MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus, with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, is a website network containing health information from the world's largest medical library, the United States National Library of Medicine, in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health.^[1] The website also contains an online medical dictionary, drug/herbal index, and a news service for medical news reports.^[1] The site is intended to be used by health care providers and patients, and designed to provide up-to-date, authoritative information. MedlinePlus is updated daily.

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MedlinePlus provides:

• information from the National Institutes of Health and other sources on over 740 diseases and conditions
• interactive health tutorials
• lists of hospitals and physicians
• a medical encyclopedia (A.D.A.M., Inc. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia)
• a medical dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
• health information in Spanish
• extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs
• health information from the media
• links to local health resources via the Go Local projects
• links to thousands of clinical trials
• links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE/PubMed database for recent research articles on selected health topics

There is no advertising on the site and MedlinePlus does not endorse companies or products.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "MedlinePlus Health Information" (home page, overview), MedlinePlus website, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, and National Institutes of Health, USA, October 2007, webpage: MedlinePlus-Gov.

References

• "MedlinePlus Health Information" (home page, overview), MedlinePlus website, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, and National Institutes of Health, USA, October 2007, webpage: MedlinePlus-Gov.

• "MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Basal cell carcinoma" (symptoms/treatment), MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, and National Institutes of Health, USA, October 2007, webpage: BCC.