MedlinePlus (medlineplus.gov) is a website containing health information from the world's largest medical library, the United States National Library of Medicine.

Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date.

MedlinePlus has:

• extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions
• interactive health tutorials
• lists of hospitals and physicians
• a medical encyclopedia (adam.com Health Illustrated Encyclopedia)
• a medical dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
• health information in Spanish
• extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs
• health information from the media
• links to thousands of clinical trials
• links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE/PubMed for recent research articles on selected health topics

MedlinePlus is updated daily and can be bookmarked at the URL:

• medlineplus.gov

There is no advertising on the site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.

External links

• http://medlineplus.gov