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Health

How can I find medical statistics on a topic?
How can I find clinical trial results?
How do I find psychological or educational evaluation tests?
How can I find information on human anatomy and physiology?
How can I find a physician, scientist and an author of an article?
Where can I find consumer health information?
How do I find information about a disease, medical condition, or course of therapy?
Where can I find information about discounted and free medical care and medicines in the United States and in other countries?
Where can I find information about US and international hospitals?
Where can I find information about lab or diagnostic tests?
Where can I find information about US drugs?
Where can I find information about international (non-US) drugs?
How can I identify a pill?
Where can I find drug screening information?
Where can I find information about taking natural products, dietary supplements, medicinal plants or other complementary or alternative medicines?
Where can I find information on medical devices?
Where can I find information on health and biomedicine resources such as organizations, research projects and databases?
Where can I find resources for genetic disorders?
Where can I get a copy of my medical records? How private are my medical records?
Where can I find costs of medical procedures in my state?
Where can I find information about medical codes, such as as the ICD, CPT or HCUP?
Where can I find information about my pet?
National Library of Medicine Guide to Finding Health Information
see also: Finding Consumer Health Information

Journals and Books

Can I use PubMed to find out how many times an article, author or journal has been cited?
Are the journals in PubMed peer-reviewed? Where can I find a list of peer-reviewed/refereed journals?
How do I get full text journal articles?
How do I find older medical journal articles?
How can I get the Instructions to Authors for a journal?
Where can I find information about a journal or book publisher?
Do you have a published list of journals that are indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed?
How can I find a list of currently indexed journals in the NLM Catalog?
How do I find a list of current MEDLINE journals by Country of Publication or Language in LocatorPlus?
How do I find a list of current MEDLINE journals by Country of Publication or Language in the NLM Catalog?
Can NLM translate this article, book or report from a foreign language into English for me?
Where can I find listings of book chapters?

Our Services

How can I find out if NLM owns a journal, book, report or audiovisual?
Are NLM products copyrighted?
How do I view videos and other audiovisuals at NLM?
Where can I find medical videos, photographs, slides, or images?
How can I get copies of historical medical photographs?
Where can I find NLM Resources for International Librarians, Researchers and Professionals?
Where can I find information about U.S. and international grants and funding?

Medical & Health Care Education and Careers

Where can I find lists of medical meetings and conferences?
How do I find information on medical & health care education and careers?

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Last reviewed: 20 August 2008
Last updated: 20 August 2008
First published: 01 January 1998
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