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Health Related Databases

Click on the links below to access very informative database on health issues. These databases can be accessed from within each of our library branches or from home using a Michigan state I.D. or Michigan driver's license.

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Books, magazines, journals and dissertations to be found at college libraries.


Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health
Magazines, journals, newspapers, books, definitions, directories, pamphlets and newsletter.


Health Reference Center Academic
Books, magazines, journals and pamphlets.


Medline
Magazines and journals.

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Health Related Websites

PandemicFlu.gov
www.pandemicflu.gov

Elder Law of Michigan
www.elderslaw.org

Familydoctor.org (from the American Academy of Family Physicians) www.familydoctor.org

Medline Plus
www.medlineplus.gov

Medicare (The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare)
www.medicare.gov

The Stuttering Foundation
www.stutteringhelp.org

Funacion Americana De La Tartamudez
www.tartamudez.org

Smokefree.gov
www.smokefree.gov

American Stroke Association
www.strokeassociation.org

Michigan Health Tools
www.mihealthtools.org

American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org

Michigan Surgeon General - Michigan Steps Up
www.michiganstepsup.org

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org

SkinCarePhysicians.com
www.skincarephysicians.com

Home Safety Council
www.homesafetycouncil.org

United States Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/familyhistory

National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
www.nkfm.org    

Michigan's Genetics Resource Center
www.migeneticsconnection.org

 

 

Health Organizations in Mid-Michigan

Covenant HealthCare

MidMichigan Family Practice Residency

MidMichigan Health - Back & Neck Rehabilitation

Saginaw Radiation Oncology Center

Saint Mary's Medical Center

 

 

Taking Care of Ourselves Booklist

A list of books dealing with physical and mental health. Click on each title to go directly into the library catalog.

Taking Care of Ourselves Mentally

Brief history of anxiety—yours and mine
Pearson, Patricia

Comfort:  a journey through grief
Hood, Ann

Defeat depression:  tips and techniques for beating the blues
Dosani, Sabrina

Loneliness as a way of life
Dumm, Thomas

Mindfulness and the art of choice:  transform your life
Sherman, Karen H.

Nice girl syndrome:  stop being manipulated and abused – and start standing up for yourself
Engel, Beverly

Overcoming social anxiety and shyness:  a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Butler, Gillian

What to do when someone you love is depressed:  a practical, compassionate, and helpful guide
Golant, Mitch

 

Taking Care of Ourselves Physically

Diet, Nutrition and Exercise

90-second fitness solution:  the most time-efficient workout ever for a healthier, stronger, younger you
Cerqua, Pete

Are you ready!:  take charge, lose weight, get in shape, and change your life forever
Harper, Bob

Best life diet cookbook:  more than 175 delicious, convenient, family-friendly recipes
Greene, Bob

Biggest loser 30-day jump start:  lose weight, get in shape, and start living the Biggest loser lifestyle today!
Forberg, Cheryl

Food matters:  a guide to conscious eating with more than 75 recipes
Bittman, Mark

Joy’s life diet:  four steps to thin forever
Bauer, Joy

Naturally thin:  unleash your skinnygirl and free yourself from a lifetime of dieting
Frankel, Bethenny

Addictions

Addiction and change : how addictions develop and addicted people recover
DiClemente, Carlo
Guilford Press, 2003
ISBN: 1572300574

The heart of addiction
Dodes, Lance
HarperCollins, 2002
ISBN: 0060958030

Specific Health Issues

Blue zone:  lessons for living longer from the people who’ve lived the longest
Buettner, Dan

Why men die first:  how to lengthen your lifespan
Legato, Marianne J.

 

This booklist was prepared by one of the staff members of the Public Libraries of Saginaw.

 

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