MedlinePlus Gets a New Look!

On Wednesday, July 14, MedlinePlus (http://medlineplus.gov/) unveiled a completely redesigned site with a fresh look and feel, including a new logo, and distinctive color schemes for English and Spanish pages. The quality consumer health and patient education content is still available in the new design, with some exciting new features and enhancements. The new design emphasizes search, makes navigation more intuitive, and highlights frequently used content.

Some highlights of the new design are:

• A Videos & Cool Tools page that makes multimedia content easier to find and searchable (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videosandcooltools.html).
• A Share button on all health topic pages and interactive tutorials that allows you to share links to MedlinePlus through your favorite social networks. See the Diabetic Diet topic page as an example: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabeticdiet.html.
  
• A medical dictionary search box on the English homepage for quick look-up of medical terms.
  
• A search cloud widget on the homepage, and a widgets page (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/widgets.html) where you can find options for embedding MedlinePlus content in your own blogs, personalized homepages, and other sites.

The National Library of Medicine invites you to visit the new MedlinePlus to see the changes and new features for yourself. Let us know what you think of the new design by clicking the Contact Us link that appears on every page.

MedlinePlus Celebrates it's 10th Anniversary

MedlinePlus, the NLM® consumer health Web site, is celebrating its ten year anniversary.

MedlinePlus provides information on health topics, drugs and supplements, the latest medical news, a medical dictionary, an encyclopedia, surgery videos, interactive educational material, and links to other sites to locate clinical trials, understand genetic conditions, and information specifically for older Americans.

For more information see the press release.

Featured Database of the Month: MedlinePlus

Looking for quality health information from trustworthy sources?
Try MedlinePlus.



Information is geared to the public
Use MedlinePlus to find information about medical conditions, medical tests, and general health and wellness
Excellent for Patient Education materials
Created by the same people who compile Medline for health professionals, MedlinePlus provides health information written in everyday language
MedlinePlus is available free of charge
Search MedlinePlus from any computer with Internet access
Information comes from medical encyclopedias, dictionaries, medical organizations and other sources that have been screened and proven reliable by The National Library of Medicine
In addition to articles, watch videos of medical procedures and listen to online tutorials