Healthy Santa Cruz County - Lungs / Breathing

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Lung Disease
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about lung diseases and disorders. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: asthma, breathing, emphysema, local information, lungs, quit smoking
• Local Help & Information: Quit Smoking
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer help, support or further information about programs to help quit smoking. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: breathing, local information, lungs, quit smoking

Library Resources

• Find Books: Lung & Breathing Disorders
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about many different lung diseases and breathing disorders. Use this link to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: asthma, books, books / videos, breathing, emphysema, lung disease, lungs

Recommended Websites

• American Lung Association
  Special features: Help with treatment decisions; lung diseases A-Z; Wall of Remembrance message board and website; e-mail newsletter; Ask-a-Question service via e-mail or toll-free telephone contact; reproducible fact sheets; clean air standards and air quality monitors; online support for smoking cessation. From: American Lung Association.
  Browse related subjects: allergies, asthma, breathing, emphysema, healthy lifestyle, lungs, quit smoking, recommended website
• Lung Diseases - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Links to wide range of specific lung conditions; interactive tutorial; Spanish available; news, clinical trials and statistics. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: allergies, asthma, breathing, clinical trials, diagnosis, emphysema, healthy lifestyle, lungs, MedlinePlus, quit smoking, recommended website, research, support
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  Special features: A-Z Diseases and Conditions Index; health assessment tools; educatonal tutorials; e-mail updates; recipes for healthy eating; educational health promotions with video clips, handouts and more. From: NHLB / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: allergies, alternative medicine, asthma, breathing, clinical trials, complementary medicine, emphysema, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, lungs, recommended website, research

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.