Healthy Santa Cruz County - General Health Sites - Recommended

Recommended Websites

• CA Department of Public Health
  Special features: Reports and data tables from the Office of Health Information and Research (OHIR) which is responsible for stewardship and distribution of vital statistics data (births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriage). From: CA Dept. of Public Health which also offers downloadable forms for birth or death certificates, as well as many other forms from the CA Forms Index. .
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• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  CDC serves as the lead federal agency responsible for disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion/education activities. Website features include: up-to-date health news, hot topics, online health tools and calculators, podcasts and RSS feeds, plus special sections covering workplace, travel and environmental health.
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• Cool Health Tools
  Helpful collection of wellness calculators, self-care tools, and health quizzes from HealthAtoZ.
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• HealthAtoZ
  Special Features: Wide variety of interactive options such as live Nurse Chat, symptom checker, risk calculation tools, quizzes and Personal Health Center. From United Health Group.
  Browse related subjects: children's health, general health information, men's health, recommended website, senior health, women's health
• Healthfinder
  Special features: More than 50 online health check-ups; links to National Health Observances database; weekly e-mail health newsletter; drug database. From: National Health Information Center (NHIC), a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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• Intelihealth
  Special features: Searchable drug database, physician finder, "Ask the Expert" via e-mail; interactive health quizzes and calculators. From: Aetna Intelihealth, Harvard Medical School and Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.
  Browse related subjects: children's health, general health information, healthy lifestyle, men's health, senior health, women's health
• Mayo Clinic
  Special features: Health tools and videos, "Treatment Decision" guides; "Ask-an-Expert" service; First Aid / Emergency guide; weekly e-newsletter. From: Mayo Clinic.
  Browse related subjects: children's health, general health information, healthy lifestyle, men's health, mental health, research, senior health, women's health
• MedlinePlus
  Special features: Coverage of more than 700 diseases and medical conditions, drug information, interactive tutorials (more than 165 slide shows available with sound and pictures), surgery videos, e-mail health news updates, medical dictionary and encyclopedia. Easy-to-Read format available plus viewing aids for users with low vision. Health quizzes and self-check tools and "Go Local," a new service to help users find local health resources. No advertising or endorsements on this site. From: National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  Browse related subjects: children's health, clinical trials, general health information, healthy lifestyle, MedlinePlus, men's health, mental health, recommended website, research, self-care tools, senior health, women's health
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  From the National Institutes of Health, "the nation's research agency," this site offers AtoZ Health Topics, access to variety of health hotlines, news and research updates, plus direct links to all 27 NIH divisions.
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• NOAH - New York Online Access to Health
  Special features: Easy-to-use, comprehensive; fully available in Spanish; local resources provided for NYC area. From: NOAH Content Committee, a volunteer board of medical librarians and medical information specialists.
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• PDRhealth.com
  This comprehensive but user-friendly site features information about: drugs /medications (including a drug interaction checker); clinical trials; diseases; health centers and alternative therapies. From the publisher of the "Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)."
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, children's health, complementary medicine, general health information, healthy lifestyle, men's health, mental health, prescriptions, recommended website, senior health, women's health
• PubMed
  Special Features: Over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s; also includes links to full text articles and other related resources. Particularly helpful for more advanced research. From: U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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• WebMD
  Special features: Headline medical news; interactive check-ups; symptom checker; A-Z health guides (conditions, symptoms, drugs, tests, health tests, videos); weight loss clinic, health manager, fertility clinic; blogs; message boards; WebMD University - online classes based on healthy living topics. From: WebMD.
  Browse related subjects: children's health, general health information, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, men's health, recommended website, research, self-care tools, senior health, women's health

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.