Subject Guides

Medical

The latest sources of ways to keep you and your family healthy.

Library Resources: On the Shelves

	American Medical Association Complete Guide to Prevention and Wellness by 2008		Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health by Aaron E. Carroll and Rachel C. Vreeman 2009
	Women's health for life : written by women for women : symptoms, treatment, prevention by Donnica Moore 2009		Quantum wellness : a practical and spiritual guide to health and happiness by Kathy Freston 2008
	Eat This and Live! by Don Colbert 2009		Cheating Death : The Doctors and Medical Miracles That Are Saving Lives Against All Odds by Sanjay Gupta 2009

You can find more books on this subject @ your library in the section 613 to 613

Library Resources: Magazines

Consumer Reports on Health

JAMA

Fitness

Body & Soul Whole Living

Natural Health

LifeExtension Magazine

Library Resources: Electronic

Healia
	Provides a search engine just for health information, filtering out the commercial sites. Relevant results with solid medical information.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
	Provides integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information. Includes the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Health & Wellness Resource Center, full-text magazine articles, pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources, and links to selected websites.
Health Reference Center Academic
	Presents full-text articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more.
Medline Plus
	Brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Online Resources

Oakland County Health Division
The Health Divisions 30+ programs/services focus on preventing the spread of disease; ensuring a safe and clean environment; promoting and encouraging healthy behaviors; preparing for emergencies; surveillance of disease threats; and ensuring accessibility of health services.

Medtipster
Looking to save a little money on your perscription medication? Medtipster can help make saving money as easy as 1 2 3. Use their search engine to find pharmacists that carry generic perscription drugs.

The Harvard Medical School - Family Health Guide
The online version of the well respected Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide provides a wide array of family health topics.

MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Most Influential Doctors
This database lists about 5,200 specialists in the treatment of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and asthma from more than 300 communities across the USA.

U.S. Hospital Death Rates
USA Today has created an easy to use database allowing users to find out the performance level of any given hospital. Discover the death and readmission rates of three of the most dangerous ailments; heart attack, heart failure, and pnemonia.

Organizations

FamilyDoctor.org
Provides the most up to date health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians including videos, medication information, and daily health tips.

Last Updated: March 30 2010