Health Links
Welcome to our HealthLinks. We have designed this page by category and carefully selected reputable websites to help with your health research.
Don’t forget! Your library has a wealth of resources available. Visit our Health Resource Center for a variety of newsletters, magazines, directories and PDRs, books and brochures.
Current Events
Flu.gov
General Health
MedlinePlus.gov - Trusted health information provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Features “Go Local” a resource designed to help you identify local health services, providers, and health-related programs across the Commonwealth.
CDC.gov - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Healthy Me - A healthy approach to fitness, family and fun from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
MassDental - Massachusetts Dental Society
Mayo Clinic
Your Health Information sponsored by Umass Memorial
Hospitals and Services
Baystate and Mary Lane
Mercy
Umass Memorial and Wing
Children
American Academy of Pediatrics
Seniors
NIH Senior Health - Health and wellness information for older adults provided by the National Institutes of Health.
Medicare
Administration on Aging
Nutrition
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Nutrition
Health Concerns
The Alzheimer’s Association
The American Cancer Society
The National Cancer Institute
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
The American Diabetes Association
The American Heart Association
Disabilities
ADA – Information and technical assistance on the American with Disabilities Act
Disability.gov – Connecting the disability community to information and opportunities
Health Newsletters and Magazines available at your library
- ADDitude – Living with Attention Deficit
- CR – People and progress in cancer
- Consumer Reports On Health
- Diabetes – Self Management
- Harvard Health Letter
- Harvard Heart Letter
- Harvard Men’s Health Watch
- Harvard Mental Health Letter
- Harvard Women’s Health Watch
- Johns Hopkins Health After 50
- Mayo Clinic Health Letter
- Nutrition Action
