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WHAT’S WORTH READING FOR HEALTH?

Caring for your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Five Years: This comprehensive book covers normal child development and what to do if you think your child might be sick.

Mayo Clinic Guides: The Mayo Clinic has put together books for everything from pregnancy to diabetes. Their books give excellent, evidence-based advice that’s easy to read and understand.

Bad Science: This book gives great tips for learning about medical research and how to spot a quack.

SYMPTOM CHECKERS

http://www.mayoclinic.org/symptom-checker/select-symptom/ITT-20009075

USING SYMPTOM CHECKERS TO PREPARE FOR A DOCTOR’S VISIT

Ask Me Three

• What is my main problem?

• What do I need to do?

• Why is it important for me to do this?

http://www.npsf.org/for-healthcare-professionals/programs/ask-me-3/

FINDING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A CONDITION

National Library of Medicine: MedlinePlus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Center for Disease Control

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/

LEARNING ABOUT YOUR DRUGS

Physicians’ Desk Reference:

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drugs/humalog

Daily Med:

http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=c8ecbd7a-0e22-4fc7-a503-faa58c1b6f3f

LEARNING ABOUT OTHER TREATMENTS

Alternative medicine:

http://nccam.nih.gov/

Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM

LEARNING ABOUT SURGERY

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Gastric bypass

FINDING OUT ABOUT NEW TREATMENTS

Clinical trials

www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/listings/

 

GOOGLING FOR HEALTH

Good Google searching

• “Search for a phrase”

• - Exclude a word

• OR Search different terms

• define:

Look for the NLM Box

EVALUATING GOOGLE RESULTS

Look at the source…Reliable?

Look at your source’s sources…who do they get their information from? Researchers? Or anecdotes?

Look at the funding? Who is paying for the web site? Web sites funded by tax dollars or nonprofits are generally the most reliable. Sites with lots of ads may let themselves be biased by those buying the advertising space! (WebMD)

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