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| Subject Areas: | Provides information on many health topics including medical science, food science, childcare, and sports medicine. |
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This database is the richest collection of consumer
health information available to libraries worldwide. This resource
provides access to more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines,
including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard
Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention,
Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes
searchable full text for more than 1,000 health-related pamphlets and
130 health reference books, including books published by the People's
Medical Society. Additionally, Health Source: Consumer Edition
contains more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English
and Spanish) and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access
to 1,300 drug monograph entries and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk
Dictionary. Health Source: Consumer Edition covers topics
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