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Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children’s health, men & women’s health, etc.

CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types, and to provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information.

Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Content includes:

• Full text for more than 250 health reference books and encyclopedias, including:
  • American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia
  • American Medical Association Family Medical Guide
  • Complete Guide to Prescription & Nonprescription Drugs 2011
  • Cornell Illustrated Encyclopedia of Health
  • Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
  • Mayo Clinic Guide to Women’s Cancers
  • Oxford Handbook of Child Nutrition
  • Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine
  • Royal Society for Medical Health Encyclopedia
  • And many more…
• Thousands of full-text evidence-based, health reports
• Hundreds of medical images and diagrams
• Over 750 physician-generated videos (with audio narration) on women’s health, healthy aging, general health and men’s health
• More than 2,350 Health Daily videos from NBC Digital Health Network
• More than 450 full-text consumer health pamphlets and leaflets
• Cover-to-cover full text from more than 550 consumer health related periodicals as well as full text of the UPI (United Press International) English-Language Health Newswire
• More than 240 animations (with audio narration)

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Got a health question? Need a “go-to” source with credible information that is in-depth yet simple to navigate? Welcome to the Health & Wellness Resource Center — a rich, comprehensive resource unparalleled in the online industry. Published by Gale, it offers 24/7 access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, newspapers, reference works, multimedia and much more. With easy-to-find answers via an intuitive and customizable interface, Health & Wellness Resource Center is the first-stop resource for consumers of all ages and skill sets.

Newly updated and expanded, Health & Wellness Resource Center includes even more references and full-text journals. From medical students to the merely curious, Health & Wellness Resource Center leads you to the medical information solutions you’re looking for — quickly and accurately!

• More than 1,000 top medical journals and periodicals as well as articles from more than 2,200 general-interest publications — more than 75% in full-text
• Medical newspapers, newsletters and news feeds
• A broad collection of full-text reference works including The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Medical Health Information Directory and many others
• Streaming video with transcripts from Healthology, Illumistream and NBC
• Links to trusted health-related Web sites
• An improved Directory Search for accessing contact information for clinics, medical centers and foundations
• Reputable sources including Medical and Health Information Directory and various Thomson Healthcare drug guides
• And much more

You can trust our data: Gale subscribes to the HONcode principles of the Health on the Net Foundation. Learn more about this now.

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ConsumerReportsHealth.org provides the most current health information from a well-respected consumer source.

Offering Consumers Union’s research and recommendations about health care and healthy living, this resource is designed to inform consumers as they navigate the health care labyrinth and seek a trusted unbiased source of information. Ratings are provided for:

• Exercise equipment
• Medical equipment, such as heart rate monitors and blood glucose meters
• Treatment ratings for over 200 of the most common conditions
• Natural medicine ratings
• Hospital ratings (and soon to follow, doctor ratings)
• Health plan ratings based on comprehensive survey methodologies

Consumers Union is a leading advocate for patient safety, healthcare quality and effectiveness, and affordable health coverage for all, and has a long history of informing consumers about healthcare products and services.

ConsumerReportsHealth is included under the Consumer Reports link in EBSCOhost — simply click the Health tab to access the resource: