MedlinePlus

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MedlinePlus is a website containing health information from the world's largest medical library, the United States National Library of Medicine.

Health professionals and patients use the website for its up-to-date, authoritative information. MedlinePlus is updated daily.

MedlinePlus provides:

extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions
interactive health tutorials
lists of hospitals and physicians
a medical encyclopedia (adam.com Health Illustrated Encyclopedia)
a medical dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
health information in Spanish
extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs
health information from the media
links to thousands of clinical trials
links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE/PubMed database for recent research articles on selected health topics

There is no advertising on the site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.

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