, and coastal health risks.

Evaluating Health Info

• Evaluating Health Info on the web HON
  HON has focused on the essential question of the provision of health information to citizens, information that respects ethical standards. To cope with the unprecedented volume of healthcare information available on the Net, the HONcode of conduct offers a multi-stakeholder consensus on standards to protect citizens from misleading health information.
• MedlinePlus Evaluating Health Information on the Web
  A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
• Medical Library Association's Guide to Evaluating web-based health sites
  This guide outlines the collective wisdom of medical librarians who surf the web every day to discover quality information in support of clinical and scientific decision making by doctors, scientists, and other health practitioners responsible for the nation's health.
• NCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  When you visit a site for the first time, it's important to evaluate how reliable it is. This short guide outlines things to consider in your evaluation.
• Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care
  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has placed a wealth of information online to help the health consumer choose a health care provide, ways to pay for their service and educating yourself about health information.

Drugs & Herbal Info

• Drugs.com
  Drugs.com provides free, accurate and independent advice on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines natural products.
• Drug Digest
  A noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site known for it's herbal information.
• Food and Drug Administration(FDA)
  The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
• LexiPALS Drug Guide
  Provides access to up-to-date, concise, and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.
• Mayo Clinic
  (Drug Search section) Offers general information pertaining to the use of medicines. Also allows users to search by drug name or category from MICROMEDEX.
• MEDLINEplus: Drug Information
  Offers extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs. Two drug resources are presented: MedMaster™, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
• National Center for Complimentary & Alternative Therapies
  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
• NLM Drug Information Portal
  Provides quick access to information on over 12,000 drugs. The portal includes information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies such as FDA and CDC.
• Pillbox beta - Identifying medications
  Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution images. Once a medication is identified, Pillbox provides links to drug information and FDA-approved drug labels.
• Stanford Health Library Drug Information
  Provides drug information. Topics include drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and prescription drug assistance programs.

News

• Acor.org
  (Association of Cancer Online Resources) ACOR offers access to 159 mailing lists that provide support, information, and community to everyone affected by cancer and related disorders. An online database designed to provide accurate and timely information on health conditions.
• Follow, Fan, and Connect with NLM
  Keep up with the National Library of Medicine. Follow on Twitter, fan on Facebook, subscribe to RSS or join an email list.
• FDA's MedWatch UpDates
  Your FDA gateway for finding clinically important safety information and reporting serious problems with human medical products. Searchable and you can sign up for RSS feeds or email alerts.
• Federal Citizen Information Center
  Consumers can get the information they need in four ways: by calling toll-free 1 (800) FED-INFO, through printed publications and online through various social media channels and FCIC's family of websites.
• Health Tweets
  Keeping up with news from the Department of Human Health and Human Services.
• Healthcare.gov
  Find out the latest information on the federal health care law, insurance options, prevention and much much more.
• HSR Information Central
  Discussion and Email Lists, blogs, alerting services, podcasts, twitter feeds maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
• Medhelp.org
  Founded in 1994 out of a shared need for better medical information and support, MedHelp is the pioneer in online health communities. The MedHelp site connects people with the leading medical experts and others who have similar experiences.
• State Health Facts Online
  The Kaiser Family Foundation discloses important health and health policy information for all fifty states and US territories. Categories include demographics and the economy, health status, women's health, minority health, and HIV/ AIDS.
• USA.gov
  Health and Nutrition Blogs all active U.S. Federal Agencies.

Anatomy

• Atlas of the Human Body (American Medical Association)
• Human Body & Mind (BBC Science & Technology)
  Build a skeleton, stretch some muscles and organise the organs in our interactive body. Site includes much much more.
• MedlinePlus.gov (Anatomy Videos)
  You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.

Other Languages

Asian

• Chinese Health
  The Center's mission is to build a healthy community through culturally and linguistically competent preventive health, disease management, and research programs (information displayed in simplified and traditional Chinese and English languages).
• Doctor/Patient Communications (Lao): Video. Part 1| Part 2
• High Blood Pressure (Lao): Video. Part 1 | Part 2
• HmongHealth
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• How To Read a Prescription Label (Chinese-Mandarin): Video. Chinese Subtitles | English Subtitles
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
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• Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL)
• What If My Drugs Are Too Expensive? (Chinese-Mandarin): Video. Chinese Subtitles | English Subtitles
• SAMHSA's ADS Center (Mental Health - Chinese)

Native American

• American Indian & Alaska Native (AI/AN) Populations
  Information from the CDC on American Indian/Native Alaska populations including many links to statistical information.
• Native-American Health
  A freely-available resource on the Internet for finding health and medical information as it pertains to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations.
• SAMHSA's ADS Center (Mental Health - Native American)

Spanish

• AHRQ - Health Information in Spanish
  A website entirely in Spanish that is devoted to health information and advice.
• MedlinePlus Salud
  Spanish language version of the NIH Medline Plus Magazine.
• MedinePlus Spanish
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  Website in Spanish.
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  Website in Spanish.
• SAMHSA's ADS Center (Mental Health - Spanish)

Multiple Languages

• Cancer Survival Toolbox
  (multiple languages) The Cancer Survival Toolbox is a free, self-learning audio program that has been developed by leading cancer organizations to help people develop important skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness.
• Consumer health in Many Languages
  The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.
• DiversityRx
  A new initiative that promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities using Web 2.0 and virtual learning tools.
• EthnoMed Patient Education
  EthnodMed is an ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups. Information is specific to groups in the Seattle area, but much of the cultureal and health information is of interest and applicable in other geographic areas.
• Seasonal Flu Page in Multiple languages
  A Centers for Disease Control webpage which provides links to information on the flu as well as other sites
• US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants - Multilingual Health Brochures
  All the brochures are available for download free of charge and a great tool to help fill in communication gaps between the service provider and the client. All brochures are written at a 5th grade reading level and are culturally appropriate. Brochures in the toolkit are available in Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, English, Farsi (Persian), French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Karen, Kirundi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
  (multiple languages) Your link to quality-filtered consumer health information.
• Refugee Health Information Network
  Multilingual health information for refugees and health care providers.