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Alt Healthwatch is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers the latest information about the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies.
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Provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
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Detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Answers are provided in evidence-based reports that feature graphics, illustrations, easy-to-read text and links to additional information. (Arabic language version)
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Collection of consumer health information, providing access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.
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A trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
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Provides topic-specific reports covering all aspects of health and wellness, including overviews of diseases, conditions, procedures and treatments. Salud en Español is the one-stop resource for evidence-based reports and fact sheets in the Spanish language.
Evaluating Health Information
Evaluating Health Information
Medline Plus webpage
Health Online: Finding Information You Can Trust (PDF)
Slides from a U.S. National Library of Medicine Presentation
Learn How to Judge a Health Claim
By engaging with this series of seven short learning activities, you will learn a few simple rules to help you assess the trustworthiness of health information, and how to find the information you need to make health decisions.
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Health Insurance Marketplace Guide
A starting place for buying health insurance.
Health Professionals Licensing Division
Check licensing of and complaints against Michigan physicians
Care Compare
Use this tool to find and compare different types of Medicare providers (like physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and others).
Local and Michigan Health Statistics
Michigan Department of Community Health.
MedLine Plus
Information on diseases, medical procedures and drugs from the National Institutes of Health.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Information about alternative medicine.
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control.
RxList
A comprehensive database providing drug information and adverse interaction information through the Standard Pharmaceutical Circulars for Physicians.
PubMed
from the National Library of Medicine, journal articles, clinical trials information & tutorials