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The Consumer Health Information page presents a selection of high quality health and medical Web sites that have been designed with the patient and consumer in mind. This page is the first IHS web page designed specifically with patients and consumers in mind. Content was suggested by IHS staff as well as staff from the Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

It features a new "Easy-to-Read Health and Medical Information" link. This link will take you to a list of Web sites that avoid use of difficult and complex words. Many of these sites rely heavily on pictures to present concepts, and many are designed to be printed and used as handouts. These resources, along with other sites on the Consumer Health Information page, were chosen by health information professionals for their reliability, usability, and clarity. These are sites designed to help understand health, diseases, and medical conditions but are not intended to provide medical advice. For that, users are advised to consult their health professional.


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Easy-to-Read Health and Medical Information
Quality sites chosen for their readability. [http://nnlm.gov/hip/easy.html]
MEDLINEplus
A portal to information about hundreds of health topics, plus a medical encyclopedia, a drug handbook, and up-to-the-minute medical news. An excellent place to begin a search for consumer-oriented health and medical information.
[The following link will take you out of the IHS web site] [http://medlineplus.gov]
Nutrition.gov
Guide to nutrition information on government Web sites. [http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3]
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online resources listed by Bastyr University, a leading academic center for the advancement of natural health sciences. [http://www.bastyr.edu/library/resources/online/]
"Top Ten" Most Useful Websites
More good Web sources, listed by the Medical Library Association's team of health information experts. [http://mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.html]
Is This Health Information Good for Me?
How to separate good Web sites from the bad ones. [http://nnlm.gov/pnr/hip/criteria.html]
Healthfinders American Indian/Alaska Native Websites
This easy-to-use consumer resource provides a central point for up-to-date health information of special interest to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The special healthfinder(r) section highlights more than 20 of the most important topics of interest. In addition to specific wellness and disease topics such as nutrition and diabetes, these include elder care and traditional healing.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/justforyou.asp?KeyWordID=220&branch=1
Tribal Health Connections
A site designed to help connect the American Indian people of the four corners and Indian country to the best consumer health information on the web.
[www.tribehealth.org]


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