Website of the Week

Students seeking health and medical information in easy-to-understand language will appreciate the organization and content of Healthopedia.com.

Healthopedia is presented as a consumer information resource that includes comprehensive and unbiased information on over 1,500 health topics. The information is offered as an alphabetical list and comes from 70 health centers.

This site includes featured centers such as: Allergies, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure, as well as comprehensive medical encyclopedias. In addition to the patient-friendly language of each entry, a consistent and comprehensive format is provided for readers which includes:
 
1. Overview, causes & risk factors
2. Symptoms & signs
3. Diagnosis & Tests
4. Treatment & Monitoring
5. Attribution

Finally, each topic offers links to related articles and provides the author, reviewer, and date of review at the end of the entry. This makes a great, straightforward, one-stop resource for students’ health related research.

Review by Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian

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