Healthy Santa Cruz County - arthritis

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Arthritis
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about arthritis. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: arthritis, local information

Library Resources

• Find Books: Arthritis
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books on this topic. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: arthritis, books, books / videos

Recommended Websites

• AARP Health Guide
  Special features: Popular topics for seniors; e-mail newsletter; physical activity workbook; interactive tutorials; clinical trials; online fitness course. From: AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons).
  Browse related subjects: alzheimers, arthritis, assisted living, cancer, caregivers, diabetes, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, medical tests, Medicare, medications, men's health, mental health, recommended website, senior health, stroke, women's health
• Arthritis - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Tutorial; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available; disease / lifestyle management; statistics; medical news and updates from nationwide clinical trials. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: arthritis, MedlinePlus, recommended website
• Arthritis Foundation
  Special features: direct link to Arthritis Today magazine's 2007 Drug Guide; interactive blogs; reproducible brochures; home/office product guide; answers from information specialists in English or Spanish (via phone or e-mail); referrals to local support groups, exercise programs and physicians; recommendations for alternative treatment options; advocacy updates. From: Arthritis Foundation.
  Browse related subjects: arthritis, recommended website
• Do I Have Arthritis?
  Special features: Easy-to-understand research news and updates, reproducible handouts. From: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
  Browse related subjects: arthritis, recommended website
• National Institute on Aging
  Special features: Reproducible publications of interest to seniors (all available in Spanish); clinical trials; links to more than 250 national organizations providing help to older people. From: National Institute on Aging (NIA / NIH).
  Browse related subjects: abuse / assualt, adult day care, alzheimers, arthritis, assisted living, caregivers, clinical trials, diabetes, find healthcare, health calculators, health insurance, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, insurance, Medicare, nursing homes, osteoporosis, recommended website, senior health, stroke
• Seniors' Health - MedlinePlus
  Special features: News; statistics; research updates; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: adult day care, alzheimers, arthritis, assisted living, cancer, caregivers, depression, health statistics, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, hearing, heart disease, Medicare, MedlinePlus, mental health, osteoporosis, recommended website, senior health, Spanish and other languages

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.