Consumer Health Websites   Tags: consumers, health, lay_public, medicine, nursing, patient_information  

Directs you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

Contains comprehensive, current, evidence-based information for consumers, including health topics, medical tests, medications and complementary & alternative medicine.

HONcode was created to improve the quality of information for both patients and medical professionals. The site provides quick access to the most relevant and up-to-date medical discoveries. It is the oldest and the most used ethical and trustworthy code for medical and health related information available on Internet.

Additional links chosen by the medical librarians at the Alaska Medical Library.

Decipher your lab results.

Genetic information for the consumerl

Lists 4,000 household products. Find out what's in these products, what are the potential health effects, and other safety and handling information. Created and updated by the National Library of Medicine.

A state-wide directory of human services providers.

Contains comprehensive, current, evidence-based information for consumers, including health topics, medical tests, medications and complementary & alternative medicine.

Provides information about how the Anchorage community is doing health-wise. Categories include: Alcohol, Disease, Environment, Injury, Lifestyle/Behaviors, Medical Care, Mortality (Death), Social, Tobacco, & Youth.

Health-oriented videos from hundreds of certified medical and health professionals, as well as regular people dealing with the health issues.

Patient materials in English and the following languages: Cambodian, Chin, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Hmong, Karen, Nepali-speaking Bhutanese, Oromo, Somali, Somali Bantu, Tigrean, Vietnamese, and others.

Use these links to find health information in languages other than English. This page also gives a link to search by health topic.

Links to both English and Chinese (simplified and traditional), Hmong, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese.