Consumer Health

Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines

From the National Institutes of Health, the NCCH conducts and supports research and provides information about complementary health products and practices.

National Library of Medicine database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.

The Mayo Clinic's Patient Care and Health Information resources is an easy-to-navigate source of reliable health information written in simple language.

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The objective of Ethnomed is to make information about culture, language, health, illness and community resources directly accessible to health care providers who see patients from different ethnic groups. Practitioners can download a patient education pamphlets in multiple languages and learn about common cultural and interpretive issues in ethnic communities that might complicate healthcare management.

From the National Institutes of Health, the NCCH conducts and supports research and provides information about complementary health products and practices.

Efficiently communicate and share information about conditions and procedures, sampler and 11 specialties available from iTunes.

Patient and family app used to record and organize medical information, and share the notes and permanent medical record with care providers via email.

The PTSD Coach app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma.

Multiple real-time views of the human heart. From Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.