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Consumer Health Guide: MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus

We recommend MedlinePlus as your primary source of consumer health information. It has authoritative and up-to-date information on over 1,000 diseases and conditions. Provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine, the site also has directories, a medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, and extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs and supplements.

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