EthnoMed
EthnoMed
contains
information
about
cultural
beliefs,
medical
issues
and
related
topics
pertinent
to
the
health
care
of
immigrants
to
Seattle
or
the
US,
many
of
whom
are
refugees
fleeing
from
war-torn
parts
of
the
world.
A goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine...MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 900 diseases and conditions-- authoritative and up-to-date.
National
Institutes
of
Health
The
National
Institutes
of
Health
(NIH),
a
part
of
the
U.S.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
is
the
nation's
medical
research
agency.
NIH
is
made
up
of
27
Institutes
and
Centers,
each
with
a
specific
research
agenda,
often
focusing
on
particular
diseases
or
body
systems.
National
Library
of
Medicine
The
world's
largest
biomedical
library,
NLM
maintains
and
makes
available
a
vast
print
collection
and
produces
electronic
information
resources
on
a
wide
range
of
topics
that
are
searched
billions
of
times
each
year
by
millions
of
people
around
the
globe.