Southworth Library Health and Wellness Connection
Your Information Resource for Health and Wellness
Local Information
- Tompkins County Physicians and Doctors
- Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
- Cortland Regional Medical Center
Other Local Resources
- Tompkins County Health Resources
- Tompkins County Red Cross
- Long-Term Care Services for Tompkins County
State Information
- New York State Department of Health: Health issues and news including access to vital records, medical facility information, New York medical legal isssues, and state insurance plans.
- WIC Program: Women, Infants, and Children: WIC is a special supplemental food program that provides nutritious foods, milk, juice, formula, and other items to low-income pregnant or breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5.
National Resources
- WebMD: A resource for a variety of health topics, including information on diseases, drugs, and symptoms.
- Medline Plus: For up to date information on health awareness and medications from the National Institute of Health. Search the A-Z list of health conditions.
- Mayo Clinic: Tools for Healthy Living: Reliable source for health information, including information on diseases, treatments, drugs and supplements, as well as interactive tools to improve your health.
- Health Information for the Whole Family from the American Academy of Family Physcians
- Healthy People Library Project Website: The purpose of this website is to provide libraries with resources for informing the public about health research, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to make healthier choices from advances that emerge from the research.
- Health Resources: Top 10 sites for consumer health.
- National Health Institute: Quick links to consumer health information.
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
