HS-health

Health Databases
[|Teen Health and Wellness] All content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, and guidance. Topics include:
 * Diseases
 * Drugs
 * Alcohol
 * Nutrition
 * Mental health
 * Suicide
 * Bullying
 * Green living
 * Financial literacy

[|Health Source] 80 full text, consumer health magazines**.** Topics include:
 * Consumer health
 * Medical sciences
 * Food and nutrition
 * Childcare
 * Sports medicine

General Databases
[|Advanced Placement Source]
 * Designed to meet the needs of high school students in AP of IB courses
 * 5,550+ full-text academic journals and magazines

[|MAS Ultra]
 * 500 popular, high school magazines
 * 360 full text reference books
 * 85,670 biographies
 * 107,000+ primary source documents
 * 510,000 photos, maps & flags.

[|Points of View]
 * Full-text database providing students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
 * 280+ topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.

Selected Websites
[|BioDigital Human]

A 3-D model of male and female bodies. Point your mouse at a part of the human body - the mandible - and it will be identified for you in visually and audibly.

Explore with your mouse as this is pretty amazing resource to learn about the human body!

Go Ask Alice
Q&A Resources staffed by Columbia University Professionals with advanced degrees in public health, health education, medicine, and counseling. Topics include:
 * Alcohol and drugs
 * Fitness and nutrition
 * Emotional
 * General health
 * Sexuality and relationships

[|Mayo Clinic Health Information]

 * Diseases and conditions
 * Symptoms
 * Healthy Lifestyle

[|Medline Plus] (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
[|Multiple Languages] (Including French, German, Polish, Spanish)
 * For patients and their families and friends
 * Information about drugs, diseases, conditions, treatments, and wellness
 * Reliable, up-to-date health information
 * Medical videos or illustrations
 * Latest medical research; info on clinical trials

[|National Youth Advocacy Coalition]
Help and guidance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning young people and youth workers who support them. Includes a Blog, webinars, health information, and research documents.

[|Teen Health and Sexuality] //Information You Can Trust// from the Internet Public Library Project 2 (IPL2). 150+ links to sites that include: > [|teenshealth.org] Each article is signed and dated with links to the authors' credentials and place of employment.
 * Acne
 * Alcohol/drug use
 * Bullying
 * Cancer
 * dating
 * Eating disorders
 * Smoking
 *  Mind and body issues
 * School
 * Dealing with bullies
 * Driving
 * Sexual health
 * Food and nutrition
 * Sports

[|Top 100 Health Websitews You Can Trust] Sites selected by Health Librarians
 * * [|General Health]
 * [|Women's Health]
 * [|Men's Health] || * [|Parenting & Kids]
 * [|Senior Health]
 * [|Specific Health] || * [|For Health Professionals]
 * [|Drug Information Resources]
 * [|Other Useful Health Sites] ||