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Guide for Finding and Understanding Health Information

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How Do I Find Accurate Health Information Online?

MedlinePlus: Easy-to-Read Health Information: This resource was created by MedlinePlus, a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The links on this page are arranged alphabetically by health topic and the materials are designed to be clear and to follow best practices in health literacy.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH): Finding and Evaluating Online Resources: This resource was created by the NCCIH, the federal government’s lead agency for scientific research on complementary health approaches. It is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Watch this video tutorial on how use MedlinePlus.
MedlinePlus is an online health information resource that is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and part of the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Below are two websites that contain links were you can browse health information by topic in different languages.

 

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