MedlinePlus is a free website that provides consumer health information for patients, families, and health care providers. The site brings together information from the United States National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, other U.S. government agencies, and health-related organizations. The U.S. National Library of Medicine produces and maintains the site. MedlinePlus includes a companion site in Spanish, which offers similar content for the Spanish-speaking community. It also offers a mobile site in both English and Spanish optimized for display on mobile devices. Over 150 million people from around the world use MedlinePlus each year. MedlinePlus contains: ⁕Health topics and a medical encyclopedia from A.D.A.M., Inc. covering hundreds of diseases, conditions, and wellness issues. ⁕Drug information for both generic and brand-name prescription and over-the-counter medications. ⁕Herbal and dietary supplement information. ⁕A medical dictionary. ⁕Health news articles from Reuters Health Information and HealthDay, plus press releases from major medical organizations. ⁕Directories of physicians, dentists, hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers. Wikipedia [ - ]

MedlinePlus is a free website that provides consumer health information for patients, families,... [ + ]