ENGL 101, HIT 130, WRITE 95 Learning Community: Butler, M. & Visel, J. (Fall 2024): Websites
This guide contains starting points for research in Professor Butler's Medical Terminology Learning Community.
Websites for health information
Health Information: Websites
These are some of the best starting points for finding reliable information on the open web about health topics:
- MedlinePlusThe National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in layman's language.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Reliable information and statistics about diseases and healthy living. Tip: Either type in keywords in the Search bar at the top, or browse the "Healthy Living" section and drop-down menu across the top.
- National Institutes of Health - Health InformationThe Health Information section of the NIH site has links to news, clinical trials, and related topics about health and body issues and systems.
Websites for medical terminology
Medical Terminology: Websites
- AAPC: Tips and Strategies for Learning Medical TerminologyOnline article from the American Academy of Professional Coders.
- Harvard Health: Medical DictionarySearch medical terms.
- MedlinePlus: Medical EncyclopediaIncludes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
- MedlinePlus: Understanding Medical WordsThis tutorial teaches you about medical words. You'll learn about how to put together parts of medical words. You'll also find quizzes to see what you've learned.
- MedlinePlus: Word Parts and What They MeanContains a list of prefixes, suffixes, and root words and their meanings.
- Merriam-Webster Medical DictionarySearch medical terms and abbreviations.
- Understanding Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of MedicineA tutorial about how to understand medical words, from MedlinePlus.
Medical terminology video tutorial
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