Director's Comments: Aligning Health Information with Patient Needs
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Aligning Health Information with Patient Needs". The transcript is also available.
The health information that helps Americans make medical decisions often is not well-targeted to consumers and needs to be better aligned with patient needs, suggests an interesting perspective recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Got Heartburn?
Learn what you can do to prevent it or treat it by visiting the Medline Plus Heartburn topic page.
Heartburn is a painful burning feeling in your chest or throat. It happens when stomach acid backs up into your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Issue of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
Read the latest issue of the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. Highlights include:
"An AIDS-free generation is closer than we might think"Taste, Smell, Hearing, Language, Voice, Balance
Breathing EasierBack-to-School Health Tips
Living with Psoriasis HealthLines (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Gates: Immunization A Key to Global Health
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Gates: Immunization A Key to Global Health ". The transcript is also available.
While disease prevention access has improved in lower income nations, immunization efforts need to remain a global public health priority, said Bill Gates in a recent address to National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff members... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Fall 2013
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Fall 2013". The transcript is also available.
The new edition of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Fall 2013 covers living with psoriasis, some back-to-school health tips, as well as information about asthma and related conditions... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - December 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
