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Full-text coverage of more than 2000 popular magazines and journals, including Cancer News, Consumer Reports on Health, and Health.

Online resources

Consumer Health Complete™ is the most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content available today. It provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. You can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles, online tutorial, Quick Search Guide

Find easy to read local health and wellness information with links to local resources and services, sections for men, women, kids & teens, as well as an A-Z List of health and wellness topics. Free health information brought to you by the Lycoming County Library System and Susquehanna Health.

Information on health and medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, and sports medicine from consumer health publications and magazines. To learn more, check out the HealthSource tutorial.

Abstracts and selective full-text articles from scholarly nursing and medical journals.

Websites

An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. Users can access information on infectious and communicable diseases, immunizations, traveler’s health concerns, and more. Surveys and reports on diseases, both nationally and internationally.

While created primarily for people who have been recently diagnosed with cancer, the Toolbox can help anyone who is facing hard decisions and changes in life due to cancer.

This service of the National Cancer Institute provides information on cancer, treatment, support resources, clinical trials, statistics, research programs, and research funding.

American Cancer Society site.

Easy to use information covering many medical topics, from allergies to weight loss.

Health information from the National Library of Medicine. Extensive coverage on a wide variety of topics, including diseases and conditions, drugs, and lists of hospitals and doctors. A Spanish version of this site is also available.

Non-governmental clearinghouse for information on more than 1100 rare disorders. Includes organizations, support groups, newsletters and an orphan drug database.

Get comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances. Information is provided at various levels from introductory to in-depth. This site is sanctioned by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.

Web visitors can quickly and conveniently access current health statistics, request a copy of a birth certificate, browse through the Department’s catalog of publications, locate the nearest local health department, and learn the latest information on public health issues.

One of the most comprehensive sources for breast health and breast cancer information on the Internet.