Resources on Health & Medicine

These resources provides some of the basic professional and popular resources on medicine and health, some of which require a library card to access.

  • Child Health Plus

    New York State's health insurance plan for children up to age 19 is available to families that need the coverage and can meet the program's eligibility requirements. Free insurance is available depending on a family's income.

  • CLIC-On-Health

    "Trustworthy, up-to-date health information for the Rochester region provided by local medical, public, and school librarians." Provides contacts to medical librarians in the Rochester region.

  • Drug Information Portal

    This is a gateway to selected drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other U.S. Government agencies. More than 18,000 drugs may be searched, many from the time they are entered into clinical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) through their entry in the U.S. market place. Many drugs in other countries are covered, but not as thoroughly as U.S. drugs.

  • Familydoctor.org

    This site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.

  • Gale Health and Wellness Center

    Use your OWWL Library card to access this comprehensive resource that provides "medical, statistical, health, and related information... as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources." It provides the latest news from Harvard Medical School, as well as information on herbal and alternative medicine. LIBRARY CARD NEEDED

  • Healthcore: A Healthy NY Initiative

    Healthcore is an initiative of Healthy NY, a program of the New York State Insurance Department. The Healthy NY Program provides more affordable health insurance coverage to working individuals, sole proprietors, and small businesses throughout New York State.

  • Healthfinder.gov

    This site sponsored by the National Health Information Center offers resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations that provides "the best, most reliable health information on the Internet."

  • Household Products Database

    This National Library of Medicine provides health and safety information on household products, including pesticides, cleaning supplies, and cosmetics, and documents the health impact of the chemicals

  • KidsHealth

    This resource is written for children, teens and parents and provides information about "health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years" that is avoids medical jargon. This also "provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens."

  • MedlinePlus

    MedlinePlus pulls together "authoritative information from National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news."

  • Needy Meds

    NeedyMeds is a non-profit organization with the mission to help "people who cannot afford medicine or healthcare costs." Information provided at the site is available anonymously and free of charge and assists people get the medications they need.

  • Partnership for Prescription Assistance

    The Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage get the medicines they need for free or nearly free. It's mission is to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible.

  • Prescription Drug Prices

    Check the pricing on 150 of the most commonly prescribed medications in New York State by zip code, city, or county. The New York State Department of Health collects retail price information on these drugs from pharmacies that participate in the Medicaid program and produces this site in cooperation with the New York State Board of Pharmacy.

  • WebMD

    WebMD provides "credible information, supportive communities, and in-depth reference material about health subjects... and a source for original and timely health information as well as material from well known content providers."