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  • Writer's pictureDenise Nachtigal

"Better Than WebMD" + "SCIENCE!!"


As a person in charge of a library, my job is providing information in all forms. At a recent conference I attended...


(Yes, there are librarian conferences. No, we don't just buy and shelve books. I know, mind=blown)


...I was given some information that may or may not be of some use to everyone. Of course, your mileage may vary, as with anything in this world.


The first source is sort of like WebMD, but a bit more official. That is:


https://medlineplus.gov


MedlinePlus is a great resource for finding anything, including:

  • Health topics

  • drugs, herbs, and supplements

  • health and surgery videos

  • lab test info (including why your doc ordered it, how it's done, and what the results mean)

  • medical encyclopedia

  • heal check tools

  • much, much more


I know WebMD is nice and all, but even I can testify that sometimes it feels more like the Wikipedia of medicine and often I walk away either more confused, or downright terrified that I now have some sort of horrible disease and am doomed to die in a year, all because of a muscle cramp in my neck from sleeping wrong....


Source 2:

The National Library of Medicine


k12.nlm.nih.gov


The NLM has loads and loads of free information for all your science and medicine needs/question. Need to understand something in Chemistry? Biology? Toxicology? Genetics? How about working with a virtual lab? Or a game that will help improve your understanding (or memorization) of the table of elements? NLM has resources for anything in such a realm, at 0 cost. So next time you're trying to understand how the body converts food into fuel, how plastic impacts our environment, or if mixing bleach and ammonia makes a good cleaner (spoiler alert: NO!! It makes chloramine gas which is highly, highly toxic, causing burns in your throat and respiratory damage), check out the NLM's website.



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