Consumer Health Websites

MedlinePlus, from the National Library of Medicine has drugs, herbs, & supplements, 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.

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

Decipher your lab results.

Genetic information for the consumerl

The CPID contains health effects information for products used in the home and in some commercial/institutional settings that contain chemicals. Supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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.

Divisions include: reproductive health, food safety, disease prevention, and environmental health services.

Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health resources to combat TB in Alaska.

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.

Quality health information resources for diverse populations. Languages:
Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Marshallese, Multilingual, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

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.

From the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).