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General Health Information

The following links are provided for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional medical advice. These links are not intended to provide in-depth or complete information on a specific topic.

Do not use this information for diagnosing or treating a medical or health condition. If you have or suspect you have a medical problem, promptly contact your professional healthcare provider.

The FHN Health Resource Library is located at FHN Hospital and is open for patients, visitors and the public to use.

General Health Information
Children’s Health Information – For Parents
Children’s Health Information – For Kids
Men’s Health Information
Women’s Health Information
Senior’s Health Information


General Health Information

Included are links to general sites providing basic information about most medical topics, including information specifically related to children’s, men’s, women’s and senior’s health.

Familydoctor.org (site available in English and Spanish from this link )
http://familydoctor.org

Healthfinder® (includes some articles in Spanish)
http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/

Healthsquare.com
http://www.healthsquare.com

InteliHealth.com
http://www.intelihealth.com/

MayoClinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com/

Medem.com (includes some articles in Spanish)
http://medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm

MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine) (site available in English and Spanish from this link)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

MyPyramid.org
http://www.mypyramid.gov/

WebMD.com
http://www.webmd.com/


Children’s Health Information – For Parents (also refer to General Health Information)

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/

KidsHealth.org
http://www.kidshealth.org/

Medem.com
http://www.medem.com/MedLB/sub_detaillb.cfm?parent_id=10&act=disp


Children’s Health Information – For Kids (also refer to General Health Information)

Healthfinder® for Kids
http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids/

Kidshealth For Kids
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/index.html

Kidshealth For Teens
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen

Virtual Children’s Hospital for Kids
http://www.vh.org/welcome/vch/forkids/index.html


Men’s Health Information (also refer to General Health Information)

Men’s Health Network
http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/


Women’s Health Information (also refer to General Health Information)

National Women's Health Information Center
(Office on Women's Health, Department of Health and Human Services)
http://4woman.gov

National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC)
http://www.healthywomen.org/


Senior’s Health Information (also refer to General Health Information)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Healthy Aging (site available in English and Spanish from this link)
http://www.cdc.gov/aging/health_issues.htm#1

National Institute on Aging (some publications available in Spanish)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health – Senior Health
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

 

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