The Multimedia Health Encyclopedia

The Illustrated Health Encyclopedia is a collection of articles, images and illustrations on diseases, conditions, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, tests, nutrition and other preventive health topics. The Encyclopedia undergoes expert review and the content is updated on a quarterly basis.

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In-depth Reports

Our in-depth reports provide you detailed resources on select conditions. Among the many resources in section, you can examine risk factors, prognoses, medications, and other resources. The in-depth reports also link to related reports, providing you a deeper understanding of the condition.

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Symptom Checker

Where does it hurt? Use our symptom checker's intuitive, graphic interfacefor easy access to relevant Multimedia Health Encyclopedia articles.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Explore a diverse library of complementary and alternative health methods. Complementary and alternative medicine is a broad term used to describe methods, processes, techniques and procedures normally considered to fall outside the realm of conventional medicine.

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Shands HealthCast

Shands HealthCast is a health-related podcast produced by Shands HealthCare. Shands HealthCast provides information on a wide variety of general health issues.

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Health Risk Assessments & Tools

Use these tools to help determine your risk for disease and illness. Featured calculators and questionaires are offered by the CDC, National Institute of Health and other national organizations.

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Healthy Gator 2010

Healthy Gators 2010, a coalition of students, faculty and staff from over 40 University of Florida departments and organizations, has a mission to promote a campus environment supportive of the development and maintenance of a healthy body, mind and spirit for all members of the University of Florida community. Here you can find quizes, podcasts and tips living a healthier life.

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UF/IFAS Family and Consumer Site

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences offers a family and consumer website with information about health and nutrition, money management, food, home concerns, relationships, and many other topics. The Web site resources can help you whether you are retired, a first-time parent, a teen, or someone in between.

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Please note:

To better server our visitors, we have updated our health content. We have removed some health modules that contained redundant information and have replaced those modules with the following:

• In-depth Reports
• Symptom Checker
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine