FIU Libraries: Health Information Help Guide: Basic

Basic Level: Try Websites

Websites can be great sources of health information at a basic level. However, you must make sure the source of the information is trustworthy and timely and be careful not to confuse ads for objective information. Always explore the website to check who has created it and how recently it has been updated. See the link below for details on how to evaluate health information.

Evaluating Health Information
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MedlinePlus tutorial (~15 minutes).

Recommended Resources

Center for Disease Control & Prevention
This website contains information and insight about health, safety, life stages, and a plethora of related topics. The CDC’s mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."
Cleveland Clinic Health Information
The Cleveland Clinic's collection of 5,000 health articles, videos, and tools to help you manage your health.
FamilyDoctor
Website operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organization. All of the site's information is written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.
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Also available in Spanish at https://es.familydoctor.org/
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Full-text health encyclopedias, medical dictionaries, directory of health-related organizations, full-text periodical articles (from 1,100+ journals), and pamphlets.
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Healthdata.gov from HHS
Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services containing health data.
Mayo Clinic: Patient Care and Health Information
The Mayo Clinic's collection of information on diseases and conditions, symptoms, tests and procedures, and drugs and supplements.
MedlinePlus
The National Institutes of Health's website for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
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Also available in Spanish.

Go Ask Alice!
Health question and answer resource maintained by Columbia University with a focus on adolescent/young adult health.
KidsHealth
Pediatric information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak." Includes sections written for children, teens, and parents.

DailyMed
Provided by the National Library of Medicine, this website contains standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download information of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts.
Drug Information Portal
Gateway to selected drug information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Search for drugs by trade or generic name.
RxList
Online medical resource dedicated to offering detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs; associated with WebMD.

Isabel Symptom Checker
Diagnostic program that takes a pattern of symptoms in everyday language and instantly computes from a database of 6,000 diseases the most likely ones.
National Cancer Institute
Includes information on cancer topics, clinical trials, statistics, and news.
NIH Senior Health
Health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health with senior-friendly features such as large print and high contrast text.
NIMH Mental Health Information
Mental health information, news, statistics, educational resources, and more from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Women's Health
Website managed by the Office on Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with information and news on a variety of women's health topics. Also includes information on men's health.
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Also available in Spanish.

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