Patient Education Resources
Information for patients and their families at
Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center
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BestHealth is Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's consumer health information web site provided by ADAM. Go to the Health Encyclopedia, on the right, and then open Disease Reference for a list of pamphlet summaries, A to Z. Search en espanol
NC Health Information health information tailored for North Carolinians. Get authoritative information from verified governement and organizatonal web sites as well as addresses of specialists and health agencies in your area.
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MedlinePlus is a government site. MedlinePlus provides medical dictionaries, directories for physician information. Search en espanol
Consumer Health Complete provides information for the public on a wide range of medical topics along with selections from some popular health books.
Search en espanol (and several other languages) - choose language in upper right corner. Requires a password off-campus.
Finding Articles
Searching PubMed allows you to see what has been published in the medical field on any given subject. If you want to order copies of a journal article from a local library, use Loansome Doc.
Health Source Consumer Edition provides abstracts and indexing for 500 consumer health, nutrition and professional magazines. Over 200 magazines and 1,000 pamphlets are covered in full text. Includes USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient, and 17 health books published by the People's Medical Society.
Patient Handouts
CDC Health Topics A to Z The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site.
Go Ask ALice! is a database of medical Questions and Answers organized by Columbia University's Health Education Program. The mission of Go Ask Alice! is to provide factual, in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health.
Medical Conditions A to Z is from the American Academy of Family Physicians and offers handouts on health topics, kids health, self-care, finding a doctor, etc.
NIH Health Information is available from the National Institutes of Health. The site is a listing of consumer health publications provided by various health-related agencies.
Patient Notes are handouts that physicians can give patients to help answer their questions. Each one describes a common medical problem, in language patients will appreciate, and typically includes clear and simple advice as well. One (and sometimes more) appears in each issue of Postgraduate Medicine.
UpToDate For Patients Patient information on hundreds of topics from one of our most highly used resources.
Patient Education Collection
Collection of health information books written specifically for the consumer.
Nutrition bible: a comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to foods, nutrients, additives, preservatives, pollutants, and everything else we eat and drink / Jean Anderson and Barbara Deskins.
QU 145 A547n 1995
Nutrition almanac / Gayla J. Kirschmann; Nutrition Search, Inc., John D. Kirschmann, director.
QU 145 K61n 1996
Eating by the book: what the Bible says about food, fat, fitness & faith / David L. Meinz.
QU 145 M514e 1999
Tyler's honest herbal: a sensible guide to the use of herbs and related remedies / Steven Foster, Varro E. Tyler.
QV 767 H772 1999
Everything you need to know about medical tests.
QY 4 E93 1996
Patient's guide to medical tests: everything you need to know about the tests your doctor prescribes / Joseph C.Segen and Joseph Stauffer.
QY 25 S454p 1998
Dictionary of human oncology: a concise guide to tumors / O. Potparic and J. Gibson.
QZ 13 P864d 1994
Professional guide to diseases.
WB 100 P963 2009
American Medical Association family medical guide / American Medical Association.
WB 120 A512 2004
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons complete home medical guide / medical editors, Donald F. Tapley ... [et al.]
WB 120 C726 1995
Mayo Clinic family health book / Scott C. Litin, editor-in-chief.
WB 120 M473 2003
Medical advisor: the complete guide to alternative & conventional treatments / by the editors of Time-Life Books.
WB 120 M488.5 1996
Quick access patient information on conditions, herbs & supplements.
WB 120 Q6 2000
Mayo Clinic guide to self-care: answers for everyday health problems / Philip Hagen, editor-in-chief.
WB 130 M473 2003
Merck manual of medical information / Mark H. Beers, editor-in-chief ; Andrew J. Fletcher, Thomas V. Jones, and Robert Porter, senior assistant editors ; Michael Berkwitz, and Justin L. Kaplan, assistant editors.
WB 130 M555 2003
Physicians' guide to rare diseases / Jess G. Thoene, editor ; Nancy P. Coker, managing editor ; editorial board, William F. Balistreri ... [et al.] ; prepared in association with the National Organization for Rare Disorders.
WB 141 P578.5 1995
Everything you need to know about medical treatments.
WB 300 E93 1996
Griffith's instructions for patients / Stephen W. Moore; with assistance of Jo A. Griffith.
WB 300 G853i 2005
Duke encyclopedia of new medicine: conventional and alternative medicine for all ages / Duke Center for Integrative Medicine at Duke University; foreword by Tracy W. Gaudet.
WB 890 D877 2006
Guide to popular natural products / Facts and Comparisons.
WB 925 G946 2003
2003 body almanac / written by Susan Crites Price; edited by Glenn B. Pfeffer ... [et al.].
WE 100 B668 2003
Arthritis: a Cleveland clinic guide / by John D. Clough.
WE 344 C647a 2006
Stress-related disorders sourcebook: basic consumer health information about stress and stress-related disorders: including stress origins and signals, environmental stress at work and home, mental and emotional stress associated with depression, post-t
WM 172 S915.7 2002
Surgery book: an illustrated guide to 73 of the most common operations / by Robert Youngson and the Diagram Group.
WO 500 Y81s 1997
Truth about hormone replacement therapy: how to break free from the medical myths of menopause / National Women's Health Network; Cynthia Pearson ... [et al.], with Ellen Michaud.
WP 522 T874 2002
Stop aging now! : the ultimate plan for staying young and reversing the aging process / Jean Carper.
WT 104 C297s 1996
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery's guide to family dental care / by Rebecca W. Smith and the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery.
WU 80 S657c 1997
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