Health & Medicine

Health Reference Center AcademicEssential Online Health Information for Older Adults  

Health Reference Center Academic

Multi-source database with access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac’s Health Reference Center.

Essential Online Health Information for Older Adults 

This publication provides guidance for older adults on navigating essential online tools to research health topics and evaluate and manage health services. In addition to demonstrating how each resource can be accessed and used, there are tips on internet privacy and general web searching. This publication is offered in conjunction with a series of public presentations launched at Westchester County’s Senior Law Day, October 2018. Supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement UG4LM012342 with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.

Merck Manualsx-plain patient education 

The Merck Manuals

Resource for medical information from both the Professional and Consumer versions.

X-Plain Patient Education Health Tutorials

Educational videos with basic health information about illnesses or conditions, medical tests and procedures.

 
Consumerlab  

ConsumerLab.com at Home 

Provides comprehensive information about vitamin, herbal and other supplements, and nutritional products. Includes ConsumerLab.com’s independent product evaluations, test results for ConsumerLab.com selected products and Approved Products from ConsumerLab.com’s Quality Certification Program, product recalls, and safety warnings.