*Consumer Health Databases*

**AltHealthWatch^®^** [www.epnet.com](http://www.epnet.com/) (Ebsco)

This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary,
holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It
offers libraries an immediate resource of full text articles, from 140
international, and often peer-reviewed, reports, proceedings and
association & consumer newsletters. In addition, there are hundreds of
pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book
excerpts. Some full-text.

**Health Source^®^: Consumer Edition**
[www.epnet.com](http://www.epnet.com/) (Ebsco)

This resource provides access to nearly 300 full text, consumer health
periodicals. This database also includes searchable full text for more
than 1,000 health-related pamphlets and more than 140 health reference
books, including books published by the People's Medical Society.
Additionally, *Health Source: Consumer Edition* contains 7,000 *Clinical
Reference Systems* reports (in English and Spanish); *Clinical
Pharmacology*, which provides access to 1,100 drug monograph entries and
2,700 patient education fact sheets; and *Stedman's Medical Dictionary*.
This full text database covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes,
drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's
health, women's health, etc.

**Health & Wellness Resource Center**
[www.gale.com](http://www.gale.com/) (Gale)

This resource answers the need for a fully integrated, ever-growing
electronic resource center for all levels of health research. Rely on
the *Health & Wellness Resource Center* for instant access to carefully
compiled medical reference and periodical materials that your users can
trust.

**Health & Wellness Resource Center - Alternative Health Module**
[www.gale.com](http://www.gale.com/) (Gale)

Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, *Health & Wellness Resource
Center\'s Alternate Health Module* provides a one stop, full-service
resource for alternative and complimentary therapies. It provides a rich
collection of books, journals, magazines and pamphlets for consumers and
health care professionals.

**Health Reference Center -- Academic**
[www.gale.com](http://www.gale.com/) (Gale)

How can you easily provide current, reliable health information for your
patrons \-- including your nursing and allied health students? Give them
access to *Health Reference Center \-- Academic* on InfoTrac® Web. This
multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and
allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health
information sources in InfoTrac\'s award-winning *Health Reference
Center*™ plus 40 full-text nursing and allied health journals.

**Well-Connected**
[www.well-connected.com](http://www.well-connected.com/) (A.D.A.M, Inc)

WELL-CONNECTED is a library of about 100 reports on common diseases and
wellness issues. Each report is an in-depth discussion of the latest
information on treatments, risk factors, causes, diagnostic tests, and
preventative measures.\
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All reports are written by experienced medical writers and reviewed for
accuracy and relevancy by a board of physicians at Harvard Medical
School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

**Yoursurgery.com** [www.yoursurgery.com](http://www.yoursurgery.com/)

YourSurgery.Com® provides easy to understand information for common and
specific surgical procedures. YourSurgery.Com® organizes the information
so that you and your family can understand each procedure and help you
ask your physician questions. Below is a list of the topics that will be
explained for each procedure:

-   Anatomy of the operative site

-   Alternative surgical solutions

-   Pathology of the Illness

-   Possible complications of surgery

-   Symptoms associated with the condition

-   Post Operative Care

-   Methods of diagnosis

-   Innovations in surgical technique

-   Concise description of each surgery

**Rare Disease Database**
[www.rarediseases.org](http://www.rarediseases.org/) (National
Organization for Rare Disorders)

### A rare or \"orphan\" disease affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. There are more than 6,000 rare disorders that, taken together, affect approximately 25 million Americans. One in every 10 individuals in this country has received a diagnosis of a rare disease. Some have familiar names (Lou Gehrig's Disease or ALS) and some have unusual names (Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis). This database contains reports for thousands of rare diseases and includes a general discussion of each disease as well as symptoms, affected populations, standard and investigational therapies and associations or organizations to contact for additional information.

**Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database**
[www.naturaldatabase.com](http://www.naturaldatabase.com/) (Therapeutic
Research Faculty)

This database provides access to evidence-based information about
herbals and other natural medicines. This is the most comprehensive,
scientifically-based, and practical database on natural medicines
available anywhere. Patient Ed version available.

**Stat!Ref** [www.statref.com](http://www.statref.com/) (Teton Data
Systems)

Stat!Ref facilitates access to the full-text of nearly 60 medical books!
Subscribe to just the books you want, and have either web-based,
Internet or Intranet access.