LibGuides: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Health Resources

Online Books

New York Times Health News

Online Resources

All of these resources are located on the Health Information Portal created by the University of Illinois' Applied Health Science Library. You can much more information including guides on aging, alternative medicine, genetics, neuroscience, nutrition, oncology and sports medicine.

AMA Doctor Finder
This American Medical Association site provides addresses, specialties, education and other background information on licensed physicians in the U.S. and its possessions. Search by physician name or medical specialty.
Centers for Disease Control A to Z Topics
Consumer and Patient Health Information (MLA) – 100 Websites you can trust
Evaluating Health Information
Health.gov
HealthFinder
MayoClinic.com

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, MedlinePlus includes 730 over health topics pages, information from over 1,350 organizations, and over 18,000 links to authoritative health information.

New York Online Access to Health

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Also produced by NLM and NIH, PubMed contains over 14 million citations dating back to the mid-1960s in the the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.