MedlinePlus: Trustworthy Online Health Information

MedlinePlus is a  free, easy-to-use  health  information website from the National  Library of Medicine.

Resources and tools include:

• Health  Topics: Over 900 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness


• Drugs  & Supplements: About your prescription and over-the-counter  medicines, herbs and supplements


• Videos, Tutorials and Cool Tools


• Medical  Encyclopedia and Dictionary


• News: Current health news and press  announcements


• Directories: Find doctors, dentists and hospitals 


• Information in many languages

You can find the MedlinePlus website on the UCSF Patient Health Library's Health Information Websites page along with many other health information resources.

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Need more help?  Want an expert to search for you?  

Contact the Patient Health Librarian by email, telephone, or in person.

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Health Newsletters at the Patient Health Library, June 2013

Here are highlights from recent health and wellness newsletters at the UCSF Patient Health Library.  To see the entire articles, visit the Patient Health Library!

Not all information is free and not all of it is online!

Consumer Reports on Health

June 2013
-Aspirin, pp.6-7
-Insect-borne diseases, p.9

DukeMedicine HealthNews

May 2013
-Preserve muscle mass--and prevent falls--with proper nutrition, pp.3-4
-Which heart tests should be questioned and why, pp.4-5

Harvard Men's Health Watch

May 2013
-Reducing stress works better than supplements for heart disease, pp. 1,7
-How exercise helps the brain, p.3
-Free preventive services for men, p.5
-Osteoporosis and men, p.6

Harvard Women's Health Watch

June 2013
-8 things you can do to prevent stroke, pp.1,7
-Natural ways to relieve constipation, p.3
-Better sleep without pills, pp.4-5
-Getting your doctor to listen, p.6

Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50

June 2013
-Book vs. e-Reader: which is best for older eyes?, p.6
-Does my wart need treatment? p.7

Mayo Clinic Health Letter

June 2013
-Hearing aid technology, pp.1-3
-Nuts: small packages, big nutrition, pp.4-5

Nutrition Action Newsletter

May 2013
-Mediterranean diet: what a new study did--and didn't--find, pp.1-4
-Antibiotic resistance, pp.9-11



Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter

June 2013

-Making healthy lifestyle changes stick, pp.4-5

June 2013 Supplement: Eating right for healthy joints

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Understanding and Finding Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are research studies that test how well new medical approaches work in people. Each study answers scientific questions and tries to find better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose or treat a disease. Clinical trials may also compare a new treatment to a treatment that is already available.

Participants in clinical trials can play a more active role in their own health care, gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available, and help others by contributing to medical research.

Every clinical trial has a protocol, or action plan, for conducting the trial. The plan describes what will be done in the study, how it will be conducted, and why each part of the study is necessary. Each study has its own rules about who can participate. Some studies need volunteers with a certain disease. Some need healthy people. Others want just men or just women.

In the United States, an independent committee of physicians, statisticians and members of the community must approve and monitor the protocol. They make sure that the risks are small and are worth the potential benefits.

[Excerpted from the links below]

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About Clinical Trials

Understanding Clinical Trials
[From ClinicalTrials.gov]

Clinical Research Trials and You
[From the National Institutes of Health]

Clinical Trials
[From MedlinePlus]

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Finding Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials at UCSF Medical Center

ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions.

Searching the hundreds of research studies on cancer treatments can be overwhelming.  Using the tools from the following resources can make it easier to find clinical trials that may be right for you.

BreastCancerTrials.org


National Cancer Institute - Clinical Trials Search

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If you need more help, contact the librarian at the Patient Health Library for an individual consultation.

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Health Newsletters at the Patient Health Library, May 2013

Here are highlights from recent health and wellness newsletters at the UCSF Patient Health Library.  To see the entire articles, visit the Patient Health Library!

Not all information is free and not all of it is online!

UC Berkeley Wellness Letter

March 2013
-Probiotics: pros and cons, pp.1-2
-Energy drinks, p.3
-Overeating and the "food environment," p.4
-Age spots, p.5
-Decongestants, p.6

April 2013
-Whole grains: the 10-to-1 rule, p.3
-Vitamin B12, p.4

Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter

May 2013
-Healthy diet fights infection by boosting immune system, pp.1-3
-Understanding food and medication interactions, pp.4-5

Nutrition Action Newsletter

April 2013
-Fooled by food: how to trick yourself to eat less, pp.1,3-7
-Calcium confusion, p.8

Mayo Clinic Health Letter

April 2013
-Smoothing facial wrinkles: procedures and creams, pp.1-3
-Gut microflora: the secret life of bacteria, pp.4-5
-Pain drugs and heart attack, p.6

Harvard Men's Health Watch

April 2013
-Insomnia: Learning how to sleep again, pp.1,7
-AMD: a preventable form of vision loss, p.4

DukeMedicine HealthNews

April 2013
-Advances in prostate cancer, pp.3-4
-Obesity facts and fiction, pp.4-5

Consumer Reports on Health

May 2013
-Which drugstore services are worth it and which ones you should skip, pp.6-7
-Don't let fear sabotage your health, p.11

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Resources on Nutrition and Cancer

Overview of Nutrition in Cancer Care
(from the National Cancer Institute)

Eating Hints: Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment
(from the National Cancer Institute)

Diet for Cancer Treatment Side Effects
(from UCSF Medical Center's online Health Library)

Nutrition & Cancer: The Whole Diet

(Podcast from the UCSF Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center)

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Nutrition Counseling & Workshops at UCSF
with registered dietician, Greta Macaire

Nutrition counseling services are open to UCSF cancer patients at no charge, although donations are appreciated. A dietitian is available Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5 pm. Appointments can be scheduled through any of the oncology practices.

See the Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center quarterly calendar for upcoming classes and events.

More information is available by calling the Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center at 415.885.3693 or going online to http://cancer.ucsf.edu/crc/nutrition-counseling-and-workshops.

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