Basic information about FDA approved drug products, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Browse by name, search by name or active ingredient, or perform other advanced search functions. Access note: Freely available to the public.
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Three-volume series on measurement, law and funding aspects of public health in the U.S. (for free full text access, click on each of the 3 title links provided).
Search or browse authoritative and up-to-date consumer health information provided by the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health.
Examines health care systems for over 190 countries in 10 categories: Emergency Services; Costs of Hospitalization; Costs of Drugs; Major Health Issues; Government Role; Insurance; Access; Facilities; Personnel; and Public Health Programs.
Interdisciplinary international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness; regularly updated with new research and theoretical findings.
Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies. 3rd edition (2009).
Addresses the concept of well-being through an analysis of the perspectives of various disciplines such as philosophy, theology, psychology and sociology; also deals with the methods of measuring well-being.
Find background information and summaries of research on many aspects of global and public health, including infectious and non-communicable diseases, biomedicine, complementary and alternative modalities, structural violence and vulnerability, gender and ageing, reproduction and sexuality.
Find essays and overviews on mental health-related topics, including the epidemiology of mental disorders in African American youth, & community approaches to promoting positive mental health and psychosocial well-being.
Access to food and nutrition information from various U.S. government agencies, including the Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) & the National Agricultural Library (NAL), and panels of food and nutrition expert advisors from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).