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Healthy Choices: Databases

KidsHealth 

Doctor-reviewed advice on hundreds of physical, emotional, and behavioral topics — from before birth through the teen years. Separate sections for parents, kids, and teens, each created with easy-to-follow articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools. Despite what the name implies, they offer information for teens, parents, and educators, too. Also, much of their information is available in Spanish.

Gale Health and Wellness

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Besides the basic and advanced search options, users can look up information by category: diseases and conditions; drugs; diagnostics and tests; and therapies, treatments, and surgeries.

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit academic medical center based in Rochester, Minnesota, focused on integrated clinical practice, education, and research.