Health & Fitness

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Online Resources

Authoritative sources of articles and reference information, brought to you by the Ridgefield Library unless otherwise noted. Have your library card handy for log-in.

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Medline Plus

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Websites

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Affordable Care Act Information
HealthCare.gov

Update on H1N1
Ridgefield Health Department
State of Connecticut Flu Watch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Additional health related links

Alternative medicine

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources

Conditions

American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Lyme Disease Foundation
National Cancer Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Skin Cancer Foundation

Doctors and Hospitals

CT Physicians Profile
Danbury Hospital
Norwalk Hospital
Yale-New Haven Hospital

General Health Reference

FamilyDoctor
Genetics Home Reference
Healthnet: CT Consumer Health Information Network
Household Products Database
Lab Tests Online
Nutrition Data
Online Medical Dictionary

Medication

Drug Digest
Drug Information

Senior Health

Mayo Clinic Healthy Aging
NIH Senior Health

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Library Materials

Circulating materials, most reference books and non-fiction video shelved together in the stacks. Print magazines and newspapers on display or ask at the Reference Desk. Audiobooks on cassette & CD in the Fiction Room.

Books/DVD/Video

Medicine and Health – 610-612
Fitness and Exercise - 613.7
Drugs - 615
Diseases - 616
Surgery - 617
Nutrition – 613.2
Diets -- 613.25-613.28

Magazines/Newspapers

Arthritis Today
Harvard Health Letter
Men’s Health
Tufts University Diet & Nutrition Letter
Muscle & Fitness
Runner’s World
Yoga Journal
See General Periodical Indexes online

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