A service of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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 has 3,500 patient handouts. Need registration.
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NOAH provides access to high
quality full-text consumer health
information in English and Spanish that is accurate,
timely, relevant and unbiased .
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Mayo Clinic site has information in English and Spanish.
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Health information for the visually and hearing impaired.
Web site has options for enlarged font, audio and speech capabilities, etc.
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Household
Products Database
Health & Safety Information on Household Products
Foreign Language Resources:
The
Oregon Health & Science University Library has Low Literacy Patient handouts in Spanish and English, as well as links to other sites.
The
EthnoMed site contains information about cultural
beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to
the health care of recent immigrants to the US.
The 24
Languages Project has over 200 health topics in:
Arabic | Armenian | Cambodian | Chinese | Croatian | English | Farsi | French | German | Haitian
Creole | Hmong | Japanese | Korean | Laotian | Portuguese | Romanian | Russian | Samoan | Serbo-Croatian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Thai | Tongan | Vietnamese and links to other sites.
Health
Related Hoaxes and Rumors:
Good
information from the US Government's Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Deep Vein Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolus
DVT.NET
For assistance, contact:
Patti Reynolds, MLS
Director
Tel: 941-917-1730/1731
patti-reynolds@smh.com
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