Medline
Supported by
the National Library of Medicine. Indexes all major medical and health-related
professional journals, and for most entries, will give you a detailed summary
of the article. These articles are peer-reviewed. This means that before any
article is published, it's sent to several doctors in the same field of
expertise, who each check details of the article for accuracy.
WebMD
a consumer health information
company. Daily briefings, in-depth medical reports, a quick reference to on
more than 4,000 health topics, drugs and herbs, and a simple-to-use search
engine.
Nutrition Analysis
Tool
from the University of Illinois. Lets you enter personal
information about your age, gender, and the individual items of food that
you've had to eat, and then will analyze these foods for their nutrient
content, including calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, calcium,
iron, sodium, and many more nutrients.
NOAH
New York Online Access
to Health, subject searches, themes and keyword searches in both Spanish and
English.
Medline Plus
Another
site maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Pull-down menu for
categories, or choose a letter for a specific topic. Links to well-established
sources like the March of Dimes or the World Health Organization. Also has
dictionaries, guides to doctors, hospitals and organizations, plus much more.
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http://www.gavilan.edu/library/health.html
Last updated on
February 13, 2007
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