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Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month



One of the most important ways to prevent skin cancer is to use an effective sunscreen. Take the guesswork out of finding a good sunscreen by reading this report from the Environmental Working Group.

For more information read Sun Protection For Life by Mary Mills Barrow.

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Selected Health Resources: Databases; Magazines; Websites; Books & More
Health Sub-Topics: Alternative Medicine; Illness; Wellness


Databases

General Reference Center Gold: Full-text magazine and news articles on a wide range of topics.

 

Health and Wellness Resource Center: Articles on a wide range of health related topics for general reading.

 

Health Reference Center Academic: Professional articles on a wide range of health related topics.

 

Health Virtual Collection: Searchable articles from Gale health encyclopedias.

 

Magazines

Consumer Reports on Health

 

FDA Consumer

 

Harvard Health Letter

 

Health

 

Mayo Clinic Health Letter

 

Men's Health

 

New England Journal of Medicine

 

Prevention

 

Websites

Health Information Resources

 

Hospital Evalutions

 

Hospitals in Michigan

 

Medical Dictionary

 

Medical Fraud

 

Michigan Health Resources

 

Physician Directories

 

Prescription Drugs

 

Books & More

How Doctors Think: By Jerome E. Groopman (2007). In this book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make and explores why doctors err and shows when and how they can aoid snap judgments and communicate more effectively.

 

Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In: By Anahad O'Connor (2007). For more than two years, this New York Times's science and health columnist has tracked down the facts, fictions, and fuzziness of old wives' tales, and conventional-wisdom cures. In this fun book, he opens up his case files to disclose the experts' answers on everything.

 

Pandemics : Epidemics in a Shrinking World : By Miriam Segall (2007). Author Segall takes an in-depth look at pandemics in history, emerging diseases and the possibilities of further pandemics in our globalized world.

 

Sick : the Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis, and the People who Pay the Price: By Jonathan Cohn (2007). In this work of original reportage, Jonathan Cohn travels across the United States to investigate why the health care crisis is happening and to see firsthand its impact on ordinary Americans.

 

Health Subtopics  

Alternative Medicine

 

Illness

 

Wellness