LibGuides: ENG 1061/1070 English Composition/Effective Speaking: Health information

Health Topics A-Z

Harvard Medical School Health Topics A-Z
In-depth descriptions of the most common diseases, symptoms, procedures, and tests written by Harvard Medical School faculty members.
Mental Health and Behavior
A-Z list of conditions with links to resources from Medline Plus.
College Health Topics (A-Z)
From the American College Health Association (ACHA).

MedlinePlus
Health information from the National Library of Medicine. Free online resource.
Mental Health Resources
CU library guide

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Health and Wellness (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Consumer health information from encyclopedias, directories, drug handbooks, and articles in medical and consumer magazines and journals. Formerly Health and Wellness Resource Center.

You can see a list of diseases and conditions covered

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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedias on a wide variety of topics.
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Articles from encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Nicola K. Gale (Ed.); Jean V. McHale (Ed.)
Publication Date: 2015
The provision and use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing globally over the last 40 years. As CAM develops alongside - and sometimes integrates with - conventional medicine, this handbook provides the first major overview of its regulation and professionalization from social science and legal perspectives.
Communicable Diseases by Roger Webber
Publication Date: 2019
A comprehensive yet synoptic account of communicable diseases, this text covers theory, epidemiology and control, then systematically groups diseases by their main means of transmission.